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Maryam Wocial is a postgraduate at the Royal College of Music where she is the Poppy Holden scholar supported by the Cuthbert Smith scholarship. She is generously supported by the H R Taylor Trust, the Munster Trust, and is a Josephine Baker Trust artist. In 2024, she made her debut as a soloist with professional ensembles including The Mozartists, Instruments of Time and Truth, and she is the inaugural vocalist on The English Concert’s early careers fellowship programme for 2024–25. At the Britten Theatre, Maryam has performed the role of Governess (The Turn of the Screw), Ilia (Idomeneo), and Poppea (L’incoronazione di Poppea) in opera scenes. Last summer, she debuted the role of Anastasia Romanov in the world premiere of Jasmine Morris’s Church on the Blood, a contemporary opera produced in collaboration with Tête à Tête Opera. As a concert soloist, Maryam has performed at prestigious venues including the Sheldonian Theatre, the Cadogan Hall, and the Royal Albert Hall. She recently won the 2nd Prize at the International Handel Singing Competition in London.
Katrīna Paula Felsberga made her debut as Adina (L’elisir d’amore) at the Latvian National Opera in the 2024–25 season. She has also performed Zerlina (Don Giovanni) and was named ‘Young Artist of the Year’ at the 2024 Latvian Great Music Awards. A dedicated recitalist, she has appeared at the Pierre Boulez Saal in Berlin with Graham Johnson and Malcolm Martineau, and participated in the Heidelberger Frühling Liedfestival and the Kissinger Sommer’s LiederWerkstatt. Highlights of 2024 include a solo recital at Rachmaninoff’s Villa Senar in Lucerne and a performance at the Konzerthaus Berlin with organist Iveta Apkalna. She is also active in contemporary music and has worked with Ensemble Modern and Ensemble l’Itinéraire.
Tamara Bounazou est une soprano lyrique franco-algérienne aussi à l’aise sur la scène lyrique que théâtrale. Elle a interprété Anne Trulove (The Rake’s Progress) sous la direction de Barbara Hannigan et Eurydice (Orphée aux Enfers) sous la direction de Marc Minkowski. À l’Opéra National de Paris, elle a chanté Papagena (Die Zauberflöte) et L’Amour (Platée), et a joué le rôle de Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro) au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées. Passionnée de poésie et de musique de chambre, elle remporte le premier prix du Concours International de Musique de Chambre de Lyon en 2019 avec la pianiste Anna Giorgi. Récitaliste fréquente, elle s’est produite dans des salles telles que le Wigmore Hall de Londres. Parmi ses engagements à venir, citons le rôle-titre d’Iphigénie en Tauride de Gluck à l’Opéra-Comique de Paris, sous la direction de Louis Langrée et mis en scène par Wajdi Mouawad.
Yo Kitamura was born in Japan in 2004. He studies with Jens Peter Maintz at the Universität der Künste Berlin and with Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi at the Toho Gakuen College of Music, where he is a scholarship recipient. In 2024, he won first prize at the George Enescu International Competition and the Pablo Casals International Award. He also won first prize at the Johannes Brahms International Competition, second prize at the 2022 Khachaturian International Competition, and unanimously received first prize at the Tchaikovsky International Competition for Young Musicians in 2017. He made his orchestral debut at the age of nine, his recital debut at ten, and performed as a soloist at the Suntory Hall at the age of eleven. Yo has participated three times in the Kronberg Academy, including as a scholarship recipient in 2022. He has also attended masterclasses with renowned cellists such as Wolfgang Boettcher, David Geringas, Philippe Muller, Mischa Maisky and Steven Isserlis.
Jinseok Jeong was born in Budapest to a Korean family and began playing the cello at the age of five. At 11, he was admitted to the young talents program at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, where he studied with professors György Déri and István Varga. During these years, he won prizes at several international competitions, including the Antonio Janigro, David Popper, and Jan Vychtil competitions.
