2023 Winter COMPETITION WINNERS - BRASS

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 Aidan Hwang is a sophomore at Moorestown High School, and has played the  trumpet since he was 10. He is currently studying with Mr. Eric  Schweingruber of Temple University and has studied with Mr. Matthew  Barker of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and Mr. Brent Flinchbaugh. He  was principal trumpet in the Howard County Gifted and Talented  Orchestra, rotating principal in the Baltimore Symphony Youth Orchestra,  a member of the Philadelphia Sinfonia, Maryland All State Band, and All  New Jersey Orchestra. He was a finalist at the 2020 National Trumpet  Competition, and was a quarterfinalist at the 2022 National Trumpet  Competition. 

 I’ve been playing Horn for about six years, and at the end of eighth  grade I began to consider performance as a career. Since I began  studying with my current teachers, Raya and Kolio Plachkov of the  Colorado Symphony, I’ve attended summer festivals at Interlochen,  Idyllwild, and most recently Tanglewood. I’ve applied for a Bachelors in  French Horn performance in colleges and conservatories around the  United States and I hope to study at one of them starting this fall  semester.  

 Born in 2000 Emile began the euphonium at the age of 8 in the class of  Claude Lherminier in Auxerre, he joined the class of Stéphane Balzeau in  Tours in 2015 and the following year in parallel the class of David  Maillot in Levallois. He joined the CNSMD of Lyon in 2018 and is now in Master 2 in the class  of Bastien Baumet, Guillaume Dionnet and Arnaud Boukhitine. He was called to play with the opera of Saint-Étiennes, Lyon and  currently plays in several formations such as the Penta'saône (original  brass quintet), the Abracadabrass (brass ensembles), the Astrobrass (New  Orleans ensemble ) or other snake, euphonium and flugabone  improvisation ensemble. In the year 2021/2022 he won the 1st prize at the Antibes competition  and the 3rd prize at the Paris tuba competition. 

William was born in Melbourne Australia. He started playing his beloved french horn when he was 9 years old. He was amazed by the mellow rich sound and bright shining shape of the instrument.During COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, he believes playing music can provide respite and happiness to all of us. He has performed in Cloud Concerts, Music Society at Uniting Church and Melbourne Youth Orchestra. He started to participate some of the international classic music competition since at the age of 11 and won places. Apart from music, he also loves reading, and his favourite sports are basketball and table tennis.  

Soy trombonista en C.I.M. La Armónica de Buñol, en España, he participado en varios concursos internacionales obteniendo muy buenos resultados, y me gusta mucho la música y me encantaria dedicarme a tocar el trombón en el futuro.

Henry Mruz is a 16 year old Euphonium Player from Morristown, New Jersey. He is in Morristown High School’s Wind Ensemble, Marching Band, Jazz Band, and Pit Orchestra. He has successfully auditioned for the North Jersey Area Wind Ensemble, and has been named Principal Euphonium of the New Jersey Intermediate and Senior Region I Wind Ensembles, as well as the All-State Wind Ensemble. Most recently, he has won Second Place in the New Jersey Wind Symphony Youth Soloist Competition and Hanover Winds Scholarship Competitions, and Honorable Mention in the American Protege International Music Competition. He studies with Mr. Rich Barrieres. 

My name is Wanyun Wang and I am seventeen years old. I'm in 11th grade and attend Marriotts Ridge High School in Howard County, Maryland, the United States. I am a member of my school's symphonic wind ensemble and marching band. I started playing the french horn in 4th grade, and I also have experience with the piano. I have performed with Howard  County's honor and GT bands, and I enjoy reading and ice skating in my spare time. 

Philip Orselli is a young, up-and-coming trombonist from Long Island, New York. Philip has served as principal trombone with the South Shore Symphony, the Jackson Heights Orchestra, and the Vienna Summer Music Festival in Austria. He was also a member of the Long Island Youth Orchestra, where he served as principal trombone for three years. In 2017, he won the LIYO Concerto Competition and performed the Ferdinand Davíd Concertino with the orchestra. Philip recently graduated from the Conservatory of Music at Purchase College, where he served as principal trombone of the Purchase Symphony, Opera, Brass Ensemble, and Trombone Choir. 

I started playing the French horn 8 years ago. Now I am studying at the Karol Lipiński Academy of Music in Wrocław in the class of dr Adam Wolny.

Estudiante de música, nacido en el municipio de Ricaurte - Nariño, a la edad de 9 años aproximadamente empezó a tocar el eufonio bajo la tutoría de diferentes maestros, con la experiencia adquirida en la Escuela de formación musical San Pablo de ricaurte empezó si formación musical en la Universidad del Cauca. Entre sus participaciones destacadas están: Encuentro de música colombiana 2016, Banda sinfónica juvenil de Colombia 2017, músico seleccionado al nivel avanzado al Festival de música internacional Santa Catarina Brasil 2019 - 2020, Ganador del primer concurso  virtual de Tubas y Eufonio Atepp - Panamá 2020, Finalista del primer concurso virtual Academia de metales de Santander 2021, ganador del 3er lugar del concurso latinoamericano de viento metal organizado por Ameb Bogotá - Colombia, Músico seleccionado por medio de convocatoria a la International Wind Symphony 2022 - México.

Dr. John T. Cord is the Associate Professor of Trumpet at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, USA. Cord holds degrees in Trumpet Performance from the University of Iowa, Yale University and the University of North Texas. His performance career has included appearances with several orchestral, chamber, jazz and commercial ensembles. In 2017 he released an album of music for solo trumpet on the Mark Records label entitled Beyond Borders. Cord is a former student of David Greenhoe, Alan Dean and Keith Johnson. 

I started to play trombone when I was 14, first in Secondary Music School in Gdansk in the class od Marek Sikora, naw in Gdansk Music Academy in the class of Marian Stefanowicz. Thirst of my. music adventure  I played piano in the Primary Music School. I very like to take part of any music ivents - courses, summer young orchestras,  jam sessions  and more...

 I have only been playing the trumpet at the Music School for three  months, but I already knew this instrument before. I have a great  teacher and I practice every day. When I play, it feels like music. I  know the trumpet will be my friend for years to come. 

 Emma Bensoussan is a French-Australian pianist and horn player who  studies piano and French horn in a pre-tertiary program for gifted music  students at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.  She began piano  studies at age five then became interested in playing a second  instrument after hearing the warm, mellow tone of the horn while  watching YouTube videos online.  As a brass player, she has placed first  and second in a number of international competitions, including the  France Music Competition, IMKA International Music Competition and the  American Protégé International Woodwinds and Brass Competition, where  she was invited to perform at a winners’ recital at Carnegie Hall, New  York. 

 Jakub Antonkiewicz was born on September 23, 2002. He started his adventure with music in the fourth grade of primary school in the trombone class. Then, in the sixth grade of primary school, he enrolled in the Ludomir Rózycki in Kielce, where he changed the instrument to a tube. He graduated from the school last year with an excellent grade on his diploma and a concert with the Philharmonic Orchestra in Kielce. Currently, he continues his adventure at the Academy of Music in Krakow in the tuba class of professor Jakub Urbańczyk.       Master classes, lectures and courses with the best teachers as well as numerous important achievements in national and international competitions have shaped his approach to music. For a young musician, such musical adventures are extremely important and developing. Jakub is greatly influenced by his experiences in creating music. It is something incredibly beautiful - cooperation with other people, thus creating amazing and unforgettable memories. 

 Began is musical journey in Banda Da Covilhã at 9 years old, then went  to EPABI and studied with Prof. Fernando Jorge. In 2018 went to ESART  and completed is degree in 2021 with the Prof. António Quitalo and Prof.  José Almeida.  During is career and masterclass with Gabor Tarkovi, Reinold Friedrich ,  Jeroen Berwaerts, Fábio Brum, Clement Saunier, Bruno Nouvion, Allen  Vizzutti, Guido Segers, Sérgio Charrinho and others.  Played with several Orchestra Orquestra Académica Filarmónica  Portuguesa, Orquestra APROART, Orquestra Sinfónica  ESART, Banda  sinfónica da Covilhã . Worked with conductors Luis Clemente, Jan  Wierzba, Julian Benichou, Jose Ingnacio Petit, Jean Berreau, Pablo  Urbina, Osvaldo Ferreira, José Eduardo Gomes , João Cerqueira, Javier  Viceiro e Carlos Garcés Fuentelsaz , Giancarlo de Lorenzo, Cristobal  Soler.  Won the 1.º prize in EPABI competition in Brass Category. 

 Dominick Neville is currently a senior at the Boston Conservatory at  Berklee, pursuing a Bachelors's degree in Horn Performance under the  tutelage of Eli Epstein. After graduation, he plans to continue his  education with a Master's Degree. Dominick is a former student of  Carolyn Wahl (Florida Orchestra) and was coached by Robert Rearden in  the Pinellas Youth Symphony.  In 2014, he received national champion  status in Indianapolis with the Tarpon Springs Outdoor Performance  Ensemble. As a participant of the Kendall Betts Horn Camp for several  years, Dominick has had the privilege to be mentored by Bernhard Scully,  Peter Karau, and Frank Lloyd. Dominick has performed in major venues such as Mahaffey Theater, Clowes  Memorial Hall, and Carnegie Hall. Dominick is excited about his future and finding his place in the world  of music. 

