Musician

, Daishin Kashimoto is a regular guest of major concert halls around the globe. In his decadelong role as first concertmaster of the Berliner Philharmoniker, this tremendous wealth of experience also benefits him

Marie Sophie Hauzel has won a number of international competitions, such as the International Jenö Takacs Competition, the International Hans von Bülow Piano Competition in Meiningen, the International Balys Dvarionas Competition for Young Pianists in Vilnius, the Carl Bechstein Competition in Berlin.

Combining exceptional lyricism and insight with consummate technique, Alessio Bax is without a doubt “among the most remarkable pianists before the public” (Gramophone).

Vasilios Avraam studied at the Ferenc Liszt Conservatory in Hungary under the supervision of István Adrovicz, then at the Strasbourg National Conservatoire under Pablo Márquez, where he gained his Masters, and subsequently at the Academy of Music in Bratislava where he received his Musical Doctoral Degree (Artis Doctor) in classical guitar under the supervision of Jozef Zsapka. Avraam has also actively participated in master-classes by such renowned musicians as Walter Würdinger, Zoran Dukic, Gérard Abiton, and Devich Sándor. He was the First Prize winner of the National Guitar Competition in Hungary in 1998.

One of the most important Cypriot artists of his generation, with an acclaimed international career, Kyros Patsalides first came into the limelight in 1995, when he won the First Prize in the International Song Competition of the Arena di Verona in co-production with the State Opera of Budapest.

Born and raised in Cologne, Julia Morneweg trained at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hanover and at the Royal College of Music, under the tutelage of Raphael Wallfisch, Klaus Heitz and Leonid Gorokhov.

A recipient of two prestigious Diapason d’Or awards for his recording of Weinberg’s Violin Sonatas, Yuri Kalnits was described by reviewers as ‘an interpreter of the highest order’.

Peter Laul was born into a musical family in St. Petersburg, and received his education at the St. Petersburg Conservatory, where he studied with Prof. Alexander Sandler, and where he has since become a faculty member.

Born in Cyprus, in 1992, into a family of musicians, Mavroudes Troullos is a highly trained bassoonist who stands out for his musical sensitivity and maturity.

Described as a “poet-artist of commanding intelligence, with freedom of expression and imagination ranging from amorous intimacy to blazing peaks of Vesuvian tumult”, Roman Kosyakov is unquestionably one of the most fascinating pianists of his generation.