Peter Herresthal is recognised as a brilliant and inspired interpreter of contemporary violin music, strongly associated both in concert and recordings with concertos by composers including Per Nørgård, Arne Nordheim, Henri Dutilleux, Thomas Adès, Olav Anton Thommessen, Henrik Hellstenius and Jon Øivind Ness. Peter has appeared with orchestras and ensembles including the Vienna Radio Symphony, Melbourne Symphony, Oslo Philharmonic, Stockholm Philharmonic, Bergen Philharmonic, Remix Ensemble, Tapiola Chamber Orchestra,Stavanger Symphony, Orquesta Sinfonica de Navarra, Helsingborg Symphony, Oslo Sinfonietta, Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Trondheim Symphony, and Bit20, with conductors including Andrew Manze, Thomas Adès, Anu Tali and Sakari Oramo.

Peter has given the Austrian, Norwegian, Spanish and Australian premieres of the Thomas Adès violin concerto 'Concentric Paths', the latter conducted by the composer at the 2010 Melbourne Festival. Festival appearances have included the Bergen Festival (where Peter currently curates an annual series), Risor Chamber Music Festival, MAGMA2002 Berlin; Schleswig-Holstein and Mechelburg-Vorpommern.

Peter has recorded a number of CDs for BIS and Simax/Aurora including prize-winning discs of Nordheim and Ness. His 2012 Nørgård CD was nominated for a Gramophone Award and Editors Choice in The Strad and International Record Review. In 2013/14 Peter will record the violin concerto by Thomas Adès and premiere Ades new cadenza for the Ligeti concerto with conductor Andrew Manze.

Peter is a Professor at the Oslo Academy and visiting Professor at Royal College of Music in London .                                                                                       
  He  performs on a GB Guadagnini from Milan 1753.

Anders Beyer har vært direktør for Festspillene i Bergen siden august 2012. Han har lang erfaring med kunst- og kulturformidling fra en rekke sentrale posisjoner i dansk, nordisk og internasjonal sammenheng. Før han kom til Bergen var han sjef for Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen, som arrangerer en av de fremste samtidsmusikkfestivalene i Norden. I 2009 startet Beyer også operafestivalen i København, Copenhagen Opera Festival. Beyer er også kjent som skribent og var bl.a. musikkredaktør i Dagbladet Informationen. Han har skrevet en rekke artikler og bøker om den klassiske musikkulturen, og har en særlig interesse for nordisk musikk. Beyer begynte sin profesjonelle karriere som pianist allerede som tenåring, og spilte med orkestre innen flere ulike sjangre.

