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Italian cellist Paolo Tedesco, born in 2001, began studying the cello at the age of five at the Suzuki Academy Talent Center in Turin with Marco Mosca.
He has received numerous prizes in national and international competitions, including first prizes at the Giovani Interpreti, Città di Maccagno, Salieri, Città di Vimodrone and Varallo-Valsesia Musica Junior competitions, as well as the Premio Crescendo in Florence and the Premio Guadagnini in Piacenza.
Paolo graduated with highest honours from the G. Verdi Conservatory in Turin in 2020. He has since continued his studies at institutions including the Mozarteum University Salzburg, the Pavia Cello Academy, the Stauffer Academy and the Accademia Chigiana.
He has appeared as a soloist and chamber musician across Europe and Japan and currently studies with Peter Bruns in Leipzig and Frans Helmerson in Cremona.
French soprano Fanny Soyer trained at the Maîtrise de Paris and the Département Supérieur pour Jeunes Chanteurs before continuing her studies in Berlin and later at the Opera Academy in Copenhagen, where she completed a Master’s degree with highest distinction.
A prizewinner at several competitions, she received the Women’s Second Prize at the Canari Singing Competition (2024) and the Audience Prize at the Montreal Competition (2025).
She joined the Young Artist Program of the Danish National Opera, where she performed roles including Frasquita (Carmen), Papagena (Die Zauberflöte) and Echo, and took part in Don Giovanni’s Inferno by Simon Steen-Andersen.
An Académicienne of the Opéra-Comique for the 2024–2025 season, she appeared as the Second Attendant in Médée. Upcoming engagements include Lyra in Poul Ruders’ The Thirteenth Child in Odense and Frasquita at the Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse.
British-American soprano Josephine Shaw studies at the Royal College of Music in London as a Frederick and Phyllis Treby Scholar, working with Veronica Veysey Campbell and Caroline Dowdle.
Her operatic roles include Galatea in Haendel’s Acis and Galatea, Julie Jordan in Carousel with the National Youth Music Theatre, Frog in Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen at the Royal College of Music, and Adina (L’elisir d’amore) and Aldimira in (Erismena) in RCM Opera Scenes.
In 2024 she was a Young Artist at the Académie Ravel in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, and in 2025 she toured Italy as soprano soloist with the RCM Baroque Ensemble. She has performed in masterclasses with Dame Sarah Connolly, Barbara Hannigan and Patricia Petibon.
Josephine has been featured on BBC Click and BBC Radio London and is passionate about bringing classical music to wider audiences through social media. She collaborates with organisations including Decca Classics, the Aurora Orchestra and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
Violist Stephen “Adam” Savage, aged 21, began studying the viola at the age of eight. He performs regularly in recitals and chamber music concerts and has appeared with orchestras and ensembles internationally.
In 2025 he participated in the Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition, where he received the Karl Doktor Prize. He has also been invited to major competitions including the Concours de Genève International Viola Competition and the ARD International Music Competition.
An active chamber musician, Adam performed in the 72nd Ljubljana Festival and was invited as an International Performer at Music@Menlo in 2025.
He is currently pursuing graduate studies at The Juilliard School in the studios of Paul Neubauer and Toby Appel, supported by a Kovner Fellowship. A 2021 YoungArts Winner, he was also named a 2021 U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts.
Italian cellist Alessandro Sacchetti, born in Rome in 2007, studies in the Performance Diploma programme with Frans Helmerson at the Stauffer Academy in Cremona. He previously studied with Antonio Meneses at the Stauffer Academy, as well as at the Chigiana Academy and the Biel Academy.
In 2024, he was selected to participate in several prestigious academies and masterclasses, including the Kronberg Academy masterclasses with Marie-Elisabeth Hecker and the Cello Akademie Rutesheim with Claudio Bohórquez. He has also taken part in masterclasses with artists including David Geringas, Mischa Maisky and Sol Gabetta.
