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Ana Maria Gonzalez Sarmiento is a Colombian-Canadian recording engineer currently pursuing a Master of Music in Sound Recording at McGill University. She began her musical training as a chorister with the Schola Cantorum of Bogotá’s Primatial Cathedral and later studied choral conducting at the Pontifical Xavierian University, where she was awarded an Academic Excellence Scholarship and served as assistant conductor of the university choirs. From 2016 to 2020, she directed the cathedral’s children’s choir and performed with the professional ensemble Sociedad Santa Cecilia, collaborating with conductors including Kent Nagano and Gustavo Dudamel. Following the pandemic, she shifted her focus to audio production, building on her experience as a conductor. Her work is shaped by a strong sense of ensemble, clarity of musical intention, and a practical understanding of how performers interact within a recorded space.
Warsaw-based sound engineer Bartosz Gardziński specializes in classical recording, mixing and mastering in both stereo and immersive formats. He holds a Master’s degree in Sound Engineering from the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw, where he now teaches in the Sound Engineering, Jazz & Stage Music, and Vocal/Acting departments.
He is currently pursuing a Master of Music in Immersive Audio at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam (CvA), focusing on advanced spatial recording techniques, microphone arrays and Dolby Atmos production.
In 2024 he received the Fryderyk Award in the Classical Music category for the album Le clavecin moderne & saxophone, vol. 2 (Chopin University Press).
His work combines technical precision with musical sensitivity, accompanying artists from the first recording session to the final release.
Violinist Anaïs Feller is currently a third-year student at the Curtis Institute of Music, where she studies with Midori and Erin Keefe. She previously studied with Martin Beaver at the Colburn Music Academy.
As a soloist, she has received top prizes at several international competitions, including the Tibor Junior International Violin Competition, Verão Clássico and the Burgos International Music Festival, as well as the HKGNA International Music Competition.
An active chamber musician, she performs with the Olive Trio, gold medalists of both the 2022 Fischoff and Chicago International Music Competitions. She appears regularly at the Edinburgh International Festival (2022–2025) alongside Stefan Jackiw and Nicola Benedetti, and has also performed at Yellow Barn, La Jolla SummerFest and the International Menuhin Music Academy.
At the age of sixteen she was named a Performance Today Young Artist in Residence.
Ukrainian pianist Roman Fediurko, born in Kyiv in 2004, has quickly gained international recognition for performances praised for their musical depth, brilliance and sensitivity. He began his musical training at a young age with Galina Kotsyuba before continuing his studies in 2021 with Milana Chernyavska at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz.
A major milestone in his career came at the age of eighteen when he won the Gold Medal and five special prizes at the Vladimir Horowitz International Piano Competition in Geneva. This success opened the door to an international performing career and established him as one of the most promising pianists of his generation.
Roman has appeared at festivals and prestigious venues around the world. In 2024 he released the album Kaleidoscope together with his younger brother Oleksandr, receiving enthusiastic responses from critics and audiences alike.
Swiss pianist Lucas Chiche began his musical education at the Geneva Conservatory, joining the Musimax programme at an early age, and currently studies with Mladen Tcholitch.
In 2025 he was named a Classic FM Rising Star and received a Coup de Cœur distinction at the Victoires de la Musique Classique in France. That same year he was awarded the Arkady Fomin Scholarship in the United States and was selected for the 2026 edition of “50 Outstanding Young Swiss.”
Lucas performs regularly in recital and as a concerto soloist across Switzerland, France, Europe and the United States. Recent appearances include Weill Recital Hall in New York, Victoria Hall in Geneva, Salle Cortot and Salle Gaveau in Paris, as well as major venues in St Petersburg and Moscow.
He is also the founder of Fortissimo, a classical-music interview project featuring artists such as Martha Argerich, Ricardo Castro and Yulianna Avdeeva.
Award-winning pianist and Steinway Young Artist Zach Cheong has gained international recognition for performances praised for their “poetic touch and commanding artistry” (South China Morning Post), “refined musicality” (Chopin Magazine, Japan) and “transparent, uncluttered tone” (Gramophone).
He graduated from both the Curtis Institute of Music and The Juilliard School. A First Prize winner of the 19th International Chopin Piano Competition in Asia, he has appeared as a concerto soloist in cities including Hong Kong, Philadelphia, Paris, Marseille, Trondheim, Hilton Head Island, Macao, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Shanghai and Mexico City.
Lyam began playing the cello at the age of five and made his first solo appearance at ten with the Budweis Philharmonic Orchestra (D. Svec). On that occasion he met Denis Severin, who has since become his teacher at University of Music Geneva-Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
He has collaborated with numerous orchestras worldwide and is a four-time winner of the Swiss Music Competition across all categories. His many international distinctions include first prize at Classicalia Competition and at International Popper Cello Competition (2023), First Prize and special prizes at the Young Musician Tallinn Competition and at the David Geringas International Cello Competition (2025).
In 2026, Lyam won French TV “Prodiges” competition, and signed for an album by Warner Classics. At the age of twelve he joined the LGT Young Soloists virtuoso ensemble (A. Gilman) and has since appeared on major international stages.
He is a scholarship holder at the Musikakademie Liechtenstein since 2025. Lyam performs on an 1881 cello by A. Guadagnini (Adopt A Musician) and is endorsed artist by Thomastik-Infeld Vienna.
Chinese soprano Huiying Chen is currently studying for an Artist Diploma at the Royal College of Music in London. She previously earned both a Professional Studies Certificate and a Master’s degree from the Manhattan School of Music.
In 2024 she received the Orff Award at the Orpheus Vocal Competition and was the winner of the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition, North Carolina District.
Her operatic repertoire includes roles such as Zerlina in Don Giovanni, Sandrina in La finta giardiniera, Antonia in Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Aurore in Le Portrait de Manon, and Elvira in L’italiana in Algeri.
Cellist Fabian Broman Crawford-Phillips began playing the cello at the age of four. After early studies with Solan Saving, he was admitted at six to the music school Lilla Akademien in Stockholm, where he studied with Elisabeth Lyssel until 2025 and now continues his studies with Ulrika Edström. Since 2024, he has also received regular lessons from Torleif Thedéen.
He has taken part in masterclasses with musicians including Louisa Tuck, Amalie Stalheim, Jakob Koranyi and Martti Rousi, and has performed alongside artists such as Lawrence Power, Raphael Bell and Aki Sauliere.
Fabian made his orchestral debut at the age of ten with the Stockholm Youth Orchestra, performing Elgar’s Cello Concerto in the Unga Solister competition. A prizewinner in this competition in both 2022 and 2024, he is also the youngest recipient of the Welin Stipendium.
He has appeared at festivals including Penarth, Gstaad, La Loingtane, Change, Wye Valley and Oslo Chamber Festival.
Clarence Egger is a Swiss visual artist who stands out particularly in the field of painting and contemporary art. In 2023, he earned a Bachelor’s degree in Visual Arts from édhéa and received the BEA Foundation Prize for Young Artists, attesting to the recognition of his work and his emerging artistic practice.
His work explores contemporary themes and often questions our relationship to the environment and the representation of forms and spaces.
He has taken part in group exhibitions, where he has exhibited alongside other artists in contexts featuring painting, linocut printmaking, and illustration.