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Timothy Ridout, a BBC New Generation Artist and Borletti-Buitoni Trust fellow, is one of the most sought-after violists of his generation. This season he appears as soloist with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Metropolitan, hr-Sinfonieorchester, Odense, San Jose symphony orchestras and Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, amongst others. In 2020, Ridout won Hamburger Symphoniker’s inaugural Sir Jeffrey Tate Prize and joined the Bowers Program of the Chamber Music Society of the Lincoln Center in 2021.

Other highlights this season include recitals and chamber concerts at Wigmore Hall, Concertgebouw Amsterdam and Philharmonie Köln. Further afield, Ridout embarks on a South American tour with the Chamber Society of the Lincoln Centre, returns to Taipei for a series of concerts, and tours Australia with Musica Viva.

In recent seasons, Ridout has made his debut with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, Hamburger Symphoniker, Orchestre National de Lille, Camerata Salzburg, Graz Philharmonic, Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, the Hallé, BBC Symphony, Philharmonic and Philharmonia Orchestra, and performed the Walton Concerto at the BBCProms/Sakari Oramo and with the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich/David Zinman. He has also worked with conductors including Christoph Eschenbach, Lionel Bringuier, Gabor Takács-Nagy, Sylvain Cambreling, Nicholas Collon and Sir Andras Schiff.

Sought after as a chamber musician, Ridout has taken part in numerous festivals across Europe, including Rheingau, Bergen, Rosendal, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Sion and Lockenhaus, and regularly collaborates with leading international artists including Janine Jansen, Steven Isserlis, Joshua Bell, Isabelle Faust, Kian Soltani, Benjamin Grosvenor, Nicolas Altstaedt and Christian Tetzlaff, among many others.

Ridout records for the Harmonia Mundi label. His latest album – ‘A Poet’s Love’ –was recorded with pianist Frank Dupree and features selections from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet and their own transcription of Schumann’s Dichterliebe. New releases include, amongst others, Berlioz Harold en Italie with Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg/John Nelson on Warner/Erato, and Bloch Suite for Viola and Orchestra and Elgar Concerto with BBC Symphony Orchestra/Martyn Brabbins.

Born in London in 1995, Ridout studied at the Royal Academy of Music, graduating with the Queen’s Commendation for Excellence. He completed his Masters at the Kronberg Academy with Nobuko Imai in 2019 and, in 2018, took part in Kronberg Academy’s Chamber Music Connects the World.

He plays on a viola by Peregrino di Zanetto c.1565 – 75 on loan from a generous patron of Beare’s International Violin Society.

Jérémie Moreau, born in 1999, began playing the piano at the age of 7 with Françoise Ragon. He also studied ballet for 7 years, but eventually gave up this discipline to devote himself to music. At the same time, he entered Anne-Lise Gastaldi’s class at the CRR in Paris, where he was introduced to the contemporary piano repertoire by composers such as Guy Sacre and Yves Dufourt. He obtained his Prix de piano in June 2014 and entered the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris in September 2015 in Denis Pascal’s class. After graduating in June 2018 with unanimous congratulations from the jury, he joined Andras Schiff’s class at the Saïd-Barenboïm Academy in Berlin.

He is regularly advised and guided by Bruno Rigutto, and takes part in masterclasses with Jean-François Heisser (Académie de Villecroze), Yves Henri (Festival Chopin à Nohant), Marie-Joseph Jude (Académie Ravel), Jean-Marc Luisada and Daniel Barenboïm. In 2007 he was unanimously awarded first prize at the UFAM competition, went on to win the Vatelot competition several times, won first prize at the Flame competition in 2011 and 2012, and won the Virtuoses du cœur competition in 2018. Jérémie performs regularly in recital and chamber music at the Festival Piano aux Jacobins, the Festival de la Roque d’Anthéron, the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, the Auditorium de Radio France, the Festival de Saint-Denis, the Festival Lisztomanias, the Festival Chopin à Nohant and the Orangerie du Parc de Bagatelle.

