2021 SPRING STRINGS WINNERS - GROUP A (5-7)

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 Aurora is 5 years old. She starts violin lesson at age 3. She loves  music and has been practicing violin and piano everyday from the very  first day of her music journey. She is now learning violin from  Professor Magdalena Richter of New England Conservatory and has been  taking master classes from many award winning violinists. She was the  first prize winner of Little Mozarts International Music Competition,  2020. Aurora loves nature and animals which inspire her to improvise  beautiful melody on violin and piano on her own. She is a wonderful  daughter, always showing love and respect to her parents.  

 Ryan Zheng is 6 years old from Cincinnati, Ohio. He has been learning  Violin since age 4 and his teacher is Mr. Andrii Isakov at The  University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM). Ryan has  won an honorable award at the 2021 American Music Talent Competition. He  loves music and finds it inspiring and fulfilled. 

 Cayden is 7 years old and lives in Sydney, Australia. He started  learning piano at the age of 3 and completed his grade 3 AMEB exam at  the age of 5. He started violin at the age of 4 and completed his grade 7  AMEB last year with a high distinction. He currently studies at the  Australian Violin Academy under Shu Qi Mou. At school he plays in the  Chamber Ensemble under Mrs Geraldine Campbell and the Chamber Orchestra  under Mrs Ludmila Palmer. He has won 1st prize in various eisteddfods  and also won his school soloist competitions at the Junior and  Intermediate levels. Cayden is excited to perform in his first  international music competition.    

 Ruixi started to play the violin when he was 5, his teacher is Ilya  Shpigelman. Ruixi already played several Vivaldi and Bach concertos; his  favorite composer is Bach. When he’s free, he likes playing Lego,  transformers, and reading about dinosaurs. Ruixi has a lot of energy, he  likes running and bicycling when he’s outside. 

 Evelyn is 5 years old and lives in Sydney Australia. She started  learning violin at the age of 4 and advanced to Grade 3 violin after 1  year of learning. She is preparing to sit her grade 3 Australian Music  Examinations Board exam this year. She also enjoys practicing Hapkido  and recently won 1st prize in her school swimming competition. Evelyn is  excited to share her music to a world audience. .

 Julia comes from San Diego, California, USA. She was born in 2014. She  started playing violin in mid 2020, during the height of the pandemic.  As such, her entire learning has been conducted through Zoom meetings  with her brilliant and patient violin teacher, Ms. Tingting Wang, in San  Diego. She is currently a first grader, navigating all the her classes  and assignments through Zoom meetings and iPad apps. Besides violin, she  is also learning piano. She is an avid reader, having broad interest in  both fiction and nonfiction. She also likes drawing, Kong Fu, and of  course, talking! .

 Miles Marsollek (born October 2015) began taking violin lessons at the  age of three and a half with Mika Yonezawa, the deputy concertmaster of  the Komische Oper in Berlin.  After four months of lessons he had his first audition, and after  another two months he played his first small concert. Since then, other  public appearances have followed. In May 2021 he will give a concert in  the Berlin State Opera.  Miles has already composed two pieces for violin and is currently taking  part in his first national and international competitions. He has just  won a first prize at a competition in Germany in a duo with his brother  Maddox (piano, 7 years old)  .

  Mowen started to play the violin six months ago with Ilya Shpigelman.  Mowen likes music. He always wants to play the violin or keyboard to his  family. Mowen is also a train enthusiast. He has a lot of train books  and toys, and he likes drawing different types of trains.  .

 Cason is a 6-year-old boy from Hong Kong. He began playing the cello  when he was 5 years old.  He has recently awarded the 1st prize in  London “Grand Prize Virtuoso” 2021; 1st place in 8th Hong Kong  International Youth Performance Arts Festival, International Final  Round.  In 2020, at the age of 5, he won Gold award in Asian String  Teachers Association (ASTA) Music Talents Online Competition; Champion  in Hong Kong Music Talent & Performance Award (Strings Kindergarten  Advanced Class); Champion in 13th Hong Kong Students Open Music  Competition (Cello Grade 3).  Besides cello, he also loves playing the  drums.   .

 Kanas is just turned 7 years old. He started playing cello at the age of  6. After he played Cello for 3 months. He was the finalist of World  Championship of Performing Arts Competition 2021 to go for the next  competition in the USA. He loves playing Cello so much. He also play  other instruments such as Tenor Horn, Piano and the traditional Thai  instrument. .

 Heeley is a 7-year-old girl from Hong Kong. She has been learning to  play the harp for almost 3 years.  During the period between 2019 and  2021, she won 1st Prize Award in numerous music competitions.  Her dream  is to be a harpist.  .

 Marchesa Liu Tsz Yau, a 6-year-old girl from HK, has been learning to  play the harp since she was 5 years old.  Recently, she has been awarded First Place in Young Musician (5-10 years  old) by Rocky Mountain Music Competition (Canada), 21th Osaka  International Music Competition (Japan - HK region); Second Prize in  Artists of the year 2019/2020, Rising Talents of Asia & Oceania  Competition 2020 by Great Composers Competition (UK) and The Muse 2020  International Music Competition (Greece); Third Place in The  international European Music Competition 2020 (Germany - HK region), and  11th International Music Competition (Belgrade, Serbia); Second  runner-up in Tokyo International Youth Music Competition 2020 (Japan -  HK Region); a champion in Creative Arts & Development Association, a  champion in Hong Kong Angel Charity Music Festival Competition 2020 and  first runner-up in Muse Music Asia 2020.   .

 Elise has been learning harp since she was 5 years old. She enjoyed  performing as a soloist in school's Christmas Nativity's show, and at  some informal concerts. She particularly enjoyed playing the harp and  flute duet Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod). She has recently started playing for  competitions – she has won two gold prizes in the London Young  Musicians competition for the age 6 and under category and the grade 4  category. She has also won a second place in the Junior category (age 11  and under) in the Independent School Association Young Musician  National Competition in the UK. 

 Stephanie is a seven-year-old girl who loves sharing her harp music. She  was amazed by what she could bring to others with this dear friend. She  has performed in concert halls, elderly centres, hospitals, school  fairs, friend's weddings and shopping malls.  Since the age of four,  Stephanie has won in multiple competitions and made friends around the  world by joining international music events. She is passionate and  enthusiastic in performing on stage and has performed in Hong Kong,  Japan, Singapore and Belgium. Recently, Stephanie loves playing in a  harp ensemble and learning improvisation and song accompaniment with the  harp. 

 My name is Abraham River Chan, a 6 years old boy living in Hong Kong. I  have been learning Harp for 4 months, motivated by love and my family.  Harp is my favorite musical instrument which massage my spirit and mood  with the full vibrant tones. I enjoy playing Harp solo as well as duo  with my father playing the Cello. Music is fun and inspirational! It is a  beautiful language to express myself in an elegant and beautiful way. 

 Wesley Deng, was born in San Jose California United States in 2012. He  started  playing violin at the age of five under guidance of Dr. Ann  Kerobyan. He received First Place Medal at Bay Area Music Association in  the US International Open Music Competition in 2020. He finds music is a  beautiful way to express himself to the outside world and he enjoys the  challenges in music. Music has changed his personality in ways of  paying close attention to the world and relating things in nature with  music. Besides music, he likes sports and zoology. 

 10 years old, lives in Mostar. He is playing violin since he was 7 years  old. So far, he has a lot of success in various competitions and  performances. He won many awards at international competitions (Croatia,  BiH, Northern Macedonia, Italy, Spain …), serval times he has been a  winner in his category. Antonio also performed as a soloist with the  Mostar Symphony Orchestra. Currently he attends the 3rd grade of music  school “Muzička škola I i II stupnja Mostar” in the class of professor  Ana Pranjković. Regularly attends master classes with renowned  violinists. 

 Born in Cincinnati Ohio, Ava Zhang is 8 years old. Ava started her  violin lessons with Mr. Andrii Isakov when she was 5 years old.    Inspired by Mr. Isakov, Ava set her goal to become a professional  violinist. She received the “Honorable Award” of the 2021 American Music  Talent Competition, hosted by American Youth Musician Union, for her  extraordinary and inspiring performance.    Ava is a loving daughter, a big sister, a hard-working student and a  good friend. Besides playing violin, Ava also enjoys singing, dancing  and hiking.  

 Clancy Liu-Tian was born in Sydney,Australia and started to learn violin  from age of 5. He has won multiple Eisteddfod Competitions for String  in 2018 and 2019. Also, he has won the 3rd place in 2021 American Youth  Competition and a semifinal winner for Music International Grand  Prix(Youth Strings).In November 2020,he has passed Grade 8 AMEB  comprehensive exam for Violin with High Distinction and entered Rising  Star Program at Sydney Conservatory of Music, studying with Professor.  Alice Waten. 

 I am Hannah Yap Qian Yi 10-year old. I was born in Kuala Lumpur,  Malaysia. I Started piano and violin study at the age of 4 and picked up  my vocal study at the age of 9.  I have participated and won many gold, silver medals and 1st prize  winners in various regional and international music competitions and  festivals.  I am very passionate about music and art. I always dreamed to be a music  composer, performers like pianist, violinist, singer, artist, and  ballerina. 

 William Yan is from Orange County, California. He began his violin  studies with Mrs. Wendy Castille of Irvine, California at the very  beginning of 2020, when he was 7 years old. William is mature for his  age; he understands to be good at anything requires hard work and  dedication. His favorite violinist is Ray Chen and his favorite pieces  are “The Devil’s Trill” and Bach’s “Chaconne”.  During his free time, he  likes to ride his skateboard and scooter, play with his little brother,  or just read a book. 

 Deann Huang(9yrs) is a full scholarship student of the Conservatory  Program at the Gifted Music School. Deann first started playing violin  at the age of 4, at the age of 5 she won second  place at the 2016  American protégé Competition in the 5-10 year old group. In 2019 Deann  had her first recital and made it to the final round of the Salute to  Youth Competition. She placed 1st in the Utah Music Teacher  Association’s 8-11 year old violin concerto group.  Deann is a fourth grade student. She also enjoys sports, painting,  science and writing.   

 Anri Ko is from Taiwan, resides in Pennsylvania, and is a 4th grader at  The Baldwin School. She began studying violin at the age of four, and is  currently studying with Ms. Yayoi Numazawa. Anri also plays piano and  is studying with Ms. Natalie Zhu. Anri was awarded the gold prize at the  Little Mozart competition for violin, and was awarded the silver prize  at the Golden Key Competition for piano. Besides music, Anri loves  drawing and reading books. She is preparing for the Reading Olympics at  her school and has recently finished the Math Olympiads.      

 Tang Chun Lau is a 10 years old classical Violinist. He began playing  the Violin when he was 8 years old. He is currently studying Violin with  Mr. John Ma Pou Mang. Beside Violin, he also enjoys playing the Piano  and Cello. He also participates in the school orchestra and choir. He  attended a Piano master class: "International Piano Master Class  2021(Online Edition)" with Professor M° Andrea Trovato from Italy. He  won national and international competitions.       

 Rachelle Amelia Tan, from Singapore, has been learning the violin and  the piano since 5 years old. A few years later, Rachelle discovered the  mellow voice of the viola after attending a recital and asked to learn  the viola too.   Since 2019, Rachelle has taken part in various international and local  music competitions, winning awards.  She also enjoys writing piano music  in her free time. Over the weekends, Rachelle can be seen swimming laps  at the pool with her brother. .       

 Yuxin Wang started playing the cello at the age of 5 and was accepted as  a student at Central Conservatory of Music Middle School in 2020. She  participated in many masterclasses given by renowned cellists, including  Lynn Harrell, Martti Rousi, Li-Wei Qin, Bonian Tian, and Michel  Strauss.  She has won several prizes in international music competitions,  including the First Prize in Strings Category of the 6th Enkor  International Music Competition, the First Prize in Group A of the 12th  Savshinsky International Music Competition, and the First Prize in  Category 1 of the 3rd Gustav Mahler Prize Cello Competition.        

 * 3rd grade of elementary school in South Korea  * Started learning the cello last year(2020)  * Won three prizes at competitions based in Korea      - R&R Music Competition(2020)      - Kookmin Daily - Hansae Univ. Music Competition(2021)      - Music Journal Competition(2021)        

 Jiyou Park  was born in 2012 in Brisbane, Australia. She started to play  the cello at the age of 5. She has recently been awarded second place  in the Brisbane international music festival and third place in American  Music Talent Competition.  She really enjoys listening to other  performers and playing all different types of music pieces. 

