FROM Carnegie Hall in New York to the Musikverein in Vienna and London's Royal Albert Hall, Kremerata Baltica, the Grammy-award winning chamber orchestra, will soon be able to add Cardiff to their list when they perform at Wales Millennium Centre on Sunday, April 23.

Kremerata Baltica is an electrifying ensemble comprising 27 talented young musicians, all brought together in 1997 by world renowned violinist and artistic director Gidon Kremer, who also performs with the group as the solo violinist.

Kremer has handpicked some of the most exceptional young instrumental talent originating from the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to form Kremerata Baltica.

With some of the members still completing their studies, the group operates as a professional orchestra with the youngest member aged 19.

The ensemble is the realisation of Kremer's belief that music can overcome all language and cultural barriers, as well as a means of bridging the cultural divide between three neighbouring countries with strikingly different national identities.

Kremer adopts an unusual approach to his repertoire selection, preferring to perform popular and familiar pieces, incuding Vivaldi and Piazzola, in an unconventional style.

Kremerata Baltica won a Grammy Award in 2002 with After Mozart, was nominated for another in 2003, records for Nonesuch Records (a Warner Bros label) and Deutsche Grammophon, and has performed in all the great halls of the world.

Kremerata Baltica will be performing at the Wales Millennium Centre for one night only with prices ranging from £5 - £30.

Tickets are available from the box office on 08700 40 2000.