Since her concert debut in 2000, Italian-German pianist Sophie Pacini has appeared in many renowned concert halls throughout the world including concert halls Philharmonie München, Philharmonie Berlin, Suntory Hall and Orchard Hall in Tokyo, Tonhalle Zürich, KKL Luzern, plus the concert halls in Vienna, Hamburg, Hong Kong, Paris, Brussels, and London.

In recital, she has performed at international festivals such as Lucerne Piano Festival, Klavierfestival Ruhr, Piano Festival aux Jacobins Toulouse, Kammermusikfest Lockenhaus with Gidon Kremer, MDR Musiksommer, Rheingau Musikfestival, Young Euro Classic Berlin, at Wigmore Hall and the Progetto Martha Argerich.

Pacini has been awarded a number of prestigious prizes, most recently the Young Artist of the Year at the International Classical Music Awards "ICMA", the ECHO Klassik in the category of „Rising Artist / Piano“.

Pianist and musical activist, Sophie Pacini's special focus is on new ways to impart classical music to the younger generation. In our present times, where the unfiltered digitalization creates an arbitary reception of music, she actively campaigns for a new awareness of “analogue artistry”.

He has received several awards in important international piano competitions, among which are the International Piano Competition ‘Premio Jaén’ (Spain), the ‘Panama International Piano Competition’, the International Piano Competition ‘María Clara Cullel’ (Costa Rica), and the International Piano Competition ‘Ignacio Cervantes” (Cuba).
In 2012, he was awarded the International Award “Gold Medal Maison des Artistes”, granted by the Association for Culture, Arts, Science and Social Commitment at the Sapienza University of Rome.

Among his most recent recordings are Homo Ludens, with M° Leo Brouwer; Concert for Four Hands, with Cuban pianist Teresita Junco; the Opera Omnia for Piano and Orchestra of José María Vitier; a monograph dedicated to Cuban composer Ernesto Lecuona, Cuba, which was critically acclaimed and won numerous awards, among which are the Choc de Classica (France), the Melómano de Oro (Spain), the Cubadisco 2016 (Cuba), and the 5 stars of Diapason (France).
Madrigal has recorded live concerts and has participated in several programs for many Radio and TV channels all over the world, such as the BBC, Vatican Radio, Radiotelevisione svizzera (RSI), Radio Suisse Romande (RSR), and the Italian Rai Radio 3, which in 2013 broadcast a 5-episode documentary dedicated to his life with the title “Piano Libre – The other music of Cuba”.

Kazushi Ōno (born 1960) is a renowned Japanese conductor, currently the music director of the Brussels Philharmonic and the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, and artistic director of the New National Theatre Tokyo. He studied at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, and with Wolfgang Sawallisch and Giuseppe Patanè at the Bavarian State Opera. In 1987, Ōno won First Prize in the 3rd Toscanini International Conductors' Competition.

Ōno has held significant positions with various orchestras, including principal conductor of the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra (1992-1999) and Chief Conductor of the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra (1990-1996). He was music director of La Monnaie in Brussels (2002-2008) and the Opéra National de Lyon (2008-2017).

In 2014, he was appointed music director of the Barcelona Symphony and Catalonia National Orchestra, a position he held until 2022. Ōno has premiered numerous contemporary works and received prestigious awards such as the 2009 Suntory Music Award and the 2015 Asahi Prize. He was also honored as Officier de l’ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government.