Achille Fait was born in Rovereto (Italy) in December 1998 and began his horn studies at the age of 13. He is currently studying in Weimar at the Hochschule für Musik with professors Jörg Brückner, Maria Teiwes and Marc Gruber. He has won prizes at numerous international competitions in Italy and abroad.
On several occasions he has performed with various orchestras and chamber music formations, including the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra, the European Union Youth Orchestra, the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and the Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala in Milan.
In April 2022 he won the audition for the Academy with the Staatskapelle Berlin.

Felipe Freitas began his horn studies at the age of 9 with Professor Ismael de Oliveira Jr. at the "Villa-Lobos and the Children Project" (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil).
From 2015 to 2019, he was a student with Professor Philip Doyle at the UFRJ (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro) School of Music. In 2020, he became a Bachelor student with Professor Will Sanders at the Karlsruhe University of Music, who had already mentored him at the annual German-Brazilian Festival since 2013. In 2015, Felipe Freitas took first place in the II MB Competition for Youth Hornists. One year later he won the IV. National Competition for Young Soloists, where he performed as soloist with the Goiás Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2017, he achieved second place in the "Frizelle Soloist Competition" during the 49th International Horn Symposium. He won the IV. MB Competition for Youth Hornists in 2018 and received a scholarship at the OSESP Academy, followed by another one-month scholarship at the Royal Academy of Music in London. Felipe Freitas reached the semifinals of the International Mozart Competition in Salzburg in 2020 and the 2nd round of the ARD Music Competition in 2021. In the same year, he won the 31st "Concorso Internazionale Citta di Porcia" in Italy as well as 2nd prize at the Jeju Competition in Korea as a member of the Karlbrass Brass Quintet. Among the orchestras in which he has performed are the Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest, the orchestra of the festival "Frischluft und Musik Ortenau", the Petrobras Symphony Orchestra, the UFRJ Symphony Orchestra, the São Paulo State Orchestra and the São Paulo Youth State Orchestra.

Florian Wielgosik studied at the Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe with Dirk Hirthe, at the CNSM in Paris with Gérard Buquet and André GiIbert and at the CRR of Amiens Métropole in the subjects of tuba and chamber music with François Thuillier.

Since January 2015 Florian Wielgosik has been principal tuba of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo. Prior to this appointment, he gained orchestral experience with the Franco-German Philharmonic Orchestra, the French Youth Orchestra, the Orchestra Philharmonique de Marseille, the Intercontemporary Ensemble, the Picardy Orchestra, the Paris Brass Band and the Copper Orchestra of Amiens.

In addition to his orchestral activities, Florian Wielgosik teaches regularly. At the request of Gérard Buquet, he gave a master class at the CNSMDP, held a workshop on breathing at the Rainier III Academy in Monte Carlo, taught at the summer course "Cuivre Attitude" and acted as a substitute at the conservatories of Nice, Antibes and Amiens.

Florian Wielgosik can already look back on numerous competition successes, including first prizes at the "Jeju International Brass & Percussion Competition" in South Korea and at the international "ConcoursTubaTours" Prestige Class 2017. In July 2019 he was a participant in the Tchaikovsky Competition in Russia.

His CD "HOME" was released under the label Klarthe.

Richárd Bence Masa began his musical education at the Vántus István Music High School in Szeged and has been continuing it at the Hochschule für Musik in Karlsruhe since 2018. He also took part in master classes with Dirk Hirthe and Roland Szentpáli.
Richárd Bence Masa has already won several first prizes at international competitions. These include the 27th Leoš Janáček Tuba Competition in Brno, the 41st International Tuba Competition Debrecen and the 14th International Tuba Competition in Brno. He also received a first prize at the 12th National Tuba Competition in Budapest.

YeongKwang Lee was born on November 29, 1995 in Seoul, Korea. He was the first prize winner of several national and international competitions, such as Eum-Youn Competition 2007, Ewhakyunghang Competition 2008 and Soloist Cello Ensemble Competition 2OO8. He won the grand prize as well as the Korean Ministry of Art Prize at the TBC Music Competition in 2009, and was the youngest semifinalist at the 64th Prague Spring Competition in 2012 and the Markneukirchen International Instrumental Competition in 2013. He gave many concerts in Korea at the Kumho Cultural Foundation, some of them at the Kumho Prodigy Recital in 2006 and the Excellence Concert at the Music Academy "Hanns Eisler". He was a student at the preparatory department of the Korean National University of Arts under the guidance of Myung-Hwa Chung and Hyungwon Chang. Through the Gifted and Talented Program, he was honored to be accepted to the Korean National University of Arts in 2011. He is currently studying at the "Hanns Eisler" Academy of Music with Troels Svane (Master of Music). He also looks back on performances with the Daegu Philharmonic Orchestra, the Euroasian Philharmonic Orchestra and the Incheon Philharmonic Orchestra.

Friedrich Thiele started an international career through recent successes at the TONALi Competition 2015 in Hamburg (3rd prize and audience award), as well as at the competition "Ton und Erklärung" in Munich 2017 (1st prize). As a result of the competitions, he made guest appearances as a soloist with the Orchestra of the National Theater Brasília, the Bremen Chamber Philharmonic, the Munich Radio Orchestra, the "Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar" in Caracas and the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra in Wiesbaden. Since 2016 Friedrich Thiele is a student in the class of Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt in Weimar. He is sponsored by the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben and plays a French cello from the 2nd half of the 19th century, from the German Musical Instrument Fund. Friedrich Thiele has already played as a soloist in many major concert halls and at various festi-vals, including the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg, the Elbphilharmonie and Laeiszhalle in Hamburg, the Gasteig in Munich, the "Heidelberger Frühling" and the "Vadim Repin Trans-Siberian Art Festival".

Hao Yang, 19, is a Chinese guitarist. Since 2014, she has been studying at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia with renowned guitarists David Starobin and Jason Vieaux. Hao Yang has appeared as a prize winner of numerous guitar competitions. In 2018, she achieved fourth place at the prestigious GFA Concert Artist Competition and took first place at the GFA International Youth Competition in the "Senior" class. Furthermore, she emerged as the first prize winner at the 7th "Andres Segovia" International Guitar Competition as well as the GFA Concert Artist Competition in the "College" as well as "High school" classes. Hao Yang has received invitations to perform at music events such as the Cleveland, Pana-ma and Beijing International Guitar Festivals. Her concert activities have taken her to major venues such as Kimmel Center, Miller Theatre, Princeton Sound Kitchen and Subculture New York. As a chamber musician, Hao Yang made her Carnegie Hall debut in 2015 with the premiere of the work 'Talking Guitars' by renowned composer Paul Lansky. In collaboration with Grammy Award-winning label Bridge Records Inc, Hao Yang recorded chamber music by Paul Lansky and Poul Ruders.

