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Cristina Cordero is currently pursuing her master’s degree with Nobuko Imai and Wenting Kang at the Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía. She previously graduated from the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München with Hariolf Schlichtig. Cristina is a top prizewinner of several international competitions, including First Prizes at El Primer Palau Competition, the International Chamber Music Competition Gerhard Vogt, and the Sixth Viola Competition in Vigo. She has performed recitals in some of Spain’s most prestigious venues, among them Teatro Real, Palau de la Música Catalana, Auditorio Príncipe Felipe, and Auditorio Nacional. She also performs regularly as part of string quartets and other chamber ensembles around Europe.
Violinist Mariam Abouzahra gave her orchestral debut at age six and has since appeared with orchestras including the Royal Philharmonic London, Bamberg Symphony, Moscow Philharmonic, ORF Radio-Symphony Vienna, Concerto Budapest, Hungarian National Philharmonic and Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra. She has collaborated with artists such as Plácido Domingo, Jakub Hrůša, Gábor Takács-Nagy, András Keller, Dmitry Sitkovetsky and Kristjan Järvi. In 2024, she won First Prize and the Soroptimist Prize at the International Viotti Competition, becoming the youngest winner in the competition’s history. Her distinctions also include the ICMA Discovery Award 2026 and prizes at ORF’s Goldene Note, the Nutcracker Competition in Moscow and the Ilona Fehér Competition. Mariam studies with Dora Schwarzberg and has also received artistic guidance from Gerhard Schulz, Donald Weilerstein, Augustin Hadelich, György Pauk, Christian Tetzlaff and Kristóf Baráti.
Amira Abouzahra studies at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna with Dora Schwarzberg. She is First Prize winner of a several international competitions, among them the International Arthur Grumiaux Competition for Young Violinists, and Ilona Fehér International Violin Competition (Budapest). In recital and with orchestra, Amira has appeared at Lincoln Center (New York), Berliner Philharmonie, Covent Garden (London), Budapest Művészetek Palotája and Cairo Opera House. She has performed with orchestas including the Concerto Budapest Szimfonikus Zenekar, Liszt Ferenc Kamarazenekar, Kremerata Baltica, Orquesta Sinfónica del Estado de México and the Magyar Állami Hangversenyzenekar. She plays a Tononi violin (1760).
At age 10, Christian Li became the youngest ever First Prize winner of the Menuhin Competition (2018); he also received the Audience Prize and Composer Award. In 2020, Christian also became the youngest artist ever signed to Decca Classics, and joined the roster of IMG Artists. His debut album Vivaldi: The Four Seasons was nominated for an ARIA Award. He has made successful debuts with the Sydney and Melbourne Symphony Orchestras, Orchestra Victoria, Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Auckland Philharmonic and the China Philharmonic, and at major festivals throughout the UK. Future performances include concerto and recital debuts throughout Europe and the United States. Christian studies with Robin Wilson, Head of Violin at the Australian National Academy of Music, and performs on the 1737 ex-Paulsen Guarneri Del Gesù violin, on loan from a generous benefactor.
Yunchan Lim launched onto the international music stage when he was 14. He won Second Prize and the Chopin Special Award in his first-ever competition, the Cleveland International Piano Competition for Young Artists in 2018. The following year, at age 15, he was the youngest to win Korea’s IsangYun International Competition, where he also took home two special prizes. 2022 has brought more accolades; just weeks ago, Yunchan was named Gold Medalist at the 2022 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition (USA). He has performed across South Korea—including with the Korean Orchestra Festival, Korea Symphony, Suwon Philharmonic, and Busan Philharmonic Orchestras, among others—as well as in Madrid, at the invitation of the Korea Cultural Center in Spain. Yunchan currently studies at the Korea National University of Arts with Minsoo Sohn.
Lynn Renouil-Hata began cello at age seven. She has had success at several international competitions, including First Prizes at the Vatelot-Rampal Competition and the International FLAME Competition in Paris. Gautier Capuçon has served as a mentor and coach to Lynn ever since she was named a winner of the well-known France2 programme, Prodiges, in 2020. The young cellist is regularly invited to play as soloist, both in France and abroad, including concerts at the Marcello Theatre in Rome and the Classissimo Festival in Brussels. Lynn studies with Annie Cochet-Zakine and Marie-Paule Milone at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Paris. She is also coached by Raphaël Pidoux, professor at the Conservatoire national Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris.
From his training at the Paris Conservatoire, Jean Sautereau’s career as a soloist and chamber music is on a clear upward trajectory. He has received numerous awards, is regularly supported by various foundations, and is invited to play at the most prestigious festivals. Jean was recently named Laureate of the Fondation Porosus and by the Académie des Beaux-Arts, and was awarded the Prix André Hoffman at the Sommets musicaux de Gstaad. He plays a new viola built by Charles Coquet, to which he aligns his vision for the future of music-making—shared musical experiences that are living, vibrant and while still mirroring tradition.
Edward Walton was awarded Second Prize in the junior division of the 2021 Menuhin International Violin Competition. He is the youngest musician selected for the 2022 ABC Young Performer Awards (Australia), and in 2019, was awarded First prize at the Il Piccolo Violino Magico in Italy, the Medallion International Concerto Competition (USA) the Jeunes Artistes musicals du Centre in France and the International Grand Prize Virtuoso competition in London. Edward has appeared as a soloist with orchestras internationally and has performed recitals in Australia, Italy, Switzerland, Germany and at London’s Royal Albert Hall. In 2022 he makes his debut with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. He has attended the Kronberg Academy, Interlaken and Keshet Eilon master courses receiving masterclasses from Maxim Vengerov, Mauricio Fuks and Zakhar Bron. He studies with Robin Wilson and Emily Sun, and plays a Gagliano violin on loan through Beare’s International Violin Society.
Kinga Wojdalska has won numerous prizes in solo and chamber music competition, among them the Karl Doctor Prize at the Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition. She began her musical training in Warsaw and, in 2021, obtained a bachelor’s degree from the Royal College of Music in London. Currently, she is studying for a master’s soloist degree at Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, in Lawrence Power’s class. She is supported by the Countess of Munster Musical Trust and Lyra Stiftung. Kinga performed at Musikverein in Vienna and the Wigmore Hall in London, and has appeared in festivals including Encuentro de Santander (Spain) and West Wycombe Chamber Music Festival (UK) ,where she shared the stage with Vilde Frang, Ivan Monighetti and Miklós Perényi. Since 2020, she has been a member Brompton Quartet. Kinga plays a modern viola by Jerzy Maslanka.
Cornelius Zirbo was born in Cluj Napoca where he began his musical studies at age nine. He is now studying at the National University of Music Bucharest under the mentorship of Marin Cazacu. In 2016-2017 was in the Classe d’Excellence de Violoncelle of Gautier Capuçon, held at Fondation Louis Vuitton. He has given recitals and concerts with orchestra in prestigious venues including the Konzerthaus Berlin, Fondation Louis Vuitton, Rudolfinum in Prague, St Martin-in-the-Fields (London), National Library Concert Hall (Beijing) and The Grand Hall of Romanian Athenaeum (Bucharest). He is an alumnus of the 2017 Verbier Festival Academy and has taken part in masterclasses at the Kronberg Academy, Barenboim-Said Akademie, Accademia europea di Palazzo Ricci Montepulciano, George Enescu Festival, and Lisbon’s Verão Classico Festival 2021 in Lisabon. He plays a modern cello made by Frank Ravatin provided by Le fonds instrumental of ‘Musique et Vin au Clos Vougeot’.