 William Lum is a euphonium artist from Sunnyvale, California currently  studying with John DiCesare and Ryan Schultz at the University of Puget  Sound.  He is principal euphonium in the Puget Sound Wind Ensemble, and  is the recipient of the Paul Bellamy Music Scholarship and the Doc and  Lucille Weathers Memorial Scholarship.  He has also performed in the  Tacoma Concert Band and the Western International Band Clinic's  Intercollegiate Honor Band.  William most notably was a 1st place winner  in the West Midlands Brass Band Association Solo Contest and a national  finalist in the MTNA Solo Competition.   

 Hi. My name is Thomas Britt. I am a tuba player at the University of  Mississippi. I aspire to be a orchestral tubist and teacher. I want to  share my passion of playing.  

 Born in San Miguel, Bulacan, Philippines, Paulo John M. Rubio was  initially introduced to music with the trumpet. His father, Rafael  Rubio, who is also a band conductor was his first mentor in music. And  by the time he went to high school, Paulo was already skilled in playing  two instruments – namely the trumpet and euphonium. Through this, he  was admitted to the Special Program for the Arts of his school and was  regularly featured in their recitals.  He has also attended the 14th and 15th Summer Music Youth Camp of the  Philippine Youth Symphonic Band (PYSB), held at the National Arts Center  (NAC), where he was trained by Mr. Romeo San Jose, Mr. Romy Xavier, Mr.  Arnaldo Custodio, and Mr. Jasper Andra.  Upon entering the University of Santo Tomas to pursue his undergraduate  studies, he shifted to the tuba as his main instrument. Later on, he  became the Principal Tuba player of both the UST Wind Orchestra and the  UST Symphony Orchestra from 2014-2019. He graduated cum laude with a degree in Bachelor of Music, Major in  Music Education with Tuba Emphasis from the University of Santo Tomas  Conservatory of Music under the tutelage of Dr. Herminigildo G. Ranera,  Ph.D. He also has recently won awards and ranks in competitions such as;  NAMCYA 2020 Open Brass Category – 1st Prize; Musiko Virtual Competition  2020 Tuba Open Class – 1st Prize; Asian Virtual Championships 2020 Tuba  Open Class – 1st Prize; Color Guards Netherlands (CGN) Virtual  Competition 2021 Individual Tuba Open Class – 1st Prize (Gold with  distinction)- Malaysia International Virtual Band Championships 2021  Solo Brass Category – Gold with distinction and; Bacoor International  Music Competition 2021 Tuba Open Class- 1st Prize. 

 Gerard Uría Felis was born in Burriana on 2007.Starting his academic  training at the age of 8 at the Elementary School Conservatory in  Burriana specializing in trombone.  At the moment, studying the professional second degree at Francesc  Peñarroja Conservatory (Vall d'Uxó) , being Juan Carlos Igea his  teacher; performing different Auditions as well as a soloist concert in  the CIAC in Vall d'Uxó, group to which he belongs. Having participated in master classes with: - Berklee Orchestra - Inda Bonet - Salvador Tarrasó Receiving advices and guidelines from: - Rafael Tortajada Durá - Juan Bautista Abad Has participated in different contests obtaining several first prizes. 

 Saveliy was born in 2008 in Moscow, entered the preparatory department  at the Blazhevich School. At the present time he is a student of the 5th  grade of the Russian Academy of Jazz  in the class of V.Radovich,  specializing in "Trombone". He has been practicing the instrument for 3  years. During his studies, he repeatedly became a laureate of  all-Russian and international competitions, festivals, took part in  master classes, concerts at venues in Russia. Saveliy  performs  classical and jazz repertoire. 

 Beatriz Fernández Alfonso is a young bass trombone player from Spain.  She plays in a few young orchestras there (as the JOSVA) and was awarded  with the third prize in the Online Trombone Competition organized by  Zoltan Kiss and Mathyas Veer last year.  Also, she has gone to a lot of different masterclasses with many well  known trombone players, such as Stefan Schulz, Martin Schippers, Peter  Steiner, Ricardo Mollá, Michel Becquet, Bart Claessens, Christian Jones  and Nico Schippers. 

 I come from Taiwan and I am currently a high school student in the first  year of high school. I have played the French horn since I was 12 years old, and I am also a  music lover, and I have participated in many music camps and master  classes. 

 Ada Biernacka, 15 years old, lives near Radom city in Poland. She  studies in Oskar Kolberg’s Music Schools in Radom since she was 6. Her  first instrument was cello for 6 years, but for 3 years she’s been  playing on French horn in Ms Ewa Paciorek class. She also plays on piano  as a second instrument. She is a member of Youth Brass Orchestra  “GRANDIOSO” Radom as a first horn.  Her second passion is acrobatics and  sport fitness. For last 8 years she has been training acrobatics in a  team “Pajeczarki” Radom with a lot of successes. She really likes  learning languages and speaks English fluently, also studying German and  Spanish.   

 My name is Jiawei Tang, living in Doha, Qatar. From the age of 12, I  started studying euphonium at the Qatar music academy, and I was  recognized and selected to join the Qatar Youth Orchestra in 2020.  As a  symphony member, we were invited by the World Innovation Summit for  Health 2020 for the online virtual performance. I won the silver medal  for euphonium musical instrument  in 2021 Quebec international music  competition. 

 Szymon Pikulski – 17 years old. He started his musical education in 2010  at Henryk Wieniawski Music School in Poznan choosing the piano as his  main instrument. In 2014          he decided to change his main  instrument to the trumpet. Currently he is a second grade highschool  student at Mieczyslaw Karlowicz Music School in Poznan. Music is his  passion. He loves to be a part of different artistic events, such as  concerts, competitions and musical masterclasses in Poland, as well as  abroad. 

 He has participated with prestigious groups: "Benito Juárez" Children's  Symphonic Band; Children and Youth Band of the State of Oaxaca; Music  Band of the State of Oaxaca; Oaxaca Symphony Orchestra; Symphonic Band  "Guelaguetza" among others.  He participated in one of the most important festivals in the world El  Dorado Festival (Lille, France).  During his training he has taken classes with: James Ready, João Vilão,  Roman Granda, Mauro Kuxy, Vicente García, César Delgado Martínez,  Jerzain Vargas, Alexis Morales Barrientos, Hector Tomás, Assaet Méndez,  Macedonio Pérez Matías, José Martínez, David Castro, Isaías Jiménez,  among others.  He was recently selected to participate as a guest soloist at the  FESTIBRASS that took place in Mexico City. He is currently studying at the INBA School of Music under the chair of  Maestro James Ready.  

 My name is Lu, Cheng-Tung. I was born in Pingtung county which is in the  south of Taiwan on March 24th, 2014.  I study in high school student of Tainan National Universities of the  Arts.I majorin trumpet.  Becauseof my mother, I have learned varieties of instruments and had a  lot of chancesto perform on the stage since I was little. Thereason why I choose music as my career is my parents and teachers  said that Ihave a beguiling musicality and I also love music very much.  My dream is becomea trumpeter and a notable conductor when I grow up.  Now receiving teaching under Prof. SU TING CHUAN 

 Tommaso was born in 2003 in Codogno, Italy. He started playing french  horn at the age of 11. He is student at the Conservatorio Nicolini in  Piacenza in the class of Professor Alfredo Pedretti. He attended master  classes with H. Schellenberger, L. Coppola and S. Baroncini. He has also played amongst many different orchestras such as Orchestra  Filarmonica dei Navigli, Orchestra Filarmonica del Conservatorio  Nicolini, Orchestra Giovanile della Via Emilia (OGVE), Orchestra  dell’Università Milano-Bicocca, Orchestra Ritmico Sinfonica Italiana and  Orchestra Nazionale dei Conservatori italiani (ONCI). He will participate in this year’s edition of European Youth Orchestra  Academy in Mannheim (Germany). 

 Hannah Zhang is 17 years old and has played the euphonium since 7th  grade. In 8th grade, she made 1st chair at Fort Settlement Middle  School’s top band as well as 1st chair at Region. As a freshman, Hannah made 2nd chair in Clements High School’s top band.  She also made 2nd chair at Region, which qualified for Area.  As a sophomore, Hannah made 1st chair in Clements’ top band and  performed with them at the 2019 Midwest Clinic: International Band and  Orchestra Conference in Chicago.  Hannah will continue to play the euphonium as her lifelong enrichment. 

 Przemysław Sidor graduated with honors bachelor’s degree in Academy of  Music in Poznan in professor Roman Gryń class. His repertoire ranges  from 16th century to contemporary music. He took part in Erasmus project  in Portugal, Sociedade Musica de Pevidém where he recorded CD with  orchestra - music from „The Lion King”. In next academic year, he will  start doing bachelor’s title in natural trumpet.  

 José Pedro Dantas Silva, was born in Funchal, Portugal on November 2,  1999. He had his first contact with the trumpet at the age of 7, and he  started his studies at the conservatory.  At the age of sixteen, Pedro Dantas Silva joined the Professional  Instrumentalist Course, under the guidance of Luis Calhanas. In 2018 Pedro Dantas Silva joined the Youth Orchestra of Portugal, where  he played the third trumpet. He played the second and third trumpet in the Madeira Classical  Orchestra to get more experience. On his last year of the course, he was  selected to be the first trumpet of the Young Orchestra of Portuguese  National Conservatories 2019.  In 2020, Pedro Dantas Silva started his Bachelor’s degree in Classical  Music Performance at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland, where he  studies the trumpet with Professor Pasi Pirinen. 

