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Mira Alkhovik, a Saint Petersburg-born soprano, studied vocal performance at the St Petersburg Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatory and earned a Master of Arts with honors from the Bern Academy of the Arts in 2024. She received the Eva Kleinitz Scholarship and support from Vontobel-Stiftung, Rahn Kulturfonds, and Stiftung Lyra. She has performed Amour (Orphée et Euridice) and Donna Anna (Don Giovanni) at the Biel Solothurn Opera Theatre. In 2024, she debuted as Mimì in La Bohème at Teatro Solís in Montevideo and joined the Volksoper Wien Opernstudio, where in the 2025/26 season she will perform Micaëla (Carmen), Gretel (Hänsel und Gretel), and Bubikopf (Der Kaiser von Atlantis). Mira won Third Prize and Best Contemporary Art Song Prize at the 2024 ARD International Music Competition and Second Prize and Oratorio-Lied Prize at the 61st Tenor Viñas Contest in Barcelona. She is also a former participant of the Verbier Festival Academy (2022) and Heidelberger Frühling Liedakademie (2022).
Revelation ADAMI Classique 2021, Stéphanie Huang started playing the cello at a very young age with her mother. In November 2008, she won the first prize at the Dexia Competition. At the age of 12, she made her debut at the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels in Tchaikovsky’s Variations on a Rococo Theme. In July 2015, she received the Grand Prize at the Suggia International Cello Competition in Porto. In October 2021, she won the first prize at the Societa Umanitaria International Competition in Milan. She is laureate of the Queen Elisabeth of Belgium International Music Competition 2022 and laureate of SPES, Meyer, Kriegelstein, and SAFRAN Foundations, and has been selected for the 2019-2020 Jaroussky Academy, the prestigious 2019 Seiji Ozawa International Academy, and the Villecroze Music Academy with Frans Helmerson. She was awarded the Patrick Petit Excellence Scholarship in October 2020.
Stéphanie Huang regularly performs the concerto repertoire (Haydn, Dvorák, Elgar, Tchaikovsky…) with various orchestras (Kamerfilharmonie van Vlaanderen, Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie, Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto /Casa da Musica…) under the direction of conductors like M. Sanderling, C. Izcaray, V. Mardirossian … She also gives recitals and appears as a chamber musician at various national and international festivals (Festival des Midis-Minimes-Belgium, Festival Seiji Ozawa in Matsumoto-Japan, Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo-Monaco, Internationaal Kamermuziekfestival Schiermonnikoog Netherlands, Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel Festival…).
As a passionate chamber musician, Stéphanie has collaborated with Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden, Gary Hoffman, Renaud Capuçon, Claire Désert, Laurent Korcia… She recently performed at the ADAMI Festival in Villefavard, the Festival of La Roque d’Anthéron, the Musicorum in Brussels, the Festival Jeunes Talents (Paris), the Victoria Hall in Geneva, the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels… In January 2022, she was invited by French violinist Renaud Capuçon in the TV show – L’Essentiel chez Labro -, and was interviewed by Musiq3/RTBF as one of the 7 Artists of the Belgian Music Week. She studied at the Koninklijk Conservatorium van Brussel in the class of Jeroen Reuling and then at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris for her Master’s degree and her Artist’s Diploma in the class of Marc Coppey as well as in the class of Emmanuelle Bertrand for her Master’s degree in chamber music. Since September 2020, she is Artist in Residence at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel in Waterloo, where she studies with Gary Hoffman.
She plays on a 1742 Francesco Stradivarius cello generously lent by the Guttman Collection.
Israeli cellist Nahar Eliaz internationally distinguished herself by winning First Prize in the Concerto Competition in Boston when she was just age 11. Since 2017 she has also won First Prize and the title ‘Exceptional Young Artist’ in 12 international music competitions in Europe, Asia and America. This success has led to concerts at Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall in New York, Beethoven Haus in Bonn, and the Musikverein in Vienna, as well as performances with the Jerusalem Symphony, Symphonette Ra’anan, among appearances at several international music festivals. Nahar began cello lessons in 2011 and has studied with Hillel Zori and with Laurence Lesser. She has received the highest scholarship honours from the America-Israel Culture Foundation, Zefunot Culture Foundation and Ronen-Foundation of Music.
