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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]