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Chengzhan Wu began studying the violin at the age of five and started his professional musical training in 2016 with Mingen Zhou. In 2019, he was admitted to the Music Middle School Affiliated to the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. On the advice of his teacher, he later switched his principal instrument to the viola and began studying with Li Sheng, developing a strong interest in the instrument and its repertoire. In August 2023, Chengzhan was awarded Second Prize and received the José Ramón Hevia Special Award for Best Interpretation of Spanish Music at the 24th Villa de Llanes International Viola Competition. In November 2023, he gave a viola recital at the Shanghai Concert Hall. He is currently studying viola at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music with Li Sheng and is active in chamber music and orchestral performance.
Julia-Xiaozhuo Wang, born in 2007, is a violinist who has appeared in numerous international violin competitions. She received a major prize at the Stuttgart International Violin Competition as the youngest prize winner. She was also the youngest competitor in several international competitions, including the International Classical Strings Competition and the Karol Szymanowski & Heinrich Ernst International Violin Competition. Her awards include First Prize at the Grumiaux International Violin Competition, as well as prizes at the Zhuhai Mozart International Competition, the Thomas-Evon Cooper International Violin Competition, and the Wieniawski-Lipinski Violin Competition. Julia-Xiaozhuo has performed with orchestras including the Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra, Baden-Baden Philharmonie, Armenian State Symphony Orchestra, Salzburg Chamber Soloists, ProMusica Chamber Orchestra, Accademia d’Arte Arrigoni, and the Wubian Orchestra.
Carine Suparman is a violinist and music scholarship holder at St Andrew’s Cathedral School in Sydney, Australia. She began studying the violin at the age of five using the Suzuki method. Carine has received prizes at several international competitions, including the Ysaye International Violin Competition (2025), the International Violin Competition Kloster Schöntal (2024), the Andrea Postacchini International Violin Competition (2023), and the Leonid Kogan International Competition (2021). In 2024, she attended the Swiss International Music Academy (SIMA) on scholarship. One of her notable performance experiences included participating in a virtual charity concert during the COVID-19 pandemic, performing alongside musicians from 29 countries under the direction of Shlomo Mintz, in support of UN Refugees. In addition to her musical studies, Carine’s interests include drawing, reading, and connecting with new friends through music.
Haozheng Niu, born in Beijing in 2011, studies cello with Yu Mingqing at the Central Conservatory of Music. In 2023, he was admitted to the Qingdao Yehudi Menuhin School with a full scholarship and subsequently received the Outstanding Performance Scholarship in both 2024 and 2025. He has given three solo recitals and has appeared in concerts and charity performances. In 2024, he performed for the Austrian Deputy Ambassador to China and senior diplomatic representatives. In 2025, he took part in the chamber performance Hearing Qingdao, a charity concert marking White Cane Safety Day. Niu Haozheng has received prizes in domestic and international competitions, including Second Prize in the 25th Osaka Music Festival (String J Group, 2024), and was awarded a full scholarship to Music Bridge in 2025.
Haewon Lim, born in 2004, began playing the violin at the age of three. She studied at a centre for gifted students before attending Yewon Arts School. Since 2018, she has been a junior student at the Hanns Eisler School of Music Berlin, where she has also pursued her bachelor’s degree since 2021, studying with Antje Weithaas and Ning Feng. She has received several international awards, including First Prize at the International Louis Spohr Competition for Young Violinists in Weimar, the Ysaye Prize, and Second Prize at the International Violin Competition Kloster Schöntal. In 2017, she appeared in the Kumho Prodigy Concert Series. Haewon has performed with ensembles including DITTO, the Suwon Philharmonic Orchestra at the Suwon Hwaseong Music Festival, and the Jena Philharmonic. She has participated in festivals and academies such as the Ishikawa Music Academy and the Great Mountains Music Festival, and has attended masterclasses with internationally recognised violinists.
