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 Anthony Tam, pianist, examiner, competition juror, pedagogue, clinician  holds the Fellowship Diploma in Piano Performance from the National  College of Music, London and the Fellowship Diploma in Piano Teaching  from the Victoria College of Music, London. At the same time, he is also the holder of the piano performance diplomas  from the Australian Music Examinations Board and the University of West  London. He is appointed as a member of the Academical Board of the  National College of Music and becomes the first non-British to be chosen to join as a member in the College's history of  more than 120 years. He is also the first Chinese to be appointed as a  music examiner for both the National College of Music and the Victoria  College of Music. In 2012, he was further appointed as a senior examiner for the National College of Music, London  and will be responsible for further administration of the College.   He  was the past examiner of the British Columbia Conservatory of Music,  Canada. In 2017, he joins as a music examiner for the Con Brio Examination Board.  He is the first and only one worldwide  to hold the position as a music examiner for four different examination  boards at the same time. He has wide experience in assessing piano  examination candidates. On top of being as a music examiner, he is appointed by National College of Music to be the piano  duet examination syllabus coordinator and from 2014, he was also  responsible for coordinating and rewriting the piano syllabus. He is a  member of the American Liszt Society and through some contribution, he has earned the title as a 'Lisztian". He is also a  member in good standing of the Australian Guild of Music and Speech. He  is an associate member of the European Piano Teachers Association. In  2018, he is named as the Hong Kong President of the World Piano Teachers Association. He is also invited to join as the  juror in piano competition and composition competition organised by the  World Piano Teachers Association. In 2020, he is named as the Chief  Examiner of the Italian Music Assessment Board System which is an examination board based in Italy.
Born, raised and totally trained in Hong Kong, he started to take up  piano lessons when he was at the age of 5. He appeared on television one  year later performing a whole programme of Beethoven. His teachers  included Madam Kam-Mui Deng and Madam Wo-Ping Law who were famous pedagogues in Hong Kong. He also studied briefly with  Mr. Colin Kingsley. He has played in masterclasses given by the American  pianist Malcolm Frager and the great Shura Cherkassky. Under the full  recommendation from Madam Law, he has got a chance to learn under Cherkassky for some time.
He is a pianist, teacher, juror and clinician and has been on the jury  of some local and international competitions. He was the Jury Chairman  of the Steinway PIano Competition in 2014 and was the President of Jury  of the Mozart International Piano Competition. He has also judged the World Piano Pedagogy Conference Competition in  USA and last year, he was the President of Jury of the Euterpe  Competition in Italy and in 2018, he has judged an international piano  competition in Venice organised by the Debussy Society. This year, he will judge the Merci Maestro Competition in Belgium. He is  also the Artistic Director of the Neapolitan Masters Competition in  Asia.  He has concertised in many countries including UK, Canada, USA  and some countries in Europe.
Since obtaining the Doctorate degree in Music Education, he has taught  in many countries. He is a sought-after teacher in many Asian countries  and is a teacher with many award-winning students. He has given  lectures, masterclasses, workshops for different organisers on different occasions. He is keen on presenting teacher training  programmes for music teachers worldwide. Years ago, he was appointed as a  representative of the Victoria Piano Summer School in Canada. In 2015,  he was appointed as the Director of International Studies (Pedagogy and Masterclasses) of the Ultimate Music Theory of  Canada. UMT will issue a series called "Masterclasses by Anthony Tam' in  the near future.
He is also the Hong Kong Director of the Cambodia Support Group (Canada)  which promotes music education in Cambodia. He travels to Cambodia on a  regular basis to give intensive courses to teachers and students.
Right now, he is on the way to create a new piano summer school  programme in the city of Kimberley, Canada in cooperation with the  Canadian Brahms specialist Arne Sahlen. He is now the Artistic Director  of the PianoFocus Summer Camp in Canada.   He is also a column writer in music education and music learning for some  child-related publications and  is interviewed widely on different  occasions by the press. He is also a writer writing on subjects about  piano education in different magazines. His book about music study has been published by Dynamic Publications in 2020.  

"A Delighted Virtuoso, Vicky is a terrific talent!" 

-Seattle Times- 

Korean-American  violinist Vicky HyunJin Lee is a top prizewinner at the Osaka  International Competition, MTNA National Solo Competition, and ASTA  National Solo Competition. She is a recipient of the Starling Violin  Scholarship, and the R. Joseph Scott Award. 