Italian-Portuguese cellist Luis Dias Canali grew up in Gran Canaria. He began playing the cello at the age of four with Alba Page in Las Palmas, before studying at the Feuermann Konservatorium in Kronberg, then at the École Normale de Musique de Paris, where he has been training with Henri Demarquette since 2021. He performs regularly in Europe, notably in Greece, Denmark, France, Portugal, and Germany, with solo appearances alongside the Orquesta IBF, the Sorbisches-National-Ensemble, and the Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria. In 2024, he participated in the Kronberg Cello Masterclasses and is currently continuing his studies with Frans Helmerson at the Stauffer Academy (2024/25 season). Joint winner of the 2nd prize and the AENA Special Prize at the Pablo Casals International Award 2024, he also won seven first prizes in the International Bach Festival, Stars-at-Tenerife, and Vatelot-Rampal competitions. He plays a cello by Thomas Bertrand.
Maxim Calver came to public attention as a finalist in the 2018 BBC Young Musician competition, where he performed with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Since then, he has appeared as a soloist with orchestras across the UK and Europe and has performed in leading venues such as Wigmore Hall, Konzerthaus Berlin, and the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, among others. As a chamber musician, he has performed at festivals such as the Pau Casals Festival, the Gstaad Menuhin Festival, IMS Prussia Cove, and the Kronberg Academy ‘Chamber Music Connects the World’ Festival, where he collaborated with Lawrence Power, Ante Weithaas, and Gidon Kremer. Maxim recently completed his studies at the Royal College of Music in London with Melissa Phelps, and from September, he will be an artist in residence at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel, where he will study with Gary Hoffman.
Pauline Boudon began learning the cello at the age of three in Lyon. She obtained her degree from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris with Jérôme Pernoo and is currently pursuing a master’s degree with Marc Coppey. A passionate chamber musician, she is a member of the Quatuor Citadelles and is also completing a master’s degree in piano trio. Pauline performs regularly with the Opéra de Paris and has appeared in numerous festivals, collaborating with musicians such as Ulf Wallin, Peter Bruns, Anne Gastinel, François Salque and the Quatuor Arod. She has participated in masterclasses with Valentin Erben, Corina Belcea, Frans Helmerson and others. She plays a cello by Benjamin Banks, dated 1786, generously loaned by Cordes en Partage.
Seungyeon Baik is currently pursuing a master’s degree at the Universität der Künste in Berlin, where she is studying with Jens Peter Maintz. She won first prize at the 2019 David Popper International Cello Competition, second prize at the Vienna Classic Strings and third prize at the Ars Classica Competition. In 2024, she was named a Villa Musica fellow and participated in the NDR Elbphilharmonie Academy. Seungyeon has performed at the Kronberg, Rutesheim, and Kirishima festivals, and has performed as a soloist with the Incheon Philharmonic Orchestra and the KBS Symphony Orchestra. She has participated in masterclasses with Miklós Perényi, Arto Noras, Frans Helmerson, Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt, and Laurence Lesser.
Born in Spain in 2005, Luis Aracama studies at the Escuela Superior Reina Sofía with Ivan Monighetti since 2018. He received the diploma for the most outstanding student from Her Majesty Queen Sofía for the academic year 2021/22. He is a scholarship holder of the Liechtenstein Music Academy and was selected in 2024 to participate in the masterclasses of the Academy Kronberg with Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt. Luis has received masterclasses from Frans Helmerson, Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt, Márta Gulyás, Gautier Capuçon, Torleif Thedéen, Alban Gerhardt, Kian Soltani, Pablo Ferrández, Miklós Perényi and Jan Vogler. He won first prize at the International Dotzauer (with the special prize for best contemporary interpretation), the Competition Dobato Benavente and the Competition Janigro in Croatia (as well as the Zagreb Soloists’ Prize), and second prize at the International Popper Competition.