SANDRO CUTURELLO Conductor and Pianist	SUNG-SUK KANG Pianist	MARIO HOSSEN Violin	ATTILA PASZTOR Cellist

Dr. Sandro Cuturello
As a conductor and pianist, Sandro Cuturello has had a large impact onmusical and cultural events in Vienna and throughout Europe. His highlyacclaimed concert tours have taken him to the most important internationalmusic centers.
Sandro Cuturello was born in Tropea -Italy- in 1961.
In 1980, he moved to Rome where he studied piano with maestro Sergio Perticaroli at the most famous Conservatory of Santa Cecilia.
He then studied political philosophy at University in Rome and received his PhD cum laude.
Maestro Cuturello has lived in Vienna since 1985, specialized his musical education as a pianist, composer and conductor.
In 1990, Sandro Cuturello founded the Vienna Walzer Orchestra, conducted numerous concerts in the most renowned Viennese concert halls, such as the "Konzerthaus" in 1994 and the "Musikverein" in 1997.
In 1996, he founded the Orchestra di Venezia in Italy. This orchestra, specializing in the interpretation of baroque works, such as Vivaldi's "Four Seasons", was an immediate and unprecedented success in Venice, with both audiences and the press.
In 1997, Sandro Cuturello created the Praha Mozart Orchestra. Cuturello has been its artistic director for years, conducting most of Mozart's symphonies and operas in all the important concert halls of the Czech capital, such as the "Rudolfinum", the "Smetana Hall" at the Town Hall, as well as the famous State Theater "Stavovske Divadlo".
As a soloist and conductor, Cuturello has recorded works by W.A. Mozart, J. Strauss and A. Vivaldi. In addition, there are numerous CDs of European artists and orchestras recorded under his leadership, as well as TV and radio recordings for the Chinese National Television, in South Korea, Japan, for Italy's Rai3 and the Austrian Television ORF.
Between 1990 and 2000 Maestro Cuturello conducted more than 80 concerts a year throughout Europe and Asia.
With the Vienna Walzer Orchestra, the Orchestra di Venezia and the Praha Mozart Orchestra, he has concertized in China's largest cities, at the "International Festival of Nanning", in South Korea's "Seoul Arts Center",at Tokyo's "Opera City" and on the most important musical stages in Japan,where he has been an audience favorite for many years.
Since 2006 he has been a guest conductor in Incheon (Korea). In 2007 he has started a collaboration with the famous "Wiener Kammer Orchestra".
From 2008 he will be the Artistic Director of the "International Music Festival Plovdiv" (BG).
Sandro Cuturello is also active in the fields of philosophy and literature. He recently published a collection of poems which was highly praised.
Maestro Sandro Cuturello is president of Culturell'Events, an international cultural management of important musical events throughout the world.

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Sung-Suk Kang
The pianist Sung-Suk Kang presents a unique synthesis of elegance, sensitivity and determination, resulting from the Asian philosophy and the professional mind of the European culture. She expresses such synthesis in her unforgettable performances.
At the age of 5 years, she had her first piano lesson in Seoul. She received her professional training at the Royal Northern College of Music in England where she studied with Derrick Wyndham, later at the Fachhochschule für Musik in Vienna with Paul Badura-Skoda, as well as in various master classes held by Perlemuter, Kalichstein, Aronovsky, Rogé, and at the Banff Centre for Arts in Alberta, Canada.
In acknowledgment of her artistic talent, Sung-Suk Kang won 1st Prize at the International Competition Macugnaga, Italy, and the Schumann Prize for best performance. On the occasion of commemorating the 200th anniversary of Mozart's death, Sung-Suk Kang was invited to the "Carinthischer Sommer" where she performed a duet with Paul Badura-Skoda. Furthermore, she opened the concert seasons of different music associations in Europe.
Her concert activities as soloist and chamber musician brought her to numerous concert halls in Austria, France, England, Italy, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ireland, to Korea, Singapore and Canada.
Furthermore, her unique performances made it possible for her to perform at radio and TV productions by RTE in Ireland, the Austrian ORF und the Italian RAI.
CD productions include recordings as soloist with works by Mozart, Chopin, Brahms, Debussy, Satie; her worth-wile performances of piano concertos KV 466 in D-minor and KV 491 in C-minor by W.A. Mozart with the Praha Mozart Orchestra, also the KV 175 piano concerto in D-Major and the rondo with variations KV 382 by W.A. Mozart, and the 4th piano concert op. 70 in D-minor by Anton Rubinstein. The label is MMO, New York, USA.

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Mario Hossen
In appreciation of his abilities, violinist Mario Hossen is a renowned artist in Vienna.
His style offers an interesting mix between lyrics and rationality, the one resulting from his native country Bulgaria, and the other from his music training in Austria.
His outstanding achievements and his worldwide fame as a violinist have been acknowledged by major institutions, as well as by internationally acclaimed artists.
As a tribute to his achievements, the Oesterreichische Nationalbank loaned him a Guadagnini violin.
With the support of the “Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Kultur” and the “Verein der Freunde der Universität Wien für Musik”, he received his diploma summa cum laude from the “Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst” in Vienna where he studied with Prof. Michael Frischenschlager.
After his professional training, he studied at the “Conservatoire Superieur” in Paris (1998 and 1999) and enrolled in a post graduate course at the “Universität für Musik” in Vienna (2000).
As featured soloist, he performed the outstanding Paganini Concerti with the Bruckner Orchestra in Linz, as well as with the Sofia National Broadcasting Orchestra, the Plovdiv Philharmonic, the Vienna Jeunesse Orchestra and the Ankara Philharmonic; in addition, he performed baroque repertoire with the Joseph Suk Chamber Orchestra, the Sophia Soloists, and the Orchestra di Venezia.

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