               She has appeared in major concert halls including New York, Boston,  Seattle, San Francisco, Texas, Nebraska, South Dakota, Switzerland and  Seoul.  Dr. Lee made her solo debut at age 12 with the Korean Symphony  Orchestra in Seoul, performing Lalo’s ‘Symphonie Espagnole.’ Dr. Lee has  performed live at the South Dakota's Public Broacasting, "Classical24,"  Seattle Classical KING FM 98.1 for their "Sunday at 7:00” Recital  Series and “Martha Zeeman’s Classic FM Show."   

               As an active chamber musician, Dr. Lee has collaborated with  members of the Emerson Quartet, the Tokyo Quartet and the Borromeo  Quartet and has worked closely with prominent artists including  Kyung-Wha Chung, Chee-Yun Kim, Peter Oundjian, and Joseph Silverstein. 

                                    Founder and an artistic director of  Forte New York Chamber Series, she is devoted to offer free,  world-class classical chamber music concerts to communities throughout  the greater New York City metropolitan area. She offers musicians with  the unique and occasional opportunities to collaborate with some of the  world’s most renowned musicians. 

             She  represents jury members of the New York International Music Concours,  Long Island Conservatory Soloist Competition.  She also served as a  mentor and adjudicator for New England Conservatory's Preparatory  School. Dr. Lee is currently holds an Artist Residency at Omaha  Conservatory of Music and the Pace Institute of Music in New York.  

             She received both Bachelor's and Master’s of Music degrees  from New England Conservatory and a Doctor of Musical Arts from Stony  Brook University. Her teachers included Philip Setzer, Hagai Shaham,  Paul Biss, Ian Swensen, James Buswell, and Nam-Yun Kim. 

Dr. Daniel Gallagher is a professional flutist and teacher currently  based in Dallas, Texas. Originally from Yorkville, Illinois, Gallagher  holds performance degrees from The Ohio State University (Doctor of  Musical Arts), Illinois State University (Master of Music), and Luther  College (Bachelor of Arts). He has performed across the United States  and internationally as an orchestral musician, soloist, chamber  musician, and competition winner.  

With ten years of  teaching experience, Gallagher has worked with students ranging from  nine to seventy years old, and his recent students have been accepted  into collegiate music programs. As Graduate Teaching Associate of the  flute studio at OSU, he taught flute lessons and Buckeye Flutes, a flute  choir course for music minors and nonmajors. He conducted flute choir  performances across the OSU campus and for the Central Ohio Flute  Association's annual festival. Additionally, he has coached flute  sections for OMEA district orchestras and taught chamber music at the  OSU Flute Workshop and the Five Seasons Chamber Music Festival. He has  also been invited to participate in public school outreach programs. 

Gallagher  has presented masterclasses, composer workshops, and lectures on  piccolo, teaching beginning flute, and extended techniques at several  universities. In 2015, he was invited to premiere flute chamber music  works by Philip Wharton and Steve Smith for Music in the Shape of a  Pear, a new music series at Luther College. An advocate for new flute  music, Gallagher has commissioned works by composers such as Kimberly  Osberg, Zachary Friedland, and Dan Fernelius.  

As a  competitor, Gallagher qualified as a semifinalist three years in a row  for the National Flute Association's Young Artist Competition and won  Third Prize in 2018. Previous awards include First Place in the Central  Ohio Flute Association's Young Artist Competition and winning both the  band and orchestra concerto competitions at Illinois State. He has  qualified as runner-up, finalist, and semifinalist in recent orchestral  auditions. 

Gallagher's orchestral experience includes  yearly tours across the USA with the Luther College Symphony Orchestra  and a month-long residency in Vienna, Austria, where he performed as  principal flutist in venues such as Kulturzentrum Oberschützen,  Stockerau Concert Hall, and the esteemed Wiener Konzerthaus. He has  performed as substitute principal flute with the Westerville Symphony,  Opera Project Columbus, and other groups. He has appeared as guest  soloist with the Lancaster Festival Orchestra and has also been invited  to play flute and piccolo for the Illinois Symphony Orchestra and  Rockford Symphony Orchestra. In 2012, he appeared on the televised,  Emmy-nominated Christmas at Luther production on PBS. 

A  versatile musician, Gallagher has initiated interdisciplinary  collaborations with film and dance and regularly performs chamber music.  Most recently, he performed with the Timbre Woodwind Quintet, which  preceded performances by the Berlin Philharmonic Woodwind Quintet for a  Chamber Music Columbus concert. As a member of the OSU Flute Troupe, he  performed for the 2018 OMEA convention, the 2017 NFA convention, and  other venues. He has also performed with the OSU Wind Symphony, ISU Wind  Symphony, and Fox Valley Concert Band. He can be heard in recordings  with the ISU Wind Symphony under the Klavier and Naxos labels. 

