Igor Levit, geboren 1987 im russischen Gorki (heute Nizhni Nowgorod ), zog mit acht Jahren mit seiner Familie nach Deutschland. Er studierte an der Musikhochschule Hannover und gewann 2005 beim Arthur-Rubinstein-Wettbewerb als jüngster Teilnehmer die Silbermedaille. Igor Levit ist „Artist of the Year 2020” der Gramophone Classical Music Awards, Music America’s “Recording Artist of the Year 2020” und Preisträger des „2018 Gilmore Artist Award“. Im Juni 2022 wurde seinem Album “On DSCH” sowohl der Award „Recording of the Year“ als auch der Instrumental Award des BBC Music Magazines zugesprochen.

2019 erfolgte der Ruf als Professor für Klavier an seine Alma Mater, der Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover. Seit Frühjahr 2022 ist Igor Levit Co-Künstlerischer Leiter des Internationalen Musikfestivals Heidelberger Frühling. Im Frühjahr 2021 veröffentlichte der Hanser Verlag Igor Levits, von Florian Zinnecker mitverfasstes, erstes Buch „Hauskonzert“. In Zusammenarbeit mit dem Bayerischen Rundfunk sind in den letzten beiden Jahren zwei Podcasts entstanden, „32x Beethoven“ sowie „Variationen – Alles wird anders“, in denen Igor Levit gemeinsam mit Anselm Cybinski das reiche Klavierrepertoire unterhaltsam vorstellt. Für sein politisches Engagement wurde Igor Levit 2019 der 5. Internationale Beethovenpreis verliehen. Im Januar 2020 folgte die Auszeichnung mit der „Statue B“ des Internationalen Auschwitz Komitees anlässlich des 75. Jahrestages der Befreiung von Auschwitz. Für die Hauskonzerte als Zeichen der Hoffnung und des Gemeinsinns in Zeiten von Isolierung und Verzweiflung sowie für sein Engagement gegen Antisemitismus wurde Igor Levit im Herbst 2020 der Verdienstorden der Bundesrepublik Deutschland verliehen.

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Paolo Pellegrin is one of the world’s leading photojournalists. In thirty years of work he has been focusing on issues connected to the human condition, from wars to the effects of global climate change, trying to be a witness of our times. Pellegrin was born in 1964 in Rome. He studied architecture at L’Università la Sapienza, Rome, before studying photography at L’istituto Italiano di Fotografia. Between 1991 and 2001 Pellegrin was represented by Agence VU in Paris. In the same year he also became a Magnum Photos nominee and a full member in 2005. He was a contract photographer for Newsweek for ten years. His work was published in many leading magazines and newspaper as TIME magazine, The New York Times, Newsweek and the New York Times Magazine, for which he photographed more than ten cover stories with reporter Scott Anderson. Pellegrin is winner of many awards, including the Robert Capa Gold Medal Award. In 2006 he was assigned the W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography.

Bevor er für Mode, Stil und Design beim Magazin der ZEIT als Style Director verantwortlich zeichnete, war Tillmann Prüfer Redaktionsleiter der deutschen Ausgabe von How To Spend It, dem Luxusmagazin der Financial Times Deutschland. Dort war der Absolvent der Deutschen Journalistenschule auch Stellvertretender Leiter des Reportage-Ressorts und Chef der Wochenend-Seiten. Prüfer hat mehrere Bücher geschrieben, zuletzt erschien »Kriegt das Papa, oder kann das weg?« und nun »Jetzt mach doch endlich mal das Ding aus!» beim Rowohlt-Verlag. Die neusten Artikel von Tillmann Prüfer lesen Sie hier.   © tillmann prüfer

Polish born supermodel Anja Rubik has been at the pinnacle of her industry for 18 years. She has featured in ad campaigns for the most notable houses that included Chloe, Gucci, Chanel, Valentino, Estee Lauder, Versace and YSL just to name a few. She has become one of Karl Lagerfeld’s most recognizable muses and helped launch the career on new Saint Laurent Creative Director Anthony Vaccarello where she continues to be the inspiration behind his designs. Rubik’s time during the past two decades has been shared between dozens of Vogue covers and other top fashion magazines, television series and catwalk through to consulting and designing for brands. Vogue Paris named her one of its Top 30 models of the decade, and she has ranked third on the US edition of the publication’s list of Top 10 models. As founder and editor-in-chief of her own annual Magazine, 25, she became a creative force showcasing artists and photographers from around the world. Contributors to the magazine include Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, Marina Abramovic, Araki, Woodkid, JR, Carsten Holler, Hedi Slimane and Daniel Arsham. End of 2014 Rubik designed and launched her own fragrance “Original by Anja Rubik,” and continues to successfully run the label as a private enterprise selling across the world. Anja has a personal interest in the Arts and curated the Art & Fashion Forum, an open platform of inspiration and education. She was also invited to lead panel discussions for the 2016 Istanbul International Arts and Culture Festival. In recognition of her global entrepreneurial and philanthropic experience, she has served on the Board of Advisors at the Brooklyn Museum since 2016. In 2017 Rubik accepted the role of Creative Consultant and Ambassador for Parley and works tirelessly with the organization to bring global campaigns to life about ocean awareness and sustainability. In the same year she founded a sex education foundation, #SEXEDpl, in her country of origin Poland citing a void in the current curriculum that could not be responsibly ignored. #SEXEDpl quickly became the the most successful educational platform in the Poland while being recognized by the most influential global institutions such as the United Nations and UNFPA. Anja Rubik is also the author of the #SEXEDpl book for teenagers that became a nation-wide bestseller, selling over 200K copies. Over the years Anja Rubik has been a figure that has transcended the fashion world into social and environmental issues in many forums and many different platforms and her consistent clarity of thought and moral courage has become universally respected.