 Gerardson Buluran was born in 1999 in Santa Maria Bulacan,Philippines,  Began his musical studies in Banda 31 Kapisanan Ligaya of Santa Maria  Bulacan, a prominent band in the Philippines. Currently studying at  University of the Philippines Diliman College of Music First mentored by  Mr.Cornelio Ramos and now by Mr.Rodney Ambat. He had the opportunity to  be taught by many local Professional Trombone Players in the  Philippines like Ricson Poonin, Andoy Fernandez and Erwin Abarico.  Currently the principal trombone of UP Symphonic Band and the 2nd  Trombone at UP Symphony Orchestra. it.

 Born and raised in Hong Kong, Brian Choi studied the trombone under  Steve Kwan (former principal trombone of HK Sinfonietta), and later with  Jarod Vermette (principal trombone of HK Philharmonic).  After  graduating from Diocesan Boys’ School, he is currently in his second  year at the distinguished Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.   His teachers include Prof Eric Crees (Principal Trombone Royal Opera  House) and Prof Peter Moore (Principal Trombone London Symphony  Orchestra).    Brian joined the University of London Symphony Orchestra as principal  trombone in 2019.  Having studied music history and historical  performance,  he was invited to play the baroque trombone with the  prestigious Belsize Baroque Orchestra.  Recently, he was invited to the  final round audition for the position of Principal Trombone with the  Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra.  As a soloist,  he has won multiple HKSMSA Trombone and Euphonium  competitions, and was awarded “Merit” in the Parson’s Wind Brass  Percussion Scholarship open class competition.  Overseas, Brian has  performed the “C Wagenseil Alto Trombone Concerto” to great acclaim in  London. 

 Joshua Rosenbaum is a recent graduate of Southern Methodist University  in Dallas, Texas where he received a Bachelor’s of Music in French Horn  performance degree and he will be attending The Buchmann-Mehta School of  Music in Tel Aviv, Israel in the fall pursuing a Masters of Music  studying with Michael Slatkin (Principal Horn, Israeli Philharmonic).  Rosenbaum has previously attended music festivals such as the Grammy  nominated National Orchestral Institute (College Park, MD), Sewanee  Summer Music Festival (Sewanee, TN), and the Music in the Mountains  music Festival and Conservatory (Durango, CO). He is a former student of  David Heyde (Associate Principal Horn, Dallas Symphony), Gregory Hustis  (Retired Principal Horn, Dallas Symphony), Haley Hoops (Second Horn,  Dallas Symphony) and Daniel Katzen (Retired Second Horn, Boston  Symphony) and in addition to these teachers, Rosenbaum has had the  opportunity to study with and/or participate in masterclasses with Bill  VerMeulen, Gail Williams, Greg Miller, Dale Clevenger, Bill Caballero,  Jason Alison, Ryan Anthony, Alexander Kienle and Kevin Haseltine among  others. In addition to orchestral playing, Rosenbaum was also a founding  member of the Meadows Brass Quintet (an active freelance brass quintet  in the DFW area) who received regular coachings with Ryan Anthony  (former Trumpet, Canadian Brass). Fun fact, in his free time Mr.  Rosenbaum loves cooking and learning random trivia facts.  

 Raúl Sabiote began his musical studies of euphonium at the Real  Conservatorio Profesional de música de Almería (Almería). During these  first years, he received lessons from Carlos Díaz, Alejandro Marco,  Elohim Porras, Manuel González and Francisco José Pérez. He obtained his  Bachelor studies at the Conservatori Superior de Música de les Illes  Balears under the guidance of Josep Burguera, Àngel Torres and Xema  Borrás. He has also received masterclasses from David Llàcer, Miguel  Moreno, Sebastián Orenga, Steven Mead, Thomas Rüedi, Shoichiro Hokazono,  Juan José Munera, José Martínez Antón, Bastien Baumet, Juan José Munera  and David Abellán, among others. Raúl has been awarded several prizes, including Second Prize in the 3rd  Manuel del Águila Young Soloists Competition (Almería, 2016), Honourable  Mention in the Art Jove Competition (Majorca, 2019), First Prize in the  Soloists Competition of the Conservatori Superior de Música de les  Illes Balears (Majorca, 2019), Art Jove Prize in the Art Jove  Competition (Majorca, 2020) and First Prize in the OPUS 2021  International Competition (Poland, 2021). He has also collaborated with  numerous ensembles, including Orchestra di Fiatti Città de Ferentino,  and European Union Youth Wind Orchestra (EUYWO), conducted by Jan Cober.   As a performer, Raúl Sabiote has given several concerts as a soloist,  including his concert with the Banda Municipal de Música de Palma de  Mallorca (Simfovents). 

 Danny Brock serves as a performer, educator, and clinician for the  Dallas-Fort Worth area. He is currently seeking a dual Doctor of Musical  Arts from the University of North Texas in both trumpet performance and  conducting.  Danny has performed at the Midwest International Band and Orchestra  Conference and recorded CD’s in conjunction with the UNT Wind Symphony  composer’s series for Michael Daugherty and John Mackey.  His primary teachers include Professor Eugene Corporon and Professor  John Holt. 

 Tiziano is an Italian trombonist based in Düsseldorf. He studied in  Italy and Germany and his most important mentors were Gianluca Scipioni,  Matthias Gromer and Urlich Flad. Tiziano has a very active orchestral  career thanks to which he was able to do his internship at the  Philharmonie Südwestfalen and play in the best concert halls such as the  Philharmonie Berlin and the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg. At the same  time he has an active solo career, often performing in concerts as solo  recitals as well as with the Duo Martimaz and various chamber ensembles  as brass trio, quartet and quintet in Spain, Slovenia, Italy and  Germany. 

 ALEX LORCA, HORN PLAYER Young Chilean horn player, born in the south of Chile in the city of  Valdivia. In 2016 relocates to the city of Santiago and begins his  undergraduate studies at the Universidad Mayor with Professor Edward  Brown He is also a member of the "wind section" of the National Youth Symphony  Orchestra. He participated in masterclasses with Laura Klock (USA), Paulo Muñoz  (Chile), Emanuele Urso (Italy), Matías Piñeira (Chile), Ignacio García  (Chile), Dariuz Mikulski (Poland), Bernhard Scully (USA), David Cooper  (USA) and chamber music with Dudu Carmel (Israel Oboist Philharmonic). He participated in international tours with the  "Coda Quintet" in  Israel, Greece and Palestine, and with the "National Youth Symphony  Orchestra" in Morocco, Germany and Spain. He has been a member of the "Orquesta Filarmónica de Los Ríos",  "Orquesta Sinfónica de la Universidad Mayor", "Orquesta Sinfónica  Nacional Juvenil" and "Coda Quintet". He is currently coursing a degree in "Pedagogical and Instrumental  Improvement" at the Catholic University of Chile.He also recently  received second place in the "spring edition" of the Kings Peak  International Music Competition.  

 Luis Carlos Mendes Sousa 

-Conservatory in Escola de Música Nossa Senhora do Cabo with Carlos Rosado.
-Bachelor in Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa with Jonathan Luxton and Paulo Guerreiro.
-Master in Music Performance with Bernardo Silva in Aveiro University.
-Orchestral Academy of Brass Academy Alicante with Nury Guarnaschelli.
-Seminars, courses, symposium and master classes with Froydis Ree Wreke, Stefan Dohr, Sarah Willis, Nury Guarnaschelli, Abel Pereira, Bernardo Silva, Paulo Guerreiro, Philip Myers, Radovan Vlatkovich, Ab Koster, Markus Maskunitty, Vicente Zarzo, Jonathan William, Michael Walker, Jan Harshagen, Thomas Hauschild, Will Sanders, Jose Sogorb Jover, Andrew Budden.

•Profesional experience:
In orchestra activity work with many conductors and soloists of national and international nationality, David Zinman, Giancarlo Guerrero, Krzysztof Penderecki, Laurence Foster, Michel Sanderling, Vasily Petrenko, Laurent Wagner, Moritz Gnann, Baldur Bronnimann, Gregor Nowak, Fuad Ibrahimov, Lorenzo Viotti, Philippe Entremont, Frédéric Chaslin, Plácido Domingo, Michael Boder, Simone Young, Miguel Hart-Bedoya, Lavard Larssen, Fuad Ibrahimov, Jean-Sébastien Béreau, Pedro Neves, Pedro Carneiro, Julia Jones, Dorian Wilson, Daniel Raiskin, Constantine Orbelian, Agnieszka Duczmal, Marco Parisotto, Sergio Alapont, Jesus Medina, Joana Carneiro, Martin André, Maxime Tortelier, Jayce Ogren, Case Scaglione, Elina Garanca, Letecia Altamirano, Elisabete Matos,
Performed at many important concert halls like Konzerthaus Wien, Musikvrein, Konzerthaus Berlin, Gasteig Munich, Philharmonie Essen, Palau de la Musica Catalana, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Carnagie Hall, Davies Symphony Hall, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Teatro Degollado, Teatro Real, Queen Elizabeth Hall, and many others.