In 2021, Jérémie was nominated in the Revelations category of the Victoires de la Musique Classique awards. For his first recording with Erato, he joins forces with his sister Raphaëlle Moreau, and his brothers Edgar and David Moreau, for a programme based on Dvorak and Korngold (“A Family Affair”, 2020).

Recognised by the international press as one of the great specialists in 18th-century keyboard music, Swiss-Italian pianist Olivier Cavé was a disciple of three piano legends; Maria Tipo, Aldo Ciccolini and Nelson Goerner.

In December 2015, the American magazine Forbes ranked his album “Chiaro e scuro: Haydn & Scarlatti” as the No. 1 classical album of 2015.

Olivier Cavé has built his career and his international reputation around a first-rate discography built up over many years.

He has surrounded himself with the greatest musicologists, recounting the history of his instrument, the piano. From Scarlatti to Bach, via Clementi, Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven, the international press praises each new album.

Olivier Cavé records exclusively for the Alpha label.

He performs in the most prestigious concert halls in Europe and the United States, in recital or with orchestra. Each of his appearances, from New York and Washington to San Francisco, via La Roque d’Anthéron and the Menuhin Festival Gstaad, is unanimously acclaimed.

Robin Fourmeau is one of the most dynamic and versatile percussionists of his generation. A member of the Sinfonieorchester Basel since 2017, he has carved out a career that spans the symphonic stage, chamber music, and cutting-edge contemporary work.

After studying at the Haute école de musique de Genève and the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, Robin quickly joined some of Europe’s most prestigious ensembles, including the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, the Orchestre Français des Jeunes, and the renowned Verbier Festival Orchestra, where he performed under the baton of leading conductors and alongside celebrated soloists. Today, he remains closely connected to the Verbier Festival as a coach for the Junior Orchestra, where he mentors and inspires the next generation of musicians.

An avid chamber musician with a passion for innovation, Robin co-founded the ensemble DeciBells, dedicated to pushing the boundaries of sound and exploring new creative possibilities. Through his work with LUNASON — a platform for artistic and technological research — he experiments with novel instruments and techniques, forging collaborations with acclaimed composers and premiering original works.

He is also a founding member of the trio Be One, an award-winning group that has garnered international acclaim at competitions such as the Swiss Chamber Music Competition and Jeunesses Musicales Suisse.

With his blend of technical mastery, rhythmic precision, and boundless curiosity, Robin Fourmeau is a distinctive voice on Europe’s contemporary music scene, equally at home in tradition and experimentation.

Domingo Hindoyan is Chief Conductor of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Music Director Designate of Los Angeles Opera, where he will begin his tenure as Music Director in the 2026/27 season.

Since beginning his tenure in Liverpool, Hindoyan has shaped a distinctive artistic vision with the orchestra, marked by highly praised performances, dynamic programming, and an ongoing commitment to new music through championing numerous world premieres and commissions. His leadership has also included international touring, most recently around Japan, and has released six albums with the orchestra. In the 2025/26 season, his fifth as Chief Conductor, he leads major works including Mahler’s Ninth Symphony, Bruckner’s Sixth Symphony, and a concert performance of Dvořák’s Rusalka.

Alongside his work in Liverpool, Hindoyan appears regularly with leading orchestras across Europe and the United States. He returns this season to the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, New World Symphony Miami, Orchestre National de Bordeaux Aquitaine, Lyric Opera of Chicago, and Paris Opera. He also makes debuts with the New York Philharmonic, Pittsburgh Symphony, and Zurich Opera.

On the opera stage, Hindoyan has conducted productions at the Metropolitan Opera, Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin, Wiener Staatsoper, Paris Opera, Opéra National de Bordeaux, Teatro Real Madrid, Royal Swedish Opera, Liceu Opera Barcelona, Opéra du Rhin, Royal Opera House Muscat, Lyric Opera of Chicago, and Los Angeles Opera.