 Ioana Rebegel is 10 years old and she is in her third year of studying Cello. 

 Parson comes from Hong Kong. He started playing the cello at the age of 6  and began 7th grade at the age of 7.  In 2021, he won 1st prize in  London “Grand Prize Virtuoso”; 1st place in 8th Hong Kong International  Youth Performance Arts Festival, Hong Kong Preliminary Round &  International Final Round.  In 2020, he won 1st prize in Salzburg “Grand  Prize Virtuoso”; 1st place in International Young Musicians Music  Competition, Wien Final; Gold prize in 21st OSAKA International Music  Competition, Hong Kong Round; 1st place in Tokyo International Youth  Music Competition, Hong Kong Region; 1st place in Taipei Youth Music  Online Competition, Hong Kong Region; 1st place in 7th Hong Kong  International Music Festival, Hong Kong District Round &  International Final Round; Gold award in Asian String Teachers  Association (ASTA) Music Talents Online Competition.  Besides cello, he  also likes playing the drums and music composition. 

 Maximilian Kwan loves music.  Having played cello for only 4 years, in  2021 he was a place winner at the American Protégé Piano & Strings  and London Grand Prize Virtuoso competitions, with invitations to  perform at Carnegie Hall and Albert Hall, in addition to winning 1st  prizes in music competitions in Russia and Hong Kong.  On piano, which  he started playing at 3, in 2019 he performed his own composition at the  11th Singapore International Chinese Piano Arts Festival, and attained a  Platinum Award from Le Petit Performers’ Fest in Singapore.  At school,  Max has featured as first cello in cello ensembles, plays in the  strings orchestra, and during lockdown in 2020 created a video of  himself performing all four parts of a Telemann concerto for four  cellos.  A recipient of a High Honors Award from Johns Hopkins  University’s Center for Talented Youth, he enjoys coding, chess and  basketball, and recently earned his 3rd level black belt in taekwondo.   He studies with Natasha Liu (cello) and Dr. John Sharpley (piano). 

 Hi, my name is Lorren Lee and I am 10 years old. I started to learn harp  since year 2, I was a big fan of Miyazaki Hayao’s animation film  “Arrietty.” From then, I fell in love with the theme song of that movie.  I started to browse youtube to hear that song several times. The song  “Arrietty” was sang by a French artist named Cecil Corbel. I really  loved her playing harp and from that time, I started to ask my mum that I  want to learn it. This had become the beginning of my harp journey.  

 Elizaveta is 8 years old and is a 2-nd grade student at a Children's Art  School in Moscow, Russia. She's been playing harp for 2 years now and  enjoys it. 

 Shagabutdinov Amelie. The student of the 3rd class of the Konikijke  academy, Belgium. Her teacher is Mrs. Marijke Vermeiren. Amelie loves  classical music. P. Tchaykovsky, Bernard Andres, Katryn Cater are her  favorite composers. Successfully participated in the proect harp  ensemble. She plays the piano independently at home (on a basic level).  Her dream is to play a harp (solo) with an orchestra. 

  My name is Lilya Zhang. I was born in 2011, and I come from the United  States. I started learning Guzheng less then 4 years ago from my mom.  Since last year, I started learning piano and violin, and also started  joining some competitions. I got two 1st place winners on solo and  ensemble of China Yangzhou youth international Zheng invitational  competition in 2020. I like to go to performances and festivals every  year, and participate in them. I also participate in ensembles, and  duets. I enjoy listening to both classical and jazz music. 

 Ivarine is 10 years old. She started play piano since she was five. She  just started to play Traditional Thai Instrument. She love to play many  kind of music instruments. She won many music competitions. She won  First Prize from Euro Kids Winter International Contest for Young  Talents (Italy), First Prize from Magic Muse International Online  Competition (Russia), Silver Medal from Canadian International Music  Competition and I Kyoto International Music Competition.  

 Sofie Dardzinski has been playing classical guitar since the age of 5.  She began her studies with the composer/performer Javier Farias, and has  continued at the Levine School of Music in the studio of Franco  Platino. She loves to play guitar and never misses a day of practice!  She has played in several recitals and competitions. In addition to  guitar performance, Sofie continues to study composition with Javier  Farias, and particularly loves creating pieces inspired by nature. When  she is not playing guitar, Sofie enjoys writing poetry, playing soccer,  riding horses, and studying math.  

 I started study the violin at the age of 6 with teacher Liuta CAMPEANU,  at the "Augustin Bena" Music School in parallel with his theoretical  studies at the Avram Iancu High School in Cluj-Napoca. I participated in violin competitions in my country, and since last year  I have participated in competitions abroad, where I won important  prizes. Of these: 1st place at many national competitions; 2nd place  International Violin Competition, Slovakia; 1st place World Art Games,  Fiestalonia, Spain. I participated in masterclasses with important violonists 

 Davide has been studying violin since he was 4 years old. Pupil of  Maestro Marco Serino at the Trento Conservatory (Italy), he studied with  Maestro Giulio Rovighi at the Latina Conservatory (Rome, Italy). First  prize at the XVII International Competition "Città di Padova" 2019,  first prize at the International Competition for Young Musicians "Luigi  Zanuccoli" 2018 and second prize at the Grand Prize Virtuoso Competition  2019. He has attended many summer music courses in Poland, Germany and  Austria and the Masterclasses of Ilya Grubert in Rome and Pavel Vernikov  in Vienna. 

 Barbara Jankowska was born in 2009 in Poland. She started to learn  playing the  violin at the age of 6. She is a student of the  Music  School of  Emil Mlynarski in Warsaw in the violin class of Mrs. Jolanta  Maciejewska.  She is a laureate of many international violin  and  chamber competitions. Grad Prix  International Performance Music  Competition, I Prize and debut at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie  Hall in Golden Classical Music Awards Competition and Laureate i.e.  Talents For  Europe and Myron Poliakin  Competition, . She also  performed at the Royal Castle,  the Chopin University of Music,  the  National Philharmonic in Warsaw and at the Warminsko-Mazurska   Philharmonic. She attended the violin master class in Slovakia and  Poland.  

 Anisiya Artemova has been playing the violin since she was 5 y.o. She  studies at The Sviridov children's art school №1 in Balashikha. Her  excellent teacher is Marina Kozlova. Anisiya is a successful participant  in many violin competitions and festivals, including Grumiaux  Competition, Rieding Competition, Gnessin Competition, Turchaninova  Competition, The Nutcracker, The Night of Madrid, «Auer. Heritage»,  Tchaikovsky Art Festival et cetera. Anisiya likes competitions and  festivals because she likes to travel. She likes to play in front of an  audience. She runs her own YouTube channel and also likes to dance,  draw, play chess and she loves cats very much. 

 Iustin-Alexandru ROMAN, 13 years old, was born in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.  He is in the 6th grade of the secondary school at the College of  Informatics from his birth town. Meanwhile, he attends the courses of  the “Augustin Bena” Vocational Music School of Cluj-Napoca. His violin  teacher, Liuta Cimpeanu, is the one who gives him confidence to pursue a  dream barely beginning to shape itself. Acceding into the second round  of this competition and competing at this level is like a dream become  true for someone like him, who studies music as a hobby. 

 Hi My name is Deron Lin, I started playing the violin when I was 3 years  old. he learned with Ms Hyejin Chung at Takako Nishizaki Violin Studio.  I am currently studying at the Hong Kong International School grade 7. I  am a member of the school's middle school string orchestra and also  play as a first violin with the HK Youth Symphonic Orchestra.  I have  participated in the  2020 AMIS Middle School String Orchestra Event.  Music and violin are an important of my life. Recently I started my fund  raising project through virtue performance to raise fund to donate to a  charitable organisation in HK who provide free music learning  opportunities to children from low income family. Besides music , I love  playing basketball and tennis.  s.

 Jaein Park was born in South Korea, and he moved to Vancouver, Canada,  at age 5. Jaein is currently in Grade 6 of Our Lady of Perpetual Help  Elementary School. Jaein likes to sing a song and listen to all kinds of  music. Especially, he loves and enjoys playing the violin and piano.  Jaein started learning to play the piano at age 5 and the violin at age  6. His violin teacher is Ms. Lawrie Hill, a department co-head of violin  in Vancouver Academy of Music (VAM). He was a concertmaster in the  Junior Orchestra last year, and he is now an associate concertmaster in  the intermediate orchestra of VAM under Mr. Joseph Elworthy's conduct.  

 Weilun Huang was born in a musical family in 2007. At the age of four, he started to study piano with his parents, and at the age of eight, he started to study cello with Professor Yu Mingging, doctoral supervisor of the Central Conservatory of Music and president of the Cello Society of the Chinese Musicians Association. In 2017, he entered the 4th grade cello program of the Central Conservatory of Music with excellent results, Alan has won many prizes in piano and cello competitions. His piano awards include: the gold medal in the pre-school section of the 3rd Hong Kong International Youth Piano Invitational Competition and the first prize in the 1st Bastian International Piano Competition in Beijing.  The main cello awards received are Gold medal in the cello 8-year-old group in the third Beijing-Zhu Youth Arts Festival Invitational Competition.  Third Prize of the 7th Aegean Cup and 2nd International Cello Competition for Non Professional Children 1 Group 2017. 2019, he won the fifth place in the professional children‘s section of the Eighth Aegean Cup and the Third International Cello Competition, and the first place in the professional children‘s section"Chinese Works Prize" and the professional repertoire ll section, and performed at the closing concert of the poly Theater,  In 2020, she won the third place in the Professional Children's Group and the first place in the Professional Repertory Children's Group at the 2nd CelloFamily International Cello Competition.  In 2020. he won the Grand Prize of the Bonn Artists' Grand Prix International Music Competition, with a perfect score of 100 points, and received the Outstanding Young Talent Award from the organizing committee.  In 2019. he joined the"Cello Family"Cello Chamber Orchestra as principal of the four-voice section, and performed with the orchestra in CCTV, Poly Theatre. Wangfu Concert Hall of the Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing"Long Garden Vintage". Weifang Grand Theatre. Guiyang Grand Theatre and other places, performing a number of works for band and repertoire.  

 Emanuel Grigori Schulze, age 12, is a cellist from Frankfurt (Oder),  Germany. His teachers, Prof. David Grigorian (Munich) and solo cellist Thomas  Georgi, have accompanied him since 2014. During the past years, Emanuel  has had the opportunity to partake in various contests. He has won first  prizes with a perfect score in both regional and state level  competitions of "Jugend musiziert". Additionally, he has won first  prizes and a special award for exceptional performance in the  International Karl-Adler Jugendmusikwettbewerb Stuttgart and a first  prize in the "Night in Madrid" International Youth Music  Festival-Competition Madrid in late 2020. 

 Michelle has been learning the Cello for 7 years and won first prize in  the Singapore International Festival of Music at age 9.  Her other awards include the 7th Insertional Dotzauer Competition for  Young Cellists in Dresden Germany and the International Television  Contest for Young Musicians `Nutcracker’ 2017 in Russia.  Michelle is the first prize winner of the Symphony 92.4 Young Talents  Project 2019 Singapore.  In 2018, Michelle was selected as the youngest performer in the Cello  Academie Rutesheim of Germany and admitted into the Masterclass of  Wolfgang Schmidt. Her performance was well received in the final  concert. 

 Gleb Arseniev-Kyrylych was born in 2009 in Kiev, Ukraine.  He started to play cello at the age of nine.  Now Gleb attends 3d form  in Cello class at Brovary Music School.  Gleb took part in Odesa Music Olymp 2020 competition, where he got  Diploma of Laureate III degree in strings category I. Also he took part  in International Charity Festival “Inna-Brovary” 2019 and 2020 years,  where he got Diplomas of Laureate of 1st and 2nd degrees.  He also plays in Music School Chamber Orchestra in Brovary. 

 My name is Martyna Staworko. I’m 11 years old, and I live In Olsztyn In  Poland. I started playing cello five years ago. I love taking part in  music competitions,  master classes and concerts. I also really enjoy  playing in orchestra and in my music band. I played concerts in a Royal  Castle in Warsaw, and in philharmonic Warmińsko- Mazurska. I got  fascinated by music, watching my sister playing accordion. 