•Prizes:
In 2019 he was a semifinalist of the “27th World Music Competition - Brass Category” in Vienna.
In 2020 won the second prize in the Horn Category by the International Orchestra Audition Awards by the Salzburg Mozarteum Foundation.

•Orchestral experience- Principal Horn position:
-Portuguese Symphony Orchestra.
-Gulbenkian Orchestra.
-Porto Symphony Orchestra of Casa da Música.

-Santa Cecilia Orchestra
-Portuguese Philharmonic Orchestra.
-Classic Chamber Concert Orchestra (Califórnia).

Fix position work:
-Portuguese Navy Band (2009-2013 Tutti Horn).
-Portuguese Chamber Orchestra (2011-2012 Principal Horn).
-Madeira Classical Orchestra (2013-2015 Soloist B).
-Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra (2016-2019 Principal Horn).
-Santa Cecilia Orchestra (2020-Principal Horn).

 Vladislav Zuev was born in Kaluga, Russia 16.10.1995. Graduated from the  Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory (Moscow) in June of 2021. Solist of  Russian National Youth Symphony Orchestra. Winner of several  competitions such as the I International Contest-Festival "Colors of  Music" in 2018, the III All-Russian Competition for Symphony Orchestra  Artists in 2020, the IV International Contest-Festival "The magic world  of Art" in 2021. Laureate of the IV International Music Competition  named after R.M. Gliere in 2020.   

 RICARDO JOÃO BORGES ALMEIDA Born in Lorvão - Penacova, he was born on Octber 22, 1996 and startd his musical career in 2002. He completd te 5t degree of Conservatry of Music in Coimbra in te clarinet class of professor Henrique Pereira. He atended te Percussion Class of te Philharmonic Boa Vontade Lorvanense for 8 years, initaly guided by Professor Bruno Amaral and latr by Professor João Colaço. He also atended te fee percussion course at te Conservatório de Música de Coimbra for 2 years wit professor Ismael Silva. In 2016 he startd t study Tuba wit professor Luís Oliveira, at te Professional School of Arts of Beira Intrior. He also partcipatd in several stages of Wind and Percussion Orchesta and Symphonic Orchesta t highlight te folowing conductrs: Pedro Rego; Leandro Alves; Jan Wierzba; Tiago Oliveira; José Eduardo Gomes; José Ignácio Pett; Douglas Bostck; Tobias Gossmann; Jean-Marc Burfn. Ricardo, in additon t te Orchesta Intrnships, also partcipatd in individual mastrclasses, highlightng te partcipaton wit te renowned tubistas: Sérgio Carolino, Adélio Carneiro, Ilídio Massacot, João Aibéo, Gil Gonçalves, Romeu Silva, Ricardo Antão, Ricardo Carvalhoso, Floyd O.Cooley , Jon Hansen, François Tuilier, Jose Martínez and Gene Pokorny. He also has an Orchesta Directon Course by Maesto and Composer Nuno Osório. He was part of te Bigband Rags-Tuna Académica de Coimbra formaton wit conductr Diogo Silva. He was part of te Wind Orchesta at te Coimbra Conservatry of Music wit te conductr José Pedro Figueiredo; of te Wind Orchesta of Coimbra (OSC) wit conductrs Adelino Martns and André Granjo. He was a percussion tacher at te Fratrnidade Poiarense Philharmonic between 2015 and 2017. He was professor of te Metals Class of te Philharmonic of te House of te People of São Pedro de Alva-Penacova between 2015 and 2017. He was a tacher of te Tuba class, and of te ensemble class of te Casa do Povo Philharmonic of Penacova in 2017/2018. He partcipatd wit te Universit of Coimbra's Tuna Academic Symphony Orchesta in 2018. He was also te founding conductr of te communit choir of te Parish of Figueira de Lorvão in 2019. Ricardo is currently studying in te Neterlands at te Koninklijk Conservatrium - Den Haag in te Tuba class of Professor Hendrik Jan Renes. He is te founder and Pedagogical Directr of te AMRC Sons do Mondego School of Music, a founding member of te Monastry Quartt, tuber of te Flora do Mondego Musical Group and te Castlo Branco Yout Symphony Orchesta. Troughout his career Ricardo has won te folowing awards: > 1st Prize - 1st Song Festval Divo Cant wit te chamber music group Monastry Quartt, in te original catgory (compositon by Ricardo Almeida) - Portugal. [14/10/2017] > 1st Prize - IV Filarmonia D'Ouro Intrnatonal Bands Contst, wit te Wind Orchesta of te Beira Intrior Professional School of Arts - Portugal [02/10/2017] > 3rd Prize - Intrnatonal Moscow Music Online Competton - Russian. [12/21/2020] > 1st Prize - III Intrnatonal Online Festval “Al Colors of Art” - Italy. [12/23/2020] > 1st Prize - I Intrnatonal Online Contst: “Future Stars” - Italy. [2/15/2021] > 1st Prize - CIM Coimbra Region of Culture, in te compositon catgory - Portugal. [12/03/2021] > 1st Prize - World Art Games Intrnatonal Contst - Spain. [3/15/2021] > 1st Prize - Intrnatonal Yout Music Competton - USA. [4/26/2021] > 1st Prize - Quebec International Music Competition - Canada. [01/06/2021] > 3st Prize - Stockholm International Music Competition - Sweden. [30/06/2021] 

 Nikola Curovic born 2010, comes from a family of musicians. The  exceptional musical talent has been receiving lessons from his father  Zoran Curovic, the solo trumpeter of the Bad Reichenhall Philharmonic,  since he was 5 years old. Nikola has already been successful in numerous  competitions: Prize in the solo rating at the Berchtesgadener Land  music competition in 2017 and in the regional competition Jugend  musiziert 2017; Prize in the trumpet trio at the Austrian competition  “Prima la musica 2018”; 1st prize in the solo evaluation and advancement  prize in the trumpet / piano duo at the Berchtesgadener Land music  competition 2018; two 1st prizes at Jugend musiziert 2019 in the trumpet  / piano duo. And first prize at the international competition in  Croatia and a trumpet from Yamaha as a special prize. Since he was 7  years old, he had several brilliant solo appearances with the Bad  Reichenhaller Philharmonie and the Collegia-Musica-Chiemgau 

 Hello, I am a trombonist at the Musical Instructional Center La  Harmonica de Buñol, El Litro, and I study trombone and piano at the San  Rafael Conservatory, my passion is music, especially trombone 

 I am Chen Ming Chi, an eleven years old from Hong Kong.  I started to  play horn when I was just turn six and got my ABRSM Grade 8 at ten.  I  love to play Horn because its sound is so warm and delicate as heard in a  solo but also strong and heroic as heard in an orchestra. I feel great  when I overcome challenges by which horn is famous of, such as harmonic  series is so close together, wrong notes come from wrong fingering etc.   Horn will definitely be my companion in my walk of life. 

 Anej Gorenjak was born on the 24.th of July  2006 in Slovenj Gradec, Slovenija.   He plays a trumpet for seven years at Music school Ravne na Koroškem.  His teacher is Janez Miklavžina.  His achievements:  Slovenian National Championship- TEMSIG (2016/2017, 2019/ 2020)- First place winner.   International WOODWIND & BRASS COMPETITION- Varaždin- (2016/ 2017, 2018/ 2019)- First place winner.  International competition Davorin Jenko-  Beograd (2017/ 2018, 2019/ 2020)- First place winner. International competition Svirel-  First place winner.  International competition »Daleki akordi 2019«-  Split- First place winner.  International competition Mladi Padovec- (2019/ 2020)- First place winner.  American Youth Music Talent Competition 2021- First place winner.  International competition- PamusFlow 2021- First place winner. 

 Jireh Kim has been playing trumpet for over 6 years. She was the  principal trumpet player of Maryland Classic Youth Orchestras (MCYO)  Young Artists at Strathmore, a member of MCYO Symphony, was in the  Maryland Junior All-State Band during 7th, 8th, and 9th grade. She was a  soloist in her All-County band (7th and 8th grade), was a member of her  Junior County Jazz Ensemble, and consistently received a superior  rating at her county and state solo festival. She is also currently an  online tutor for a non-profit organization for kids of elementary and  middle school age. 

 Victor Teodosiev is one of the most prominent young Bulgarian performers  of wind instruments. He is First Prize winner of II International  Competition for Music Performers in Tryavna Art Festival 2020 and winner  of the Special Prize. He is First Prize winner of the International  Moscow Music Competition 2020 among all wind instruments in the age  group 14-17. Victor is student at the National Music School  “L.Pipkov”-Sofia in the class of prof. Vladislav Grigorov. He is a third  generation horn player in his family. In 2019 he was part of the  “European Youth Symphony Orchestra PROGRESSIVE” with participants from  11 European countries. Victor has been active participant in the Summer  Music Academy Kroměříž in the class of the world famous horn player  Radek Baborak and in the master class of the renowned french and alpine  horn performer Arkady Schilklopper. 

 My name is Ali Skarshinski-Fred and I am a freshman at Sickles High  School! I started playing French Horn in 6th grade and I have  participated in the All County and Florida All State band. Besides  playing French horn, I enjoy fostering animals and spending time with my  friends and family! 