Damiano Pisanello, received his first guitar lessons from Miguel Charosky in Geneva. Since 2010, he has been studying at HSM Basel in the guitar class of Pablo Márquez. In 2018, he graduated with a master's degree. Besides the study of romantic guitar, his main interest is the interpretation of contemporary music as well as chamber music, so he plays in various ensembles. Damiano Pisanello is a multiple prize winner of the Swiss Youth Music Competition, so he performed as a soloist with the Zurich Chamber Orchestra in 2009. Furthermore, he received the 1st prize at the European Guitar Teacher Association EGTA Competition, the Lion's Club Competition, the 3rd prize at the International Ligita Guitar Competition in Liechtenstein, the 2nd prize at the International Budapest Guitar Competition and the 1st prize at the International Seville Guitar Competition. He participated in various master classes with Paolo Pegoraro, Alvaro Pierri, Oscar Ghiglia, Marco Socias and Paul Galbraith, among others.

Born in Guimarães, Portugal, Rute Fernandes studied at the Professional and Artistic School of Vale do Ave with Joaquina Mota and Elisa Trigo. As a scholarship holder of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Rute completed her studies at the Geneva University of Music with Michel Bellavance and Serge Saitta (baroque flute) and graduated with highest honors with a master's degree in orchestral studies at the Lucerne University of Music with Sarah Rumer and Nicola Maz-zanti (piccolo). During her career, she has been a prize-winner in various competitions, such as the Edwin Fischer Competition, the Concours National d'Éxécution Musicale de Riddes (Switzerland), the International Flute Competition Jastrzebie-Zdrój (Poland) and the third National Contest for Winds of La Salette. As a soloist she had performances in Portugal and Switzerland. She completed her education with master classes, including Emmanuel Pahud, Barthold Kuijken, Denis Bouriakov, Sarah Rumer, Riccardo Ghiani and Felix Renggli. Rute is a member of the Made in Trio ensemble, which is completed by David Dias da Silva (clarinet) and Sinforo-sa Petralia (piano), and has worked with Anton Kernjak, Claudio Martinez, François Benda, Mi-chel Bellavance, Sarah Rumer and Sergio Azzolini. The trio is a laureate of the 2017 Chieri In-ternational Chamber Music Competition, the 2015 Marianne and Curt Dienemann Foundation, the 2015 Orpheus Chamber Music Competition, and they were finalists in the 2016 Concert Artist Guild Competition in New York. In addition, Rute Fernande's participation in the festivals KlangBasel, Swiss Foundation for Young Musicians, Mimiko Concerts, Swiss Chamber Music Festival in Adelboden (Switzerland), International Music Festival in Primavera (Portugal), as well as Amici della Musica in Trapani and Amici della Musica in Alcama, Sicily deserve a mention. As an orchestral player, Rute has joined the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra, the Verbier Orchestra, the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, the Swiss Youth Symphony Orchestra, the European Union Youth Orchestra (Summer School), and as a substitute for the Gulbenkian Orchestra, the Or-chestre de la Suisse Romande and the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich. Rute Fernandes is principal flutist of the Zurich Philharmonic Orchestra.

Born in Venezuela in 1992, flutist Joidy Blanco received her first music lessons in 2001 at the Youth Music Institute in Montalban. From 2005 to 2010, she was a student at the Simon Bolivar Conservatory of Music with Prof. Jose Garcia. She then moved to the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse in Lyon, where she studies with M. Philippe Bernold. She is currently studying at the Haute Ecole de Musique in Geneva with M. Jacques Zoon. Joidy has repeatedly attracted attention at music competitions in recent years.

David Spranger received his first bassoon lessons at the age of 13 with Manfred Beyer (Staatskapelle Weimar) at the Musikgymnasium Schloss Belvedere in Weimar. Later he was a junior student with Prof. Frank Forst at the Hochschule für Musik. Early on, active participation in master classes by Albrecht Holder, Klaus Thunemann, Eckart Hübner, Georg Klütsch, Dag Jensen and Sergio Azzolini furthered his musical education. As a soloist he performed with the Jena Philharmonic Orchestra and the Staatskapelle Weimar. From 2008 he studied at the Hochschule für Musik "Franz Liszt" in Weimar with Prof. Frank Forst and was accepted as a scholarship holder of the "Hans und Eugenia Jütting" - Foundation Stendal and the Oscar and Vera Ritter Foundation. He is also a prize winner of several international competitions. In 2011/12 he completed a one-year study abroad with Prof. David Tomas in Barcelona, Spain and subsequently studied with him at the Hochschule für Musik in Karlsruhe. From October 2014, he continued his master's studies with Prof. Georg Klütsch at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz in Cologne. David Spranger was a long-time member of the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie. He served two seasons as deputy principal bassoonist in the Beethoven Orchestra Bonn before becoming principal bassoonist in the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra in the 2015/16 season. As a guest, he regularly plays with the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, the Dresden Philharmonic, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra London as well as the Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne, the Philharmonic State Orchestra Hamburg and the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. In addition to various chamber music activities, David Spranger also teaches at the Rotterdam Philharmonic Codarts Academy.

