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Sasha Rozhdestvensky is considered to be one of today’s finest Russian violinists. Yehudi Menuhin pronounced him to be “one of the most talented and refined violinists of his generation”.
He has appeared internationally with leading ensembles such as the Bayerische Staatsorchester, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, l’Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio-France, London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra of “La Scala”, Mariinsky Orchestra, Moscow Philharmonic, St.Petersburg Philharmonic, Tonhalle Orchester Zurich, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra…
Among the conductors with whom Sasha Rozhdestvensky has worked are Vladimir Ashkenazy, Andrey Boreyko, Jean Claude Casadesus, Valery Gergiev, Theodor Guschlbauer, Vernon Handley, Vladimir Jurowski, Valery Polyansky, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Yuri Simonov, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Gerard Schwartz, Christopher Warren-Green…
Sasha’s recordings include the Concerto Grosso No.6 by Alfred Schnittke with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic (Chandos). He premiered this concerto, which was written especially for him and Viktoria Postnikova. He subsequently recorded the Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 1 and Glazunov’s Concerto with Gennady Rozhdestvensky and the State Symphony Capella of Russia (Nimbus). Complete works of Tchaikovsky for violin and piano with Josiane Marfurt including the world premiere of ‘Oh, chante encore’ (Delos), the Complete Violin chamber works of Ravel with Josiane Marfurt (Praga digitals). This CD received the ‘Choc of Classica’. Complete Shostakovich violin and piano music with Jeremy Menuhin for the FHR in the UK, Myaskovsky, Shebalin and Nechaev sonatas world premiere recordings for the FHR with Viktoria Postnikova and most recently a world premiere of John Mayer’s Second Violin Concerto with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Debashish Chaudhuri.
Sasha Rozhdestvensky has played at many prestigeous festivals like BBC Proms, Tanglewood, Schleswig-Holstein, Gstaad, Colmar, Ravinia, Florida, Lockenhaus, Montreux, Rheingau, and played at such halls as the Carnegie Hall, Royal Albert Hall, Barbican and Festival Halls London, Concertgebouw, Berlin Philharmonie, Suntory Hall Tokyo, Salle Pleyel et le Théâtre du Chatelet Paris, Mann Auditorium in Tel-Aviv, la Scala…
Among his chamber music partners are Marc Coppey, Gary Hoffman, Steven Isserlis, Josiane Marfurt, Jeremy Menuhin, Kun Woo Paik, Michel Portal, Viktoria Postnikova, Michael Rudy.
Sasha Rozhdestvensky’s dedication to contemporary music is highlighted through close contacts with several eminent composers, such as Alfred Schnittke, Sofia Gubaidulina, Giya Kancheli, Arvo Pärt and Ian Venables.
He also devotes time to the performance of traditional Latin American music together primarily with the instrumental group ‘Ambar’, whose recordings include El Diablo Suelto (Delos) and O voo da mosca (FHR). Recently the group premiered a Violin Concerto written for Sasha by Francisco Gonzalez with the National Symphony Orchestra of Colombia.
Sasha studied at the Central Music School in Moscow, the Moscow Conservatory, the Paris Conservatoire and the Royal College of Music in London.
Sasha Rozhdestvensky is a professor at the Royal College of Music in London and at the Haute école de musique de Genève.
Sophie Trobos is an Austrian violinist and the founder and director of the inn.wien ensemble. She studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna with Christian Altenburger and completed an Erasmus exchange at the CNSMD Lyon with Marianne Piketty. Sophie has served as concertmaster with orchestras including the Austrian Jeunesse Orchestra and the Webern Symphony Orchestra. She regularly performs in Austria, Germany, Switzerland, France, and Italy, and has collaborated in chamber music with artists such as Reinhard Latzko, Christian Altenburger, and Jasminka Stancul. Alongside her performance career, she is involved in artistic management and production, including roles with the LOISIARTE Festival and the Kufstein Masterclass, which she founded.
British Franco-Chinese violinist Laure Chan has performed at major venues including the Royal Albert Hall, Carnegie Hall, and the Shanghai Oriental Arts Centre, recently making solo debuts with the BBC Concert Orchestra and at the Berlin Philharmonie. A passionate composer, she blends her classical background with diverse styles and cultures, releasing recordings of both the standard repertoire and original music. Named a BBC Music Magazine Rising Star and featured on Classic FM’s 30 Under 30, Laure has won international prizes in Paris, Berlin, and New York, as well as the Oxford Philharmonic Music Director’s Award and first prizes at the Royal Academy of Music and Royal College of Music. She earned her Bachelor, Master, and Artist Diploma at the Royal College of Music, studying with Itzhak Rashkovsky, Radu Blidar, and Gabrielle Lester. Laure has received mentorship from Maxim Vengerov, Nicola Benedetti, Isabelle van Keulen, and Pinchas Zukerman.
Sophia Werner studies at The Juilliard School with Laurie Smukler as a proud recipient of a Kovner Fellow. In 2024, she won the Juilliard Concerto Competition and appeared as soloist with the Juilliard Orchestra. She has also performed with Juilliard’s AXIOM ensemble, the Adelphi Orchestra, Cayuga Chamber Orchestra, and the Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes. In 2023, she received the Bach Prize at the Stulberg International String Competition, and the previous year, won the Adelphi Young Artist Competition.