 I am a Sophomore at Bentonville High School and have been playing horn  for 5 years now. Some of my favorite musicians are William VerMeulen,  Sarah Willis, Bill Evans, and Jacob Collier, while some of my favrite  composers are Mahler, Strauss, and Bruckner. While classical music is a  great passion of mine, I also love jazz as well. As I am a horn player, I  am a jazz pianist as well, performing with my high school jazz band as  well as the NWA All-Star Jazz band. 

 SAMUEL HERNÁNDEZ IMBERNÓN, Torrevieja (Alicante), began his studies in  Union Musical Torrevejense Band, and is now studying at the Almoradí  Conservatory with Jose Antonio Mira. He receives regulary classes with Jose Manuel López, Vicente López,  Sergio Finca and Dani Llosá. Samuel is Soloits Tuba in the Alicante Province Youth Orchestra. The awards obtained as an instrumentalist have been more of 20 FIRST  PRIZES in diferents National and International Contest. He performed as Soloist with the Alicante Municipal Symphonic Band, and  he was selected by the ROYAL CONCERTGEBOUW OF AMSTERDAM, as Solo Tuba to  be part of their Young Orchestra  

 Konrad Zatoka was born in 2001 in Przemysl, Poland. He started playing  tuba at the age of 14. He graduated Music School in Przemysl. He is a  first-year student in the tuba class at Ignacy Paderewski Academy of  Music in Poznan, Poland. Konrad is actively involved in cultural life in  the city he comes from and in the city where he studies. He has  participated in many international master classes conducted by  outstanding musicians. He is an ambitious musician who is not afraid of  new challenges and uses every opportunity to improve his skills. 

 Edel Márquez is from the community of Santa María Yaviche, Villa Alta,  Oaxaca, Mexico. Later, in 2015, he entered the Faculty of Fine Arts of the State of  Oaxaca; and in 2018 he entered the Faculty of Music of the Universidad  Veracruzana, in Xalapa, Veracruz, under the chair of Professor John P.  Day, he has participated in the trombone section of the Ensemble de  Breaths and Percussions of the ISMEV (Instituto Superior de Music of the  State of Veracruz), under the direction of Maestro Timothy Mckeown,  FILARMONIA Orchestra Dir. Jorge Vásquez, Symphonic Orchestra Faculty of  Music of the Veracruzana University Dir. Rey Alejandro Conde, among  others. He has taken national and international master classes such as: Sergio  Simoes (Portugal), David Pozos (USA), Sebastián Cifuentes (Colombia),  Pedro Carrero (Venezuela), Faustino Díaz (Mexico), Alejandro Díaz  (Mexico) , Jacques Mauger (France), Alex Manley (United States), John  Stringer (United States), Gil Martínez Herrera (Mexico), among others. He has been the winner and beneficiary of the Artistic Merit Scholarship  awarded by the Higher Institute of Music of the State of Veracruz. He  has served as Principal Trombone of the OSISMEV (Symphonic Orchestra of  the Superior Institute of Music of the State of Veracruz) Dir. Carlos  Andrés Botero. It has been presented in different venues such as: TLACNÁ  concert hall in Xalapa Veracruz, Tlacná Annex Hall, Metropolitan  Theater in Orizaba, Veracruz, Macedonio Alcalá Oaxaca Theater, San Pablo  Cultural Center, Oaxaca, among others. He is currently studying the Professional Music Cycle in the specialty  of Instrumentalist at the Faculty of Music of the Veracruzana  University, under the tutelage of Professor John P. Day, a member of the  trombone section of the Xalapa Symphony Orchestra. 

 Currently aged 21, he is a trombonist for the young Symphonic Band of  the State of São Paulo and the Young Symphonic Orchestra of the Theatro  São Pedro.      As a guest musician     Bachiana Philharmonic of sesi-SP     Heliopolis Symphony Orchestra     Mogi das Cruzes Symphony Orchestra      Recently finalist in the contest of orchestral excerpts performed by  the “Brazilian Collective of Trombones” and the contest of the Samnium  University in Italy 

 After studying music at Joseph-François Perrault and then joining the  Montreal Conservatory, Leonard is rapidly spotted and chosen as a  soloist with Orchestre Métropolitain in 2016 and Conservatory’s String  Ensemble in 2017. The young musician has also played amongst many  different orchestras such has Orchestre Symphonique de Longueuil,  National Youth Orchestra of Canada, Orchestre Symphonique de la Côte  Nord and Orchestre de la Francophonie. Leonard also distinguished  himself in competitions notably getting 2nd prize at the 2020 OSM  Competition, getting honorable mention at the 2018-19 Robert Marsteller  Competition and winning the Conservatory’s concerto competition in 2019. 

 Tiago Pinto was born in 2000 in Porto, began his musical studies in his  hometown.  Currently study at Escola Superior de Música e Artes do Espetáculo  “ESMAE” in the class of the teacher David Silva.  He had the opurtunity to work with teachers and soloist as Ian  Bousfield, Nathan Zgonc, Bill Thomas, Ricardo Molla Albero, Filipe  Alves, João Martinho, José Angel Isla, Vitor Faria, Jarret Butler, David  Rejano, Juan Sanjuan, Jaume Gavilan, Karol Gajda, Sérgio Carolino,  David Taylor, Floyd Cooley, David Silva and Massimo La Rosa. He collaborated with several orchestras such as Atlantic Coast  Orchestra, Jazz Porto Orchestra, Sine-Nomine Orchestra and Portuguese  Philharmonic Orchestra. At 2020 he won the position of “reserve” at Orchestra Filarmonia das  Beiras”. Also had the opportunity to be a member of the “Bones, Slides and  Pistons”, with Sérgio Carolino 

 He was born in Valencia in 1998. His musical studies began in Yátova  with Ernesto Perelló. Later, he extend his formation in the “San Rafael” Professional  Conservatory of Music in Buñol, obtaining the higher grades with  Bernardo Fabra.  He continues his musical studies in the “Joaquín Rodrigo” Advanced Music  Conservatory in Valencia, in the Interpretation branch with J.J Oriola  and different Pedagogy courses.  He was given the opportunity of improving along his career participating  in diferent masterclasses with nationals and internarionals well-known  professors such as Antonio Zapata, David Rejano, Rubén Toribio, Ximo  Vicedo, Juan Carlos Matamoros, Ricardo Casero, Jose Vicente Faubel, Jose  Vicente Soler, David Pont, Juan Real, Francisco Sevilla, Eusebio Sáez,  Gerard Costes, Luis Bellver, Raúl García, Juan Bautista Abad, Antonio  Pallarés y Javier Cerveró among others.  As a soloist, he released “The seven trombones of the apocalypse” for  trombone and symphonic band by Santi Miguel with the SM Santa Cecilia de  Chera. He also played with the “San Rafael” Professional Conservatory  of Music in Buñol band.  He has been participating in:  • Banda Federal (formed by young musicians of the Valencian Community). • Joven Banda del G6 (formed by young musicians of different musical  associations of Buñol, Cullera and Lliria to be part of the World Music  Contest in Kerkrade (Netherlands). • Brass Ensemble (brass and percussion ensemble of Buñol). • JESMP (young ensemble of saxophones, brass and percussion).  He was given “Premio Jóvenes Talentos Bankia - Las Provincias” in 2018  and, consecuently invited to take part of a concert in the Palau de les  Arts “Reina Sofia”. 

 Layan Atieh has been playing horn for six years, and is in her third  year of undergraduate study at the Peabody Conservatory, studying with  Robert Rearden. In 2020, Layan was accepted into the Aspen Music  Festival, and was invited by audition to play in the Philadelphia  Orchestra’s Virtual Masterclass Series and the MET Orchestra Musicians  Masterclasses. In 2021, Layan was invited to perform in the New World  Symphony’s Horn Town Hall, and won the 2nd prize in the Intermountain  Horn Con Solo Competition. In addition to music, Layan is pursuing a  bachelor’s degree in Political Science at Johns Hopkins University. 

 ALEX LORCA, HORN PLAYER Young Chilean horn player, born in the south of Chile in the city of  Valdivia. He began his studies in "The School Nº1" of Valdivia at the  age of 8 years, which leads him to participate from an early age in  regional orchestras. In 2016 he moved to the city of Santiago and begins  his undergraduate studies at the Universidad Mayor with Professor  Edward Brown, He is also a member of the horn section of the National Youth Symphony  Orchestra. He participated in masterclasses with Laura Klock (USA), Paulo Muñoz  (Chile), Emanuele Urso (Italy), Matías Piñeira (Chile), Ignacio García  (Chile), Dariuz Mikulski (Poland), Bernhard Scully (USA), David Cooper  (USA) and chamber music with Dudu Carmel (Oboist Israel Philharmonic). He participated in international tours with "Quinteto Coda" in Israel,  Greece and Palestine, and with the "National Youth Symphony Orchestra"  in Morocco, Germany and Spain. He's been a member of the "Los Rios Philharmonic Orchestra",  "Universidad Mayor Symphony Orchestra", "National Youth Symphony  Orchestra" and "Coda Quintet". He is currently pursuing a diploma in "Pedagogical Improvement" at the  Catholic University of Chile. 

