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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

AAndrew Byun is a Canadian cellist currently pursuing his Masters of Music with Natasha Brofsky at The Juilliard School. He has appeared in masterclasses with Steven Isserlis, Jian Wang, Frans Helmerson, and Laurence Lesser among others and has worked closely with the Borromeo, Brentano, Dover, and Emerson Quartets. Andrew has performed solo at Jordan Hall, […]