 My name is Benediktas Zonys, I am a 12 year old student who has been  playing the cello for 7 years now. I have attended and won many  competitions over these years in Lithuania and abroad. My biggest dream  is to play with the symphony orchestra one day. 

 PERSONAL DETAILS: born 20.11.2007, Skien, Norway, age 13. Lithuanian/Norwegian/Russian cellist.   EXPERIENCE:   September 2018:  Special jury prize at Midgard konkurransen, Horten,  Norway.  November 2018:  Second prize at the National Young Musician Competition,  Norway /Oslo.  July 2019:  Second prize at the 30th Flame Competition, France/ Paris.  November 2020 – First Prize National Young Musician Competition, Norway  January 2021 – First Prize San-Francisco International Music Competition  February 2021 – Second Prize, Gustav Mahler International Cello  Competition  February 2021 – First Prize, US International Open Music Competition  EDUCATION:  September 2013: private lessons by Dag Øystein Berger as 6 year old kid,  Norway/ Oslo September 2013 – Desember 2019: Classes by teacher Kari Ravnan,  Barratt  Due Musikkinstitutt, Norway/ Oslo September 2018: Classes by cellists  Professor Tomas Strasil, Prague  Conservatory October 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019:    Classes by Audun Sandvik, Ole Eirik  Ree, Bjørg Lewis Oslo Conservatory November 2019: Classes by  Nicholas Jones, Royal Northern College of  Music. Berlin, November 2019: Masterclasses with Prof.David Geringas. After master classes Eva was invited to study with Prof.Ulrich Voss in  Berlin. September 2020 Usedomer Music Festival, masterclasses with Prof.David  Geringas Current teachers of Eva: Kari Ravnan (Oslo, Norway), Prof.Ulrich Voss  (Berlin).  GENERAL INFORMATION: Eva obtains very positive feedback from music teachers and jury members.  She is considered as one of the most promising young musicians in  Norway. Eva is a participant in the National Norwegian program for gifted  children “Young Talents”. Eva is in the 8th grade of the French School Lycee Rene Cassin, Norway,  Oslo. Eva speak: Lithuanian, Norwegian, French, English and Russian. 

 Veronica Kuo was born in July 2007 in the United States and started  learning piano at the age of 5. She has been learning cello for  four-plus years and is a member of Philharmonic Strings at middle  school. Furthermore, she attended the Certificate of Merit and won both  branch and state honor in piano and cello at the age of 12. She also  participated in the 2020 CMEA State Virtual Solo Festival. Veronica is  currently 13 years old and is planning to audition for the Chamber  Orchestra in her high school.  

 Mui Wing Yan is twelve years old. She is the harp principle in Sacred  Heart Canossian College Symphony Orchestra.  Wing Yan started playing the harp since she was 3 years old. Wing Yan  has won numerous awards in various harp competitions, including  internationally. Wing Yan was the champion in Concours Français de la  Harpe in 2013. She was also 2nd place in the 19th Osaka International  Music Competition in 2018 and won first prize in New York Golden  Classical Music Awards International Competition.   Wing Yan does voluntary works in hospitals and nursing homes playing the  harp and teaching the disabled. 

 David Zhu is 13 years old from New Jersey, USA. He started to learn  classical guitar at the age of 8. Now, David is a student at Precollege  of The Juilliard School; his teacher is Mrs. Tali Roth. As a young  classical guitarist, David frequently performs in the Precollege and  outside, such as NJ Performance Arts Center. He is an active member of  the NYC Classical Guitar Society; performs monthly at Open Mics. Newark  School of the Arts documented his solo guitar performance in a film  celebrating its 50 years birthday. He is the second place winner of 2020  Music Talent Competition and the second place winner of 2021 Piano and  Strings Competition of American Protégé International. He will have the  Carnegie Hall debuts in December, 2021. .

 Adam started playing violin at age 7 and is currently under the  instruction of Aimee Kreston. He is a two-time Satori International  Strings Competition winner, and received Grand Prize when he was in 7th  grade, performing Fritz Kreisler’s “Praeludium and Allegro”. In 8th  grade, he was awarded 1st place in the Southwestern Youth Music Festival  for performing Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 4. He was a first-chair  violinist in Pacific Symphony Santiago Strings. In 9th grade, he  continued his violin education in Taiwan under the direction of the  National Symphony Orchestra' Concertmaster, Mr. Ting-Yu Wu.  He  continued to be a member of the Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra as a  sophomore and a junior in high school.  Adam's other significant  achievement in his violin career includes the American Teacher  Association String Competition State Finalist  (2020), the American  Pretege Violin Concerto Competition First Place (2020 ; invited to play  at the Carnegie Hall New York), the Great Composer Competition- Best  Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto First Place (2020), and the International  Music Competition-American Youth Musician Union Honorable Prize (2021). 

 I was born on December 5, 2004 in Baku. I started playing the violin at the age of 6, I study at Bulbul Secondary Music School, Teacher: Nadir Eyvazov I am a laureate of many national and international competitions: 7th İMC of Young Classical Musicians of İslmaic World 2018 1st prize 3rd Heydar Aliyev Republican MC 2nd prize Future stars IMC 2018 1st prize 1st Azad Aliyev IVC 2019 2nd prize Testene Art IMC 2019 1st prize World Harmony IMC 2020 1st prize Caspi Art IMC 2020 1st prize Online Wave IMC 2021 1st prize 

 Carson started playing the violin at the young age of 5. Since then, he  has joined many competitions and received numerous awards. He kept  learning under Daria Kovtunova, a great Russian violinist. Also, he has  participated in the masterclasses held by world-class violinists,  including Akiko Suwanai, Prof. Kirill Troussov, Prof. Savva Fatkulin and  Prof. Sergey Fatkulin.  He began to show his talent for violin in 2019. Carson was chosen as a  performer in the “HKUST Music Alive” concert. Later in the year, he had  the chance to perform his first solo recital, which was opened to the  public. 

 Katerina Svecova was born in a small village in the Czech Republic. She  started playing the violin at the age of 5 in the elementary art school  in Domazlice. At the age of 13, she began attending Gymnasium and Music  school in Prague (Stepan Jezek's class). She is one of the winners of the "For the Vaclav Krucek Prize" violin  competition. In 2019 she won the 3rd prize at International Violin  Competition of PhDr. Josef Micka and Golden and special prize at the  "Youth of Bohuslav Martinu" music competition. The same year she  received the "Pearl of the Pilsen Region" award. 

 Lía García Oliva: young Cuban violinist who began her violin studies at  the age of nine at the “Paulita Concepción” elementary school of music.   Under the tutelage of her teacher María Verdecía, she participates in  various meetings, presentations and festivals in which she is gaining  notoriety.  At the present time she is only sixteen years old and is  perfecting her studies at the Amadeo Roldán Music Conservatory.  In  addition to the violin, she develops the career of Theoretical studies  of Music.  She is a member of the Chamber Orchestra of her conservatory.   She has received master classes from excellent musicians among which  stand out: Tai Murray (USA), Alexander Gilman (Germany), Raquel Castro  (Spain) among others. 

Alanna Li is a high school junior and studies violin with Elizabeth  Faidley. Alanna has enjoyed success at the Joseph and Goldie Feder  Competition, the East Coast International Competition, the New York  Concerto Debut Competition, the U.S. Army Orchestra Young Artist  Competition, the American Protégé International Concerto Competition,  the Canadian International Music Competition, and more. She has been  invited to perform at venues such as Carnegie Hall, the Lincoln Center,  the Kennedy Center, and the National Gallery of Art. Recently, she  performed in Austria and Hungary and was a featured soloist with the  U.S. All-National Choir.

 Anna Maria Gypaki was born on 17th of December 2006 and she has started  violin lessons at the age of 6. Her teachers  was  Konstantikos  Pavlakos, Marina Selkova and her current professor is George  Petropoulos. She got accepted at the State Conservatory of Thessaloniki  with excellent reviews. She is a member of 3 Orchestras:  -"MOYSA" Orchestra of the Thessaloniki Concert Hall  - The State Symphonic Orchestra of State Conservatory of Thessaloniki  - The Symphonic Orchestra of the Hellenic College of Thessaloniki She has been participating in various Music Festivals and International  Music Competitions and received many achievements.  Awards : -In 2018 Panhellenic Talent Live Music Competition of the Filonas  Foundation, Athens, Bronze Medal - International online contest Online Wave, 2021 / Spain I Prize,  95/100 points -International online contest World Art Games, 2021 / Spain I Prize,  99/100 points  -International online contest Music Box, 2021 /United Kingdom of Great  Britain, competition of two rounds with different repertoire  I Prize,   99/100 points  -From over 40 countries worldwide, American Youth Musician Union  Third Place Winner of the 2021 American Music International  Talent  Competition  -2021 International Music Competition "London" Grand Prize Virtuoso Chosen as a FIRST PRIZE Winner of this year's "Grand Prize Virtuoso"   competition in London and have been invited to make her debut in London  that she will perform at the Elgar Room, Royal Albert  Hall. Master classes: - George Demertzis - Haiou Meng - Kurt Nikkanen  

 Kelly Kim, 16, has won various prizes and recognitions in competitions  including the Granquist Competition (2012, 2013), the Chicago  International Music Association Competition (2014), the INPASS Music  Competition (2011), the Festival in Honor of Confucius (2015, 2017), the  Society of American Musicians Competition (2017, 2018, 2021), the  Sejong Music Competition (2020), the Depaul Concerto Festival  Competition (2019, 2020, 2021), the US New Star International Violin  Competition (2020), the Violin Doc International Competition (2020), and  the American Youth Musician Union International Competition (2021).  

 Ana Isabella España, 14, is in the ninth grade at the Special Music  School High School in New York City. She began her violin studies at the  age of four at Opus 118’s Harlem School of Music with Lynelle K. Smith.  Ana Isabella’s most memorable moments to date include performing the  2nd movement of Bach’s Concerto in D minor for Two Violins with Joshua  Bell at a concert benefiting the Kaufman Music Center; winning the  Special Music School’s Concerto Competition; and being featured on  National Public Radio’s From the Top Show #390 with co-host Orli Shaham.   

 Arcan İsenkul started his viola career in Bilkent University Music  Preparatory School with Ece Akyol in 2014. In 2017, he won the second  prize in Grand Prize Virtuoso Competition. In 2018, he won the “Antonio  Salieri”s first prize in IX International Young Musicians Competition.  In 2019, he won the first prize and the Artistic Director Francesco  Monopoly’s Special Prize in the 29th Young Musician International  Competition “Citta di Barletta”. In 2021, he won the third prize in  Online Classical Music Academy’s Violin-Viola-Cello Competition. He  continues his viola studies with Cavid Cafer and his composition studies  with Can B. Bilir.    

 Pinar Ozoral was born in 2005 in Turkey. She started to play violin at  age of 6. She has started her music education at Bilkent University  Music and Performing Arts Middle School with a scholar ship as a student  of viola teacher; Cavid Cafer. She is continuing her studies as  a High  school student in Bilkent University Music and Performing Arts High  School with a scholar ship. In 2019 she attended to Lise Berhaud's  Masterclass. In 2020 she attended to 14'th İznik İnternational Viola  Camp and had a chance to work with Tajana Masurenko's and Ali  Başeğmezler's Masterclass     

 Eric Zhu, a 15-year-old native Bostonian, began his viola studies at the  age of nine. He currently studies with Mr. Andrew Taylor, and plays in  Boston Youth Symphony (BYS). He also played as the principal violist for  Youth Symphony at New England Conservatory (NEC) Preparatory School. He  is the 2nd prize winner in the 2019 Golden Classic Music Award  International Competition and 2020 American Protege International String  and Piano Competition. As an active chamber musician, Eric plays in  Chamber Music Intensive Performance Seminar (CHIPS) at NEC prep and is a  member of Strato Quartet that was recently selected as a finalist  winner in 2021 Coltman Chamber Music Competition.     

 Hannah Girges, a 14 year old homeschool student, is currently studying  viola with Cherlyn Johnson in Maple Valley, WA. Hannah has been playing  viola for 4 years and is currently the principal violist for the Maple  Valley Youth Symphony Orchestra and is also a member of an elite strings  quartet.  Hannah has won 1st place at the Charleston International  Music Competition and was a Silver medalist at the Musicfest Northwest  in Spokane, WA.   She enjoys playing for others and has played on a  church worship team.  

