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Violist Ami-Louise Johnsson from Stockholm is currently studying at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama with David Takeno, where she has been supported by the Anglo-Swedish Society since 2019. Ami-Louise won the 2020 Max and Peggy Morgan Viola Award at the Guildhall, was Second Prize and Special Award winner of the 2021 Oskar Nedbal […]

Dongyoung Jake Shim achieved international acclaim by winning top prizes at prestigious competitions, including the Stulberg International String Competition, International Mozart Competition, F. Kreisler International Violin Competition, and Irving M. Klein International String Competition. He was also recognised as a Laureate at the J.S. Bach Competition. With debut performances on three continents, Dongyoung has appeared […]

SongHa has performed as a soloist with numerous orchestras, including Lietuvos nacionalinis simfoninis orkestras, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, KBS Symphony, Daegu Symphony Orchestra, Gangnam Symphony Orchestras to name a few. She is a major prizewinner of international competitions, including the Montreal International Violin Competition, Yehudi Menuhin Violin Competition, Premio Lipizer International Violin Competition, Berlin International […]

Maya Oganyan was born in Moscow and has lived and studied in Venice since 2011. She began studying the piano at age of 4 with Alexander Maykapar, professor at the Gnessin Music Academy in Moscow. In 2015 she entered the Benedetto Marcello Conservatory in Venice, where she studied under the guidance of Massimo Somenzi. She […]

Born in Moscow in 2003, Ekaterina Bonyushkina received her first piano lessons at the age of six. She has been performing regularly as a soloist and in various chamber music formations since 2012. In April 2014, at the age of 10, she won first prize at the 2nd International Youth Music Competition “CRESCENDO.GENEVE” in Geneva. […]

Jan Sekaci began playing the cello at age of 10 at the High School of Arts in Oradea, Romania. He went on to take part in the Classe d’Excellence de Violoncelle de Gautier Capuçon for three consecutive years and is currently studying at the Barenboim-Said Academy with Frans Helmerson. Jan has attended numerous masterclasses with […]

João Pedro Gonçalves began playing the cello at age 12 under the mentorship of Ana Cláudia Serrão in Lisbon, later continuing his studies with Marco Pereira and Paulo Gaio Lima. João was honoured with the Maestro Silva Pereira Prize as Young Musician of the Year 2020/21 in Portugal. As a soloist, he has collaborated with […]

Paloma So has studied with Zakhar Bron since age nine. She is currently in her first year in the Harvard-New England Conservatory Dual Degree Program with Donald Weilerstein, receiving the Dean’s Scholarship and winning the Harvard Radcliffe Orchestra Concerto Competition. She is also mentored by Eduard Wulfson. With multiple victories in international competitions, Paloma has […]

Violinist Alexey Stychkin began his studies at Moscow’s Central Music School before continuing studies at the Conservatoire royal de Liège and the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz in Cologne. In the 2022/23 season, Alexey’s talent was showcased as an academy artist with the Staatskapelle Berlin, where he led the orchestra as concertmaster alongside Daniel Barenboim. […]

German violinist Alexandra Weissbecker began her musical journey at Kazan Special Music School in Russia under the guidance of Julia Vivat, before moving on to study with Pierre Amoyal at Mozarteum University Salzburg in 2019. Currently a student of Stephan Picard at Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin, she has also gained valuable insights from […]