Born in Romania in musician-artist family.
I started to play the cello  at the age of seven, In Oradea with Màrkus Sikes Àgnes.   At the age of 11 admitted as student at the Bela Bartok Conservatory in  Budapest Hungary, to the special talents class, hes teacher was Zsolt  Puskás.  
In June 2010, was admitted to the Budapest Liszt Ferenc Academy of  Music. I got my Bachelor graduation in the class cellist György Dèri.   

During my BA years I had opportunity to have concerts as soloist and chamber musician in Romania,Hungary,Spain,Slovakia,Switzerland.  

Participated in several master classes including :  
Miklós Perényi, Steven Isserlis, Ivan Monighetti, Frans Helmerson,  Gustav Rivinius, László Mező, Tamás Koó, Tamás Mérei, Pál Banda, György  Kertész, Ottó Kertész, György Déri, Jonathan Cohen, Fridrich Gauwerky,  Varga Tamás, Dmitry Ferschtman, Lluis Claret, Andreas Brantelid.

In 2016 I finished my Masters degree in the class of the great cellist Miklós Perényi. 

As soloist performed with several orchestras from Romania and Hungary.
Such as Oradea State Philharmonic Orchestra, Arad State Philharmonic Orchestra, Satu Mare State Philharmonic Orchestra, Győr Philharmonic Orchestra, Danube Symphonic Orchestra Budapest, Zugló Philharmonic Orchestra.

In the summer of 2012, I had the opportunity to take part in Italy of a  chamber music tour of 6 concerts attend with pianist Marta Argerich and Hosszú Géza Legocky violinist.
It was a great honor to take part of 4 chamber music concerts on April  2013, Sardinia, Sassari city with flutist Sir James Galway than Baráti  Kristóf violinist and the Anima Musicae Chamber orchestra. 

Festival invitations and participations : Netherlands- Bergen The International Holland Music Sessions masterclass and classical music  festival.
In the summer of 2015 he was invited to Spain – Santander ( Encuentro  Festival de Musica) where he had oportunity to play chamber music and  full concert with Zacher Bron violinist, András Adorján flutist.
As well  solo recital During the festival he had cello lessons with Frans Helmerson, chamber  music lessons with Mihaela Martin and András Adorján. 

2016.07 - Price winners concert - Tchaikovsky with the Danube Symphonic  Orchestra - Budapest - Danube Palace Conductor : András Deák

August 15th 2015 he was admited to the Hungarian National Opera in the :  Opera Academy ( project for 10 month )

2016- . Oktober : cellist at Győr Philharmonic Orchestra   

2017.07 to August - Reinvited to Spain - Santander Encuentro Festival  10 successful concerts in one month. First cellist of the chamber  orchestra ( with solo ), chamber groups, solo recitals. Oportunity to  play with great musicians and masterclasses for example Ivan Monoghetti,  Zachar Bron.
www.encuentrodesantander.es 

2019.12. Admited to the Hungarian Radio Orchestra   2020. March admitted to Malmö Music Academy – Postgraduate program . (  from August 2020 ) 

Currently studying with  Andreas Brantelid   

Since end of 2019 I am cellist of the National Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Major Competition Results     

2008.03.- X.th János Starker cello competition ll price.   
2008.05.- VII.th National Ottó Kertész cello competition lll. Price   
2012.11. Junior Príma Award ( Anima Musicae Chamber Orchestra )
2014 Pablo Casals International Cello competition( From 156 applicants I  got into the top 30 )
2016.07 - The first International Concerto Masterclass & Competition  for soloists - Budapest - Grand Prize - First Prize  