Andrea Cellacchi, born in Rome in 1997, comes from a family of musicians. He started playing the bassoon at the age of 10. At 16 he graduated with highest honors from the Conservatory of Latina "Ottori-no Respighi", Italy. At the age of 18 he reached international prestige after winning the first prize at the tenth "Aeolus" competition in Düsseldorf, Germany and as the first Italian ever, the first prize at the "Muri" competition in Switzerland. He also won the Premio Abbado Award 2015 and was first prize winner of the International Bassoon Competitions "Audimozart" 2016, "G. Rosini" in Pesaro and "Città di Chieri". In 2017 he received the "Antonin Reicha" prize during the International Summer Academy in Vienna. At 15 he was admitted to the "Accademia Nazionale di Santza Cecilia" in Rome, where he attended the bassoon master class of M. Francesco Bossone. Furthermore he participated in master classes of Deg Jensen, Matthias Ràcz, Klaus Thunemann, Heinz Holliger, Carlo Colombo, Stefano Canuti, Giorgio Mandolesi, Ole Kristian Dahl, Giorgio Versiglia. He is currently attending the master's program in Music Performance at the Zurich University of the Arts in the class of Matthias Ràcz. At the age of 19 he became the first bassoonist in the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, conducted by Iván Fischer, with whom he was able to play in great halls such as the Konzerthaus, the Philharmonie in Berlin as well as the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg. He has performed as a soloist with the Munich Symphony Orchestra, the Izmir State Symphony Orchestra, the Meinin-ger Hofkapelle, the Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra, the Argovia Philharmonic, the Bad Reichenhall Philharmonic, the Haydn Orchestra of Bolzano and Trento and the Orchestra of Teatro Lirici in Cagliari. He played with orchestras such as the Orchestra della Svizzera italiana, the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, the Filarmonica del Tetro Regio and the Orchestra Filarmonica in Turin, under the direction of conductors A. Pappanu, G. Noseda, D. Rustioni. He has also participated in notable concert seasons and European ones, such as the "Rome Chamber" Music Festival, the "Encuentro de Música de Santander" and the "Campus Rhein-Main Festival" in Frankfurt, where he has played with artists such as A. Cabonare, G. Pallari, L. Dutton, H. Schellenberger, A. Adorian, E. Brunner, L. Borrani, L. Navarro, M. Ràcz and R. Vlatkovic. In 2016 he was awarded the Medal of the Italian Chamber of Deputies in recognition of his talent.

Diyang Mei began his violin training at the age of five. From 2005 he attended the school affiliated to the Central Conservatory of Music, majoring in viola in the class of Prof. Shaowu Wang. Already during this time he received several scholarships and won numerous international prizes.

He played with numerous symphony orchestras and attended master classes with Hariolf Schlichtig, Matthias Buchholz, Pinchas Zukerman, Nobuko Imai, Roberto Diaz, Günter Pichler and Valentin Erben, among others. In October 2012, Diyang Mei was elected as the representative of the Chinese Musicians Association. In December of the same year, he won the prize of the Central Conservatory of Music. Since 2014, Diyang Mei has been studying with Prof. Hariolf Schlichtig at the Munich University of Music and Drama. Since 2016, he has been a scholarship holder at the Yehudi Menuhin Foundation Live Music Now München e.V..
His most important awards include First Prize at the National Viola Competition in Beijing, China in 2007, First Prize and a Special Prize at the 10th International Viola and Cello Competition in Villa de Llanes, Spain in 2008, First Prize at the String Quartet Competition of the 8th. Jinzhong" Chinese Music Conference in 2011, First Prize and other awards at the IVC Young Artist Competition in Rochester in 2012, First Prize at the Polish International Music Festival in Pila in 2012, First Prize at the 19th International Brahms Music Competition for Viola in Austria in 2012, First Prize at the Gasteig Music Competition in Munich in 2015, and First Prize and the Friends of Young Musicians Prize at the Max Rostal International Music Competition for Viola in Berlin in 2015.

Born in Moscow, Russian-Dominican violist Karolina Errera began her musical education at the Moscow Central Music School in the class of Mariya Sitkovskaya. In 2007, she was awarded the Vladimir Spivakov Foundation Scholarship. After completing her studies in Moscow, she continued her education with Wilfried Strehle as part of her bachelor's degree at the Berlin University of the Arts. Until 2019, she studied with Tabea Zimmermann at the Hanns Eisler Academy of Music Berlin.TF
Karolina Errera
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Born in Moscow, Russian-Dominican violist Karolina Errera began her musical education at the Moscow Central Music School in the class of Mariya Sitkovskaya. In 2007, she was awarded the Vladimir Spivakov Foundation Scholarship. After completing her studies in Moscow, she continued her education with Wilfried Strehle as part of her bachelor's degree at the Berlin University of the Arts. Until 2019, she studied with Tabea Zimmermann at the Hanns Eisler Academy of Music Berlin.
A glimpse into my world: Karolina Errera

In 2018, Karolina Errera won first prize at the International Yuri Bashmet Viola Competition. She had previously won second prize at the 52nd International Instrumental Competition in Markneukirchen and first prize at the Rakovsky International Competition. She has performed in concert halls such as the Great Hall of the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, the Konzerthaus Berlin, the Berlin Philharmonic Hall and the Victoria Hall in Geneva.

Karolina Errera is a regular guest artist at international festivals such as Verbier Festival, Heidelberger Frühling, Seiji Ozawa Academy Festival, Pablo Casals Festival and Krzyzowa Music Festival.

She plays a modern viola by Haiko Seifert, provided to her by the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben. She was also a scholarship holder of the Karajan Academy of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.

Karolina Errera participated in the chamber music project Chamber Music Connects The World in 2014 and performed alongside Gidon Kremer, Christian Tetzlaff, Kim Kashkashian and Steven Isserlis. In 2020, she was a lecturer at Mit Musik - Miteinander. Since October 2019, she has been studying with Tabea Zimmermann at Kronberg Academy.

Andreas Ehelebe was born in Wernigerode in 1994 and received piano lessons from an early age.

At the age of eleven he switched to the double bass and was first taught by Andreas Nettels, later by Prof. Frithjof-Martin Grabner at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Leipzig. During this time Andreas won several prizes at the national competition "Jugend Musiziert" in the categories "double bass solo" and "duo string instrument/piano" and gained his first orchestral experience in the state and national youth orchestras. He gained further orchestral experience in the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie, the Württemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn, the SWR Symphony Orchestra Freiburg Baden-Baden, the Orchestra Academy of the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival and in the future in the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra as well as in the Orchestra Academy of the Berlin Philharmonic.
At the 2015 German Music Competition, Andreas Ehelebe was awarded a scholarship and is participating in the 2016/2017 season of the German National Selection of Concerts for Young Artists. He also received 1st prize at the International Lake Constance Music Competition Überlingen 2015 and at the International Instrumental Competition Markneukirchen 2017.
Andreas Ehelebe is supported by the Märkische Kulturkonferenz, the Richard-Wagner Verband, the Oscar und Vera Ritter Stiftung and the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes.
Since the winter semester 2013/2014 he is enrolled as a student at the Nuremberg University of Music, where he is taught by Prof. Dorin Marc.

