Winterreise, the Winter Journey, brings both the performer and the listener to the fundamental questions of humanity and existence. The human and social levels of the work remain pertinent and current. A prizewinner of several competitions including the International Mozart Competition in Salzburg, Finnish baritone Arttu Kataja graduated from Sibelius Academy in Helsinki and became a member of the Berlin State Opera in 2006 performing such parts as Conte, Figaro, Guglielmo, Papageno, Marcello, Belcore, Musiklehrer and Besenbinder, to name but a few. Guest engagements have led him to Theater an der Wien, Théâtre du Capitole Toulouse, Teatro Municipal in Santiago de Chile, Staatsoper Hamburg, Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Finnish National Opera and Savonlinna Opera Festival as well as to Tokyo, Shanghai and Seoul. He is a versatile recitalist and concert singer with a repertoire ranging from baroque to contemporary music. The Finnish pianist Pauliina Tukiainen studied piano in her native country and in Frankfurt am Main. She won numerous prizes and scholarships during her Art Song studies with Hartmut Höll and Anne Le Bozec in Zurich and Karlsruhe. Pauliina Tukiainen has given Song recitals in renowned concert halls and international festivals such as Musikverein in Wien, the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival, the Bodensee Festival, the Enescu Festival in Bukarest, Festival classique des Haudères in Switzerland, Fundación Juan March in Madrid, Zurich’s Tonhalle, the Liederhalle in Stuttgart, Konserthus Oslo, the Cape Classic Festival in South Africa, the Mehli Mehta Foundation in India, and Saigon Opera House, Vietnam. In addition to various CDs, many of her concerts were recorded by international broadcasting companies. She is an internationally sought-after jury member and lecturer at masterclasses and workshops. Since October 2017 she holds a professorship for Art Song at the Mozarteum University Salzburg.