Cellist Bryan Cheng was named Laureate of the Prix Yves Paternot in 2022, an honour awarded to the most accomplished and promising musician of the Verbier Festival Academy. He was also named Sixth Laureate at the Queen Elisabeth Competition (Brussels) earlier that year and First Prize winner at the UNISA International Strings Competition in Pretoria. He won Second Prize and Audience Prize at the 2021 Geneva International Music Competition. The Canadian cellist gave his sold-out Carnegie Hall recital debut at age 14, his Elbphilharmonie debut in 2018 with the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, and will make his Berliner Philharmonie debut in 2022-23 with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin. Solo highlights of recent and upcoming seasons include St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra at Musical Olympus Festival, Orchestre symphonique de Montréal at Festival de Lanaudière, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande at Victoria Hall, National Arts Centre Orchestra Ottawa, and Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Cheng has released a trilogy of award-winning albums on German label audite and plays the 1696 ‘Bonjour’ Stradivari cello on loan from the Canada Council Musical Instrument Bank.
Ni Xianhe began violin at age of seven. In 2017, he graduated from the Xinghai Music School in the Tianhe District of Guangzhou, where he studied with Hou Donglei. He went on to study at the Central Music School of the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory in the class of Maria Sitkovskaya. He currently continues his studies in Moscow with Alexander Bobrovsky and Ivan Agafonov. Xianhe has a vast repertoire of standard solo and chamber works, and regularly performs the music of contemporary Chinese composers, helping to expose the music of his homeland to audiences around the globe.
Cristina Cordero is currently pursuing her master’s degree with Nobuko Imai and Wenting Kang at the Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía. She previously graduated from the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München with Hariolf Schlichtig. Cristina is a top prizewinner of several international competitions, including First Prizes at El Primer Palau Competition, the International Chamber Music Competition Gerhard Vogt, and the Sixth Viola Competition in Vigo. She has performed recitals in some of Spain’s most prestigious venues, among them Teatro Real, Palau de la Música Catalana, Auditorio Príncipe Felipe, and Auditorio Nacional. She also performs regularly as part of string quartets and other chamber ensembles around Europe.
Mariam Abouzahra studies at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna under Dora Schwarzberg. She made her debut with orchestra at age 6 playing Beriot’s Violin Concerto No. 7. She has since appeared with orchestras including the Magyar Nemzeti Filharmonikus Zenekar, Liszt Ferenc Kamarazenekar, MÁV Szimfonikus Zenekar and Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra among others. Mariam has appeared at the Budapest Music Center, Lincoln Center (New York), Pearl Tower (Shanghai), Royal Opera House (Muscat), to name a few, and bas been invited to perform at Festivals including Muscat Chamber Music Series, Festival Academy Budapest, isaFestival Semmering, the Golden Violins of Odessa, and Kaposfest Hungary. She is also a prizewinner of the Ilona Fehér, Làszlò Spezzaferri, Arthur Grumiaux, Virtuosos, Koczian, and Vienna Virtuoso Competitions.
Amira Abouzahra studies at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna with Dora Schwarzberg. She is First Prize winner of a several international competitions, among them the International Arthur Grumiaux Competition for Young Violinists, and Ilona Fehér International Violin Competition (Budapest). In recital and with orchestra, Amira has appeared at Lincoln Center (New York), Berliner Philharmonie, Covent Garden (London), Budapest Művészetek Palotája and Cairo Opera House. She has performed with orchestas including the Concerto Budapest Szimfonikus Zenekar, Liszt Ferenc Kamarazenekar, Kremerata Baltica, Orquesta Sinfónica del Estado de México and the Magyar Állami Hangversenyzenekar. She plays a Tononi violin (1760).
At age 10, Christian Li became the youngest ever First Prize winner of the Menuhin Competition (2018); he also received the Audience Prize and Composer Award. In 2020, Christian also became the youngest artist ever signed to Decca Classics, and joined the roster of IMG Artists. His debut album Vivaldi: The Four Seasons was nominated for an ARIA Award. He has made successful debuts with the Sydney and Melbourne Symphony Orchestras, Orchestra Victoria, Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Auckland Philharmonic and the China Philharmonic, and at major festivals throughout the UK. Future performances include concerto and recital debuts throughout Europe and the United States. Christian studies with Robin Wilson, Head of Violin at the Australian National Academy of Music, and performs on the 1737 ex-Paulsen Guarneri Del Gesù violin, on loan from a generous benefactor.
Yunchan Lim launched onto the international music stage when he was 14. He won Second Prize and the Chopin Special Award in his first-ever competition, the Cleveland International Piano Competition for Young Artists in 2018. The following year, at age 15, he was the youngest to win Korea’s IsangYun International Competition, where he also took home two special prizes. 2022 has brought more accolades; just weeks ago, Yunchan was named Gold Medalist at the 2022 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition (USA). He has performed across South Korea—including with the Korean Orchestra Festival, Korea Symphony, Suwon Philharmonic, and Busan Philharmonic Orchestras, among others—as well as in Madrid, at the invitation of the Korea Cultural Center in Spain. Yunchan currently studies at the Korea National University of Arts with Minsoo Sohn.