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Violinist Katya Moeller played her first solo recital at age 6 and made her orchestra debut when she was 12. Most recently, she was named the First Prize winner of the World Bach Competition, ODIN International Music Competition, and First World Violin E-Competition Napolinova, Grand Prize Winner of the ENKOR International Violin Competition, and Second Prize winner of the Togliatti International Violin Competition and First Harmonium OnlinePlus International Music Competition. As a member of the Avita Duo, she performed in Austria, Brazil, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Russia, Thailand, Singapore, and United States. The Duo released a recording of Lera Auerbach’s 24 Preludes for Violin and Piano and world-premiere of Oskolki on the Hänssler Classic label to enthusiastic critical acclaim. Katya studies with Masao Kawasaki, pursuing her Bachelor’s degree at The Juilliard School. She previously studied with Almita Vamos and was a fellowship member of the Music Institute of Chicago Academy.
Dongyoung Jake Shim achieved international acclaim by winning top prizes at prestigious competitions, including the Stulberg International String Competition, International Mozart Competition, F. Kreisler International Violin Competition, and Irving M. Klein International String Competition. He was also recognised as a Laureate at the J.S. Bach Competition. With debut performances on three continents, Dongyoung has appeared at well-known venues like Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and Alice Tully Hall. He has participated in chamber music festivals, including the Perlman Music Program and CMS of Lincoln Center’s Spring Festival, and has performed as a soloist with orchestras including the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra and Baltimore Chamber Orchestra. Currently pursuing an Artist Diploma at the Curtis Institute of Music under the mentorship of Shmuel Ashkenasi and Ida Kavafian, Dongyoung plays the 1705 G. B. Rogeri violin on loan from the Sooyoung Art Trade. He previously studied with Donald Weilerstein at the New England Conservatory.
SongHa has performed as a soloist with numerous orchestras, including Lietuvos nacionalinis simfoninis orkestras, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, KBS Symphony, Daegu Symphony Orchestra, Gangnam Symphony Orchestras to name a few. She is a major prizewinner of international competitions, including the Montreal International Violin Competition, Yehudi Menuhin Violin Competition, Premio Lipizer International Violin Competition, Berlin International Music Competition and Jeunesses Musicales International Violin Competition. This spring she was named Laureate of the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels. SongHa has recently given solo performances at the Berliner Philharmonie, the Wigmore Hall, the Royal Festival Hall, Maison Symphonique in Montreal, Seoul National Arts Center, and the Elbphilharmonie. She has also been featured in numerous live media, including BBC Radio 3, BBC Arts, Classic FM, and Medici.tv. She previously took part in the Verbier Festival Academy in 2018.
Paloma So has studied with Zakhar Bron since age nine. She is currently in her first year in the Harvard-New England Conservatory Dual Degree Program with Donald Weilerstein, receiving the Dean’s Scholarship and winning the Harvard Radcliffe Orchestra Concerto Competition. She is also mentored by Eduard Wulfson. With multiple victories in international competitions, Paloma has performed as a soloist with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Berliner Symphoniker, China Philharmonic Orchestra, and Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra at venues including the Mariinsky Theater, Buckingham Palace, the Berliner Philharmonie, and Tokyo’s Suntory Hall.
Violinist Alexey Stychkin began his studies at Moscow’s Central Music School before continuing studies at the Conservatoire royal de Liège and the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz in Cologne. In the 2022/23 season, Alexey’s talent was showcased as an academy artist with the Staatskapelle Berlin, where he led the orchestra as concertmaster alongside Daniel Barenboim. He also earned the first-ever open application place on the Classeek Ambassador Programme and has received awards from competitions such as the International Tchaikovsky Competition and the Henry Vieuxtemps International Violin Competition.
German violinist Alexandra Weissbecker began her musical journey at Kazan Special Music School in Russia under the guidance of Julia Vivat, before moving on to study with Pierre Amoyal at Mozarteum University Salzburg in 2019. Currently a student of Stephan Picard at Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin, she has also gained valuable insights from masterclasses with musicians including Boris Kushnir and Maxim Vengerov. A laureate of several prestigious competitions, including the International Louis Spohr Competition and the Anton Rubinstein Violin Competition, Alexandra has showcased her talents with orchestras such as the Jena Philharmonic and the State Symphony Orchestra. She plays a violin by Niccolò Gagliano on loan from Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben.
