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Spanish accordionist Sofía Ros performs internationally across Europe and the United States. 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 also appeared at the opening night of the Edinburgh International Festival […]

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 […]

Violinist Jeremias Pestalozzi studies with Julia Fischer, with whom he performed Bach’s Double Violin Concerto with the Czech Philharmonic in 2024 at Prague’s Rudolfinum. At age 14, he became a junior student at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich in the class of Christoph Poppen, and has since also worked with musicians including […]

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 […]

Georgian soprano Ana Oniani, from Tbilisi, initially studied conducting before turning to singing. She graduated in vocal performance from the Vano Sarajishvili Tbilisi State Conservatoire (2020–2024). While still a student, she performed major operatic roles including Mimì (La bohème), Pamina (Die Zauberflöte) and the Countess (Le nozze di Figaro). Her portrayal of Violetta in La […]

Spanish pianist Laura Mota Pello studies at the Musik Akademie Basel with Claudio Martínez Mehner. Her career includes prizes at several international competitions, including the Rahn Kulturfonds Music Prize 2024, the Antón García Abril Competition, the Santa Cecilia Competition and the Ciutat de Carlet Competition. She has been a finalist at the Aarhus Piano Competition […]

Violinist Sergei Mkrtichian is a prizewinner of numerous international competitions. He currently studies at the Conservatorio della Svizzera italiana with Pavel Berman, after previously studying at the Academic Music College of the Moscow State Conservatory with Suren Akhnazarian. His recent awards include First Prize at the 2025 Valsesia Musica International Competition, Second Prize at the […]

Tonmeister Michel Miersch combines musical performance, recording practice and research in acoustics. Since beginning his studies in 2020 at the Erich Thienhaus Institute in Detmold, he has recorded music in a wide variety of settings, from remote monasteries for intimate chamber music to major concert halls such as Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie, where he recorded Stravinsky’s Firebird […]

Chinese pianist Zhexiang Li studied at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, where he was admitted with top scores to both the middle school and undergraduate programmes. He has performed internationally since the age of eleven and has collaborated with orchestras including the China Philharmonic, Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra, Pacific Symphony, Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto […]

Jisoo Kim moved to Germany in 2020 after studying at Seoul Arts High School, where she began working with Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt. She is currently pursuing a Master’s degree at the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt in Weimar. During her studies she has received numerous competition prizes, including Second Prize and a Special Prize at […]