Born in 1995, baritone Äneas Humm comes from a Swiss-Hungarian family of artists. At the age of six, he became a member of the Zurich Boys' Choir, and at fifteen he entered the boarding school of the Vorarlberg State Conservatory in Feldkirch. Humm completed his vocal training at the University of the Arts in Bremen and at the Juilliard School in New York. For his achievements to date, he received the OPUS Klassik award for Young Artist of the Year in 2022 and has also been awarded the Deutschlandfunk sponsorship prize.

While still a student, he made his debut at the Stadttheater Bremerhaven and accepted guest engagements at the Theater Osnabrück. The Nationaltheater Weimar engaged Äneas Humm in its ensemble in 2019; in 2020, he moved to the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe for two years, and until summer 2023, he was a member of the ensemble at the Theater St. Gallen. There, he could be seen last season as Ophémon in Joseph Bologna's L'AMANT ANONYME, as Doctor Falke in DIE FLEDERMAUS by Johann Strauss, as Papageno in Mozart's THE MAGIC FLUTE, and as Roucher in Giordano's ANDREA CHÉNIER. In fall 2023, he was invited back to the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, where he gave a convincing performance as Agrippa in John Adams' ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA. He also made his debut at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam with Fauré's REQUIEM.

This was followed by his debuts at the Opera di Roma as Papageno and at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice as Harlequin.

Future engagements in the 2024/2025 season include his return to the Theater St. Gallen for his role debut as Pantalon in THE LOVE FOR THREE ORANGES, as well as once again as Falke in DIE FLEDERMAUS alongside Rolando Villazon.

Äneas Humm is also in high demand as a concert performer and is a welcome guest with renowned European orchestras, including the Bremen Philharmonic, the Musikkollegium Winterthur, the Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie, the Nederlands Noordorkest, and the Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz.

Is there such a thing as the ideal form of music-making? Kit Armstrong is certain: it is chamber music. “My ideal is the coming together of versatile soloists who know how to play their different roles, sometimes prominent, sometimes accompanying, sometimes supporting, but always creating tension,” says the cosmopolitan.

Alfred Brendel called him the greatest musical talent he had ever encountered in his entire life.

Kit Armstrong is not only one of the best pianists of our time, he is also an organist, composer, and conductor. He also studied natural sciences and mathematics and graduated with a master's degree.

Born in Los Angeles in 1992, Kit Armstrong began composing at the age of five and received his first piano lessons shortly thereafter. He later studied at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia and the Royal Academy of Music in London. At the age of thirteen, he met Alfred Brendel, who had a strong influence on him as a teacher and mentor.

In addition to his musical education, Armstrong also studied science and graduated with a master's degree in mathematics from the University of Paris. As a pianist, he now performs in venues such as the Musikverein in Vienna, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Berlin Philharmonic, the NHK Hall in Tokyo, and the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels. He has performed with the Vienna Philharmonic, the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, and the NHK Symphony Orchestra, working with Herbert Blomstedt, Riccardo Chailly, Kent Nagano, Esa-Pekka Salonen, and Christian Thielemann.

Armstrong is intensely devoted to chamber music, particularly in collaboration with violinist Renaud Capuçon, cellist Daniel Müller-Schott, tenor Julian Prégardien, the Quatuor Ebène, and the Armida Quartet. Since 2016, he has also been giving recitals on the organ.