   Ukrainian dramatic mezzo-soprano Galina Ivannikova is hailed by critics and audiences alike for her rich, lustrous voice as much as her passionate dramatic portrayals. Bruce Michael Gelbert of the NY Art Review raved about her “ her timbre ruby in color, her chest register aptly gusty and her emotional pitch perfect”, “big, glorious Verdi voice in the Golden Age tradition."    Her portrayal of La Cieca in La Gioconda with NJ Verismo Opera was positively reviewed by Opera Magazine, London as an “imposing instrument and passion.”     During the pandemic time of 2020, she kept on  singing  the online concerts, judging the competitions, working and recording  music of the modern composers, also she was singing the live concerts with the different opera and concert organizations.   In the season 2018-2019 she will sing her signature role of Amneris with Gateway Classical music society, the role of the Witch and the role of Azucena with Regina Opera, the role of Santuzza and Delilah with East Coast Harbor Opera, the role of Ulrica with Amore Opera and the role of Eboli with CT Lyric Opera and the role of Brangäne in Tristan and Isolde.    In the season 2017-2018 she sang her signature role of Amneris in Verdi’s Aida with Connecticut Lyric Opera and with West side opera society, Waltraute in Wagner’s Götterdummerung and Mezzo Solo in Mahler’s Das Lied von Der Erde with NYVWOG, and Leonora in Donizetti’s La Favorite with NY WSOS.  In the season 2016-2017 Ms. Ivannikova was engaged to sing the title role of Carmen with Lyric Theater D’Europa and appeared in several of her signature roles. She opened the season with Carmen, then she sang the role of Sarah in Roberto Devereux . She then appeared as Eboli in Don Carlo by Verdi and later returned to Commonwealth Opera Theater in Boson as Innkeeper and Marina Mnishek in Musorgsky's Boris Godunov.In 2014-2015, she was critically acclaimed as Maddalena in Verdi's Rigoletto. This season Ms. Ivannikova also appeared as Leonora in Donizzetti's La Favorita, Ulrica in Ballo in Maschera by Verdi.In the spring, she made her Commonwealth Opera Theater debut as Odarka in Hulak-Artemovsky’s The Cossack beyond the Danube. She then returned to VP NYC in the role of Marta in Tchaikovsky's Iolanta.In 2012-2013 she debuted with NY Lyric Opera in the role of Fricka in Wagner's Die Walküre and with  NJ Verismo Opera in the role of Santuzza in Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana and Azucena in Verdi’s Il Trovatore.Ms. Ivannikova then embarked on a concert tour of the US East Coast featuring Eastern European Classical music and Beethoven’s 9th Symphony in Japan. In fall of 2013, she came back to NYC to make her VP NYC debut as Ulrica in Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera.In previous seasons she appeared as Amneris (Aida) with Opera Memphis, TN, Nicklaus/Muse (The Tales of Hoffman) with Connecticut Lyric Opera. Ms. Ivannikova was critically acclaimed for her portrayal of Azucena (Il Trovatore) with Verismo Opera, where she also performed Santuzza (Cavalleria Rusticana).Her wide ranging repertoire for a dramatic mezzo and contralto includes the title role of Carmen, Waltraute in Wagner's Götterdämmerung, Erda in Wagner's Das Rheingold, Fricka in Wagner’s Die Walküre,Dalilah in Saint-Saëns' Samson et Dalilah, Leonora in Donizetti's La Favorita, Azucena in Verdi’s Il Trovatore, Eboli in Verdi’s Don Carlo,Ulrica in Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera,La Cieca/Laura in Ponchielli’s La Gioconda, Principessa in Cilea’s Adriana Lecouvreur,  Olga/Nurse/Larina in Eugene Onegin and Marfa in Khovanshchina, mezzo solo in Verdi’s Requiem.Ms. Ivannikova is a first place winner of the University of Memphis Concerto Competition and is  currently completing a doctorate in vocal performance at the University of Memphis.

 Czech cellist František Brikcius was born in Prague, into a family with a  distinguished cultural background. He has been playing the cello since  early childhood. Following his cello studies at the Prague  Conservatoire, he completed his Master's degree at the Janáček Academy  of Music (JAMU) in the Czech republic. He furthered his cello skills at  the Toho Gakuen Academy in Japan and later under the guidance of  legendary cellist Prof. Anna Shuttleworth (student of Pablo Casals) in  the United Kingdom (Eton Cello Master Classes and the University of  Leeds). 

He won the 2nd prizes at the Anglo-Czech Competition in London (1999),  the International String Competition London (2000) and the International  String Competition Jihlava (2003). He has been awarded many  scholarships and fellowships, including the Czech Music Foundation  (CHF), the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, the Music  Foundation OSA, the Socrates-Erasmus, and the Gideon Klein Foundation  for the propagation of works written by Jewish Holocaust Composers. 

František chose to dedicate his life to the interpretation of cello  compositions written by composers of the 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th and 21st  centuries, giving special consideration to compositions for solo cello.  His favourites are cello suites by Johann Sebastian Bach, Max Reger,  Ernest Bloch and Benjamin Britten. 

He is particularly involved in researching, studying and performing  works by Czech (Antonín Dvořák, Leoš Janáček, Bohuslav Martinů, Josef  Suk and Irena Kosíková), Jewish & Terezín (Gideon Klein, Erwin  Schulhoff, Zikmund Schul, Jaromír Weinberger, James Simon and David  Popper) and contemporary composers (Conrad Beck, Luciano Berio, Pierre  Boulez, Benjamin Britten, Henri Dutilleux, Wolfgang Fortner, Alberto  Ginastera, Cristobal Halffter, Hans Werner Henze, Heinz Holliger, Klaus  Huber and Witold Lutoslawski), playing on a "George Kriwalski" cello  made in 1904. 