 Andrew Fan Mo, born in Australia in December 2004, currently studies at  Dulwich College Beijing in China. He learns viola with Yanfeng Xue. In  Dulwich College Young Musician Competition, he was the finalist. And he  was elected “Orchestra Member of the Year” as a member of Dulwich  College Symphony. In 2021 “Grand Prize Virtuoso” London International  Music Competition, he won Second Prize. 

 Ariadna began with the viola to the six years in the conservatory of  Alginet (Spain). Until she was 15 years old, she studied at various  conservatories in Valencia with Luis Roig and Vicente Gimenez Cerveró.  She attended courses and Masterclasses with Santiago Cantó, Leo De Neve  and Thuan Do Minh. She also received classes from Silvie Berger and Ana  Valero Betran (Real Conservatorio Superior de Madrid). Ariadna has  played with Orquesta de Jovenes de Alicante with which she won the Summa  Cum Laude International Youth Music Festival in 2018. She is also a  member of the JMJ Orchestra of Madrid and the Young Orchestra of the  Generalitat Valenciana. In 2019 she attended her first Zemtsov  Masterclass in the Netherlands, receiving classes from Julia Dinerstein  Michael Zemtsov, Dana Zemtsov and Michael Kugel. That same year she  entered Musica Mundi School in Waterlo, Belgium. Where to Study Now. 

 Eleonora Mascia has been studying cello since the age of six with Lucio  Labella Danzi. She has taken part of various orchestras, such as  “Mossale Young Orchestra”, Sinfonietta orchestra in Florence and  Orchestra Giovanile Toscana and chamber music groups. From 2016 she  plays in the Florence Cello Ensemble as a soloist and principal cello.  She won the third price in X premio “Crescendo” International  Competition, first price in “Riviera della Versilia” Competition, second  price in “Città di Massa” International Competition and first absolute  price in “Città di Massa” Competition in chamber music category.  .

 Leyuan Zhang, age 14, currently studies with Brady Anderson in  Pleasanton, California. She won prizes in competitions including the  Korean-American Music Supporters’ Association, United States  International Open Music Competition, and the Tennessee Cello Workshop  Competition, etc. She participated in the Vivace Cello Festival 2020.  She played in masterclasses for Natasha Brofsky, Rosemary Elliott,  Yeesun Kim, and Kirsten Greer. When not playing her cello, she likes to  code and read. 

 George Wolfe-McGuire is a 16 year old cellist from New York. Currently,  he is in his 4th year of Juilliard Pre-College as a recipient of the  Stone foundation scholarship. In 2019 he received The Paul Rudolff  Award, and second prize in the annual Island Symphony Orchestra Young  Performer's Competition. George was also a semi-finalist in the 2020  Sphinx Competition, as well as a recipient of the Sphinx MPower Grant.  Outside of working on his solo repertoire, George is an avid volunteer,  currently acting as an Ambassador at the Opportunity Music Project and a  member of the Back to Bach project. 

 16-years-old polish cellist, Aniela Mazur, who learns in Warsaw music  school named of Karol Szymanowski. She began playing cello at the age of  six and she is absolutely passionate about it. She is taught by  marvelous masters. She also plays piano and worship watching movies. She  attends polish and international competitions to improve her skills.  

 Lucas is 14 years old and a 9th grader at the Bethesda Chevy Chase High  School. He has been playing the cello since he was 4 years old, first  with Aron Rider and more recently with Henry Stubbs, and has been  selected for the Levine School of Music Honors Program in 2016-17,  2017-18, 2018-19 and 2020-21. In 2019 he joined the Maryland Symphony  Youth Orchestra, where he is currently principal cellist. Lucas won the  Marlin-Engel Competition, intermediate division, in 2018 and the Cogen  Concerto Competition, intermediate and senior divisions, in 2018 and  2020 respectively. He was also awarded the third prize in 2020 National  Chamber Ensemble Competition. Lucas loves classical music, but really  has a soft spot for Dvorak and Beethoven. When not playing the cello or  at school, Lucas loves playing board games and Dungeons and Dragons,  squash and rock climbing. 

 Haoran Li, 15, is a cellist who currently studies with Brady Anderson.  He has been playing cello since the age of 8. Music has become a strong  passion and an important part of his life. Haoran was the winner of 2019  Music Teachers’ Association of California VOCE Competition, 2020 United  States International Open Music Competition, 2020 Rene and Gordon Smith  Awards in Music. He also won top awards in 2019 US Open Music  Competition, 2019 Korean-American Music Supporters' Association Music  Competition, 2020 United States International Music Competition, 2021  ENKOR Int'l Music Competition. He had participated in 2021 Junior Bach  Festival and was selected to perform at the Junior Bach Concert. Haoran started his orchestra journey in 2014. Haoran joined Young  People's Chamber Orchestra at Berkeley for 1 year with conductor Rem  Djemilev. In 2015, he joined the Orchestra Gradus ad Parnassum with  conductor Imant Airea (Imant Kotsinsh) for 2 years as Principal Cello.  In 2016 summer, Haoran attended the Advanced Suzuki Institute where he  studied with the renowned cello teacher-trainer Beth Goldstein-McKee.  Then he attended the California Youth Symphony Associate Orchestra with  conductor Leo Eylar for 2 years and currently is a member of the  California Youth Symphony Senior Orchestra.  

 Jingzhi Liu is currently a cello student of Sichuan Conservatory of  Music Middle School under the tutelage of Prof. Yongsheng Guo. In the  recent years, she has won many national and international competitions,  such as third prize in China Youth Music Competition-Hummingbird Music  Awards, first prize of chamber music C category, China Youth Music  Competition-Hummingbird Music Awards, Sichuan Regional Competition;  second prize in SAKURA International Young Artists Competition-China  audition; Best performance prize in Aiqin Cup International Cello  Competition; third prize in Sichuan Conservatory of Music Middle School  Chamber Music Competition and Best performance prize in Cello Family  International Cello Competition.  She has performed in masterclasses for such artists as Jeroen Reuling,  Xiaoying Han, Xin Lu and Weiping Chen. She has performed with ECS cello  ensemble.  

 Mui Wing Sum is currently studying in Diocesan Girls’ School and is the  harp principle in DGS symphony orchestra. Wing Sum has won numerous  awards in harp competitions. She got 2nd place in the 19th Osaka  International Music Competition in 2018 and in Concours Français de la  Harpe in 2013 and won third prize in the Asia Chamber Harp Competition  in 2015. She participated in her school’s concert tour 2018 in Wuhan.  Also she participated in the 4th School Orchestra Festival Across the  Straits in Taipei and Shenzhen and performed in concerts at school like  the Summer Concert, Spring Concert.  

 Zarema Sitshayeva was born in 2011 in Crimea, Ukraine. She began playing  the violin when she was 5 years old. She has won over 100 national and  international competitions: Grand Prize in I International Violin Competition “Prime Violin”,  Slovakia; 1st place - III International Oscar Reading Competition for Young  Musicians, Slovenia; 1st place -  1st International Music Competition, Belgium; 1st place -  III International Music Competition, Switzerland; 1st place - International Instrumental Competition “International Music  Competition Opus 2020”, Poland; 1st place - X International Instrumental Competition “International  music competition”, Serbia  1st place -  International Festival “Gold Europe” Competition, Czech  Republic 

 Leander Hennes Resch started studying the violin at the age of 5. At the  age of 7 he made his solo debut with the Wissembourg Chamber Orchestra.  He studies the violin with Mrs. Susanne Reiner. He is a laureate of  numerous international competitions and has given concerts at renowned  venues such as Carnegie Hall / NY, the Mozarteum in Salzburg and the  Center of Fine Arts (BOZAR) in Brussels and has performed at master  concerts in Italy. He attended master classes with the Notos Quartet and  Prof. Viviane Hagner. 

 Peize Yu was born in China. She started to play the violin when she was  5, with teacher Jiayin Huang. Her dream is to be an internationally  recognized musician. In 2018, she has won the Gold Medal of the  Jiangsu“Jasmine award” Violin Competition in China. 

 Sofia Efremenko Central Music School at the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory. Class  of Rakhimova E.A. (Russia, Moscow, 2019) Previously studied in the class of Karp T.Ya. (Canada, 2016/2017),  Sanina L.A. (Kazakhstan, 2017/2018), Turchaninova G.S. (Russia, Moscow,  2018/2019). Participant of master classes: Tatiana Berkul, Jacob Gilman, Mikhail  Gotsdiner, Munteanu Petru, Alexey Gulyanitsy, Tatiana Polozova, Irina  Bochkova. Participant of the creative project of the city of Moscow "Vocation"  (2018) Laureate of competitions: II International Competition-Festival of Young  Violinists named after Gnesins (Moscow, Russia, 2018), XIV  International Competition of Performers "Astana-Merey" (Kazakhstan,  2018), X Anniversary All-Russian Festival-Competition of Young  Performers "Crystal Tuning Fork" (Moscow, Russia, 2020) 

 Antonio Saric was borin in Mostar 2010. He is 3rd grade student of  "Muzička škola I.i II.stupnja Mostar" in class of prof.Ana Pranjković.  He won 6 first prizes, 2 laureates and 1 second prize on various  international competitions (BiH, Croatia, Italy and North Macedonia). He  often performs on school concerts and various events in town. Three  time he played as soloist with symphonic orchestra "Simfonijski orkestar  Mostar". He attended violin masterclasses (Jovan Bogosavljević, Marija  Rajković, Violeta Smajlović-Huart). 

 Ariel started to play Violin at age of 4.  She has recently been awarded  a second place winner in the Junior Category in Rising Star London  Festival Competition 2020 in the Junior Category.   Ariel loves  listening to classical music and her favourite Composer is Tchaikovsky.   Ariel hopes that her music will reach out to every part of the world  and will inspire others to stay positive.  

  Aliya Alkhiyami lives in Qatar with her parents. She began learning  violin at the age of 6 with Dr. Hye E. Seo and currently is studying at  Qatar music academy under Dmitri Torchinsky   

   Eri was born in Tokyo, Japan in 2010. She began playing the violin when  she was three years old, in the studio of Mrs. Sonoko Fukasawa in Tokyo  using the Suzuki Method. In 2017, she was selected as one of the  excellent students of the year by the Suzuki Association of Japan and  she performed violin solo, playing at the Main Hall of the Matsumoto  City Art Museum. In 2018, Eri moved to New York and began lessons with Dr. Janice  LaMarre. In 2020 she won first place in the New York Strings Institute  competition at the Junior Level. 

    Abby Kim started playing cello at the age of 7. From 2018 to 2019 she  performed with the Metropolitan Youth Symphony – Interlude Orchestra in  Portland, Oregon. In the 2019-2020 season, she performed with the  Portland Youth Philharmonic, Young Strings Ensemble. In the 2020-2021  season she is currently performing with the Portland Youth Philharmonic  as a member of the Portland Youth Conservatory Orchestra. In 2020 Abby  participated in her first international competition and placed first for  her age group in the Great Composers Competition: Art of Strings. Her  teacher is Hyun Jin Kim of Portland, Oregon, USA. 

    A gifted girl born in Shanghai, China in July 2011, Jiayi Huang started  art trainings at age 2. She had lessons in vocal music, visual art,  piano, and ballet before she emphasized her studies on cello playing at  2019 when she was 8 years old. Her teacher is Minzhe Wu, Principal Cello  of Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra.   Highlights of her music competition awards include First Prize for  Junior Category of International Music Competition Bonn “Grand Prize  Virtuoso” 2020, Second Prize in International Music Competition “The Art  of Strings” 2020, and Gold Medal in International Competition and  Festival of Arts “Vienna Stars 2020”.  