 I'm Marco Cappelli (20 years old) and I'm from Italy. I've started to  play horn when I was eleven years old with my first teacher Vincenzo  Rico; now I'm a student of Conservatorio "A.Casella" in L'Aquila in he  horn class of Giovanni d'Aprile. Also, I've partecipated at masterclass  with: Roberto Miele, David Cooper, Alessio Allegrini, Paolo Valeriani.                                                      Recently, I've collaborated with Orchestra Giovanile Italiana, with  Young Orchestra of Teatro dell'Opera di Roma and with Orchestra  Scarlatti Junior.   In 2018 I ranked third at Concorso Internazionale per Corno  "D.Ceccarossi" di Orsogna in senior category, in 2019 second at Concorso  Internazionale Mediterraneo Horn Metting in Minori, in 2020 first at  Premio LAMS Matera in soloist category.  .

 I started my adventure with music at the age of 4 and obtained formal  musical education in piano and violin, while also playing a variety of  different instruments. I found myself unable to find the one instrument I  could fully commit to and turned my attention towards other pursuits.  It wasn’t until 2015 that I got the chance to learn my first brass  instrument by joining a local wind orchestra. There, I finally found the  instrument that rekindled my passion for music – the euphonium. I am  currently studying this instrument at the I.J. Paderewski Academy of  Music in Poznan, Poland. 

 I was born on 1st June 1999 in Skierniewice (Poland) . I graduated from  the State School of Music of the First Degree, the Local Government  School of Music of the Second Degree in Skierniewice and the School  Complex No.3 in Skierniewice. Currently I am a second-year student at  the Academy of Music in Poznan (Poland), studying euphonium in the  Poznan Tuba and Euphonium Classroom run by Mateusz Kurek. I am a young  man whose passion is music (and more specifically playing the  euphonium). 

 I was born in 2000 in Kolo, Poland and have been playing tuba for 7  years.  I started my adventure with the tuba at the Music School in  Koło, which I graduated with honors.  Currently, I am a first-year  student of the Ignacy Jan Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań in the  tuba class of professor Mateusz Kurek. I have participated in many  workshops and master classes.   

 Tamás Mészáros Trumpet 04.12.1997 Actual Studies: Kunstuniversität Graz  

 Eric Millard is the Assistant Professor of Trumpet at UNC Charlotte.  Millard regularly performs with the Charlotte Symphony, was the third  trumpet with the Tallahassee Symphony and has performed with the  Charlotte Ballet, Opera Carolina, Boise Philharmonic, Ballet Idaho,  Pensacola Symphony, Sinfonia Gulf Coast, and Northwest Florida Symphony.  As a soloist, Millard has won prizes at competitions such as the  International Trumpet Guild Solo Competition, National Trumpet  Competition, Music Teachers National Association Solo Competition, and  the U.S. Army Band National Collegiate Solo Competition.  Millard’s primary instructors were Dr. Christopher Moore, Vince  DiMartino, Robert Sullivan, Mark Clodfelter, and Dr. William Stowman.  

 David is a freelance trumpeter and educator in Louisville, Kentucky. He  has experience performing in a variety of settings including orchestra,  concert band, wind ensemble, jazz ensemble, brass ensemble, brass  quintet, and trumpet ensemble. In addition, David performs solo  engagements in the Louisville area and surrounding region. David  currently performs with the Louisville based brass quintet, Bourbon  & Brass Co. and will be completing his Master of Music degree in  Trumpet Performance this May. He is also a member of the International  Trumpet Guild.  

 Born out of a childhood friendship, The Violin Angels, Faith, Anna and  Megan, are neighbours who grew up in Singapore and enjoy playing the  violin and hanging out together in equal measure. Now 11 years old, they  spent 6 years with the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts – School of Young  Talents’ Gifted Young Violinist program. The girls love performing  together, and have won awards in various competitions and music  festivals in Singapore and overseas, as a chamber group as well as  individually. These include the Singapore Raffles International Music  Festival, The American Protégé International Music Competition, the Asia  Arts Festival, and the Vienna Virtuoso Festival. They have also been  invited to perform at school and community events, and other official  ceremonies. Keen to use their love of music to contribute to the  community and give back to society, The Violin Angels have, for  consecutive years, performed in charity fundraising events for the  Singapore Cancer Society and the Autism Resource Centre. 

 Jazeps Medins Riga 1st Music School Flute Quartet - Ruta Marija Razna,  Aleksandra Stankevica, Katrina Sizasa, Liliana Krole are playing  together for 2 years, have performed in different concerts in Riga and  Latvia,  In 2020 won the 1st prize in International Chamber Music Competition  "Musical Aquarelle 2020" in Lithuania Teacher Inga Grinvalde. 

  Qianli Lyu/Tanghao Chen 

Fuge Guitar Duo is composed of two girls who were born in 2007. They  started to learn classical guitar from Lijun wang who is the vice  president of Shenzhen Guitar Association and teacher of Shenzhen Art  School at the age of 7.  They won the Second Prize of the Russian  Classical Guitar Competition and the Frist Prize of the London Music  Competition in 2020.     They are also members of the Fuge Guitar Symphony Orchestra. They  participated Shenzhen Bay Guitar Art Festival and the performance  celebrating the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the Shenzhen  Special Economic Zone in 2020. 

 Sarah and Avah Girges have been playing piano duet together for 2 years  under the tutelage of Barbara Miller of Spokane, WA. Their achievements  include gold medal at Northwest Musicfest in the piano duet category,  1st place at the Chicago International Music Competition ensemble  category, 1st place at the Charleston International Music Competition  piano duet, 1st place Spokane Piano Competition ensemble category,  Russian Piano Competition of Seattle Silver winner, 2 time winner of  Washington state MTNA and MTNA Northwest division culminating with a 2nd  place at the MTNA national senior piano duet competition. The sister  duo love the challenges that come with playing 4 hands on one piano. The  coordination, timing and balance required to achieve a beautiful  ensemble can be difficult to achieve and encourages them to improve  their musical technique and musicality. They both look forward to a  musical career in the future.  

 Ceyda Özeser, Arcan İsenkul, Arda Büyükgüral, Alp Birsel are the members  of the Ensemble. They are all 16 years old and study in the Bilkent  University Faculty of Music and Performing Arts, Music Preparation High  School where is in Ankara/ TURKEY. This ensemble depends on its school.  And they give concerts in the Bilkent Concert Hall. They currently study  with Adelya Ateşoğlu who is a chamber music teacher at school and a  member of Bilkent Symphony Orchestra. 

 As natives of Minneapolis, Minnesota, the siblings Skyler Chan (16 years  old), and Oliver Chan (13 years old) were solo artists before they  started to play as a Duo.  Currently, they study with Dr. Kyung Kim  (Chair of Keyboard Division, Associate Professor of Piano, University of  Minnesota School of Music) after studying with Professor Alexander  Braginsky since the age of four years old. In 2021, they won 3rd Place  in the MTNA national piano duet competition. They also won 2nd Place in  the American Music Talent Competition and 1st Prize in the Enkor  International Music Competition. 

 Born in Spain, sisters Yasmin & Soraya Gonzalez have played the  piano since the early age, both solo and in duet, and won awards of  multiple music contests: “Danubia Talents” (Budapest, Hungary),  Shostakovich Competition (Volgograd, Russia), “Islamey” (Moscow,  Russia), “Radiant Kazan” (Russia), “Musica Classica” (Ruza, Russia),  etc. Currently enrolled in class of N.V.Kovalik at Shugom School for  Gifted Children. Received solo and duet masterclasses from prominent  pianists: Riccardo Marini, Vincenzo Balzani (Italy), Zhanna Nazaryants,  Tatiana Safonova (Russia), Henri Sigfridsson (Finland), Filipe  Pinto-Ribeiro (Portugal), Konstantinos Destounis (Greece), Judith  Jauregui (Spain), Julia Siciliano (USA). 

 Daniel Schendel  

Daniel Schendel is a 10th grader at Henry M. Gunn Senior High School in  Palo Alto, California.  Daniel started playing piano when he was five  years old under teacher Ms. Irina Rosinzonsky. He completed level 10 of  California’s Certificate of Merit in spring 2020, with California state  honor. He has also been invited frequently to both Branch Honor’s  Recital and the Music Teacher Convention.  In addition, he performed at  the annual Music Autumn Festival for musically talented students. In his  spare time, he enjoys volunteering, debate, 3-D printing, Boy Scouts  and playing with his dog Monkey. 

 Aaron Lee 

Aaron Lee is a sophomore at Gunn High School in Palo Alto, California.   Besides music, his interests include competitive soccer, coding and  mathematics.  As a freshman, Aaron completed ABRSM Grade 8 practical and  theory exams and was selected to the Community School of Music and  Arts’ (CSMA) “Merit Scholar Program.”  He has competed and performed in  “Autumn Festival” sponsored by the Music Teachers Association of  California (MTAC), the “US International Open Music Competition” where  he was awarded a 3rd place medal in the “Junior Piano Solo and Chamber”  category, and CSMA’s “Winter Solo Recital” and “Healthcare Worker  Outreach” events. 