Together with his sister Anna Brikciusová, he is a founder member of the  "Duo Brikcius". He is artistic director of Festival Brikcius - Chamber  Music Concert Series in Prague, Bach Festival Gers in France and Waltham  Forest Cello Fest (the 1st London Borough of Culture meets Classical  Music) in London. 

František works as independent film-maker as well. His first music  documentary film MAKANNA (in the cooperation with the Jewish Museum in  Prague and under the auspices of Sir Tom Stoppard and Václav Havel) was  already screened in the Czech republic, China, Mexico and Portugal. He  is currently working on new music documentary film eSACHERe (2021). 

As a soloist František has performed at many festivals in Algeria,  Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic,  France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, Liberland, Pakistan, Poland,  Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Sweden, Turkey, Uzbekistan and the United  Kingdom. 

František has been teaching cello for many years. He is experienced at  taking students at all levels, able to give master classes as well as  support beginners. He is giving cello master classes in the United  Kingdom, France, Italy and remotely online via Zoom/Skype. 

Served as a jury member in various competitions including the Berliner  International Music Competition in Germany, the Music and Stars Awards,  the Music International Grand Prix, the Sound Espressivo Global  Competition, the Palm Beach International Music Awards, the King's Peak  International Music Competition and the Baku International Cinema  Festival in Azerbaijan. 

More information about František Brikcius and his many cello projects is available on the websites https://www.Brikcius.com/Festival , https://www.Brikcius.com/CelloTutor , https://www.Twitter.com/Brikcius and https://www.Instagram.com/Brikcius .
 

Boris Kuschnir was born into a music family in Kiev in 1948. He studied violin with Boris Belenky at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatoire and chamber music with Valentin Berlinsky of the Borodin Quartet.

His many encounters with Dmitri Shostakovich (working on his last quartets) and David Oistrakh, with whom he also studied, had a lasting influence on his artistic development. His career started 1969 when he was one of the three winners of the Allunions-Competition in Leningrad where, in the final, he performed the Beethoven Violin Concerto with the Leningrad Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Yuri Temirkanov.

He has won numerous prizes at international violin and chamber music competitions (Paris, Belgrade, Sion, Trapani, Bratislava, Florence, Trieste, Gorizia, Hamburg, Vercelli). In 1970 he founded the Moscow String Quartet and remained a member until 1979.

Since 1981 he has been living in Austria. He became an Austrian citizen in 1982 and was the first concertmaster of the Bruckner Orchestra in Linz until 1983. In 1984, he became a Professor at the Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna and also a distinguished Professor at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz in 1999. His reputation as a teacher won international recognition with the recent outstanding success of his pupils, Julian Rachlin (1st Prize Eurovision Grand Prix for Young Musicians, Amsterdam 1988), Nikolaj Znaider (1st Prize of the Queen Elisabeth Competition, Brussels 1997), Sergey Dogadin (1st Prize of the International Tchaikovsky Competition, Moscow 2019, 1st Prize of the Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition, Hannover 2015, 1st Prize of the Singapore International Violin Competition, 2018, Grand Prix of the Yuri Yankelevich International Violin Competition in Omsk, Russia 2013, 2nd Prize of the Isaac Stern International Violin Competition, Shanghai 2016), Pavel Milyukov (3rd Prize International Tchaikovsky Competition, Moscow 2015, 1st Prize Aram Khachaturian International Competition, 2012, 2nd Prize Seoul International Music Competition, 2012), Diana Tishchenko (1st Prize Long Thibaud Competition, Paris 2018), Lidia Baich (1st Prize Eurovision Grand Prix for Young Musicians, Vienna 1998), Alexandra Soumm (1st Prize Eurovi-sion Grand Prix for Young Musicians, Lucerne 2004), Maria Duenas (1st Prize Zhuhai International Mozart Competition, 2017 and 1st Prize International Vladimir Spivakov Violin Competition, Ufa, 2018), Dalibor Karvay (1st Prize Eurovision Grand Prix for Young Musicians, Berlin 2002; 1st Prize International Tibor Varga Competition, Switzerland 2003; 1st Prize David Oistrakh Competi-tion, Moscow 2008), Lorenzo Gatto (2nd Prize Queen Elizabeth Competition, Brussels 2009), Ondrej Janoska (Janoska Ensemble) and Aleksey Igudesman (Igudesman & Joo).

In addition to this he educated more than 40 laureates of national and international competitions, his pupils have been appointed Professors at Universities, playing in various chamber music ensembles and orchestras of the world – 7 of his students play at the Vienna Philharmonics.