An avid chamber musician, Sophia has attended The Perlman Music Program and Kneisel Hall, and made her New York City debut at Alice Tully Hall with her piano trio. She has collaborated with members of the Brentano and Mendelssohn quartets, and participated in masterclasses with members of the Juilliard, Shanghai and Brentano quartets; Hilary Hahn; and Donald Weilerstein.
She performs on an 1864 J.B. Vuillaume violin and a James Tubbs bow, both on loan from Juilliard.
Christina Nam has performed internationally as a soloist and recitalist, appearing with orchestras such as the Cleveland Orchestra at Severance Hall under Jahja Ling, and the Jakarta Simfonia Orchestra with Maestra Rebecca Tong. At age 14, she won second prize at the Cooper International Violin Competition. She has collaborated with conductors including Louis Langrée, Robert Trevino, and Cristian Măcelaru. A passionate chamber musician, she is a founding member of the Amara Trio, formed at Kneisel Hall in 2023 and gold medalists of the Chesapeake International Chamber Competition. Christina currently studies at The Juilliard School in New York under Catherine Cho and Donald Weilerstein, as a Greene Foundation Fellow on full scholarship. Her chamber music mentors include Laurie Smukler, Joel Krosnick, and Robert McDonald.
Maria Lundina began violin studies at the age of four in Moscow. She graduated with honours from the Gnessin Moscow Special School of Music in 2017 and, in 2023, completed her studies at the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory with distinction, where she was named Best Graduate of the Year. She has performed in cities across Russia and Europe, and has participated in numerous festivals, competitions, and masterclasses with teachers including Pierre Amoyal, Dora Schwarzberg, Albert Markov, and Vadim Repin. In 2024, she completed a course with Boris Kuschnir at the Musik und Kunst Privatuniversität in Vienna. She is currently pursuing a master’s degree at the Moscow State Conservatory with Vladimir Ivanov.
Roa Lee was admitted with the highest distinction to Yewon School in 2023, where she has been awarded the Excellence in Performance Prize and Academic Honors Scholarship. She is also a recipient of the Doam Scholarship, awarded to exceptionally promising young musicians.
In March 2023 she performed in the Kumho Prodigy Concert Series. That same year, she gave a violin recital at the Lincoln Center, presented by the New York Young Artist Foundation. She was also invited to perform at Carnegie Hall for the New York Rising Stars Concert.
She won several prizes including Grand Prizes at the New York Virtuoso International Competition, New York International Music Concours and Chosun Ilbo Music Competition and second Prize at the International Anton Rubinstein Competition. She is a member of The Arrieta Trio, which was awarded the Gold Medal with an Honorary Mention at the 2023 Manhattan International Music Competition.
Theodor Kaskiv was born in Bern, Switzerland in 2006 and began playing the violin at the age of four under the guidance of his father, Oleg Kaskiv. In 2015, he received a scholarship to attend Institut Le Rosey. He has performed as a soloist with the Lviv Virtuosos Chamber Orchestra, the Menuhin Academy Soloists, and the Symphony Orchestra of Rosey. A laureate of several international competitions, he received second prize at the Concours Grumiaux in Brussels and first prize at the Lvivskyy Virtuoz Competition. Theodor has taken part in masterclasses with Anna Chumachenko and Tetiana Zolozova Le Menestral. He continues to study with his father at the International Menuhin Music Academy and performs regularly with the Menuhin Academy Soloists.
Born in 2008 Raphael Gisbertz is currently studying with Leonid Kerbel at the Musica Mundi Schoold in Waterloo, Belgium. He made his solo debut at the age of nine with Vivaldi’s Spring alongside the Niederrheinische Sinfoniker. Since then he has performed on major stages including Konzerthaus Wien, Tonhalle Düsseldorf, Palais de Beaux-Arts Brussels and Kölner Philarmonie. In 2023, he won several first prizes in national and international competitions such as the Concours Grumiaux in Brussels. Earlier that year at the German Musical Instrument Fund Competition, his impressive performance won him the loan of a 1700 C.G. Testore violin, and his interpretation of Bach was broadcast on Deutschlandfunk. As a regular participant in Belgium’s renowned Musica Mundi Festival and Course and the youngest attendee of the Gstaad String Academy, Raphael has gained extensive chamber music experience at the highest international level. A scholarship holder at the International Music Academy in Liechtenstein, he actively participates in its intensive programs and activities.
Emmanuel Coppey is a French violinist and Artist in Residence at the Fondation Singer-Polignac in Paris. He is also a City Music Foundation artist, a member of the Ensemble Modern Academy in Frankfurt, and an Artiste en Résidence at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel. Emmanuel has performed as soloist and chamber musician alongside Jérémie Rhorer, Vahan Mardirossian, Rachel Podger, Alexei Ogrintchouk, and Christopher Warren-Green, and has collaborated with Nelson Goerner, Augustin Dumay, and Bertrand Chamayou at major chamber music festivals. His repertoire spans from Bach to contemporary works, with a particular focus on composers such as Beethoven, Bartók, Brahms, Ravel, and Debussy. He performs on a 1735 Guarnerius violin, generously loaned by the Guttman Collection.