Social engagement is a key part of Hindoyan’s artistic identity. In Liverpool, he collaborates closely with the In Harmony programme, part of the UK’s national music education initiative inspired by Venezuela’s El Sistema. Also inspired by El Sistema, Domingo founded the MusicEnsemble initiative in Geneva. His commitment to community and education mirrors his dedication to artistic excellence.

Hindoyan’s discography with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic includes Verismo (released in October 2023), Roberto Sierra celebrating Sierra’s music from the past 25 years (April 2023), Bruckner’s Symphony No. 4 (February 2024), Venezuela! Music from the Americas! (October 2024), and a recording of Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6 and Souvenir de Florence (April 2025).

He continues to lead acclaimed ensembles worldwide, including the Cleveland Orchestra, Houston Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, BBC Symphony Orchestra, New Japan Philharmonic, Czech Philharmonic, and Aarhus Symphony Orchestra. He is a regular guest at international festivals, including the Menuhin Festival Gstaad and Festival Radio France Occitanie Montpellier.

Born in Caracas, Venezuela, Domingo Hindoyan began his career as a violinist in the renowned El Sistema programme and later joined Daniel Barenboim’s West-Eastern Divan Orchestra. He later studied conducting at the Haute École de Musique de Genève under Professor Laurent Gay and served as Barenboim’s first assistant at the Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin from 2013 to 2016.

Born in Verona in 1987, Andrea Battistoni is one of the most appreciated young conductors on the international music scene.

After his official debut in Verona, where he conducted Puccini’s La Boheme in a Youth Production, the great recognition of the public and critics came during the 2010 Verdi Festival during which, conducting G. Verdi’s Attila, he showed his incredible and precocious talents as a conductor and as a musician endowed with great dramatic impetus and innate musicality.

Immediately the doors of the world’s most important Theaters and some of the most prestigious Symphony Orchestras opened wide.

He was appointed First Guest Conductor of the Teatro Regio di Parma from 2010 to 2013. He has conducted in Verdi’s hometown Falstaff, Stiffelio, Battaglia di Legnano, Barbiere di Siviglia and Rigoletto.

On the same time, since 2011 he has been a regular guest at the Arena di Verona where he has conducted Barbiere di Siviglia, Traviata, Turandot, Ballo in Maschera, Aida and Nabucco.

He has debuted in some of the most prestigious International Theaters becoming, over the years, a regular guest; among others: Il Trovatore, Nabucco, Tosca, Boheme, Rigoletto, Aida at the Deutsche Oper in Berlin; Rigoletto, La Boheme at the Palau del Les Arts in Valencia; Boheme, Traviata, Tosca at the Semperoper in Dresden; in St. Petersburg he conducted Attila and Tosca; Stiffelio and Tosca at the Royal Opera House in Stockholm; Otello, Tosca, Mefistofele, Attila, Aida, Turandot at Opera Australia in Sydney.

In 2012 he made his Teatro alla Scala debut with Le Nozze di Figaro, entering the history of the theater as the youngest conductor ever to take the podium.

Other major debuts followed at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino with Il Cappello di Paglia, at the Carlo Felice in Genoa with Macbeth, at the Rossini Opera Festival with Il Viaggio a Reims, at the Stresa Festival with Il Matrimonio Segreto, at the Wiesbaden Festival with Elisir d’amore, at the San Carlo in Naples with La Boheme, at the Fenice in Venice with Il Barbiere di Siviglia, at the Teatro Verdi in Trieste with La Traviata at the Sferisterio Festival in Macerata with Rigoletto, at the Teatro Regio in Turin with La Boheme.

From November 2013 to December 2019 he is Principal Conductor of the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa; he has conducted, among others, productions of Otello (with Kunde, Agresta to be directed by Livermore), Carmen (with Ganassi, Meli and directed by Livermore), Luisa Miller (with Pirozzi and Nucci), Billy Budd (directed by Livermore), Amico Fritz in Concert form.

Notable engagements in recent Seasons include:
London’s Covent Garden debut with Tosca; Amsterdam debut with Traviata; Munich debut with Boheme, Ballo in maschera, Tosca, Macbeth; opening of the 2024/2025 Season in Dresden with Mefistofele.