 I ‘m Wantim Yiu from China. I started to play the violin at the age of  six and passed ABRSM grade Eight with distinction when I was Eleven. I  am currently studying ABRSM violin diploma and ABRSM grade six music  theory. Also, I am the concert master of my school’s orchestra.      I’m Qianli Lyu from China, I started learning classical guitar at  the age of 7. I have participated in classical guitar competitions in  Serbia, Russia and London, and won gold and silver awards. Wantim and I  started working together from last year  

  Adrián Martínez Beorlegui has been awarded at the Euskadi Young  Musicians competition and at the Juan Crisostomo de Arriaga  Conservatory. Having collaborated with many orchestras, he is a titular  violist at the European Holstein Orchestra. He has recently been  selected to study at the Royal Academy of Music in London, with a full  scholarship provided by the institution.  Adrià Perea Giménez studied at Barcelona Conservatory of Music with the  highest qualifications and the Honor Prizes of piano, chamber music and  soloist interpretation. He currently studies at the Liceu Conservatory  with an Excellence Ferrer-Salat Scholarship. He is also the titular  pianist at the National Youth Orchestra of Catalonia.  

 Małgorzata Bobińska-flute and Natalia Skonieczna-harp, both born in 2003  in Bydgoszcz (Poland). Currently, students of Mirosława Pawłowska  (flute class) and Maria Lewandowska (harp and ensemble class). Winners  of many national as well as international music competitions. As a duo  they received, for example, 1st prize at International Music Competition  „Musical Lace”, 1st prize at International Music Competition „Citta di  Massa”, 2nd prize at XII International Competition „Marcel Tournier”  (Italy, 2021). Both are also laureates of solo competitions. Recently Małgorzata has received the following prizes: 1st prize at  International Music Competition MUSE (Greece, 2020), or 2nd prize at  International Moscow Music Competition (Russia, 2020). In addition, she  received a scholarship to participate in the international RCO Young  project in Amsterdam.  Natalia recently has received 2nd prize at X International Music  Competition „Citta di Massa”, 2nd prize at prof. Karel Patras  International Harp Competition (Czech Republic, 2019) or 1st Prize at X  International Harp Competition (France, 2019).  

 Magdalena Turek and Weronika Grenda are students of Academy of Music in  Poznan. They are laureates of national and international competitions -  Baltic String Duo Competition Gdansk, OnStage Competition, Rudolf  Barshai International Strings Competition, Myron Poliakin Violin  Competition.  

 Members of Piano Quartet are students from I. J. Paderewski Academy in  Poznań. They created their own ensamble few years ago. They played at  many concerts and Festivals. Each member of Piano Quartet have also many  prizes at International Competitions both in a band and solo.  

 The quartet was established in Lodz in 2019 and is created by the  violinists: Agata Miłoś and Alicja Poręba, the violist - Malwina Miękoś  and the cellist - Kajetan Kosiec.  All of them are students of Academy of Music in Lodz in class mgr  Sławomira Wilga.  Venus String Quartet received many awards in countries like: Serbia,  Russia, Canada, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, Estonia, Denmark, Poland, Italy.   

 From 2007 Paulina Parol was student of ZPSM nr4 in Warsaw and from 2019  studying at The Grazyna and  Kiejstut Bacewicz University of Music in  Lodz in dr Dominika Przech class. She is a laureate of international  music competitions.  Hubert Pisera from 2016 was student at Ludomir Różycki OSM Kielce. From  2019 he is studying at Grazyna and Kiejstut Bacewicz University of Music  in Lodz in prof. dr hab. Cezary Sanecki and dr Joanna Sochacka class.  He worked with great pianists as Irina Rumiancewa, Edward Wolanin. Paulina and Hubert are prof. dr hab. Aleksandra Nawe students in chamber  music class. 

 The members of Flute Quartet "Con Anima"  are playing on different  flutes. Elza Heinsberga plays flute and piccolo flute, Emilija  Jirgensone- flute, Erlanda Atvare- flute and alto flute, Antra Kisele-  flute and bass flute. During last 3 years Flute Quartet "Con Anima" has  performed  at the concert halls and churches in Latvia, Lithuania,  Estonia, Sweden and Germany. Flute quartet also has taken part in the  International Chamber music competitions in Latvia, Lithuania and  Poland, where the quartet got the 1. prizes and Grand Prix in the  International Chamber music Interpretation competition in Poland. During  the 18th International Bach Chamber Music Festival the Flute quartet  had got masterclasses by Rodrigo Calveyra, the artictic leader of Early  music ensemble Canto Fiorito(Lithuania) and Baroque ensemble Musica  Antiqua Salzburg(Austria). In 2019. 1st Prize in VII International  J.Sibeliuss Competition, Finland. The repertoire of the Flute quartet "Con Anima" consists of the  compositions from baroque composers to the composers of 21th century. The artistic leader of Flute quartet "Con Anima" is Inga Grinvalde. 

 Neus Pérez (Valencia, Spain) and Miguel Gonzalez (city of Mexico), meet  at the Conservatorio Superior del Liceu in Barcelona, while studying for  a Higher Degree in Music. They began to work together in September 2020 under the tutelage of the  prestigious conductor Manel Valdivieso. Later they also receive classes  from teachers from the same center, such as Juan Bautista Domenech or  Francisco Rodriguez. They have performed on several occasions in different rooms of the  Conservatory where they are currently studying as well as on stages in  Barcelona, the city where the two musicians currently reside. 

 Lítore Quartet consists of Jaime Estévez (soprano saxophone), Sira  Pellicer (alto saxophone), Hugo Lomba (tenor saxophone) and Miquel  Flores (baritone saxophone), based in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. Among its achievements, highlight their participation in the semi-final  of Concurs de Música de Cambra “Montserrat Alavedra”, the Art Jove Award  2020 (Palma, Spain) and their collaboration with institutions such as  Fundació Joan Miró (Palma, Spain). They have also participated in several festivals, for instance, Mallorca  Saxophone Festival 2020, III Festival Internacional de Música de Cambra  de Mallorca (Majorca, Spain) and Cicle de Música a la Cambra Can  Balaguer 2020 (Palma, Spain). 

 All members started their musical adventure within the walls of the  Music School of F. Chopin
 in Bytom. Currently as lecturers they are  associated with Academy of Music in Łódź and Academy of Music in  Katowice.  Laureates of more than 40 international and national competitions.  They presented themselves during festivals, performing not only in  Europe but also in Asia, Canada, Africa and South America.  For their achievements so far, they have been recognized with such  awards as the "Young Poland", MKiDN, YAMAHA Foundation, Davey  Prize,"Wena" Award. As-SAI Piano Trio is regularly invited to conduct Masterclasses in Italy  and Poland. 

 The Bulldog Brass Society, a group of five of the Hugh Hodgson School of  Music's most talented brass musicians, is a fellowship-endowed graduate  chamber group founded at University of Georgia in 1996, created under  the guidance of the late Canadian Brass member Fred Mills, is now led by  Phil Smith, former principal trumpet of the New York Philharmonic.  Acceptance into the group is earned through a competitive audition. The  current members have a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences. They  have had success in numerous auditions and other competitive events.  They perform regularly at the University of Georgia, public schools, and  other venues in the Athens community. 

  (violinist hyelim-oh, cellist sung-hee lim, pianist ha-eun jang) 

The Enosh Trio was formed in 2017. They all graduated Keimyung  University. They won the first prize in the 10th Daegu Strings Symphony  Orchestra competition and introduced to the media several times through  the Korean TBC broadcaster and KBS radio. Currently, they are working as  players of the Daegu City Arts Troupe.  

 Duo Prism (Loïc Abdelfettah & Quentin Rebuffet) is an original  ensemble composed of a viola and a cello. Founded in 2016 at the  "Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Lyon", Duo  Prism is recognized as one of the most promising young French ensemble.  Its original artistic approach is based on a refreshing and passionate  way of playing music. Winner of several international music  competitions, Duo Prism represents a new way of making chamber music :  lively, original and creative.   

 Sforzando Clarinet Quartet was made in 2017 by four Polish clarinetists:  Konrad Szumański, Kamil Gałecki, Rafał Gomółka and Dawid Sula. The  repertoire is spanned from Bach and Mozart to Piazzola and Gershwin.  Sforzando Clarinet Quartet took part in many concerts in Poland and won  several prizes, such as 3rd Prize on International Chamber Music  Competiton in Jawor in 2019. 

 Sijie Yang is a young trumpet player. His playing style is varied. He  has participated in many chamber music, Wind ensemble, and Orchestra  performances.  He is a Doctor student In Trumpet Performance. Currently  studying at University of Minnesota and study with Professor Marissa  Benedict. Sijie completed his Master's degree in Music at the Boston  Conservatory at Berklee, where he studied with professors Thomas Siders  and Steven Emery. 

 Gustavo Leite, a native of Sao Paulo - Brazil, is a freelance trumpeter  in Sao Paulo area and Houston. Mr. Leite performed with important  orchestras in Brazil and United States such as New Jersey Symphony  Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Sao Paulo Municipal Symphony  Orchestra. Gustavo was a fellow trumpet player at the Music Academy of the West  (19´-20´) and was one of the Winners of the Keston MAX LSO Competition. Gustavo holds a Bachelor Degree from Faculdade Cantareira, a Performers  Certificate from Montclair State University, a Master of Music -  Orchestral Performance from Manhattan School of Music and is currently  enrolled as a Master of Music student at The Shepherd School of Music at  Rice University with Barbara Butler and Charlie Geyer. 