Finnish bass Maria Krykov began her training with Lasse Lagercrantz at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki. After a few years at the Folkwang University of the Arts, she completed her Bachelor's degree at the HfM "Hanns Eisler" with Prof. Matthew McDonald, where she is currently pursuing her Master's degree.
As a long-time member, as well as solo bassist of the EUYO, she gained early experience in orchestral playing. From 2012-2013, Maria Krykov was an intern in the Gürzenich Orchestra of Cologne, and in 2016 she began the Ferenc Frerie Orchestra Academy. Furthermore, she played in the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam and as principal double bass in the Mahler Chamber Orchestra.
As a chamber musician she has been a guest at the Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival since 2012, as well as at festivals in Helsinki and Sysmä.
Maria Krykov was in semifinals of the ARD Competition 2016, won a 2nd prize at the International Sperger Competition 2016 and was first prize winner of the 1st International Double Bass Competition Ankara 2015.

Luís Duarte Moreira was born in Paços de Ferreira. In 2005 he began his horn studies with Hélder Vales, graduating with honors. He was awarded the "Dr.ª Manuela Carvalho Prize" as the best graduate. Subsequently, in 2015, he completed his Bachelor's degree with Bohdan Sebestik, Abel Pereira and Nuno Vaz.
Luís Duarte Moreira attended master classes with the most important horn players such as Radovan Vlatkovich, Abel Pereira, José Bernardo Silva, David Johnson, Ricardo Matosinhos, Bruno Rafael, Paulo Guerreiro, David Thompson, Szabolcs Zempléni, Will Sanders, Kerry Turner, Frøydis Ree Wekre, Rodolfo Epelde Cruz and Jeff Nelsen.
He was awarded first prize at the international competition "Terras de La-Salette" (2012 and 2014). In 2012 he was a member of the Fundação Orquestra Estúdio, the orchestra of the 2012 Capital of Culture. He also played in several youth orchestras (ARTAVE Orchestras, APROARTE Orchestra, ESMAE Orchestra, Landesjugendorchester Bremen, Galicia Youth Symphony Orchestra, Gulbenkian Youth Orchestra) and also regularly in the Porto Symphony Orchestra, the Gulbenkian Orchestra, the Galicia Symphony Orchestra, the Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra and with the Portuguese Symphonic Band. He is currently studying in the master's program at the Hanns Eisler Academy of Music in Berlin with Marie-Luise Neunecker, supported by a scholarship from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.

Nicolás Gómez Naval is assistant first horn player with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia (Spain). He received the degree of Master of Arts with distinction at the Royal Academy of Music in London.

During the last years he has played as a freelance musician with numerous orchestras. Particularly noteworthy is his collaboration with the Orchestra Mozart in Bologna under the direction of Claudio Abbado, as well as with the National Orchestra of Spain, the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra and the Orchestra of Europe.

Nicolás Gómez Naval was born in 1990 and began his musical training at the age of 8. In 2010 he received a scholarship from the Fundación Albéniz to continue his studies with Prof. Radovan Vlatkovic and Rodolfo Epelde at the Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía in Madrid. Three years later, he graduated at the top of his class and received recognition for his graduation concert that same year.
With scholarships from ABRSM and JONDE-BBVA, he was able to study at the Royal Academy of Music in London with professors Richard Watkins, Michael Thompson and Martin Owen. He has attended master classes with José Vicente Castelló, David Fernández Alonso, Markus Maskuniitty and Eric Terwilliger, and gained orchestral experience in high-level youth orchestras in Europe, including the European Union Youth Orchestra (EUYO) and the Gustav Mahler Jugend Orchester, with whom he has performed in major concert halls and festivals in Europe and North America.
Recently he has been awarded several international prizes, such as the International Wind Competition of the Moscow Conservatory, the XV Concorso Internazionale di Musica per Giovani Interpreti "Città di Chieri" and in 2012 the Concurso de trompa Comunidad de Madrid. In the field of chamber music he has participated in various festivals.

Henrique Dos Santos Costa comes from the small Portuguese village of Alcochete. He began his musical education in 2007 at the Music School of the National Conservatory in Lisbon. From 2011 to 2014, he studied with Adélio Carneiro at the National Superior Orchestral Academy of Metropolitana in Lisbon. He is currently a student of Anne Jelle Visser in Zurich, supported by a scholarship from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
He was a multiple prize winner at the national brass competition "Terras de La Sallette" in Oliveira de Azeméis (Portugal), was a semi-finalist at the ITEC International Tuba Competition in Linz (Austria) and at the International Brass Competition in Gdansk (Poland).
Henrique Dos Santos Costa played in the Youth Symphony Orchestra Lisbon, the Portuguese Youth Orchestra "Momentum Perputuum", the Metropolitan Orchestra Lisbon, Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra Lisbon, the Allgarve Orchestra, the Gulbenkian Orchestra, Orchestra XXI and the Wind Orchestra of the European Union. As a soloist he performed with the Wind Orchestra of Metropolitana and in a recital at the Calouste Gulbenkian Conservatory in Aveiro (Portugal).

Gergely Lukács was born in 1995 in Keszthely (Hungary). He began his musical education at the music school "Erkel Ferenc" in Zalaszentgrót with Attila Johann. His path then led him to Gábor Adamik at the Béla Bartók Academy in Budapest. He is currently studying at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest with László Szabó. GergelyLukács participated in master classes with Øystein Baadsvik, Sergio Carolino, Andreas Hofmeir, Dirk Hirthe, Roland Szentpáli and Daniel Perantoni.
He was also a successful participant in numerous competitions. For example, he won the national tuba competition in Budapest in 2012 and twice the international brass competition in Brno (Czech Republic). He also won at the ITEC International Tuba Competition in Bloomington (USA) in 2014, at the International Brass Competition in Varazdin (Croatia) in 2015 and the third prize at the IX Michal Spisak International Music Competition.
Gergely Lukács performs as a soloist, in orchestras and chamber music ensembles such as the Heavy Brass Guys Tuba Quartet and in the European Brass Ensemble.

