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Julius Röntgen grew up in Leipzig and left for Amsterdam in 1878. Although he was to remain the rest of his life in the Netherlands, he never lost touch with his German origins. From a very young age Röntgen gives proof of his musical talents. He is praised by Liszt, Brahms and Clara Schumann, to name a few. His compositions are attractive and reveal a big hearted personality totally in love with music. Even in the works through which a certain despair resounds, we always hear a trace of hope and joy in life. Compared with the German school as a whole, his style is looser and freer, with the many folkloric influences having a more Northern orientation and being less well-crafted. His orchestrations are light, supple and transparent. He creates long melodic lines that return in various guises and that are filled in with smaller motives that themselves create a differing mood. All the above is to be heard in his three cello concertos. Arturo Muruzabalstudied at the Madrid conservatory and under Enrique Correa. He was solo cellist for the Spanish Radio and Television Orchestra from 1984-1989. He has given master classes in the Netherlands, Spain, Brazil and the United States. He and conductor Arturo Tamayo are the founders of the Spanish Academy for Modern Music. He is currently solo cellist of the Radio Kamer Philharmonie and the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. In May 2000 Henrik Schaefer was chosen by Claudio Abbado to be his assistant with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Since then he has had numerous opportunities to conduct the orchestra. He made guest appearances with orchestras in Hiroshima, Prague, Amsterdam, Israel, the Scharoun-Ensemble and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. He is a regular guest conductor with the Dutch Radio Orchestras. Since 2002 Paul Watkins has fast become recognized as one of Britain's most promising young conductors. In the past four years he has conducted virtually all of Britain's symphony and chamber orchestras. He is also active outside the UK.