At the same time he constantly gives masterclasses at renowned academies like the Verbier Festival Academy and Kronberg Academy and is a jury member of various international music competitions such as Queen Elizabeth Competition in Brussels, Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis, Niccolò Paganini Competition in Genua, the Long

Thibaud Competition in Paris, Joseph Joachim Competition in Hannover, Singapore International Violin Competition, Tibor Varga Competition in Switzer-land, Michael Hill Competition in New Zealand, Eurovision Competition, David Oistrakh Competition in Moscow, Pablo de Sarasate Competition in Pamplona, George Enescu Competition in Bucharest, Seoul International Music Competi-tion, Violin Masters in Monte Carlo, ARD International Music Competition in Munich, Louis Spohr Competition in Weimar, Andrea Postacchini International Violin Competition in Fermo, Aram Khachaturian International Competition in Yerevan and the Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition.

In 1984 Boris Kuschnir founded the Wiener Schubert Trio which received many prestigious awards, among them the 1. Prize at the international Chamber Music Competition Sergio Lorenzi in Trieste, Italy with Sandor Vegh as president of the jury, the Mozart Interpretationspreis 1988 in Vienna and the Prize of the Ernst von Siemens Foundation1990. Boris Kuschnir played as a soloist and a chamber musician in some of the world’s most illustrious venues: Wiener Musikverein, Teatro alla Scala in Milan, La Fenice in Venice, the Wigmore Hall London, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Berlin Philharmonic Hall, the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, as well as in the Hall of the Tchaikovsky Conservatoire Moscow, the Ishibashi Memorial Hall and the Suntory Hall in Tokyo. He has taken part in numerous festivals such as Salzburg Festival, Verbier Festival, Gidon Kremer’s Lockenhaus Festival, Vienna Festival, Besançon, Wahington, Spoleto, Naples, Stresa, Bregenz Festival, Mecklenburg-Vorpommen, December Evening (Swiatoslaw Richter Winterfestival) – Moscow, White Nights – St. Petersburg, Julian Rachlin & Friends Festival – Dubrovnik.

Boris Kuschnir appears with such illustrious partners as Evgeny Kissin, Elisabeth Leonskaja, Boris Berezovsky, Leif Ove Andsnes, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Itamar Golan, Stefan Vladar, Elena Bashkirova, Julian Rachlin, Nikolaj Znaider, Maxim Vengerov, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Renaud Capucon, David Garrett, Yuri Bashmet, Gérard Caussé, Nobuko Imai, Lawrence Power, Veronika Hagen, David Car-penter, Antoine Tamestit, Mischa Maisky, Boris Pergamenschikow, Natalia Gut-man, Miklós Perényi, Steven Isserlis, Gautier Capuçon, Sol Gabetta, Gary Hoff-mann, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Ivan Monighetti and Hatto Beyerle, Thomas Kak-uska, Valentin Erben of Alban Berg Quartet. Both as soloist and chamber musi-cian Boris Kuschnir made numerous recordings, notably the complete Mozart piano trios for EMI, which were released in the Mozart year 1991.

In 1993 he founded the Vienna Brahms Trio which made their highly acclaimed debut at the Gidon Kremer’s Lockenhaus Festival in Austria. In 1996, the Trio won First Prize at the 9th International Chamber Music Competition in Illzach, France. Their recording of Schumann’s complete works for Piano trio was released on the Naxos label in 1999. He was co-founder of the Kopelman Quartet in 2002 with which he is giving concerts all over the world since and has released CDs at Nimbus Records and Wigmore Hall Live.

1999 the Austrian President Dr. Thomas Klestil awarded Boris Kuschnir with the official title „Professor“. In 2008 the President of the Republic of Austria Dr. Heinz Fischer awarded Boris Kuschnir with the “Grand Decoration of Honour in Silver for Services to the Republic of Austria” and in 2013 with the “Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and the Arts, First Class”.

The President of the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing Wang Cizhao awarded the certificate of Honorary Professorship to Boris Kuschnir in December 2014.