Ziyu He (born 1999 in Qingdao) is an Austrian violinist of Chinese origin. In 2014, he won first prize for Austria in the Eurovision Young Musicians Competition. Ziyu He learned to play the violin from the age of five with Professor Zhang Xiangrong. In 2010, he came to the attention of Professor Paul Roczek of the Salzburg Mozarteum as part of the Austro-Chinese Music Academy and was recommended to participate in the Mozarteum's International Summer Academy. Since 2011, He has been living in Salzburg and studying at the Leopold Mozart Institute of the Mozarteum there.
He opened the Salzburg Festival with concerts in 2010 and 2012, and in the summer of 2012 he was the youngest participant in the Meissen International Music Academy, where he was selected for the Szymon Goldberg Award Meissen.
In 2012 he was the winner of the International Summer Academy of the Mozarteum, and in 2013 he won the third prize and special prize "Sonata" at the International Competition for Violin in Kloster Schöntal. In 2013 he received the third prize at the International Louis Spohr Competition for Young Violinists.

Shuichi Okada was born in Bordeaux in 1995. He began playing the violin at the age of 5. After studying at the Conservatory of Bordeaux with Stephane Rougier, he was unanimously accepted at the Paris Conservatory at the age of 15 in the class of Roland Daugaril, Suzanne Gessner and Christoph Poiget. He is currently in his first year of the master class. Passionate about chamber music, he joined the renowned Ysaye Quartet in 2012, giving him the chance to work with teachers such as Claire Desert, Francois Salque and Trio Wanderer. He regularly participates in master classes, for example with Mihawla Martin, Patrice Fontanarosa, Donk Suk Kang, Sarah Nemtanu and Stephan Picard.
Shuichi Okada participated in the Seiji Ozawa Academy (Switzerland) and the Carl Flesch Academy, where he received a prize with orchestra.
He won many competitions, such as the second prize of the International Competition Postacchini, the first prize of the International Competition Ginette Neveu, the first prize and the prize for the most outstanding personality at the competition in Mirecourt. Recently he was honored in prestigious competitions such as the Lipizer (Gorizia) or Fritz Kreisler (Vienna). This gives him the opportunity to play with orchestras such as the Opera Orchestra of Avignon, the Orchestra of the Weimar Conservatory, the Nancy Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra of the DFO (at the Salle Pleyel), the Chamber Orchestra "New Europe", the Orchestra of Romania and the Philharmonie Baden-Baden.
Shuichi is a regular guest at festivals such as The Deauville Music Festival, the "Les Vacances de Mr. Haydn" Festival, the Festival de la Roque d'Antheron, the Festival "Moments Musicaux" de la Baule and the Festival de la Vézère.
He has had the opportunity to play in great halls as a soloist or chamber musician, such as the Salle Pleyel, Théâtre des Champs Elysées, Salle Cortot, Victoria Hall in Geneva and the Vienna Musikverein.

Dominik Wagner was born in Vienna in 1997. After 5 years of cello lessons, he switched to the double bass in 2007. From 2007 to 2011 he was a member of the Vienna Boys Choir, from 2008 alto soloist and also participated in concerts as cello and double bass soloist. Since 2009 he has been taking lessons at the Highly Gifted Course of the Vienna University of Music with Prof. J. Niederhammer and Mag. Werner Fleischmann.
Besides successes in national youth competitions (several times 1st prizes in the national competition of Prima la musica), Dominik Wagner also won prizes of the European String Teacher Association, at the International Festival Allegro Vivo, at the international competition at the Gnesin Academy Moscow (1st prize, 2012), at the Leos Janacek Competition, Brno as well as at the International Golden Bass Competition Lviv, Ukraine. He was also awarded the prize for string soloists at the Prague-Vienna-Budapest International Summer Academy, special prizes at the Osaka International Competition in Japan and for the best interpretation of the modern compulsory piece at the J.M. Sperger Competition.
As a soloist he has performed in Europe with several orchestras such as the Young Master Players of the Vienna Music University, the Polish Chamber Philharmonic, the Moravian Chamber Orchestera, the Franz Schmidt Chamber Orchestra, the Opera Studio Orchestra Lviv, the Munich Youth Orchestra in the Gasteig, the Rheinische Philharmonie Koblenz and the Ensemble Kontrapunkte.
He attended master classes and had lessons with Petru Iuga, Bernhard Ziegler, Christine Hoock, Dorin Marc, Johannes Auersperg, Roman Patkolo, Jiri Hudec and Catalin Rotaru.
Dominik Wagner is a member of the LGT Young Soloists, Zurich.

Viktor Osokin was born in Ukraine in 1992. At the age of 12 he received his first double bass lessons at the "P. Stolyarsky Music School" in Odessa. From 2010 he continued his education at the "Music Academy A. Nezdanova" with Vladimir Chekalyuk. Since that time he is employed at the National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre Odessa.
Viktor Osokin is a laureate of the following competitions:
2013 - 1st prize at the "21st Century Art" competition in Vorzel, Ukraine.
2013 - 1st prize at the 19th International Music Competition "E. Coca" in Moldova.
2013 - 2nd prize at the 1st International Double Bass Competition "Golden Bass" in Ukraine.

Bettina Aust studied in the master's program with Sabine Meyer in Lübeck. Previously, she completed her diploma with Johannes Peitz in Hanover. She participated in numerous competitions and received, among others, a scholarship of the "German Music Competition" in 2012, which was connected with the admission to the "57th Federal Selection Concerts of Young Artists". With the "Rheingold Trio" and the "Duo Aust" she performs throughout Germany and made radio recordings for NDR, SWR, WDR, Deutschlandfunk and Deutschlandradio. Bettina Aust plays in orchestras such as the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, the Frankfurt Opera and Museum Orchestra, the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra and the Orchestra Academy of the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival. The clarinettist is supported by several foundations, such as the "Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes".

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Born on July 28, 1990, Patrick Alexander Hollich began to discover his love for music at a young age. In 1994 he started piano lessons at the conservatory in Karlsruhe with Mrs. Jahnke. From 1998 to 2010 he took percussion lessons with Mr. Riemer at the music school in Baden-Baden. In 2009 he learned clarinet music from his father Prof. Anton Hollich. At the Musikhochschule in Stuttgart he learned to play the clarinet with Prof. Norbert Kaiser. Within seven years he celebrated several first national prizes in solo, duo and chamber music. In 2009, he achieved first prize in the Lions Club International Competition. Three years later, he won a promotional prize at the German Music Academy Competition in Düsseldorf with the decet ensemble of the Stuttgart Music Academy. His soloist experience includes numerous concerts as a soloist with the Freiburg Teachers Orchestra, the Ludwigsburg Symphony Orchestra, the Baden-Baden Philharmonic Orchestra and the Bucharest Radio Orchestra. He attended numerous master classes has already been able to gain orchestral experience in the Federal Youth Orchestra and the State Youth Orchestra. Since 2013 he often helps out as solo clarinetist with the Badische Philharmonie Pforzheim, the Philharmonie Baden Baden, the Sinfonieorchester Wuppertal, the Museumsorchester Frankfurt and the Sinfonieorchester des hr.