Since January 2025 he is the Music Director of Teatro Regio in Turin, one of most prestigious Opera Housein Italy.

Parallel to the operatic repertoire, the series of debuts with some of the most prestigious Orchestras internationally made a remarkable impression.

These include Filarmonica della Scala, RAI di Torino, Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Israel Philharmonic, Concertgebouw, etc etc.

At the end of 2013 he began his Artistic association with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, which would see him appointed a few months later as “Chief Conductor” for numerous Seasons and which occupies a prominent place in his current career.

Numerous Concerts each season, Operas in Concert form and symphonic recordings see him at the center of Japanese musical life and have, in fact, elected him as one of the most highly regarded Artists in symphony and opera in the East Countries.

Andrea Battistoni is also a composer, and his works are beginning to be highly appreciated for the variety of taste and styles and the propensity to search for a very personal and fresh musical line with a compositional vein that is as bright and captivating as ever.

Dmitry Shishkin is a critically acclaimed Russian pianist who has been highlighted for both his creative and individual approach to music, as well as his brilliant piano skills by the international press. “In his playing we can hear both excellence and playfulness.” He was awarded a silver medal in June 2019 at the prestigious 16th International Tchaikovsky Competition and won the first place prize in November 2018 at the 73rd Geneva International Music Competition where he performed with Orchestre de la Suisse Romande.

Born in Chelyabinsk, Siberia, Dmitry demonstrated an exceptional talent for the piano at a very young age. He performed his first recital at the age of three and orchestra concert at the age of six. He then entered the prestigious Gnessin Moscow School of Music for gifted children (class of Mikhail Khokhlov) at the age of nine and then attended the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory (class of Eliso Virsaladze). He has also studied in Sicily at the “Vincenzo Bellini” State Conservatory in Catania with Epifanio Comis, and in Hannover at Musikhochschule with Arie Vardi.

From a young age, Dmitry has won many competitions, and received numerous awards and scholarships from Russia and abroad. He is a prize winner of such renowned competitions as Busoni in Bolzano (third place prize in 2013); Rio de Janeiro (second place prize in 2014); Chopin in Warsaw (sixth place prize in 2015); Queen Elisabeth in Brussels (finalist in 2016); and the first place prize winner of the Top of the World Competition in Tromsø (2017).

Dmitry currently resides in Switzerland, but performs around the world. Most notably, he has collaborated with the Mariinsky Theatre (conductor: Valery Gergiev); State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia “Svetlanov Orchestra”; Russian National Orchestra (conductor: Mikhail Pletnev); Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra (conductor: Vladimir Fedoseev); Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra; National Orchestra of Belgium (conductor: Marin Alsop); Staatskapelle Weimar; Orchestre de la Suisse Romande; and Tokyo Symphony Orchestra. Dmitry’s concert schedule additionally includes festival performances; notably Dubrovnik Summer Festival, Bergen Music Festival, Chopin and his European Festival, and Brescia Bergamo Music Festival.

Appointed concertmaster of the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester at the age of twenty-one, Raphaëlle Moreau has collaborated with conductors such as Herbert Blomstedt, Vladimir Jurowski, Jonathan Nott and Lorenzo Viotti and has performed at the Hamburg Elbphilharmonie, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, the Musikverein in Vienna and the Felsenreitschule in Salzburg. She is regularly invited as guest concertmaster in various orchestras such as Gulbenkian Orchestra in Lisbon, Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse and Orchestre Symphonique de Bretagne.

She has been awarded the first Grand Prize of the Postacchini Competition and has performed as a soloist with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio-France, the Orchestre National de France, the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, the Orchestre de Pau-Pays de Béarn, the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, the Georgian Chamber Orchestra and the Ostinato Orchestra among others.

