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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.
Rang Tae began studying viola at the age of 12 and entered the Yewon School of Music (Seoul, South Korea) shortly thereafter. At 14, she gave her first performance alongside Richard Yongjae O’Neill at the Seoul Arts Centre. Since then, she has given solo recitals at the Union City Museum, the House Concert, and the Kukje Art Hall. Rang continued her musical education at the Seoul Arts High School, where she focused on solo and chamber music. Since 2021, she has been studying with Professor Ensik Choi at Seoul National University. She is the first prize winner of the Dong-A 2022 Music Competition, one of Korea’s most prestigious music competitions, following earlier successes at the World Ilbo, Music Journal, and Hudson international competitions.
Seoyeon Ryu studies viola at Seoul National University. She received first prize and the audience award at the 6th Oskar International Viola Competition Nedbal and won first prize at the 2022 Johansen International Competition in Washington, D.C. As part of the Johansen Laureate Program, she was invited to participate in the Morningside Music Bridge in the United States. Seoyeon made her recital debut at the age of 16 during the Kumho Prodigy recital series in 2019 in Korea and continues to develop her solo and chamber music performances through international competitions and festivals.
Gatien Leray is currently pursuing his studies for the Diplôme d’Artiste Interprète at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris. At 17, he entered the Haute École de Musique de Genève, where he studied with Miguel da Silva, and in 2022, he joined the International Menuhin Music Academy, where he works with Gérard Caussé and Ivan Vukčević. He obtained a master’s degree in 2024, winning the Albert Lullin Special Prize. Passionate about solo and chamber repertoire, Gatien has participated in academies and masterclasses with Tabea Zimmermann, Lawrence Power, Nobuko Imai and Jean Sulem, and has worked in chamber music with Gábor Takács-Nagy, Valentin Erben and Bruno Giuranna. He has performed at the Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad, the Rencontres Internationales d’Évian, and the Pablo Casals Festival, alongside artists such as Renaud Capuçon, Clemens Hagen and Daishin Kashimoto. He was a semi-finalist at the Oskar International Viola Competition Nedbal.
Hiroki Kasai has performed across Europe, Asia, Australia, and the United States, with appearances at the Marlboro, Beethovenfest, Pablo Casals, Schleswig-Holstein, and Gstaad Menuhin. After graduating with distinction in violin from the Royal Academy of Music, he began studying viola on the recommendation of Nobuko Imai, with whom he now studies at the Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía. In 2024, he won First Prize at the International Johannes Brahms Competition. As a soloist, he has performed with orchestras in Europe, Asia, and America under conductors such as Ton Koopman. An active chamber musician, he has collaborated with artists such as Midori, Lawrence Power, Thomas Riebl, Ivan Monighetti and Christoph Richter. In 2025, he will tour the United States and Canada as part of “Marlboro on Tour.”
Zofia Groblewska is a student at the Chopin University of Music in Warsaw. She is a laureate of several viola, violin, and chamber music competitions, including the Grand Prix of the Music Competition of the Centre for Artistic Education in Poland and the viola and double bass competition in Gdańsk, as well as prizes at the Josef Micka Competition in Prague and the Bohdan Warchal International Competition in Slovakia. In 2023, she made her solo debut with the Jerzy Semkow Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra, performing the Romance by Bruch, and returned in 2024 for a second appearance. In 2022, she joined the Concertgebouworkest Young, performing under the direction of Gustavo Gimeno and collaborating with Isabelle Faust. Since 2024, she has been a member of the Penderecki Youth Orchestra in Lusławice.
Vincenzo Calcagno is a final-year student at the Juilliard School, where he studies with Heidi Castleman and Misha Amory as a recipient of the Irene Diamond and E&J Brenner Scholarships. Prior to Juilliard, he studied with Helen Callus. This autumn, he will begin graduate studies with Ettore Causa at Yale University on a full scholarship. Vincenzo’s recent performances include recitals highlighting works by British composers, and with guitar, works by Schubert, Piazzolla, and Fauré. He has also served as principal violist in the performance by the Juilliard Orchestra of Verklärte Nacht by Schoenberg. With his quartet, he participated in the Master Class series of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center with the Quartet Calidore and performed at Carnegie Hall in “A Celebration of Meredith Monk.” Previously, he received summer scholarships at the Taos School of Music, the Perlman Music Program, and the Music Academy of the West, where he studied intensively with the Quartet Takács.