He is currently studying at the G. Briccialdi Conservatory and the Avos Project International Chamber Music Academy in Rome. In 2025, he won the XIX Italian National Arts Prize, awarded by the Ministry of University and Research, as the best cellist among Italian conservatories.
Pianist and composer Yoav Roth, aged nineteen, has already performed widely as a soloist and chamber musician across Europe, North America and Asia. His appearances include concerts in England, Hong Kong, Poland, Canada and the United States, with performances in Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Los Angeles.
He has received numerous awards in piano competitions, including first prizes in national competitions in Israel and First Prize with Audience Prize at the Tel-Hai International Master Class Piano Concerto Competition.
Yoav is a regular recipient of the America-Israel Cultural Foundation Excellence Scholarships (2018–2025) and participated in an elite program for outstanding pianists at the Jerusalem Music Centre led by Murray Perahia.
Recently he won First Prize at the Juilliard Piano Concerto Competition and participated in the Marlboro Music Festival.
He currently studies at The Juilliard School with Robert McDonald.
Spanish accordionist Sofía Ros is one of the most distinctive voices of her generation. In 2025 she was named BBC Radio Scotland Young Classical Musician of the Year following her solo debut with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under Andrew Gourlay, performing Piazzolla’s Aconcagua Concerto.
She appeared at the opening night of the Edinburgh International Festival alongside Nicola Benedetti and performs regularly across Europe and the United States.
Her concert appearances include venues such as Carnegie Hall, the Musikverein and Konzerthaus in Vienna, the Purcell Room in London and Queen’s Hall in Edinburgh.
A prizewinner of the Trophée Mondial de l’Accordéon and the Manhattan International Music Competition, she has also been featured on BBC Radio 3 and Spanish National Radio.
Born in the Canary Islands, she studies at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and performs on a Pigini Sirius Compact bayan.
Latvian soprano Estere Katrīna Pogiņa pursues an artistic career spanning both opera and chamber music. She currently studies at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris.
Her recent distinctions include Third Prize at the 5th Jāzeps Vītols International Singing Competition and participation in the XXIV Santander Music Academy, where she attended masterclasses with Bernarda Fink and performed at the Festival Palace of Cantabria.
As a chamber musician, she has appeared at venues including the Opéra de Compiègne, the Petit Palais, Arcal Lyrique and Salle Cortot in Paris.
Her operatic roles include the First Lady in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro in a Philharmonie de Paris co-production conducted by Paul Daniel and directed by Mariame Clément, as well as Vénus in Offenbach’s Orphée aux enfers.
Violinist Jeremias Pestalozzi studies with Julia Fischer. In 2024 he performed Bach’s Double Violin Concerto together with her and the Czech Philharmonic at the Rudolfinum in Prague.
At the age of fourteen he became a junior student at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich in the class of Christoph Poppen. He has also received artistic inspiration through masterclasses with musicians including Ana Chumachenco, Ingolf Turban and Nora Chastain.
Jeremias regularly appears as a soloist with orchestras such as the Bad Reichenhall Philharmonic and the German String Philharmonic, performing in venues including the Herkulessaal in Munich, the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg and the Liederhalle in Stuttgart.
As a chamber musician he has participated in festivals such as the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival. Upcoming engagements include concerts with the German String Philharmonic and a recital at the Rudolfinum in Prague.
Mexican-American violist Nicolas Perkins is a graduate of The Juilliard School and is currently pursuing his Master’s degree at the Yale School of Music with Ettore Causa.
He has participated in leading international festivals and academies including the Kronberg Academy Masterclasses, Gstaad Menuhin Academy, Perlman Music Program, Taos School of Music and Kneisel Hall.
As a chamber musician, he has performed in the “Juilliard Now” concert series at Lincoln Center and collaborated with artists such as Tabea Zimmermann, Antoine Tamestit, Nobuko Imai and Rainer Schmidt.
A Virtu Foundation Scholar, he plays a viola by Joseph Grubaugh & Sigrun Seifert, generously on loan, and a bow from the Maestro Foundation. He studied previously with Hsin-Yun Huang and Mai Motobuchi.