In the year 2020, Raphaëlle has been nominated as « Rising Star » at the french Victoires de la Musique Classique and took part in the “Martha Argerich & Friends” concert at the Philharmonie de Paris performing with Stephen Kovacevich and Gerard Caussé. She has also shared the stage with Renaud Capuçon in the Double Concerto by J.S. Bach accompanied by the Lausanne Soloists and premiered the Double Concerto for violin and cello by Philippe Hersant.

Being a passionate chamber musician, Raphaëlle regularly collaborates with artists such as Renaud Capuçon, Gautier Capuçon, Nicholas Angelich, David Kadouch, Celia Oneto-Bensaid, Alexandra Conunova and her three brothers Edgar, David and Jérémie.

She has given guest performances at the Cologne Philharmonie, the Philharmonie de Paris, the Festival de Saint-Denis, the Rheingau Musik Festival, the Grange au Lac in Evian, the Grand Théâtre de Provence, the Easter Festival in Aix-en-Provence, the Moments Musicaux de Gstaad and the Konzerthaus Dortmund.

Among 2020-2021 highlights, Raphaëlle has performed Beethoven sonata for violin and piano opus 12 no.3 with pianist Selim Mazari at the Fondation Singer Polignac for the platform Medici.tv and participated in world premieres of works by Clara Olivares, Justina Repečkaitė and Vito Žuraj for the project “New Horizons” live on Arte. Together with her three brothers Edgar, David and Jérémie, Raphaëlle has released an album with works by Korngold and Dvorak for the label Warner Classics/Erato.

She has performed for the French Bastille Day on the 14th of July together with Renaud Capuçon, the Orchestre National de France and Simone Young.

Born in Paris, Raphaëlle Moreau began playing the violin at the age of four in the Suzuki system. After studying with Rodica Bogdanas and Suzanne Gessner, she was admitted to the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris at fourteen and later continued her studies with Pavel Vernikov and then Renaud Capuçon at the Haute Ecole de Musique de Lausanne.

Raphaëlle is a laureate of the Nicati-de-Luze Foundation, the Fondation l’Or du Rhin, the Fondation Banque Populaire and the Fondation de la Vocation.

In February 2021, Bomsori signed in Berlin the exclusive contract with the Deutsche Grammophon label.

Bomsori’s upcoming 2023/24 season is packed with exciting highlights, including her debut performances at the BBC Proms with the BBC Philharmonic and at the Hollywood Bowl with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. She will also be on tour with the Tonhalle Orchestra Zürich and Paavo Järvi and will make debuts with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France and Santtu-Matias Rouvali, the Pittsburgh Symphony and James Gaffigan, and the Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España and Krzysztof Urbanski. Furthermore, Bomsori will make her Concertgebouw debut with the Residentie Orkest, Vienna Konzerthaus debut with Vienna Symphony and Ha-na Chang and return to the Montreal Symphony Orchestra and the Singapore Symphony. She will also embark on tours with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra in Asia and the Festival Strings Lucerne in Germany, where she will make her debut at the Elbphilharmonie.

Looking back at her 2022/23 season, Bomsori had many highlights as well. She toured with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and Lahav Shani, performed with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Vasily Petrenko, and debuted with the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra and the Gulbenkian Orchestra. Bomsori also returned to perform with the Danish National Symphony under the direction of Fabio Luisi and the San Francisco Symphony in a recital. She made appearances in Germany with the Basel Chamber Orchestra in Stuttgart and Freiburg, as well as with the Bavarian Radio Chamber Orchestra in Munich.

In 2022 Bomsori performed Bruch’s Concerto No.1 at the “Concerts in the Parks” in New York and at Bravo! Vail Festival with the New York Philharmonic and Jaap van Zweden.

Bomsori was the Focus Artist of the Rheingau Musik Festival 2021 and in the same year began a 5-year residency at the Gstaad Menuhin Festival as Menuhin’s Heritage Artist.