Viktor Spáth was born in Hungary in 1984. He studied at the Academy of Music in Budapest with Tamás Velenczei. After graduating in 2008, he spent a year at the Herbert von Karajan Orchestra Academy of the Berlin Philharmonic. Between 2009 and 2012, he was with the Staatskapelle Weimar. Since August 2012, he has been principal trumpet of the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden.

Hiyoli Togawa graduated from Antoine Tamestit after studying with Rainer Moog for many years. She was a violist with the Schnitzler Quartet and the Quatuor CoryFeye, with whom she studied in Brussels with the Artemis Quartet. Now she is a student of Hariolf Schlichtig in Munich. Numerous solo and chamber music performances have taken her throughout Europe and Japan. Concerts and interviews have been broadcast on WDR. Hiyoli Togawa has been awarded numerous promotional prizes.

Kyoung Min Park was born in Seoul, South Korea, in 1990 and received piano and violin lessons from the age of 6. She began playing the viola at the age of 11. She first studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna with Prof. Ulrich Schönauer and Wolfgang Klos. Before she moved to Prof. Walter Kussner at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler, Berlin in 2008. Currently she is a student of Prof. Tabea Zimmermann. In addition to several prizes in her home country, Kyoungmin Park won, among others, a first prize at the Festival in Bled as well as prizes at the International Lionel Tertis Viola Competition, the Max Rostal Competition and the Carl Flesh Prize. As a soloist, she has performed with the Baden-Baden Philharmonic Orchestra, the Polish Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, the Hamburg Festival Orchestra and the Korean Symphony Orchestra. She gained orchestral experience with the Potsdam Chamber Academy, among others. She gave concerts with the Romanian Radio Orchestra and at the International Music Academy Switzerland under Seiji Ozawa and Nobuko Imai as well as at the International Zermatt Festival. Master classes led her to Volker Jacobsen, Barbara Westphal, Tatjana Masurenko, Eberhard Feltz, Wilfried Strehle, Nobuko Imai and Hartmut Rohde.

Bruno Delepelaire started playing the cello at the age of 5 and studied at the Paris Conservatoire with Philippe Muller from 2009. He also attended master classes with Jens-Peter Maintz, Wolfgang-Emanuel Schmidt, François Salque, Wen-Sinn Yang and Wolfgang Boettcher. He gained orchestral experience with the Verbier Festival Orchestra and the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra, and as a soloist he performed with the Munich Radio Orchestra and the Württemberg Philharmonic Orchestra of Reutlingen. In 2012 Bruno Delepelaire won the First Prize at the international "Karl Davidoff Cello Competition" in Kuldiga, Latvia, as well as - together with his string quartet - the prize for the best performance of a work by Joseph Haydn at the International Chamber Music Competition Hamburg. Since October 2012 he has been a scholarship holder at the Orchestra Academy of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, where he is taught by Ludwig Quandt. Since April 2013 he is additionally a student at the UdK Berlin with Jens-Peter Maintz.

Cellist Sol Daniel Kim, born in Vienna in 1990, received his first cello lessons at the age of 6. However, cello was not to remain his only instrument. Two years later he also began to play the piano, because he was already very interested in music as a child, which was practically put in his cradle, since his mother is an opera singer. Determined to follow the path of a cellist, he went to the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna in 2000, where he was accepted into the preparatory class taught by Christine Vitoux-Erben and Valentin Erben. After 9 years together, he finally moved to the class of Heinrich Schiff, with whom he studied from 2009 to 2012, graduating with honors from the 2nd degree (Bachelor). He is currently studying in the Master's program with Jens Peter Maintz at the University of the Arts in Berlin. His musical education does not end here, however, as he has also participated in many master classes where he has had the opportunity to work with Heidi Litschauer, Gary Hoffman, Anner Bylsma, Christoph Richter, Frans Helmerson and Jens Peter Maintz, among others. That his school education was not neglected in all this is shown by his graduation from the Musikgymnasium Wien, where he graduated in 2009 with excellent results. In 2007, at the age of 16, he was accepted as the youngest member of the UBS Verbier Festival Orchestra and had the opportunity to play with famous conductors such as Manfred Honeck, Zubin Metha, Charles Dutoit, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Sir Andrew Davis and renowned soloists such as Martha Argerich, Anne Sophie Mutter, Joshua Bell and Evgeny Kissin. This was followed by a tour with the UBS VFO with Martha Argerich and Charles Dutoit through the USA and Europe, where he played in famous halls such as Walt Disney Hall in Los Angeles, Avery Fisher Hall in New York and Zurich Tonhalle, to name a few.

Peter Müseler was born in Suhl/Thuringia in 1988. From 2001 to 2008 he attended the music high school Schloss Belvedere Weimar. From 2000 to 2005 he took lessons with Professor Reiner Heimbuch in Weimar. After that Robinson Wappler taught him until 2008. Peter Müseler began studying with Professor Dallmann at the University of the Arts in Berlin in October 2008, and since August 2011 he has been an academist with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. He gained orchestral experience with the Rias Jugendorchester and Baltic Youth Philharmonic in 2009, as well as with the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester and Junge Deutsche Philharmonie in 2010 and the Pacific Music Festival (Sapporo) in 2011. In addition, he helps out in the Konzerthausorchester Berlin and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra. In September 2010, the horn player won the 3rd prize at the Chamber Music Competition of the Alice Samter Foundation. In 2011 he was accepted into the "Bundesauswahl Konzerte Junger Künstler", received a scholarship and won the special prize of the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben within the German Music Competition in Berlin, where he reached the 3rd round. In September 2011 Peter Müseler became third prize winner at the International Performers Competition in Brno/Czech Republic.

