IS A FORUM of particularly gifted artists with extensive education in classic voice, stringed instruments and piano. LCG promotes these musicians on the Internet through high definition multi-camera video and multi-channel studio quality audio recordings.

We pride ourselves in providing concert recordings for these artists at reasonable cost. Since our classic videos are watched at the rate of about 1.000 per day there is an added value in being listed with LCG by giving the musician unique public exposure.

PROVIDES

• fine stringed instruments. We precondition our tone wood according to the latest research on Italian vintage wood before handcrafting copies of historic Cremona instruments. On hand of an audio data base of some of the most famous instruments of the late 17th and early 18th century we then fine tune construction of our own newly built instruments.

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• top-of-the-line pianos.We represent the venerable piano manufacturer Steingraeber & Soehne (Bayreuth) in the Republic of the Philippines. Steingraeber was formed back in 1852 and his pianos were favoured by some of the great composers such as Richard Wagner and Franz Liszt. Actually Liszt used the Steingraeber House as his music salon. This piano is easy to distinguish from all others by its distinctive sound and unique character.

After starting out in September 2003 as a non-profit experiment to help exceptionally talented students we created a forum, where they could work with established masters of music and profit from the resulting synergy. Initially everything was financed through private means. In support of voice ensemble training we performed only 2 years later unabbridged Rossini's opera buffa "Il Turco in Italia" and in 2006 we opened our chambre music project by inviting the London Piano Trio.

However it soon became evident, that the main concern was the lack of interest by agencies and organizers for fear of not being able to market musicians virtually unknown to the general public. All of a sudden it became a promotional challenge for LCG to create demand.

We soon found ourselves in territory virtually hostile to the arts, a rather sobering world without ethical coordinates. Potential sponsors were too much concerned in getting a return rather than doing a good deed. In one case a well-known orchestra refused to permit a non-commercial recording of an exceptional student for fear of giving away goodwill. Not even the conductor could change their mind. Shortly thereafter the same student won first prize in a famous international competition. All of a sudden they all were queuing up to get some of the sunshine. Meanwhile Laureate Concert Group surpassed the one million clicks on the Internet and our videos are streamed at the rate of 95 hours per day.

Akemi Mercer, Almut Frenzel-Riehl, Augusto Espino, Biljana Kovač, Borealis String Quartet, Budapesti Monteverdi Kórus, Burkhard Schaeffer, Christian Strauß, Claude Frochaux, Claudia Hölbing, Clemens Berg, Concierto Belcanto Cinema, Connie Shih, Dami Kim, Durlacher Kantorei, Ena Maria Aldecoa, Gérard Buquet, Giuseppe Vaccaro, Gunther Grumbeck, Hans-Georg Dechange, Hsu-Chen Su, Igor Tsinman, Ji Eun Anna Lee, Johannes Blomenberg, Josep Carreras, KammerChor Hofheim, Kammerphilharmonie Rhein-Main, Karlsruher Barockorchester, Katerina Verbovskaya, London Piano Trio, Madarys Morgan, Marburger Oktett, Mark Anthony Carpio, Martin Erhard, Matthias Alteheld, Melania Inés Kluge, Melanie Bähr, Mizuki Tanabe, Nai Yuan Hu, Orchestra Agimus Arte di Firenze, Orchestra Filarmonica Italiana, Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Orchestra Sinfonica Gaetano Donizetti, Pavel Kolesnikov, Philippine Madrigal Singers, Pilar Jurado, Roger Chase, Ruth Ziesak, Sergi Giménez, Seung-Jo Cha, Soojin Han, Staatsorchester Stuttgart, Sung-Won Yang, Thomas Jakobs, Vaida Rozinskaite, Walter Delahunt, Woojung Jang, Yena Lee