Bomsori has had the privilege of performing under the direction of multiple conductors, including Fabio Luisi, Jaap van Zweden, Marin Alsop, Lahav Shani, Vasily Petrenko, Pablo Heras-Casado, Hannu Lintu, Sakari Oramo, Anja Bilhmaier, Giancarlo Guerrero with numerous leading orchestras, such as New York Philharmonic, Danish National Orchestra, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Belgian National Orchestra, Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra, NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Camerata Salzburg, Munich Chamber Orchestra, Basel Chamber Orchestra amongst others.

Bomsori has appeared at numerous venues worldwide, such as Musikverein Golden Hall in Vienna, Tchaikovsky Hall in Moscow, the Herkulessaal and the Prinzregententheater in Munich, Berlin Philharmonic, Rudolfinum and Smetana Hall in Prague, Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center in New York.

In addition to winning the 62nd ARD International Music Competition, Bomsori is a prize winner of the Tchaikovsky International Competition, Queen Elisabeth Competition, International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition, Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition Hannover, Montreal International Musical Competition, Sendai International Music Competition and the 15th International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition. Bomsori received the 2018 Young Artist Award from the Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and the Korean Music Association’s 2019 Young Artist Award. In 2020, she was presented with the 4th G.rium Artists Award by the Foundation Academia Platonica.

In June 2021 Bomsori released her first Deutsche Grammophon solo Album, Violin on Stage, with NFM Wroclaw Philharmonic and Giancarlo Guerrero.The duo album with pianist Rafał Blechacz, featuring works by Fauré, Debussy, Szymanowski and Chopin, was released in February 2019 by Deutsche Grammophon. The album won the Fryderyk Music Award for “Best Polish Album Abroad” for their DG recording of French and Polish repertoire.

Born in South Korea, Bomsori received a Bachelor degree at Seoul National University, where she studied with Young Uck Kim. She also earned her Master of Music Degree and Artist Diploma at The Juilliard School where she studied with Sylvia Rosenberg and Ronald Copes.

She performs on the Guarnerius del Gesù violin “ex-Moller,” Cremona, 1725, on extended loan through the generous efforts of The Samsung Foundation of Culture of Korea and The Stradivari Society of Chicago, Illinois.

As a soloist, Saadi has performed with orchestras such as Staatskapelle Berlin, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orquestra de València and Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, among others. Saadi has performed with conductors including Daniel Barenboim, Lionel Bringuier, Lawrence Foster, Leonidas Kavakos, Christoph Poppen and Lahav Shani.

Saadi has performed in recital and concerto at various festivals and venues across Europe, Asia and the US. These include; Carnegie Hall, Elbphilharmonie, Rheingau Festival, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, Pau Casals Festival, Jerusalem Festival and Schloss Elmau. In November 2023, he makes his recital debut in Tokyo at the Hamarikyu Asahi Hall and the Musashino Civic Cultural Hall.

In January 2022, Saadi released his first recital album Voices From Paris to critical acclaim. Recorded with pianist Nathalia Milstein and featuring works by Poulenc, Ysaÿe and Fauré, Saadi’s album was described as “the blend of virtuosity, lyricism and controlled expressivity” Pizzicato.

As a chamber musician, Saadi co-founded the award-winning Chianti Ensemble. The piano quintet tours Europe and was awarded the prestigious Kersjes Prize in 2022.

Yamen Saadi was born in Nazareth and began studying the violin at the Barenboim-Said Conservatory in Nazareth, before studying under the guidance of the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra concertmaster, Chaim Taub. At age 11, he joined the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra and, at age 17, became concertmaster of the orchestra. Saadi completed his Bachelor’s degree at the Barenboim-Said Academy and gained his Master’s degree at the Kronberg Academy where he studied with Mihaela Martin. In 2020, Saadi won first prize at both the Aviv and Paul Ben Haim Competitions in 2020, and has held scholarships from the America-Israel Cultural Foundation and The Prince von Hessen Award.

Yamen Saadi plays the 1734 “Lord Amherst of Hackney” Stradivari violin, previously owned by Fritz Kreisler, and a Jacob Eury bow, both generously loaned to him by Stephan Jansen on behalf of a member of the Stretton Society.