   Juan  Pardo  has  played  in  orchestras  around  the  world.  Since  September  2018  JuanPardo  has  been  the principal trombonist of the Armenian National Philharmonic Orchestra (ANPO, Principal Conductor and Artistic Director Eduard  Topchjan).  Before  that  Juan  Pardo  was  the  principal  trombonist  of  the  Orquestra  Filarmónica  de  Jalisco  (OFJ, Mexico,  2010-2017).  Also  Juan  Pardo  was  the  principal  trombonist  of  the  Orquesta  Sinfónica  de  la  Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (Monterrey, Mexico, 2008 - 2009). After holding this position, Mr. Pardo was appointed as the principal  trombonist  of  the  Orquesta  Sinfónica  de  la  Universidad  de  Guanajuato  (OSUG)  under  the  baton  of  Maestro Enrique  Batiz.  2009-2010.  During  his  professional  career,  Juan  Pardo  worked  under  the  baton  of  prestigious  Spanish and well-known international conductors.Except his orchestral career Trombonist Juan Pardo is committed to the performance of solo and chamber music. He has performed many solo and band concerts around the world. Juan Pardo participated as a soloist in the International Trombone  Festival  (USA,  Redlands,  California,  2017),  International  Brass  Festival  (Guanajuato,  Mexico  2016),  Festival de  Música  Vientos  de  la  Montaña  (Mexico,  2017),  Laguna  BRASS  Festival  (Mexico,  2015),  Busan  MARU  International Music Festival (South Korea, 2015) among others.Mr.  Pardo  performed  like  soloist  with  Armenian  National  Chamber  Orchestra  and  Armenian  National  Philharmonic Orchestra.As  an  educator,  Mr.  Pardo  has  served  as  the  Professor  of  Trombone  at  the  Universidad  de  Guanajuato  (Mexico, 2016-2017).  Also,  Juan  Pardo  has  been  invited  to  participate  as  a  guest  teacher  in  a  variety  of  international  events. Since September 2018 Juan Pardo has served as the Professor of Trombone at the 'Brass Academy' operating under the patronage of Armenian National Philharmonic Orchestra and YerazArt international Foundation.Juan  Pardo  is  a  performing  artist  of  the  prestigious  S.E.  Shires  Company  (www.seshires.com)  and  Mouthpiecea UltimateBrass.   

 Edita Randová is amongst the leading Czech mezzosoprano singers. At the beginning of her artistic career she underwent voice training with Milada Musilová and at present works regularly with Marta Boháčová. She has also completed her private studies of piano playing. Critics have praised especially the range and tone of her voice, in connection with her wide range of means of expression, supported by excellent singing technique. She commenced her singing career in the Musical Theatre in Karlín, and in the State Opera in Prague, where she performed a number of national and world repertoire. She took part in a number of foreign tours of the State Opera of Prague, such as in Japan and Switzerland. In 1992 and 1993 she took part in a course of international singing master classes under the guidance of Eva Randová.  At present she is devoting herself predominantly to concert activity. In 2000 she took part in a large concert tour throughout the Czech Republic bearing the title „Czech spring with Edita Randová“. She regularly performs concerts at home and abroad: Austria, Great Britain, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Hungary, Moldova, Germany, Slovenia, Slovakia, Norway, Finland, Australia, Brazil, Mexico, USA (Carnegie Hall), Canada and China. She also participates in a range of internationals festivals. In the year 2003, the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affaires entrusted her to visit Australia, to promote Czech music there. In 2009, she was awarded the Gustav Mahler European Prize for her outstanding   contribution to music and she had her debut in Opera in Mexico as Maddalena in Verdi's "The Rigoletto”. In 2010, she received prize "La Reconnaissance culturelle Medaile d´OR Internationale 2010". She has performed as a soloist with important orchestras including Symhony Orchestra of the Czech Radio, Prague Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra of Pardubice, Karlovy Vary Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonic Orchestra Hradec Králové, West Bohemian Symphony Orchestra of Mariánské Lázně, Camerata Polifonica Siciliana, Chesapeake Orchestra, London City Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra of Stowe Opera, Romania State Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra Sinfonica della Provincia di Bari, Filarmonia de Gaia, Orquestra Sinfônica do Teatro Nacional Claudio Santoro, Orquestra Sinfônica da Bahia, Orquesta Sinfónica de la UAC, Morelos Chamber Orchestra, Oaxaca Symphony Orchestra, Lincolnwood Chamber Orchestra ....., under the directorship of leading Czech and international conductors.  In addition to her opera work, Edita Randová also has a varied concert repertoire, including oratorios, cantatas, masses, song collections or individual songs by old masters, as well as contemporary compositions from leading international composers. Among her most important recordings are a discs with songs of Antonín Dvořák. She has cooperated with the Czech Radio, where he has made several song cycles by Czech and world composers. Her recordings were broadcasted by radio stations in Italy, Australia, France and Argentina. She is an Artistic director of the "International music festival Tóny nad městy". Edita has been teaching singing for many years and is also invited to participate served as a jury member in various international competitions. 

  With more than 25 years as Principal flute at OSESP (State of São Paulo  Symphonic Orchestra), OSB (Brazilian Symphonic Orchestra) and State of  Espirito Santo Symphonic Orchestra, since 2001 Rogério Wolf performs  solo and chamber music concerts.

Board jury of many competitions including the Young Artists Competitions  and High School Competition at NFA Convention 2019 as well at 2015´s 3rd International Maxence Larrieu Flute Competition, in Nice (France), 

Among many records, his last álbum “Imagens” was recorded with the Budapest Radio Symphonic Orchestra.