 He was born in Valencia. He begins his musical studies with Rafael  Tortajada Fernández and extends them later in the Most top Conservatoire  of Musical "Óscar Esplá" of Alicante obtaining the qualifications of  Top Teacher of Trombone and Chamber music besides the Extraordinary  Prize end of Average Degree and I Reward Extraordinary end of Top Degree  in Trombone, besides Honor's mention of Average Degree of Chamber music  and Honor's mention of Top Degree of the same speciality. Awards  granted by the first and only time to a trombonist in the above  mentioned Conservatoire.  Parallel to the studies in the Conservatoire, he extends knowledges with  the teachers Ricardo Casero (soloist OBC), Indalecio Bonet (Spanish  Brass Luur-Metalls), and he begins to form a part of the International  Academy of Metals "Spanish Brass".  In 2002 he was awarded the "Euterpe Prize" for Music in Valencia.  He has belonged to the Young Orchestras such as: Joven Orquesta Nacional  de Catalunya (JONC), Joven Orquesta de la Generalitat Valenciana  (JOGV), Joven Orquesta Nacional de España (JONDE), member of the (IRO;  Interregionales Jugendsinfonieorchester) in Germany (2001- 2002) and  Orchestra of the Catalan Countries (OGIPC).  He has collaborated with orchestras at a professional level such as:  Valencia Orchestra, Extremadura Orchestra, Madrid Municipal Band,  Córdoba Orchestra, Barcelona City Orchestra (OBC), Lausanne Chamber  Orchestra from the 2003 to 2006 season (Switzerland), Opera de Lausanne  from 2003-06 and Münchener Kammerorchester from Munich, Málaga Symphony  Orchestra, Málaga Philarmonic Orchestra.   In 2004 with the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra he performed the "Bolero" M.  Ravel, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the International  Choreographer Maurice Béjart under the direction of Armin Jordan.  With Chamber ensembles, he has belonged as a student at the Spanish  Brass Academy, being a member of the 2i2quartet trombone quartet for 9  years, awarded at the Juventudes Musicales de España Contest in 2001,  and being finalists at the IV International "Jan Koetsier" Competition  2004 for Trombone Quartet Munich (Germany), with which he performs  different Tours (Albania, Buenos Aires, Uruguay, Brazil, Madrid,  Barcelona, Segovia, etc.), Courses and Masterclass (Las Mesas, Biar,  Villena, Granada, Priego de Córdoba, Villanueva de Castellón, Madrid,  Barcelona) and recordings such as "Memories" (2007), "2i2versos" (2010)  and "15 años" (2015), in addition to the collaboration with Carlos Gil  on the CD "Multaqa" (2011 ).  He has done Postgraduate studies with Ricardo Casero at ESMUC  (Barcelona), 2000-01, at the Conservatoire Superieur de Musique de  Lausanne (Switzerland) with Professor Michel Becquet (International  Soloist, Professor CNSM de Lyon) in the years 2003-06, and with Gilles  Milliére (CSNM de Paris Professor) 2006-07, at the Superior Conservatory  of Zaragoza and Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique de Paris.  He is a trombone teacher at the Conservatoire “Antonio López Serrano” in  Priego de Córdoba (Córdoba) 

 Lorenzo D'Ascanio is a trombonist from Pescara.  Graduated with full marks from the “Luisa D'Annunzio” Conservatory of  Pescara, he has had the opportunity to improve over the years by  participating in masterclasses of renowned teachers. He participated in  the orchestral training course as a member of the JuniOrchestra Young of  the National Academy of Santa Cecilia, where he had the opportunity to  participate in the traditional Christmas Concert from the Chamber of  Deputies broadcast live on Rai5 and in the concert directed by Maestro  Antonio Pappano in the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome.  In September 2015 he participated in the National Competition for  Musical Bands of Busseto - Banda del Bicentenario Verdiano, winning the  absolute first prize with the “C. Monteverdi ”, and in 2015, with the  same formation, he won the first prize in the National Competition for  Musical Bands Città di Scandicci.  In November 2014 he participated in the Wien Music Festival with the  Young Pontini Philharmonic Orchestra, performing at the Ehrbar Saal of  the Prayner Konservatorium in Vienna.  Since 2017 he has collaborated with the Senzaspine Orchestra of Bologna,  the Abruzzo Festival Orchestra, the Pescara Conservatory Orchestra, the  Abruzzese Symphony Orchestra, the Guardiagrele Opera Festival  Orchestra, and from 2019 with the Philharmonic Orchestra of the Piano  Festival of Brescia and Bergamo.  In the academic year 208/2019 he was selected for the Erasmus + program  at the Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus, Denmark, where he had the  opportunity to study with Niels-ole Bo Johansen, Kristian Steenstrup,  Brandt Attema, Ian Bousfield, Oren Marshall. During this year he was  able to participate in the production of the Requiem in D minor K 626 by  W.A. Mozart with the Danish Youth String Orchestra and to participate  in workshops and masterclasses at the conservatories of Aarhus,  Stavanger and Riga.  In spring 2019 he won the audition for the European Union Youth Wind  Orchestra.  Outside of classical music he has had experiences collaborating with  Peppe Millanta & Balkan Bistrò and sharing the stage with La  Bandabardo '. He also collaborated on the Sfly Big Band project. 

 Born in Pindamonhangaba - São Paulo, Brazil, the hornist currently  studies at the university "Hochschüle für Musik" in Karlsruhe, Germany,  with renowned professor Will Sanders. Winner of several awards such as  the Young Soloists of the Young Orchestra of São Paulo in 2012  performing Morceau de Concert by Saint Saens, in 2014 interpreting  Concert for Horn No1 by Richard Strauss, and in 2016 playing Concert for  Four Horns by Carl H. Hübler along with the orchestra’s horn section as  First Horn. He was also the winner of the Ernani Almeida Machado Award  of the São Paulo Youth Orchestra in 2014 and 2015. In 2015 he earned the  3rd place in the Second Marcus Bonna Competition for Young Hornist – in  the soloist category. In 2020 he was a Finalist of the Young Soloists  Competition (National Stage) of the Symphony Orchestra of Rio Grande do  Norte. Participated in masterclasses with renowned Brazilian names such as  Ozeas Arantes, Mário Rocha, Philip Doyle, Luiz Garcia and also renowned  international names such as Bostjan Lipovsek, Christoph Eß, Abel  Pereira, Saar Berger, Jens Plücker, Timothy Jones, Paulo Munoz, Ivo  Gass, Eric Terwilliger, Nury Guarnaschelli, Katy Woolley, Will Sanders,  Radek Baborak and Stefan Dohr.  As a guest musician he performed with the São Paulo State Symphony  Orchestra - OSESP (2012), Bachiana SESI Philharmonic Orchestra - SP  (2014), Usp-OSUSP Symphony Orchestra (2014), São Paulo Symphony Jazz  Orchestra (2015, 2016 and 2017), São Pedro Theater Orchestra (2018) and  the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra -OSB (2015/2016/2017) He held the position of Principal First Horn of the Bahia Symphony  Orchestra - OSBA from early 2018 to September 2019. As guest soloist he  played Sinfonia Concertante by W.A.Mozart and also Concert Piece for  Four Horns by Schumann as first Horn.  He is currently a guest Hornist in Germany at the Young Classic Sound  Orchestra and also at the "Badisches Kammermusikfest" Festival. He is a  founding member of the Brazilian Winds Ensemble. 

 Tuba player Luc Geraats (1992) finished his bachelor of music at the  ArtEZ conservatoire in Zwolle in 2016. In 2019 Luc finished a Master of  Music Cum Laude (with distinction) at the conservatoire of Amsterdam.   He was a finalist during the European Solist Competition held by EBBA  2018, the Cadenza Soloist Competition 2020 and the Bucharest Brass  Competition 2020.   Luc has a profound interest in contemporary music, ensembles and  collaborations. His goal is to commission new repertoire for solo tuba.  His debut album “Tuba Vocalis” will release in 2021. He is a proud member of MOSA BRASS quintet and the Baggeraats  Collectief. 

 Luís Estudante is a member of the Buffet Crampon Group, Artist of Melton  Meinl Weston. He holds the Principal Tuba position of the Portuguese  Airforce Wind Band and he’s a member of the Portuguese Tuba Quartet  Tupho Ensemble and the Tuba and Euphonium Portuguese Association (APTE). Throughout his professional path, he was a part of various projects and  specific collaborations, particularly deserving to be highlighted,  Chamber Orchestra of Almada, Southern Classic Orchestra, Portuguese  Symphonic Orchestra and Gulbenkian Orchestra. He was also admitted to the Atlantic Coast Orchestra, in 2020, and to  the Chamber Orchestra of Cascais and Oeiras, in 2016. Furthermore, he  was on the reserve list of the Portuguese Philharmonic Orchestra, in  2018 and Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, in 2015.He participated in  several projects where he had the opportunity to work with well-known  conductors such as Giovanni Andreoli, Quentin Hindley, Graeme Jenkins,  Joana Carneiro, Dietrich Paredes, Jean Sebastien Bereau, Paulo Martins,  Francisco Sequeira, Délio Gonçalves, Alberto Roque, Reinaldo Guerreiro  and José Eduardo Gomes. .