Xinran Lai is a violist and violinist from Shenzhen, China. She is currently pursuing a high school diploma in Viola Performance at the Shenzhen Arts School, where she studies with Jiali Li, Co-Principal Viola of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. She previously studied viola with Nisha Ren and Songyang Li at Shenzhen Arts School, following early violin studies with Xiaofei Chou of the Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra. Xinran has received prizes in regional and international competitions, including Second Prize in the final round of the 15th Hong Kong International Violin Competition. Her awards also include Gold Prizes in viola and violin solo categories at the IACDA International Music Arts Association (2023), Gold Prizes in ensemble categories at the Guangdong Strings Competition (2023), and additional prizes at the Hong Kong International Violin Competition in China (2021), the NMCC International Music Invitational (2020–2021), and the Vienna International Music Competition in China (2019).
Qifan Jiang is a pianist born in Wuhan, China, in 2006. He is currently studying at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music in Singapore with Ning An. He won the championship of the ASEAN International Chopin Piano Competition and has received prizes in several major competitions in China, including the Steinway and Shenzhen competitions. He has also participated in international competitions such as the Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition (2020), the Khachaturian International Competition (2023), the Singapore International Piano Competition (2025), and the Hong Kong International Piano Competition (2025). Qifan has performed in the United States and across Asia, including a concerto performance at the Tianjin Juilliard Piano Festival. He has a strong interest in chamber music and was accepted into the Chamber Music Intensive Program at The Tianjin Juilliard School, where he performed in masterclasses led by Wu Han, David Finckel, and members of the Shanghai Quartet. He previously studied at the Wuhan Conservatory of Music and The Tianjin Juilliard School, with Congcong Chai and Xiaohan Wang.
Lu Chen (English name Luson) is a cellist from Guangzhou, China. He is currently studying cello performance at the Xinghai Music School. His early musical training was guided by Qingsheng Weng, a cello collector who owns historical Italian instruments, including cellos by Guarneri and Montagnana, which Lu Chen has had the opportunity to play during his studies. He has participated in several domestic and international competitions. In 2026, he has been invited to take part in overseas masterclasses led by Pablo de Naverán, Steven Bruns, and Troles Svane.
Fiona Zhonghan Chen is a violinist born in Shanghai in 2003. She began her musical studies at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music with Qing Zheng and Shuting Wu, before continuing her education at the Mozarteum University Salzburg Pre-College, where she studied with Paul Roczek. She is currently completing her bachelor’s degree at the Mozarteum with Lily Francis. Fiona has appeared as a soloist with the Salzburg Chamber Soloists Orchestra and the Wratislavia Chamber Orchestra. She has collaborated with musicians including Jeremy Menuhin, Mark Schumann, Piotr Szumiel, and members of the Berlin Philharmonic. She has participated in international festivals and academies such as the Kronberg Violin Masterclass, Villars Institute, and Morningside Music Bridge. Her artistic development has also been shaped through lessons with violinists including Leonidas Kavakos, Kolja Blacher, Noah Bendix-Balgley, Ingolf Turban, Hagai Shaham, Stephan Picard, and Kirill Troussov. Fiona performs on a Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume violin (1842).
Huiying Cao is a cellist currently pursuing her Master’s degree at The Tianjin Juilliard School, where she studies on full scholarship with Sihao He and Yeonjin Kim. She also serves as a mentor for the Pre-College Chamber Intensive Music Program. Huiying is a freelance cellist with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra and a substitute cellist with the New World Symphony. A multiple prizewinner in competitions, she has performed at festivals including the Aspen Music Festival and School (as a Fellow), Kronberg Academy, and Cello Akademie Rutesheim. Huiying is a graduate of the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, where she studied with Li-Wei Qin and received the Geoffrey S. K. Yu Prize for Cello Performance. She also studied at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg with Sebastian Klinger, Solo Cellist of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Her early musical training took place at the Middle School of the Central Conservatory of Music, where she studied with Mingqing Yu and Jia Yu.