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Liew Fei Fei
Founder
Founder of Ikita Festival. Director of Yuan Arts Management to operate Queen Zarith Sophia Opera House.
Armen Babakhanian
Artistic Director
Armen Babakhanian, a prize-winner at several
of the world's most prestigious
international piano competitions
including the Leeds, the Van
Cliburn, the Guardian Dublin,
the William Kappell, the Gina
Bachauer, and the World Piano Competition.
has given recitals in the USA, Canada, Japan,
the United Kingdom,
Germany, Austria, Italy, France and Spain.
He has appeared as soloist with the City of Birmingham Symphony
Orchestra under Sir Simon Rattle, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal
Scottish National Orchestra, Irish National Symphony, National Symphony
Orchestra (USA), Dallas Symphony, Utah Symphony, with Saint Petersburg
Philharmonic under Yuri Temirkanov, with Moscow Philharmonic under Valery
Gergiev,
, Russian Philharmonic Orchestra under Yurovsky, Slovenian Philharmonic
and Israel Philharmonic among others.
Henri Sigfridsson
Ikita’s Artist / Piano Masterclass
Sigfridsson began studying with Sävy Nordgren at the Turku Conservatory and later at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki ( Prof. Erik T. Tawaststjerna). He completed his studies at the Cologne Music University with the highest distinction (Konzertexamen) in the class of Prof. Pavel Gililov. 1995-97 he studied at the Franz Liszt Music University in Weimar (Prof. Lazar Berman) as well. In 2005 Sigfridsson won the First Prize at the Beethoven International Piano Competition in Bonn, where he got the Audience Prize and Chamber Music Prize as well.As the winner of the Second Prize of the Zurich Geza Anda Piano competition 2000.
Kotaro Fukuma
Ikita’s Artist / Piano Masterclass
Passionate about contemporary music, Kotaro has performed world and national premieres of works by Toru Takemitsu, Einojuhani Rautavaara, Renaud Gagneux, Thierry Escaich, Thierry Huillet, Peter Klatzow, Mutsuo Shishido, Minako Tokuyama and Yuka Takechi. In 2003, at the age of 20, Kotaro won both First Prize and the Chopin Prize at the 15th Cleveland International Piano Competition. Since then his concert career has developed on five continents (North and South America, Europe, Africa and Asia).
Nguyen Phu Son
Ikita’s Collaborator of Chamber Orchestra
In 2017, Nguyen Phu Son co-founded Maestoso Vietnam alongside pianists Luu Duc Anh, Nguyen Duc Anh, and Duong Vu Minh. Maestoso Vietnam aims to organize performances and cultivate classical music in Vietnam, offering high-quality, professional classical music performances to the community free of charge. In 2018, he served as the music director and conductor of Maestoso Armonico Chamber Orchestra, another initiative of Maestoso Vietnam. The debut performance of Maestoso Armonico in the Maestoso Baroque Concert Series No. 1 garnered immense success and received widespread acclaim from both domestic and international classical music circles.
Luu Duc Anh
Ikita’s Artist / Piano Masterclass
Luu Duc Anh started studying Piano with his father, Assoc.Prof.TS.NSUT Luu Quang Minh, one of the leading teachers of Accordion and Jazz music in Vietnam. From 2000-2011, he studied at the Vietnam National Academy of Music under the tutelage of Prof. TS.NGND Tran Thu Ha. After successfully graduating from the regular secondary school system, he continued to study at the Royal Conservatory of Liège, Belgium, the class of Prof. Jean Schils. He graduated with excellent honors from University in 2013 and Master's Degree in 2015. In 2016, he received a full scholarship to study at the Malmö Conservatory of Music, Sweden, under the tutelage of the famous professor, pianist Hans Palsson and also studied with many famous professors. other languages Avedis Kouyoumdjian, Johan Schmidt
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