    Haoyu Gu started to play the piano when he was 3 years old and cello at  the age of 6 with Pei Xu who was his first cello teacher. His current  cello teacher is Jia Yu, Vice Professor of the Central Conservatory of  Music of China.  1、In July 2018, he won the Gold Award at the 5th China-Japan Music  Exchange Competition;  2、In August 2019, he won the third prize at the 8th Ai Qin Prize and the  3rd International Cello Competition;  3、In August 2020, he won the fourth place at the 2nd CelloFamily  International Cello Competition;  4、In October 2020, he won： * The first prize at the 2nd French Music Competition and the youngest  first prize winner in the Young Artists cello group（8-16 years old）; * The first place and cash bonus at the United States International  Music Competition； * The only first prize at the England 2020 Best Saint-Saens Performance  in group II; * The only first prize at the England 2020 Masters of Cello Concerto in  group II; 5、In November 2020, he won： * The first place at the San Francisco International Innovative Music  Competition in category intermediate cello, classical; * The first prize and exceptional young talent special prize at the  International Music Competition Bonn “Grand Prize Virtuoso” in young  musician category; * The second place at the Rocky Mountain Strings Competition Fall 2020  Season in young musician category, cello. He is studying singing in the Beijing Philharmonic Choir which help him a  lot on improving his cello study. Besides music, Haoyu also enjoys swimming, playing chess and table  tennis, exploring stars in astronomy study and collecting supercar  models as well.   

  My name is Martyna Staworko. I`m from Poland. I’m 10 years old. I`ve got  a sister Marianna. At the age of 5 I started to play the cello. I`m a  student of 4 th class of the of the Fryderyk Chopin’s  State Music  School in Olsztyn – my teacher is Mrs Magdalena Niedzwiedz, my  accompanist is Mr Lukasz Jozwiak. I heard the cello sound for the first  time during “ the open days” in my school and I fell in love with it –  this my fascination continues till today. I love playing long, fast and  difficult pieces of music.  

 Malgorzata Blazik was born in 2009. She started to learn playing the  violin at the age of 6. She is a student of the Primary Music School of  Emil Młynarski in Warsaw in the violin class of Mrs. Alicja Wojakowska.   She is a laureate of international violin  and chamber competitions,  i.e. - Juliusz Zarębski Competition-Poland, Myron Poliakin  Competition-Ukraine; ‘Città di Barletta’- Italy; Talents For  Europe-Slovakia. She also performed at the Royal Castle,  the Chopin University of Music,  the National Philharmonic in Warsaw and at the Warmińsko-Mazurska  Philharmonic. She attended the violin master class in Slovakia and Poland. 

 Zhiyuan Sun, born in 2007, began to learn violin at the age of 6 . Sun  has a great passion for classical music. He was accepted to the fifth  grade of Central Conservatory of Music Primary School in September 2018.  He took the first place in the entrance exam in the whole country. Sun  has been under the tutelage of Professor Ming Jin and  Professor Zhang  Ti, a famous violin educator, and doctoral supervisor of the Central  Conservatory of Music.   Honors and Awards  2020 International Music Competition Bonn "Grand Prize Virtuoso"  First  Aboslute Prize +Exceptional Young Talent Special Prize Winner;   Rocky Mountain String Competition,Junior Categry, Violin, First Place  Winner 

 Lana Zorjan was born on 17. 09. 2008. She started playing violin when  she was 4 years old, and started competing one year later. Until now  Lana has won over 40 first prizes at international competitions. Notable  ones:  – “Josef Micka” international competition 2020. Prague – Winner of  category and winner of special prize “Josef Micka” – “44th international violin competition prof. Nadalka Simeonova” 2019.  Bulgaria – First prize – “Tartini” 2018. Piran, Slovenia –  100 points, winner of category and  reward for most perspective young violinist of competition. – “Franjo Krezma” 2019. Croatia –  special prize of Spivakov foundation 

 Study Experience . Started practicing violin at age of 4 . 2012-2017   Under the guidance of Professor Li       yang,professor of violin,Shandong Normal         University . 2018- . Student of the Affiliated Primary School of     Central Conservatory of Music . Under the guidance of Professor Yan Tao and   professor Li Xiangru  Honor and Award . Dec 2012 . First Prize of Preschool Group,The Seven Art     Festival of International Young People in Hong   Kong Event .Dec 2016 . First Prize of Group A children class,Youth Art   Talent Competition of Zhejiang Province . October 09,2020  Second Prize Winner  Best Saint -Saens Performance International   Music competition 

 Zachary Pan, from San Jose, California, is currently an eighth grader at  Miller Middle School. Zachary started to play piano when he was six.  With an older brother playing, he found that he  enjoys playing violin  and began his violin journey with Dr. Ann Kerobyan from age seven. He  received CM Branch Honor and performed at the Music Teacher Association  of California (MTAC) CM/Convention event. Zachary won 2nd place at the  American Protege competition in 2018. In addition, he also got 1st place  in the U.S. Open competition and KAMSA competition in 2019. 

 Matthew Luh is a 6th grade homeschooler who showed a genuine passion for  music at an early age. Even as a toddler, he loved hearing the notes  that came out every time he banged on the piano keys. At age eight, he  started learning to play the violin and quickly fell in love with the  instrument. He participated in the 2018 and 2019 USIMC and won a second  prize award both times. Besides music, Matthew enjoys sports like  basketball, soccer, and hiking. He also likes all school subjects and  reading books such as the American Adventure series. 

  Christine Koh, from Singapore, began to learn the violin at the age of  four. She has participated in various international competitions and won  several First Prize / Gold awards, the most notable being the Judges  Distinction Award in addition to First Place Winner for the 2018  American Protégé International Piano and Strings Competition. Through  the competitions, she had the opportunity to perform in cities like New  York, Vienna, London and Singapore. Christine enjoys performing and  connecting with the audience with her music.  

 My name is Hanna Humelt, I was born in 2009 and I started to play the  violin at the age of 8. I am a student of a Music School in Strzelin. I  took part in many violin competitions in Poland receiving distinctions  or 3rd prize at the 2nd Nationwide Antoni Cofalik Competition for  violinsts and violists.  Music and violin are very important part of my young life. I am happy  that I can learn to play the violin.  

  Pilar, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 2007, began playing the violin  at the age of six at the Lanús Orquesta Escuela. She is currently  studying with Mr Rafael Gintoli. She has played as a soloist at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, the CCK  and the San Martin Theatre among others. Pilar obtained a 2019 Training Scholarship from the National Endowment  for the Arts.  She has taken Masterclasses with international musicians from USA, New  Zealand, Netherlands, France and Poland. In addition to performing at public concerts, masterclasses and music  festivals, she has also won numerous national and international  competitions.   

 I have been playing violin for 6 years. Between 2017-2020 I won 1st  price 8 times in international music competitions held in Bulgaria,  England, Germany, Italy (2), Japan, Kazakhstan, Serbia. I gave a recital  around 40 in different cities in Turkey and gala concerts in Germany,  Bulgaria, Italy. I attended the master classes of Alexander Markov,  Prof.Ani Schnarch, Artur Kaganovskiy, Prof.Ahmet Hamdi Zafer,  Prof.Ithzak Rashkovsky, Prof.Cihat Askın, Flavio Maddoni, Prof.Ildiko  Moog, Tuncay Yılmaz and Prof.Vadim Voyler.   

 I started viola when 8 yrs old, joined SYO Orchestra programs since then . and I am selected to join ACO academy program and AYO Young Symphonist 2020 

 I was born in Boston, MA, USA on January 6th, 2008.  I graduated from  Bilkent University, Music and Ballet Primary School, in Ankara, Turkey  and attended Istanbul University Music and Ballet Secondary School at  5th grade.   I studied with Ulugbek Rihsi and Dr. Sema Hakioglu from  Department of Music at Bilkent University and Prof. Dr. Beste Tiknaz  Modiri from Istanbul University State Conservatory.  Currently I  continue my studies with Prof. Dr. Modiri.    

 American cellist, Aurelia Faidley-Solars, is ten years old and lives  outside of New York City.  Aurelia currently studies with renowned  pedagogue Hans Jorgen Jensen.  Aurelia has soloed in many cities around  the world including Vienna, Salzburg, London, Budapest and Prague.  She  is the 2nd Prize winner in the 2018 Heran International Cello  Competition and has won gold medals in many competitions.  She has  performed with the Washington Heights Chamber Orchestra, the NY Concerti  Sinfonietta, the CAI Orchestra, and the Sempre Musick Symphony and  appeared in masterclasses with Paul Katz, Ralph Kirschbaum, Zlatomir  Fung, Alan Stepansky, Patrick Jee, Julia Lichten, and Amy Barston.  Besides cello, Aurelia is a dedicated ballet dancer, studying at the  School of American Ballet.   

 Stanisław Maciej Kaleta - born in 2008 in Cracow, Poland. He began  learning to play the cello at the age of 11 at the 1st degree Music  School no. St. Wiechowicz in Kraków in the cello class of Mikolaj  Pecherski. He attends the second grade (of a four-year cycle). He won  the 2nd prize at the 14th Jan Vychytil Cello Competition in Prague, the  Gold Diploma at “In Baroque Style” competition in Poznan, Grand Prix  Award at the 6th "Cello Miniature" National Competition in Warsaw, 1st  prize at the 20th J. Zarebski International Competition.  

 Eiline began her cello studies at the age of five and has given numerous  public performances; she made her first debut recital at the age of  seven at Carnegie Hall in New York, and had her first appearance as a  soloist with orchestra at the age of ten with Southern California  Philharmonic. In October 2018, Eiline held her first solo cello concert  at Winifred Smith Hall. Eiline was granted scholarship to study with  Laurence Lesser, Michel Strauss and Amit Peled at Orford Music Academy  and performed at the Rising Stars Concert in Orford, Canada. Eiline was  chosen to participate the 2020 Piatigorsky International Cello Festival,  for the Young Cellists Workshop and the Mass Cello Ensemble at Walt  Disney Concert Hall. She was a finalist for From The Top, the NPR radio  show at age eleven and also featured at the radio Laguna Beach FM in  2020.  Eiline has been a winner and earned recognition and scholarship in a  great many competitions. Currently, Eiline is studying with Ms. Sarah  Koo at the Colburn School. She also complemented her studies by taking  lessons and master classes with renowned musicians, including Laurence  Lesser, Hans Jensen, Michel Strauss, Xenia Jankovic, Claudio Bohorquez,  Adrian Brendel, Steven Doane, Amit Peled, Darrett Adkins, and Yegor  Dyachkov. 

 Kevin made his Carnegie Hall solo debut in 2017 at the age of nine as a  winner of the American Protégé Piano & String International  Competition and the American Protégé International Music Talent  Competition. He has won many international competitions such as the  Crescendo International Competition, the Elite International Music  Competition, the International Music Competition “Paris” Grand Prize  Virtuoso, the International Maestro Piano and String Competition,  “Golden Classical Music Awards” International competition, the  International Music Competition “Vienna” Grand Prize Virtuoso, the Seoul  Music National Student Music Competition, the Haneum Music Competition  in Seoul, South-Korea, and the International Music Competition “Rome”  Grand Prize Virtuoso in 2017. He also won the first place winner of the  Korea Rising Stars Competition in 2020. Kevin has performed with Preparatory String Orchestra as the first cello  soloist at Jordan Hall at the New England Conservatory and Sejong  Philharmonic Orchestra in Seoul, Korea. 

 I started playing the cello when I was 6. When I was 8, I joined the  Sydney Youth Orchestra string ensembles and I have been performing since  then. 

 I have been learning cello since I was 6 years old, and now I’m in the  first year of Central Conservatory of Music Middle School with Cello  major. I won the Gold Award in the 11th International Youth Art Festival  Beijing competition area in December 2016, the fourth place in the  professional group in the Home International Cello Competition of Busan  Cello in South Korea in January 2019 and the second place in the amateur  group in the 8th and 3th International Cello Competition of the 2019  Aegean Cup. 

 Izabela was born on 08.30.2007 in Krakow. She started her musical  education at the age of 6 at the 1st degree Music School in classical  guitar class.  Currently, she continues education at Secondary Music School F. Chopin  in Krakow. She studies in classical guitar class. During the course of  her education so far, she was promoted to subsequent classes with  honors. She participated with numerous successes in many competitions (totally  she was laureate of 42 competitions): school, inter-school, national and  international level (i.a. 1st Prizes: international competitions in  France, Serbia, Slovakia). She improved her guitar playing during many  master classes.  