Soloist at OSESP, OSPA, Sinfônica da USP (São Paulo University),  Ribeirão Preto Symphonic Orchestra, Campinas Symphonic Orchestra, Santos  Symphonic Orchestra, Paraguay National Simphonic Orchestra, Amazonas  Philarmonic and State of Espirito Santo Symphonic Orchestra, among others.

Performs workshops and masterclasses all over the world, including  Japan, USA, Spain, Germany, France, Switzerland, Russia, Finland,  Ecuador, Argentina, Costa Rica, Portugal and Slovenia.

A multi-instrumentalist, being one of the very few in the world who you can see performing as a soloist with two instruments on the same stage with an orchestra, internationally acclaimed harpist, pianist, composer, and professor Dr. Chaerin Kim is the winner of several international competitions. She was the winner of the Special Prize of Best Performance of Russian Music at the International Harp Competition in Russia, winner of the Future Classic Women Award from the London Radio Station, the CFA Award and Department Honor Award from Boston University, the Garrett Award, Foundation Award, and Julia Leney Harp Prize in London, the Soloist Competition Winner at Ewha University, Kaywon School for the Arts, and Boston University, the Bronze Medalist for Solo Piano at the Walgan Music Competition, and winner of the Grand Prize from the Korean Student’s Newspaper.  She has been featured as a soloist on both instruments: Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2, Debussy Danses for Harp, Mozart’s Flute and Harp Concerto with UMB Orchestra, Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 with Boston Chamber Orchestra, the Ginastera Harp Concerto with BU Symphony Orchestra, Ginastera Harp Concerto with Seongnam Philharmonic, a Guest Soloist of the International Music Festival broadcast live in Korea, Ravel’s Introduction and Allegro and Debussy’s Danses with Yonsei Sinfonietta, and the Pierne Harp Concerto with EU Orchestra. Her harp performance has been used for the British movie Kaleidoscope (Main actor Toby Jones), which was the winner of Best Performance at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. As a composer, her composition, Rendezvous, has 100 versions, including versions for orchestra, harp, piano, and voice, with lyrics written by her and translated into 80 different languages, and the orchestral version of Rendezvous had its world premiere in Boston, Massachusetts. She released 146 songs (7 Albums and 91 Singles), and many of her music was aired on the radio stations in U.S., and UK. Most recently, she was nominated for and awarded the Future Classic Women Awards through the London Radio Station, who interviewed her twice, and also interviewed with WCPE Radio in the U.S.  Dr. Kim’s musical studies began when she was six years old. She majored in piano at the Yewon Music Middle School, while also beginning studies in cello and voice. After Yewon, she went on to attend Kaywon High School of Arts, where she continued to major in piano. In her last year, at the age of eighteen, she also started lessons on harp, and six months later won the Soloist Audition for Harp. She received her B.A. with Highest Honors from Ewha University in Seoul – then, while pursuing her master’s degree at Ewha, she was offered a scholarship for a PGD at the Royal Academy of Music in London, where she graduated with “distinction.” She got her M.M. from Yale University on a scholarship, graduating summa cum laude. She was invited to the Artist’s Diploma program at Yale and Graduate Diploma Program at New England Conservatory – however, she decided to pursue her doctorate at Boston University, where she was offered a full scholarship. She was the “quickest recipient of a Doctorate” in BU Music School’s history, completing it in three and a half years.  As a contest judge and jury, Dr. Kim was the artistic director of the USA International Music Competition in 2010, and in 2021& 2022, she is judging at 12 international competitions for both harp and piano: the Music International Grand Prix in New York, the King’s Peak International Music Competition in California, the World Vision Music Contest in Germany, the Grand Metropolitan International Music Competition in Canada, the International Music Competition in Serbia, Music Modern in Ukraine, Performer’s Certificate in Thailand, Musical South Palmyra in Ukraine, the International Youth Music Competition in Atlanta, Danubia International Music Competition in Hungary, Melbourne International Piano and Strings Festival and Competition in Australia, IX Stockholm International Music Competition in Sweden, and IX JSFest International Instrumental Music Competition in Finland. Dr. Kim was formerly a professor at Eastern Nazarene College, where she taught harp, piano, music theory and music history classes, and was also the former Head of the Harp Department at Adagio Music Academy and South Shore Conservatory. Currently, she is an artistic director of UIMC, an artist with the TTF Entertainment company in China, and a professor of both instruments; harp and piano at University of Massachusetts Boston, Schloss Akademie in Germany, and harp and piano through the Office of Arts at Harvard University.