“Yilian is one of the most incredible talents of the new generation of Cuban musicians. She is a virtuoso, she is expressive, spontaneous and with a grace that makes her the favorite of all of us.” — Chucho Valdés
Yilian Cañizares is one of the most intriguing contemporary violinists, singers and composers. Always staying true to her origins, she skilfully blends jazz, classical and Afro- Cuban rhythms with her otherworldly voice. Whether on stage or in a recording studio, there are few talented artists like Yilian – who was born in Havana and settled in Switzerland – with such great respect for the past and sensitivity towards the future, accompanied by a smile to die for.
Appointed concertmaster of the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester at the age of twenty-one, Raphaëlle Moreau has collaborated with conductors such as Herbert Blomstedt, Vladimir Jurowski, Jonathan Nott and Lorenzo Viotti and has performed at the Hamburg Elbphilharmonie, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, the Musikverein in Vienna and the Felsenreitschule in Salzburg. She is regularly invited as guest concertmaster in various orchestras such as Gulbenkian Orchestra in Lisbon, Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse and Orchestre Symphonique de Bretagne.
She has been awarded the first Grand Prize of the Postacchini Competition and has performed as a soloist with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio-France, the Orchestre National de France, the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, the Orchestre de Pau-Pays de Béarn, the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, the Georgian Chamber Orchestra and the Ostinato Orchestra among others.
In the year 2020, Raphaëlle has been nominated as « Rising Star » at the french Victoires de la Musique Classique and took part in the “Martha Argerich & Friends” concert at the Philharmonie de Paris performing with Stephen Kovacevich and Gerard Caussé. She has also shared the stage with Renaud Capuçon in the Double Concerto by J.S. Bach accompanied by the Lausanne Soloists and premiered the Double Concerto for violin and cello by Philippe Hersant.
Being a passionate chamber musician, Raphaëlle regularly collaborates with artists such as Renaud Capuçon, Gautier Capuçon, Nicholas Angelich, David Kadouch, Celia Oneto-Bensaid, Alexandra Conunova and her three brothers Edgar, David and Jérémie.
She has given guest performances at the Cologne Philharmonie, the Philharmonie de Paris, the Festival de Saint-Denis, the Rheingau Musik Festival, the Grange au Lac in Evian, the Grand Théâtre de Provence, the Easter Festival in Aix-en-Provence, the Moments Musicaux de Gstaad and the Konzerthaus Dortmund.
Among 2020-2021 highlights, Raphaëlle has performed Beethoven sonata for violin and piano opus 12 no.3 with pianist Selim Mazari at the Fondation Singer Polignac for the platform Medici.tv and participated in world premieres of works by Clara Olivares, Justina Repečkaitė and Vito Žuraj for the project “New Horizons” live on Arte. Together with her three brothers Edgar, David and Jérémie, Raphaëlle has released an album with works by Korngold and Dvorak for the label Warner Classics/Erato.
She has performed for the French Bastille Day on the 14th of July together with Renaud Capuçon, the Orchestre National de France and Simone Young.
Born in Paris, Raphaëlle Moreau began playing the violin at the age of four in the Suzuki system. After studying with Rodica Bogdanas and Suzanne Gessner, she was admitted to the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris at fourteen and later continued her studies with Pavel Vernikov and then Renaud Capuçon at the Haute Ecole de Musique de Lausanne.
Raphaëlle is a laureate of the Nicati-de-Luze Foundation, the Fondation l’Or du Rhin, the Fondation Banque Populaire and the Fondation de la Vocation.
In February 2021, Bomsori signed in Berlin the exclusive contract with the Deutsche Grammophon label.
Bomsori’s upcoming 2023/24 season is packed with exciting highlights, including her debut performances at the BBC Proms with the BBC Philharmonic and at the Hollywood Bowl with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. She will also be on tour with the Tonhalle Orchestra Zürich and Paavo Järvi and will make debuts with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France and Santtu-Matias Rouvali, the Pittsburgh Symphony and James Gaffigan, and the Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España and Krzysztof Urbanski. Furthermore, Bomsori will make her Concertgebouw debut with the Residentie Orkest, Vienna Konzerthaus debut with Vienna Symphony and Ha-na Chang and return to the Montreal Symphony Orchestra and the Singapore Symphony. She will also embark on tours with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra in Asia and the Festival Strings Lucerne in Germany, where she will make her debut at the Elbphilharmonie.
Looking back at her 2022/23 season, Bomsori had many highlights as well. She toured with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and Lahav Shani, performed with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Vasily Petrenko, and debuted with the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra and the Gulbenkian Orchestra. Bomsori also returned to perform with the Danish National Symphony under the direction of Fabio Luisi and the San Francisco Symphony in a recital. She made appearances in Germany with the Basel Chamber Orchestra in Stuttgart and Freiburg, as well as with the Bavarian Radio Chamber Orchestra in Munich.