Tim Frederiksen, Prorektor og Professor i bratsch og Kammermusik ved Det Kongelige Danske Musikkonservatorium
Uddannet hos Erling Bloch og Max Rostal. Videregående kammermusikstudier med blandt andre medlemmer af Amadeus-kvartetten. I 1980 blev han ansat som solobratschist i DR SymfoniOrkestret og vandt i 1983 stillingen som 1. koncertmester sammesteds. I 1996 blev han ansat som professor i bratsch og kammermusik ved Det Kongelige Danske Musikkonservatorium. Her har han undervist en række ensembler, der ikke alene har spillet en stor rolle i dansk kammermusikliv, men også har vist sig internationalt bæredygtige i konkurrencer og koncertserier, bl.a.:
•Trio Ondine (1. pris i Broadwood Piano Trio Competition, Parkhouse Award i London, Joseph Haydn Competition i Wien, P2s Kammermusikkonkurrence og ARD Competition i München. Melbourne International Chambermusic Competition gav Trio Ondine 2. pris samt Publikumprisen).
•Paizo Kvartetten (1. pris i Trondheim Internationale Kammermusikkonkurrence 2000 (kvartet), 1. pris i Melbourne 2003).
•Jalina Klavertrio (2. pris i Trondheim Internationale Kammermusikkonkurrence 2000 (klavertrio), 1. pris i Trapani, 2. pris i Osaka Kammermusikkonkurrence 2002).
•Den Danske Strygekvartet (1. pris i P2s Kammermusikkonkurrence 2004, Vagn Holmboe Strygekvartetkonkurrence 2004, Charles Hennen International Chambermusic Competition i Holland 2004, Trondheim Internationale Kammermusikkonkurrence, 2005, London International String Quartet Competition, 2009, hvor kvartetten også fik priserne for Bedste Opførelse af et bundet værk, Bedste Opførelse af værk efter 1915 og Menton Prize).
•Nightingale String Quartet (2. pris i P2s Kammermusikkonkurrence 2009, 2. pris i Charles Hennen International Chambermusic Competition i Holland 2010, P2s Talentpris 2011).
I 2010 blev han kåret som Årets Talentudvikler af Talent-DK.
Tim Frederiksen har optrådt som solist med de fleste danske orkestre, bl.a. med Bartoks Bratschkoncert og Per Nørgårds Remembering Child, ligesom han har uropført Jan Yngve Tredes Bratschkoncert, der også er tilegnet ham, og spillet Poul Ruders Bratschkoncert med Sjællands Symfoniorkester.
Som primarius i Den Danske Kvartet (1986-1996) har han rejst over hele Europa. Medstifter af Trio Soleil med Elisabeth Westenholz og Niels Thomsen.
Tim Frederiksen er efterspurgt som dommer i internationale konkurrencer. Han har skrevet artikler om violin og bratsch til Gads Musikleksikon. På DKDM er han desuden faggruppeleder og prorektor.
 

Praised internationally for his performances of the modern cello concerto, Jakob Kullberg, living in Paris, is one of the most active and diverse young Danish instrumentalists.

Jakob studied in a.o. Amsterdam, London, Zagreb, Vienna and Copenhagen, with Harro Ruijsenaars, Dmitri Ferschtman, Valter Despalj, Mats Lidström, Morten Zeuthen and Anner Bylsma.

Top prize winner at international solo and chamber music competitions, twice winner of the Danish Grammy, most recently in 2013 for his concerto CD ’Momentum’ which was also nominated for the coveted Gramophone Award in London and chosen for ’Album of the Week’ with Q2 Music, New York.

In 2011 he was awarded the ’Gladsaxe Music Prize’ and has been artist in residence for, amongst others, the Tivoli Garden Concert Hall, the International Carl Nielsen Violin Competition and New Music Orchestra, Poland.

Jakob’s recent debut with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London as well as with Ensemble Intercontemporain at one of their inter-sessions in Paris received excellent reviews, and he looks forward to concerto debuts with the Bergen Philharmonic and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestras. He is scheduled to record Per Nørgård’s Remembering Child with Sinfonia Varsovia in December 2014. In the 2016/17 seasons he will embark on a two-CD recording project with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by John Storgårds comprising concertos by Saariaho and Nørgård as well as the two cello concertos by Shostakovich.

He has returned frequently to prestigious international festivals such as the Aldeburgh Festival, the Warsaw Autumn Festival, the Huddersfield Festival and Bergen International Festival.

Jakob enjoys a unique working relationship with the Danish composer Per Nørgård, who has composed and dedicated numerous works for him; the two have developed a rare dialogical collaboration in which the composer utilises the creative potential of the cellist in an experimental composition process. He is also a notable interpreter of the work of Bent Sørensen and in 2011 he moved to Paris to focus on his collaboration with Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho.

As a teacher Jakob has garnered attention giving masterclass internationally at for instance, the Royal Academy of Music in London, the Norwegian Academy of Music and the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Poland, and has held a teaching position at the Royal Danish Academy of Music since 2005.

In 2013 he was appointed to the Norwegian Artistic Research Fellowship Programme and has been the artistic director of the Open Strings Cello Academy since 2004.