 Ethan Yang, 16, is a sophomore in Arizona. He has won multiple prizes at  many competitions, including his debut with the Phoenix Symphony after  receiving the Grand Prize at the 2020 Phoenix Symphony Guild Young  Musicians’ Competition, and the Chandler Symphony after receiving First  Prize at the Chandler Symphony Orchestral Instruments’ Youth Competition  in 2018. He currently studies with Jing Zeng and has been mentored by  Stefan Jackiw. In addition to music, Ethan enjoys listening to different  genres of music and playing and watching basketball. 

 I am currently a junior at Eleanor Roosevelt high school. I have  performed at many concert venues, including Carnegie Hall and Lincoln  Center. During the summer of 2019, I toured through Austria and Hungary  with the Elizabeth Faidley studio and performed solos at many different  concerts. I am also an alumni of the Manhattan School of Music percolate  program, as well as the Heifetz institute and Greenwood. 

 Magdalena Bobowik is from a small city in Poland - Tarnobrzeg. She  started playing the violin at the age of 8 at State Music School in  Tarnobrzeg and at the age of 12 continued at Ignacy Jan Paderewski State  Music School in Stalowa Wola. At the age of 15 she started studying in  Karol Szymanowski Complex of State Music no.4 in Warsaw in class prof.  Maciej Przestrzelski.   Magdalena participated masterclasses with professors like: Maria  Słubicka-Podejko, Krzysztof Podejko, Maciej Przestrzelski, Łukasz  Błaszczyk, Marcin Baranowski, Maciej Afanasjew, Jan Romanowski.   Magdalena is a prize and honourable mentions winner of regional and  international competitions, such as: I prize in VIII Regional  Competition in Dębica (2014, 2016), Honourable mention in VII Janina  Garścia International Competition in Stalowa Wola (2016), Honourable  mention in XVI Juliusz Zarębski International  Competition in Łomianki  (2016), Honourable mention in XIII Wanda Wiłkomirska International  Competition Music Interpretation (2019), I prize in "The Art of  Instrumental Performance: The Art of Strings" International Competiton  (2020) 

 16 year old violinist Ian Barnett is a 10th grader at Ransom Everglades  High School.  Ian began playing the violin at the age of four and is  currently studying with Elizabeth Faidley of the Manhattan School of  Music.  Ian has won many national competitions, such as the Homestead  Concerto Competition and the International Protégé Concerto Competition  at Carnegie Hall. He has also performed as soloist for the Greater Miami  Youth Symphony and the Alhambra Orchestra. He was featured in the new  PBS program “Kids Stew” for his violin performance and composition. He  is the co-founder and active performer for The Super Power of ME (Music  Education) that helps underprivileged children continue their musical  studies.  

 Skylar was born in the USA. She started playing the violin at age 6 and  currently studies under Nam Yun Kim at the Korean National Institute for  the Gifted in Arts. She has received the judges' distinction award at  the American Protege International Competition, the second prize at the  Rising Star Grand Prix Berlin, and the Young Artist Award at the  Singapore Violin Festival Competition. She has performed at several  prestigious music halls worldwide, such as Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital  Hall and the Berlin Philharmonic Chamber Hall. She has performed as a  soloist with the Cheongju Philharmonic Orchestra and the Seoul Academy  Ensemble.  

 Avagail Hulbert, 16, is currently a junior at Baltimore School for the  Arts and has been playing the violin for 13 years. Currently, Avagail is  studying the violin with Elizabeth Faidley. In 2020 Avagail won First  Place in the Prima Volta Music Competition and First place in the Sound  Espressivo Competition by Virtual Concert Hall. In 2019, Avagail played a  Beethoven string quartet with the faculty of the Rushmore Music  Festival at the Black Hills State University in South Dakota as second  violinist in their concert series. Avagail loves playing the violin and  cannot wait for future experiences.   

  Ashley Zhang, age 16, is a junior at Conestoga High School. She has  played the violin for 12 years and currently studies with Leah Kim.  Ashley is a current member of the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra and the  Delaware County Youth Orchestra, and she won 2nd place in the Rose Tree  Pops Concerto Competition in January 2020. Besides violin, Ashley also  learned piano and ballet. She enjoys traveling, photography, and website  designing.     

  Isabela Diaz is a 15-year-old violinist who lives in Miami, Florida, and  has been studying the violin since she was six. For the past few years,  she has been studying alongside Jose Guibert and Huifang Chen. She has  participated in community orchestras, giving her the opportunity to play  under the direction of renowned directors such as Itzhak Perlman,  Michael Tilson Thomas, Carlos Miguel Prieto, Robert McDuffie, Stephane  Deneve and James Judd, among others. In 2019, she participated in the  New World Symphony Side by Side Concert, the Sphinx Performance Academy,  and the National Youth Orchestra 2 gathered by Carnegie Hall.      

 Ariadna began her studies at Alginet around the age of 6, playing the  Viola since she was 7. When she finished elementary, she went to perform  the professional at CP Mestre Vert de Carcaixent with Luis Roig. She in  second she passed her to Carlet with Vicente Cerveró where she was 2  years. In 2019 she got a scholarship from the International Música Mundi  School in Waterloo, Belgium. With Julia Dinerstein as a teacher. And  she is studying Music and what would be here Secondary School, from the  Cambridge School.   

 Mike Lee was born in 2005, and now lives in Placentia, California. With a  Japanese mother, he is fluent in Japanese. He started playing the cello  in 2015, and he fell in love right away. He plays in the orchestra at  Valencia High School, and plays for elders that cannot listen to an  orchestra freely. During quarantine, he has played in several virtual  concerts.     

 My name is JingyuanZhang.   I studied with Professor Zhu  Mu, Director of the Teaching and Research Office of Central  Conservatory of Music.  I was admitted to the Central Conservatory of Music Middle School in  2016. During the time I study in this school, I participated in the master  classes of Markus Stocker, Tu Qiang, Haiye Ni, Michel Strauss, Wen-sinn  Yang , Chu-Yibing, etc. and received good reviews. I have performed with  Poly Chamber Orchestra in Zhongshan Park Concert Hall and Poly  Theater many times. I was selected by the NYO-China Chinese Youth  Symphony Orchestra in 2019. In November 2019, I participated in the  report performance of outstanding students of chamber music in the  attached middle school of Central Conservatory of Music.  I have won the first prize of the Hong Kong International String Open  Competition Group C; the third prize of the Aegean Cup professional group D; the first prize of the Tianjin School Art Show  Western String Music.     

 I am Kovács Zoltán from Romania. I am studying at the arts high school  in Targu Mures (Liceu vocational de arte Targu Mures). I started  learning classical guitar two years ago, with the help of my teacher  Orosz Dávid. "Kings Peak International Music Competition" is the second  classical music competition in which I participate. The first  competition is a smaller competition in Bucharest, Romania called  "Treptele Chitarei (Sixth Edition)" where I was placed second in my age  category. .     

 Education: 2018:  Talent program at Hochschule der Künste (HKB) Bern, Switzerland Professor: Monika Urbaniak 2014-2018: Tóth Aladár Music School, Budapest, Advanced level program Supervisor: Ágnes Borsos   Masterclasses with: Sándor Jávorkai, Erika Geldsetzer, Kirill Troussov, Helge Slaatto and Kristof Barati.   Gold qualifications: Zoltán Kodály International Violin Competition, Slovakia (2013,2015,2016,2017)  Hungarian Youth Orchestra Competition, 1st place (2017) Julius von Beliczay International Competition, chamber music: 1st place (2017)  Professional activities: 2015: Violinist: Opera by Zsolt Serei in MÜPA, Budapest 2015-2018: Youth Symphony Orchestra of Toth Aladár Music School, 2017 concert master. 2018: Youth Symphony Orchestra of Conservatorium Bern  2019: Orchestra tour: Lugano, Italy 

 Roksana Goplańska started to play the violin at  the age of  7 at  F.  Chopin State Music School in Opole, Poland. At the age of 16 she  continued her music education with Prof. Łukasz Błaszczyk at Karol  Szymanowski Complex of State Music Schools No 4 in Warsaw. Roksana is a prize winner of numerous national and international violin  competitions, e.g.  Grand Prix at IX International Violin Competition, Schloss Zell an der  Pram, Austria, I prize at XXVI International Young Paganini Competition,  Legnica, Poland,  Grand Prix at II National Violin Competition  “ Like  Wieniawski” Lublin , I absolute prize at Young Musicians International  Competition, Citta di Barletta, Italy,  II prize at VI National Violin  Competition Groblicz Family, Cracow, Poland.                                                                                                                                                                         She also performed as a soloist with the Symphony Orchestra in Opole  (Poland) and with the Sudety Philharmonic Orchestra ( Poland).  Roksana regularly participated in both solo and chamber masterclasses  with Prof. Jan Stanienda, Prof. Marcin Baranowski, Prof. Stefan Tarara  (Switzerland), Prof. Herwig Zack (Germany), Prof. Dominika Falger  (Austria) , Prof. Łukasz Błaszczyk (Poland). She received scholarship from  Ministry of Culture and Heritage in 2018,  2020. She is a participant in a scholarship program  “National  Children's Fund” and “Young Poland”. 

 Branan Harrison is a 19 year old sophomore attending Northern Arizona  University. He grew up in Scottsdale, Arizona and started learning the  violin at age 9. He currently studies with Professor Shelley Rich and  plans to double major in mathematics and violin performance. 

 Jayon Felizarta is an aspiring violinist. He is currently a first year  student studying under violin pedagogue Fabian Lopez at the University  of North Carolina at Greensboro. 

Zhang Fangyu has been influenced by family music since she was a child. She has formed a family choir with her family and performed various styles of songs. She has nearly a million fans on the online platform. She studied piano from her mother at age of four and violin at age of six .  At age of 8, Fangyu won first prize in the childerns group of the provincial  performance competition and was invited to perform on the same stage with her mother. She held a solo violin concert at the age of 10. At the age of 12, she was admitted to the Central Conservatory of Music Middle School. She won the first prize of the US International Music Open Competition and the silver medal of the Moscow International Music Competition in Russia. She has a passion for the art of chorus and conducting. She served as the choir condctor and participated in the provincial competition, won the best conductor award, As a teenager, she participated in choir, served as the first part and lead singer,and participated in charity singing many times. 

 Minshin Kim was born in Boston, MA and started playing violin at the age  of seven under the direction of Ms. Jin-Kyung Joen. In 2012, Minshin  moved to Austin, TX. He is currently a senior and member of the  award-winning orchestra at Westwood highschool where he is  co-concertmaster. He has been Texas All-Region and All-State selection  for the past six years.  Minshin won first prize in 2019 Golden  Classical Music Awards International Music Competition and first place  in 2020 American Protege International Concerto Competition. Minshin  debuted at Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall and is currently studying with  Dr. Hyerin Kang. 

 I am a violinist from Bali, born 16 years ago, started getting to know  the violin at the age of 10 and started to seriously pursue it at the  age of 12. I am an active high school student at SMA 2 Kuta.  I like a variety of music genres from pop, rock and classical. I have  been participating in various music events such as opening classical  music at several hotels in Bali and also participating in the national  orchestra in Jakarta. I also achieved several times the highest score on  the ABRSM exam at the regional and national levels. 

 Born in 2003, working viola with Prof. Beste Tiknaz Modiri since 2013 at  Istanbul University State Conservatory. In Piano Certificate Programme  by Prof. Lale Feridunoglu & Svetlana Duran. In 8 years participated  in viola 22 events in Turkey, USA, Italy, worked with numerous teachers  and many concerts at events & master classes. Played in Istanbul  State Symphony Orchestra at new year concert 2019, conductor Toshiyuki  Shimada.  Selected to Concertgebouworkest Young international Youth  Orchestra, mentorship by Edith van Moergastel. Selected to Turkish Youth  Philharmonic Orchestra, Plays in Istanbul University State Conservatory  Symphony Orchestra, Dogus Group – Children’s Symphony Orchestra.  Granted Special Jury Honor Award in Trio Animus (Chamber Music Contest  “International Ceren Necipoğlu İstanbul Harp Festival) Took 3rd place  in. In Grand Prize Virtuoso Competition. The Winner of Contest “Young  Soloists” played at Soloist Competition (Eskisehir Metropolitan  Municipality Symphony Orchestra) Ensembles and Trio works (Animus Trio-  (Violin, Viola, Harp), Bosphorus Viola Ensemble (4 violas) In Tasplak  Symphony Orchestra, since 2017, incomes of the concerts go to an NGO  (The Foundation for Children with Leukemia) . 