Maciej Baranowski was born on May 3, 1989 in Zielona Góra, Poland. There he received his first horn lessons at the Państwowa Szkoła Muzyczna with Professor Ivan Moroz and, after completing his school career, moved to the University of the Arts in Berlin in 2007, where he is still taught by Professor Christian Friedrich Dallmann. At the age of 22, Maciej Baranowski can already look back on a long artistic career. For example, he has already played at the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, the Bach Academy in Stuttgart, the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and the German Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra in Bremen, and this year he joined the Karajan Academy of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. He has been a fellow of various foundations and institutions, including the "Minister Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego RP" in the "Program Stypendialny "Młoda Polska", the ad infinitum Foundation and the Paul Hindemith Society. Maciej Baranowski also won a considerable number of prizes both in Poland itself and internationally. These include first prize at competitions such as the Ogólnopolskie Przesłuchania Instrumentów Dętych Blaszanych 2003 in Częstochowa/Poland, first prize at the Międzynarodowy Konkurs "Muzyka Nadziei" 2004 in Homel/Belarus, distinction at the 59th Prague Spring International Music Competition in 2007, and first prize at the Second International Music Competition in Sannicandro di Bari. Most recently he took a first prize at the second Polish Horn Competition in Łódź.

Vikentios Gionanidis was born on November 12, 1988 in Corfu (Greece). From 1998 to 2004 he studied music (theory, percussion, baritone and tuba) with the wind orchestra "Mantzaros" and from 2004 to 2007 harmony with Prof. Anastasios Kasianis (diploma) and tuba with Georgios Rarakos at the Corfu Conservatory in Greece. Besides his studies, Vikentios Gionanidis has played several solo concerts with the wind orchestra "Mantzaros". He has performed as a soloist with the Folkwang Chamber Orchestra Essen and with the Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra. In the season of 2011/2012 he will play solo concerts with the Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra and with the Göttinger Symphonikers. In September 2010 he was 1st prize winner of the International Aeolus Wind Competition in Düsseldorf. He also won the Audience Award and the Special Award for the best interpretation of contemporary music. In May 2011, Vikentios Gionanidis won the 2nd prize at the University Competition in Lübeck. The tubist attended master classes with Hendrik Jan Renes, Walter Hilgers and Jens Bjørn-Larsen. Since September 2010 he has been an intern with the Göttingen Symphony Orchestra. Since October 2007, Vikentios Gionanidis has been studying tuba at the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media with Prof. Jens Bjørn-Larsen.

Simon Wildman was born on July 18, 1986 in Morgantown/West Virginia (USA). He is currently studying at the University of Georgia (Doctor of Musical Arts). He already holds a Master of Education from Ohio University. He also already completed a year of study Master's in tuba performance at Penn State University and holds a Bachelor's Degree in Tuba Performance from the same university. He has primarily taken lessons from David McCollum, Velvet Brown, Jason Smith, and David Zerkel. Recently, Simon was a semi-finalist in the U.S. Marine Band audition. He won both the UGA and OU Concerto competitions, playing Bozza's Concertino and Vaughan Williams's Concerto for Bass Tuba. In 2009, Simon Wildman won an audition with the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra. He was also a finalist and semi-finalist in auditions with the Youngstown and New Jersey Symphony orchestras.

Only 18 years old, student Irène Duval from France enjoyed her musical education at the National Conservatory of Music in Paris with her teachers Roland Daugareil, Suzanne Gessner and Serge Pataud. She won 1st prize at the Concours International de Violon in Avignon in 2009, and 2nd prize at the International Violin Competition in Mirecourt in 2010.

Jakob Encke was born in Hannover in 1994, making him the youngest participant in the Markneukirchen International Instrumental Competition this year. He began violin lessons with Peter Wiegand at the age of 4. Since October 2005 he has been studying with Professor Krzysztof Wegrzyn at the Hanover University of Music and Drama. The young student completed an early study program of the IFF (Institut für Frühförderung musikalisch Hochbegabter) from 2004 - 2005 and graduated with the grade "Very Good". 2001-2005 he participated several times in "Jugend Musiziert" and won exclusively first prizes. In 2006-2010 he received four times the 1st Federal Prize of the German Music Life Foundation and in 2007 the Promotion Prize of the German Music Life Foundation and the Litfin Promotion Prize of the "Jugend musiziert" Foundation. In 2009 he won the Bruno Frey Prize of the Baden-Württemberg State Academy for Musical Education and the GVL Special Prize "Jugend Musiziert". He celebrated his debut with orchestra (Wieniawski D minor) in December 2007 in Hannover. In 2010 he was awarded 3 prizes as the second youngest participant at the TONALI10 Grand Prix in Hamburg. He currently plays a violin by Nicola Gagliano (Naples 1755).

Jakub Fortuna was born in Poland in 1987. He is currently studying at the Hochschule für Musik in Nuremberg with Prof. Dorin Marc. He has already gained competition experience as a semi-finalist at the ARD Music Competition and as a 3rd prize winner at the VI International Sperger Competition. Since this year he is a member of the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra.

Wies de Boevé was born in Belgium in 1987. He received his musical education at the Herbert von Karajan Academy of the Berlin Philhamonics (with Prof. Janne Saksala), at the Specialised Master Soloist Hochschule für Musik Luzern (with Prof. Bozo Paradzik), at the Zurich University of the Arts (with Prof. Duncan Mc Tier, Prof. Roel Dieltiens, Prof. Harald Friedrich and Prof. David Sinclair). He completed his bachelor's degree at the Koninlijk Vlaams Conseratorium Antwerp. Wies de Boevé has already won several national and international prizes, including 1st prize International Solo Competition Bass 2010, 1st prize International Competition Glasgow, Scottish Basses; 2nd prize International Competition Bass 2008. Wies de Boevá currently lives in Berlin.

Cristina Gomez Godoy was born on 13.5.1990 in Linares, Spain. She studied at the conservatories in Jaen and Seville and then continued her education with Prof. Gregor Witt, first in Seville and then in Rostock. Cristina Gómez Godoy gained orchestral experience as solo oboist of the Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla, the West Eastern Divan Orchestra, the World Orchestra of Jeunesses Musicales and in various Spanish orchestras. In chamber music she has worked with Daniel Barenboim at the Mohzarteum, Salzburg and the Staatsoper Berlin, among others. In 2005 Cristina Gómez Godoy received the 3rd prize at the International Music Competition VIII Certam Internacional "Pedro Bote", Badajoz, Spain. She is currently solo oboist of the Berlin Staatskapelle and teaches at the Universität der Künste, Berlin.