In 2022 Bomsori performed Bruch’s Concerto No.1 at the “Concerts in the Parks” in New York and at Bravo! Vail Festival with the New York Philharmonic and Jaap van Zweden.
Bomsori was the Focus Artist of the Rheingau Musik Festival 2021 and in the same year began a 5-year residency at the Gstaad Menuhin Festival as Menuhin’s Heritage Artist.
Bomsori has had the privilege of performing under the direction of multiple conductors, including Fabio Luisi, Jaap van Zweden, Marin Alsop, Lahav Shani, Vasily Petrenko, Pablo Heras-Casado, Hannu Lintu, Sakari Oramo, Anja Bilhmaier, Giancarlo Guerrero with numerous leading orchestras, such as New York Philharmonic, Danish National Orchestra, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Belgian National Orchestra, Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra, NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Camerata Salzburg, Munich Chamber Orchestra, Basel Chamber Orchestra amongst others.
Bomsori has appeared at numerous venues worldwide, such as Musikverein Golden Hall in Vienna, Tchaikovsky Hall in Moscow, the Herkulessaal and the Prinzregententheater in Munich, Berlin Philharmonic, Rudolfinum and Smetana Hall in Prague, Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center in New York.
In addition to winning the 62nd ARD International Music Competition, Bomsori is a prize winner of the Tchaikovsky International Competition, Queen Elisabeth Competition, International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition, Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition Hannover, Montreal International Musical Competition, Sendai International Music Competition and the 15th International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition. Bomsori received the 2018 Young Artist Award from the Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and the Korean Music Association’s 2019 Young Artist Award. In 2020, she was presented with the 4th G.rium Artists Award by the Foundation Academia Platonica.
In June 2021 Bomsori released her first Deutsche Grammophon solo Album, Violin on Stage, with NFM Wroclaw Philharmonic and Giancarlo Guerrero.The duo album with pianist Rafał Blechacz, featuring works by Fauré, Debussy, Szymanowski and Chopin, was released in February 2019 by Deutsche Grammophon. The album won the Fryderyk Music Award for “Best Polish Album Abroad” for their DG recording of French and Polish repertoire.
Born in South Korea, Bomsori received a Bachelor degree at Seoul National University, where she studied with Young Uck Kim. She also earned her Master of Music Degree and Artist Diploma at The Juilliard School where she studied with Sylvia Rosenberg and Ronald Copes.
She performs on the Guarnerius del Gesù violin “ex-Moller,” Cremona, 1725, on extended loan through the generous efforts of The Samsung Foundation of Culture of Korea and The Stradivari Society of Chicago, Illinois.
As a soloist, Saadi has performed with orchestras such as Staatskapelle Berlin, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orquestra de València and Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, among others. Saadi has performed with conductors including Daniel Barenboim, Lionel Bringuier, Lawrence Foster, Leonidas Kavakos, Christoph Poppen and Lahav Shani.
Saadi has performed in recital and concerto at various festivals and venues across Europe, Asia and the US. These include; Carnegie Hall, Elbphilharmonie, Rheingau Festival, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, Pau Casals Festival, Jerusalem Festival and Schloss Elmau. In November 2023, he makes his recital debut in Tokyo at the Hamarikyu Asahi Hall and the Musashino Civic Cultural Hall.
In January 2022, Saadi released his first recital album Voices From Paris to critical acclaim. Recorded with pianist Nathalia Milstein and featuring works by Poulenc, Ysaÿe and Fauré, Saadi’s album was described as “the blend of virtuosity, lyricism and controlled expressivity” Pizzicato.
As a chamber musician, Saadi co-founded the award-winning Chianti Ensemble. The piano quintet tours Europe and was awarded the prestigious Kersjes Prize in 2022.
Yamen Saadi was born in Nazareth and began studying the violin at the Barenboim-Said Conservatory in Nazareth, before studying under the guidance of the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra concertmaster, Chaim Taub. At age 11, he joined the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra and, at age 17, became concertmaster of the orchestra. Saadi completed his Bachelor’s degree at the Barenboim-Said Academy and gained his Master’s degree at the Kronberg Academy where he studied with Mihaela Martin. In 2020, Saadi won first prize at both the Aviv and Paul Ben Haim Competitions in 2020, and has held scholarships from the America-Israel Cultural Foundation and The Prince von Hessen Award.
Yamen Saadi plays the 1734 “Lord Amherst of Hackney” Stradivari violin, previously owned by Fritz Kreisler, and a Jacob Eury bow, both generously loaned to him by Stephan Jansen on behalf of a member of the Stretton Society.