 Joanna Ciwinska was born in 2001, she is a Polish violist. She began  learning to play the viola at the age of 9 at Music School in Gdynia,  now she is in diploma class. In the last 3 years, she won for example  International String Music Competition in Elblag, Poland and 4th   All-Polish Dominik Rutkowski Viola Competition in Szczecin. She recently  took part in the Polish Rising Music Stars workshops and recorded  Mozart’s Sinfonia concertante in E-flat major.  

 I am Ceren Yılmaz. I was born on April 14, 2003. In 2013, I qualified to  enter Istanbul University State Conservatory. I've been playing viola  for six years. I am continuing my viola education with Prof.Beste Tiknaz  Modiri. I participated Klasik Keyifler 6.International Kapadokya Music  Festival, CAKA Winter School, Festival Di Pasqua, Classicastello Master  Class,  Karsiyaka Belediyesi String Instruments  and Chamber Music  Summer Academy, Trakya University Master Class , Ayvalık International  Music Academy, Pino Torinese Master Class, Apple Hill Center For Chamber  Music, Kas Masterclass, Bosphorus Music Academy. I have been a member  of Dogus Children's Symphony Orchestra since December 2017. I won 3rd  place in the Grand Prize Virtuoso competition. I worked with Hakan  Sensoy, Cihat Askin, Umit Isgorur, Atilla Aldemir, Musa Eren İskodrali,  Pınar Dincer, Seniz Aybulus, Feza Gokmen, Gonca Gorsev, Bahar  Buyukgonenc, Senol Aydin, Mike Kelley, Elise Kuder, Efdal Altun, Onur  Ozkaya, Sevil Ulucan, Marco Misciagna, Sheila Browne, Tatjana Masurenko,  Eren Tuncer, Deniz Yucel. I have solo concerts at school every year. I  have been playing in Istanbul University State Conservatory Orchestra  since 2018. I had a recital in April 2019. .  

 Maria Clara Mandolesi is 17. She studied at the Pavia Cello Academy of  Enrico Dindo and currently  she attends the Walter Stauffer Academy in  Cremona with Antonio Meneses. At the age of 10 she made her first debut as soloist in Turin with the  Orchestra Leopold Mozart Sinfonietta. She has won several national and International competitions and she has  held many concerts as a soloist in various Italian and European cities,  like Salzburg (Wiener Saal del Mozarteum), Wien (WDR's Haydn Hall),  Brussels (Bozar, Center for Fine Arts), Turin (Vittoria Theatre), Rome  (Villa Giulia Museum, Sala dei Sette Colli), Verona (Villa  Vecelli-Cavriani).  

  Jorge Giménez is a 19 year old Spanish cellist. Since August 2019 he is  studying with Professor Amit Peled at the Peabody Institute of the Johns  Hopkins University. Currently, part of his studies are financed by the  JHU “Excellence in Music Leadership Full Scholarship”. Jorge has had  masterclasses with very important figures of the cello, such as Frans  Helmerson, Gary Hoffman, Jens-Peter Maintz or Marc Coppey, among  others.During the past years he has played with orchestra the Haydn  cello concertos as well as the Dvorak cello concerto and has won some  competitions and scholarships, being the last of them the "Mount Vernon  Virtuosi Cello Competition" this December. 

 Anna Gertsel was born on the 12th of July 1999 in Saarbrücken, Germany.  She is now studying with Prof. Michael Vaiman at the conservatory in  Cologne, Germany,, Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln’’. Anna Gertsel started her violin studies at the age on five. She is the  3rd prizewinner of the international competition for young violinists  named after Leonid Kogan.  Anna participated in various masterclasses such as,, Lac Leman  Masterclass’’ in Blonay, Switzerland with Boris Kuschnir, International  Summer Academy Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria with Michael Vaiman, and  the International Musical Summer in Malaga, Spain.  Anna Gertsel is often performing as a soloist with the,, New  Philharmonic Orchestra Cologne’’. She is also a very experienced  concertmaster, orchestral, and chamber musician. 

 Marta Gidaszewska took part in nearly 109 violin competitions, always  winning top prizes, including 79 first places (at International Music  Competitions in in Japan, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, France, Italy,  England, Greece, Serbia, Spain, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Poland).
She has  performed as a soloist with numerous orchestras in her country and  abroad.
She had contact with the world's celebrities and prominent  violin pedagogues. In 2016, she was honored to be a part of the „Youth Jury” at XV  International H. Wieniawski Violin Competition in Poznań, Poland. In 2020 she recorded her first CD with her ensemble - Polish Violin Duo. 

 From 2007 I was student of The Karol Szymanowski Complex of State Music  Schools no. 4 in Warsaw and from 2019 I am studying at The Grazyna and  Kiejstut Bacewicz University of Music in Lodz in Dominika Przech class. I  participated in international music courses and I worked with  remarkable professors like Lukasz Blaszczyk, Janusz Wawrowski or Jan  Stanienda. Up to 2020 I worked at the Great Theatre - National Opera in  Warsaw. I performed many times on Warsaw Philharmonic's stage. I also  took part in many music festivals like La Folle Journee in Warsaw as  member of the orchestra. 

 David Moosmann is studying with Prof. Heime Müller since october 2018 at  the Musikhochschule Lübeck. David took part in several masterclasses where he had been teached by  Gerhard Schulz, Stephan Picard, Eberhard Feltz and Noah Bendix-Balgley. In March 2020, David won the first prize and a special prize from the  European Union of Music Competitions for Youth (EMCY) at the Öresund  Solist Competition. At the Jacob Gade Violin Competition in 2019, he won a first price and a  special price for the best interpretation of a danish work. Since march 2019, David plays on a Ludovicus Guersan from the 18th  century, a violin on loan from a generous sponsor. 

 Katarzyna Siakaluk was born in 2000 in Wrocław and started playing  violin at the age of 7 . She is currently a 1st year student of  prof.Christian Danowicz at the Music Academy of Karol Lipiński in  Wrocław.  Her violin was made in Poznań by Jacek Steczkowski in 2016.  She participated in a number of masterclasses under the supervision of :  Michael Vaiman, Tomasz Tomaszewski, Orazio Vicari, Kinga Augustyn,  Bartosz Bryła, Stephan Picard, Eva Christina Schoeneweiss, Konstanty  Andrzej Kulka, Agata Szymczewska, Elisabeth Pitcairn, Jolanta Sosnowska,  Jan Stanienda. Katarzyna also tooks part in orchestral courses and projects. In 2019  she was a member of Deutsch-Skandinavische Jugend-Philharmonie as a 2nd  concertmaster and she worked with Leon Spierer und Hande Kueden.  She tooks part with a lot of violin competition . In 2018 she acquired  3rd place on FLAME competition in Paris, France. She also won 2nd prize  on the Polish Nationwide competition „Talents of Violin players“ in  Poznań in 2017 and 2nd prize on the Polish NAtionwide competition in  Oborniki Śląskie in 2019. She is keen on promote culture that’s why she played on the series of  the concerts „Young and Able“ organised by Lower Silesian Association of  Fryderyk Chopin in 2017 or meetings with writers of the book  „Music  Schools of the Lower Silesian after the 2nd world war“. She participated  in international program „Erasmus+“ in Joensuu in Finland . In 2019 she  played in the orchestra in the main and chamber hall of Berlin  Philharmonie. In 2020 she took part in a Moritzburg Festival as a member  of 2nd violin. 

 Born in Peru in 2000, started playing violin at 3 with local teachers.  In 2008 Jimena gave her firsts concerts as soloist with Arequipa  Symphony Orchestra and with Peru National Symphony Orchestra. Since, she  has perform as soloist several times with Orchestras Saint Agustin  University and University San Pablo. Under scholarship, in 2016 and 2017  attended Interlochen Arts Camp and 2018 the Academy for a year where  she studied with Paul Sonner. Since 2014 her local teacher is Cesar  Lopez. Recently she performed Sibelius Concerto with Orquesta Sillar.  Jimena currently attends Mannes School of Music and studies with  Michelle Kim.  

 As l started playing the violin as a child l went to the top  conservatory. I won several scholarships from Boston, awards from the American  Cultural Foundation, I won first prizes in competitions in Hungary, in  Germany, in Italy and in USA. I took part in many Master classes with Zakhar Bron, Maxim Vengerov,  Takashi Shimizu, Gernot Winischhofer, Vadim Gluzman, Itzhak Rashkovsky,  Miriam Fried, Mauricio Fuks and others. I participate regularly in Festivals in Hungary, Austria, Germany and  more. I study at the Hebrew University and at the Jerusalem Academy of Music  and Dance.  

 Lea von Delft from Munich, Germany, started learning violin at seven.  Her passion for violin blossomed upon joining the Youth Orchestra of the  „Bayerische Staatsoper“ and later in the „Odeon Youth Orchestra“,  touring China 2018. The renowned professor Rudens Turku accepted her  into his violin class at age 15, and she has attended many of his  international master classes. Her first Solo performance was with the  „Sinfonietta München“ under H. Zöbeley. She is currently studying with  Hildegard Wind at the „Musikhochschule Nürnberg“ (2nd-year bachelor) and  has recently participated in a master class of Prof. Daniel Gaede at  „House Marteau“.  

 Guan Ai is currently studying in the third year of the Central  Conservatory of Music, under the Prof. Wing Ho.  She is currently the  Deputy Principal of Viola section in the China Youth Symphony Orchestra.   She has participated in master classes given by Micheal Kugel,  Wolfgang Jahn, Pierre Henrixuereb, Juilliard String Quartet and Shanghai  Quartet etc.   

 Josefine Schäfer is currently studying in her 2nd year at the  Musikhochschule Lübeck in the class of Prof. Lena Eckels. Coming from a  family of musicians Josefine has always loved making music and has taken  part in numerous well-respected masterclasses, e.g. with Prof. Hartmut  Rohde, Prof. Pauline Sachse and Prof. Heidi Castleman. She also  thoroughly enjoys making chamber music and has been fortunate enough to  play in various ensembles, being taught by great teachers such as  members of the London Haydn quartet or Prof. Heime Müller. Josefine has a  special liking for music coming from the romantic era.   

 She started her music education at the age of 9 in Panstwowa Szkola  Muzyczna I i II st. im. Mieczyslawa Karlowicza in Mielec. In 2018 she  continued viola studies in Panstwowa Szkola Muzyczna II im. Wladysława  Zelenskiego in Krakow in viola classmates mgr. Malgorzata Giza-Piatek.  She won the III award in VIII and X Polish Viola Competition – (Zywiec  2017/2019), Distinction in III Polish Viola Competition – Poznan 2020.  She took part in music courses: Feliks Nowowiejski Polish Music Courses  in Poznan, Winter Music Academy in The Krzysztof Penderecki European  Centre for Music, Zenon Brzewski International Music Courses in Lancut.   

 Marvin Stark was born in Halle (Saale) / Germany in 1999. He started  playing the violin at the age of 5 but changed 2012 to the viola to  then, from 2014 on, be taught by Prof. Erich Wolfgang Krüger and Prof.  Ditte Leser at the University of Music „Franz Liszt“ Weimar. At the age  of 16 he went to the „Highschool of Music Schloss Belvedere” Weimar  where he became a student of Prof. Florian Richter. From October 2019 on  he has been studying the viola with Prof. Pauline Sachse at the  University of Music in Lübeck. 

 I'm from Poland and I study viola at Music Academy in Poznan. In my life  as a musician I always wanted to improve myself and develop my skills. I  think I'm doing it all the time by playing both solo and orchestral  concerts. Even nowadays when beeing a musician is harder and harder I  believe that it's a beautiful way to live life. I'm very glad that  thanks to my parents I had opportunity to follow the music path. 

 Alexander Lewis is in his third year studying with Professor Horacio  Contreras at Lawrence Conservatory in Appleton, Wisconsin. Both a  Classical and Jazz cellist, Alexander also studies Philosophy in school.  His home is in Seattle, Washington and he hopes to graduate and become a  professional musician, just like his two parents. 