Ivan Podyomov was born on 29.4.1986 in Arkhangelsk, Russia. He is the second prize winner of the International ARD Music Competition in Munich and the winner of the International Music Competition of the Prague Spring Festival. He was also awarded the special prizes of Pro Harmonia Mundi and Bohuslav Martinu Foundations. He began his musical education at the renowned Gnessin Academy of Music in Moscow, studying recorder with Ivan Pushetchnikov, with whom he also studied oboe from 1996 until his graduation in 2003. Since 2006 Ivan Podyomov has been studying at the Geneva Conservatory with Maurice Bourgue. In 1998 he was the youngest laureate at the competition Concertino Praga. In 2005 he won the first prize at the International Rimsky-Korsakov Competition in St. Petersburg. He has performed with various orchestras such as the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Munich Chamber Orchestra, the Collegium Musicum Basel, the Chamber Academy Potsdam, the Pilsen Philharmonic Orchestra and the Hof Symphony Orchestra. As a soloist and chamber musician, Ivan Podyomov has performed at renowned venues throughout Europe such as the Konzerthaus Berlin, the Vienna Konzerthaus, the Herkulessaal and Prinzregententheater in Munich, and the Rudolfinum in Prague. He performs at numerous music festivals such as Prague Spring, Brandenburg Summer Concerts, ARD Chamber Music Festival, Nymphenburg Summer Music Festival and for recordings of radio stations in Germany, Czech Republic and Russia. Ivan Podyomov is also regularly invited as first guest oboist by orchestras such as the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia, Russian Philharmonic Orchestra and others. Future appearances include his debut for Deutschlandradio Kultur with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin at the Berlin Philharmonie, a solo recital at the Auditorium du Louvre in Paris, a concert with the Czech Chamber Philharmonic at the Prague Spring Festival, and various concerts in Germany, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Slovakia, and Russia. Since 2016 Ivan Podyomov has been principal oboist of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and teaches at the Hochschule in Lucerne.

Karol Jan Gajda was born on December 29, 1991. He began his education in 1998, first with the clarinet. In 2002 he switched to the trombone and continued his education in Katowice and Bielsko-Biala. He won first prizes at the International Competition in Brno in 2009 and 2007 and in Czerniowce (Ukraine) in 2006.

Born and raised in Corfu, Greece in 1987, Angelos Kritikos met his current teacher, Prof. Jonas Bylund, at the age of 15. Soon it was clear to him that he would prefer to study trombone in Germany and so in 2006 he came to the HMT in Hannover to begin his music studies. In September 2008 Angelos Kritikos won the 1st prize at the international Aeolus competition for wind instruments in Düsseldorf. In May 2009 the young Greek won two more important prizes: the 3rd prize at the Kurt Alten Competition in Hannover and the 1st prize at the Brass Competition in Dazig. With his ensemble "Hannover Trombone Unit" he won a scholarship of the German Music Council at the German Music Competition in Bonn. Since the season 2009/10 Angelos Kritikos is solo trombonist of the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra.

Tomasz Daroch was born in 1989 in Lodz/Poland and received his first cello lessons at the age of 7. From 2002-2005 he attended the State Henryk Wieniawski Music High School in Lodz and since 2005 has been studying at the State University of Music and Performing Arts Mannheim with Prof. Michael Flaksman. From 2005-2007 he also completed additional studies in "Chamber Music for Ensembles" at the State University of Music and Performing Arts in Mannheim with Prof. Michael Hauber and Prof. Michael Flaksman, where he graduated with a diploma and distinction. In 2005 Tomasz Daroch won the 1st prize at the "International Music Competition of Youth in Oldenburg" and at the International Aleksander Tansman Competition in Lodz. Three years earlier he won the 1st prize at the 4th International Antonio Janigro Violoncello Competition in Croatia. In the last 6 years he gave several recitals and many concerts at festivals in Poland, Germany, Italy, France, the Netherlands and the USA and performed with the Amadeus Chamber Orchestra, among others. Tomasz Daroch is also active in chamber music in the family piano trio "Daroch-Trio".

Victor Julien-Laferrière was born in Paris in 1990 and received his first cello lessons at the age of 7. At the age of 13, he was already accepted at the Paris Conservatory, where he graduated with honors in 2008. He has been a member of Seiji Osawa's International Music Academy Switzerland since 2005 and has been studying at the University of the Arts in Berlin with Jens Peter Maintz since 2008. He has performed with Vladimir Mendelssohn and Augustin Dumay, among others, and was a member of the Dissonances Ensemles.

Otto Tolonen was born in Finland in 1980 and began his musical education at the age of 5 playing the piano. His further musical education took place at the Sibelius Academy with Timo Korhonen and Jukka Savijoki where he graduated with the highest score. From 2001-2002 Otto Tolonen studied in Weimar with Thomas Müller-Pering, participated in summer courses with Oscar Ghiglia at the "Accademia Musicale Chigiana" in Siena and received an honorary diploma there in 3 consecutive years. Since 1995 he has won prizes in 19 international competitions including Rome, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Bratislava and Berlin. In 2008 he won 1st prize at the Andres Segovia Competition in Herradura, Spain and 3rd prize at the Tokyo International Competition. Otto Tolonen has performed as a soloist with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Jyväskylä Sinfonia, the Sibelius Academy Symphony Orchestra, and the Polish AUKSO Chamber Orchestra, and has toured North America, South America, and Europe. He has given master classes in Germany, Italy, the USA and Brazil and teaches at Espoo Music Institute and Helsingin Suomalainen Yhteiskoulu School in Finland.

Rafael Aguirre was born in Malaga (Spain) in 1984. He studied at the Malaga Conservatory and at the "Robert Schumann" Hochschule in Düsseldorf with Prof. Joaquin Clerch, where he graduated with distinction. Rafael Aguirre made his orchestral debut at the age of 16 and has since played with many renowned orchestras such as the Syrian National Orchestra, the Extremadura Symphony Orchestra and the New Philharmonic Orchestra of Westphalia. He has won prizes at the Tarrega, Arcas and Guerrero competitions, among others, and has performed in Germany, Austria, Italy, Morocco, Syria, USA, Portugal, Spain and the Azores, as well as at the International Music Festival in Granada. Rafael Aguirre now lives in Düsseldorf.