Rising Stars

Three to look out for…

Luka Faulisi Violinist

Born: Paris, France Career highlight: Signing with Sony Classical and IMG Artists has given me a voice in the classical music industry. It’s through these signings that I’ve been able to record my first album, Aria.

Musical hero: So many! Violinists such as David Oistrakh, Josef Hassid and

Patricia Kopatchinskaja have inspired me enormously. Among composers, Korngold, Debussy, Prokofiev and Danny Elfman have shaped my musical development.

Dream concert: To perform the concerto I am currently writing with an outstanding orchestra and in my home city of Paris. Lucy Humphris Trumpeter

Born: Winchester, UK Career highlight: Travelling to Sanday in the Orkneys to film my recording of Peter Maxwell Davies’s Litany for a Ruined Chapel between Sheep and Shore was an amazing experience.

Musical hero: Pianist Joanna Macgregor, comedian Victor Borge and bass-baritone Gerald Finley – to name but a few! Essentially, any musician who has a distinctive voice and strong creative spirit. Dream concert: I’d love to get a bunch of my musical pals from various different genres and put on a concert of new commissions and old favourites. I’d also love to perform Maxwell Davies’s Trumpet Concerto or HK Gruber’s Aerial.

Aidan Mikdad Pianist

Born: Amsterdam, Netherlands

Career highlights: In 2022, I released The Scriabin Ravel Connection, my first album with Linn Records. The album was promoted by the Qobuz streaming service and featured on its Best of 2022 playlist

Musical heroes: Liszt, whose music I discovered at a young age, is very dear to me. Other favourites include Beethoven, Scriabin and Rachmaninov. I could (and do) listen to all of these favourite composers on a loop. Dream concert: It has happened already! I recently gave two concerts to replace Arcadi Volodos, who was unable to complete them due to illness. It was such an honour to share the stage with him.