 Keina Satoh is currently pursuing a BM in Cello Performance at The  Juilliard School studying under David Finckel and Clara Minhye Kim. She  is supported by the Elaine Lambert Scholarship and the Norman and Rosita  Winston Scholarship at The Juilliard School. Keina was born in Japan,  and began playing the cello at the age of 3. She won first place at  various competitions and performed with the orchestra many times in  Japan. Keina has also attended numerous international festivals  including Festival Pablo Casals (France), Ozawa International Chamber  Music Academy Okushiga (Japan).  

 Gökçe Küçükarslan was born in 1999 in Istanbul. She started music at  Avnı Akyol Fine Arts School in 2013 and studied double bass with Elif E.  Birlik. In 2016, she started Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University Istanbul  State Conservatory. She continued her double bass studies with Onur  Özkaya.  She attended masterclasses of Volkan Orhon, Barry Green, Jan  Krigovsky, Rudoslav Sasina, Dan Styfee, Milaslov Gajdos, Artem Chirkov,  Jason Heathe, Diego Zecharies, Andres Martin, Klaus Trumpf. In 2018, she  became a member of Turkey Youth Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton  of Cem Mansur. In 2018, she received a special award in Karl Ditters von  Dittersdorf Double Bass Competition. In 2019, she gave concerts with  the orchestra including Pan-Caucasian Youth Orchestra. In 2019, she  received her first prize in Galicia Graves Double Bass Competition. She  was also awarded with the special prize in the same competition. In  2020, she became a member of Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra.  Ms. Küçükarslan currently continues her studies with Onur Özkaya at the  Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University Istanbul State Conservatory. 

 Julián Martínez Sänger Was born in 1999, in Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires, Argentina. He began to  play the guitar at the age of 10 in a self-taught way and at 18 began  his studies at the Conservatory of the city. Is currently continuing his  studies with Alberto D'alessandro. He obtained two prizes in the international contest Ciudad del Este,  Uruguay: second prize and prize for the best interpretation of a  Uruguayan author's work. He also performed as a soloist in various cultural spaces in the city,  at the Guitarras del Mundo festival, and in Uruguay 

 Violinist BoYun Li is quickly building an international reputation as a  rising young soloist.  Born in Sichuan, China, BoYun began taking violin lessons when she was  five years old. Two years later, she won her first national prize in  China.  As an active international performer, BoYun continues to perform  throughout the United States and also in Europe and Asia.  BoYun has performed with pianist Rohan De Silva in China, Germany and  the US, and she played in Kurt Sassmannshaus and His Friends concerts  worldwide in 2015-2016.   BoYun has participated in several master classes, including those with  Professor Kaixiang Li, Lucie Robert, Nachum Erlich, Maxim Vengerov,  Giora Schmidt and Anne-Sophie Mutter.   BoYun has won many notable awards in her musical career.  She won both  the chamber and solo competition of the Great Wall International Music  Academy in 2014.  She won the Award of Excellence in Alice &  Eleonore Schönfeld International String Competition in 2016, and she was  also the first prize winner of Three Arts Competition in 2016.   BoYun currently plays a violin built in the 1990s by Michael Sheibley,  and is provided to her through a generous loan from Dr. Ken Christman. 

 A native of Seoul, South Korea, Sungyoung Choi began studying violin at  age seven. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in music at Sookmyung  Women’s University in 2019. She is currently pursuing a Master’s degree  at the Mannes School of Music in New York City. She is a student under  Michelle Kim, the Assistant Concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic.  Before she moved to United States, She won numerous competitions and  awards in Korea. Also she performed at the Seoul Arts Center as a member  of the Sookmyung Orchestra and performed as a soloist with Seoul String  Ensemble at the Sejong Arts Center.  After she came to New York, as a member of the Mannes Orchestra, she has  performed at the Metropolitan Opera House of the Lincoln Center and at  the Brooklyn Museum.   

 Active performer and violin instructor, Angelo H. Chiu Lee started his  musical education at the age of eight. A native from Spain, he graduated  summa cum laude from the Real Conservatorio Superior de Musica de  Madrid.  He received a Fulbright scholarship to pursue his Master of  Music in Performance in the US, finishing it with honors. His  pedagogical approach is based on the Suzuki Method which he also mixes  with a more traditional teaching style. During his spare time he enjoys  hiking and cooking. Currently he is finishing a Certificate program at  DePaul U - School of Music in the studio of Janet Sung.  

 Jessy Je Young Kim is an up and coming violinist from Toronto, ON who  has a versatile performance career ranging from solo, chamber and  orchestral concerts. She frequently plays with the Toronto Symphony  Orchestra. Recently, she has played in many orchestral concerts with the  Toronto Symphony. Previously, she won numerous awards and scholarships  around Canada including Hnatyshyn Foundation Developing Artist Grant and  2nd prize at the Shean Strings Competition in Edmonton. Highlights  include performances with the Vancouver Youth Symphony Orchestra,  Philharmonia Northwest in Seattle, Vancouver Pilgrim Orchestra, the  Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Symphony and Guelph Symphony Orchestra. In  2014, she gave her debut performance in Koerner Hall in Toronto playing  Prokofiev’s First Violin Concerto under the baton of Johannes Debus.  During her summers, she led the Aspen Philharmonic Orchestra as their  concertmaster. At the Yale School of Music, she won the Oneppo Chamber  Music Prize and played in Carnegie Hall as part of the Yale in New York  series with Ani Kavafian, William Purvis and Wei-Yi Yang. Jessy has  completed her studies in University of Toronto, Yale School of Music and  the Glenn Gould School studying with Ani Kavafian, Jonathan Crow, Barry  Shiffman and Paul Kantor. Recently, she was named a fellow for the  Rebanks Family Fellowship at the Royal Conservatory.  l.

 Jean Rochefort started violin at 4, soon followed by piano, theory and  harmony. At age 12, he met and started studying with Vladimir Landsman.  He was then precociously admitted at the University of Montreal and was  awarded with a scholarship of excellency. During that time, he won a 1st  prize at the Canadian Music Competition. He has since studied at the  Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles and the Moscow State Conservatory named  after P. I. Tchaikovsky. As the first chair of the Dupriez Quartet and  as a soloist, he has given concerts throughout Canada, Europe and  Russia. 

 Nate Bomans is a 24-year-old Canadian violinist born in Victoria,  British Columbia. He completed his Bachelor of Music and Master of Music  at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music, studying with Joseph  Swensen and Mauricio Fuks. During this time, he also studied baroque  violin with Stanley Ritchie. He has given multiple solo recitals around  Canada and has played in numerous regional orchestras around Indiana,  including as Assistant Concertmaster and Principal 2nd of the Richmond  Symphony Orchestra. In the Fall of 2021, Nate will be joining the Hyogo  Performing Arts Orchestra in Nishinomiya, Japan, for their 2021-2022  season.  

  Justyna Robak studies at the Academy of Music in Poznań(Poland)and at  State University of Music in Stuttgart (Erasmus Programme Germany).  She's a laureate of national and international viola competitions, E.g:  MINGCLASSICS International Online Competition - 1st Place, Viola  Competition in Kraków - 2nd Place. She had  pleasure to perform at Viola Congress "Viola Arte" in Gdańsk. In recent  years she took part in various musical projects, chamber music and  orchestral masterclasses, E.g.: Summer Music Academy (withe Berliner  Philharmoniker), International Lutosławski Youth Orchestra, Europa Chor  Akademie (with Symphoniker Hamburg). In 2021 she'll take part in Berlin  Opera Academy and in MingClassics Camp 2021 (Switzerland). Justyna will  also perfom at MingClassics Music Festival 2021. 

 Weronika Grenda is a student of the I.J. Paderewski Academy of music in  Poznan. She was  the 1th prize winner in bachSOLOcompetition, On Stage  Competition and National Viola Competition. The artist won also The  International Myron Poliakin Violin Competition, International Euro  Chamber Music competition in chamber music category. 

 Violist Wonjeong Seol was born in Busan, South Korea in 1991. I started to play the violin at age 4 and started Viola at age 14. I  graduated the Busan Art Middle School and Busan Art High School in South  Korea. And I graduated with a bachelor’s degree in 2017 at Estonian  Academy of Music and Theater on a scholarship in Tallinn, Estonia Europe  and I graduated Artist Diploma in 2020 at University of Cincinnati  College-Conservatory of Music on a full scholarship where I studied with  Dr. Catharine Lees. In addition, I participated as a student at Aspen  Music Festival and School in the United States and The first 1st Just  Viola Festival in South Korea. I was awarded the First prize at The 9th  Haneum Music Competition in 2009, the Second prize at Haneol Music  Competition in 2009, the Gold Prize at The 3th Eunpyeong Music  Competition in 2010, and the Second Prize (without the first prize) at  The 8th Internationally Conducted Music Concour organised by the  Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre in 2016. And I was Principal at  Worldbridge Symphony Orchestra in 2012-2014 and co-principal at Bundang  Chamber Orchestra in 2014-2016. I performed Viola Solo Recital and  Chamber Recital at Watson Hall, at Werner Hall, at Mary Emery Hall 3250,  at the Chamber Hall, and at Concert Hall.  

 Giulia Bombonati graduated in viola and in Master of Music in viola from  the State Conservatory “G.Verdi” in Turin. She studied with Bruno  Giuranna at “Accademy W.Stauffer” in Cremona, Simonide Braconi, Bruno  Canino, Kostantin Bogino. She was collaborating with: Quartetto Echos, “G. B. Polledro” Orchestra,  Milan Philarmonic Orchestra, Trio Cavalazzi, George Gao, Esta Chamber  Orchestra, Trio Debussy. She founded the Ator Duo ensemble with the pianist Cecilia Collura and  with this ensemble she won many international prizes. She played Max Bruch’s Romanza in F Major for Viola and Orchestra with  the Orchestra I Musici di Parma conducted by Simonide Braconi.  

 I am a violist from Poland who is passionate about music. I am studying  in Ignacy Jan Paderewski Music Academy in Poznań. The biggest joy gives  me playing with other people. I love chamber music, specially string  quartets. Also performing with orchestra gives me satisfying feeling of  being a small but important part of something great and meaningful. 

 In the years 2003-2012 I studied violin at the Karol Szymanowski Music  School in Wroclaw, Poland. Then I started learning to play the viola in the class of Mrs. Bozena  Nawojska at the Ryszard Bukowski State Music School in Wroclaw, which I  graduated in 2019.  I was awarded at the Macroregional Auditions of the Center for Artistic  Education of Students in Chorzow.  I participated in the Viola Competition of the Artistic Education Center  in 2018 in Koszalin. I participated in the Europera Youth Orchestra in 2015 and 2016 and in  the European Spirit of Youth Orchestra in 2017.  I study at Akademia Muzyczna Jana Ignacego Paderewskiego in Poznan in  the class of Ewa Guzowska. . 

 Chris Gokelman currently studies viola at the Cleveland Institute of  Music with Jeffrey Irvine. Winner of the YOSA Concerto Competition,  Coeur d’Alene Symphony National Young Artists Competition, and  semi-finalist for the 2021 Hellam Young Artist’s Competition. Principal  violist with the Oberlin Chamber Orchestra/Sinfonietta; Mozart Festival  Texas Orchestra. Performances in Severance Hall, Carnegie Hall, and  Lincoln Center. Liturgical musician, playing for the Taizé Pilgrimage of  Trust, the National Association of Pastoral Musicians conventions, and  benefit concerts for Oberlin and San Antonio charities. Previous studies  with Peter Slowik at Oberlin Conservatory. Additional studies with  Allyson Dawkins, Kirsten Docter, Lynne Ramsey, Stanley Konopka. 

 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 admited 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.   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.     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 exemple Ivan Monoghetti,  Zachar Bron. www.encuentrodesantander.es   2019.12. Admited to the Hungarian Radio Orchestra   2020. March admited to Malmö Music Academy – Postgraduate programm . (  from August 2020 ) Currently studying with    Andreas Brantelid      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 solists - Budapest - Grand Price - First Price  Youtube : https://youtube.com/user/pbaron23 

 Hello! My name is Jenny and I hail from Des Moines, Iowa. I've been  playing cello since I was 10 years old and still continue my studies.  During the day, I work for USA TODAY in digital marketing as a SEO  analyst. By night, I'm an amateur cellist. I have  played for Des Moines  Ballet and am a orchestra member of the Community Des Moines Orchestra.  I would like to thank my cello teacher, Xavier Quinn, for pushing me to  perform and build my musicality .  

 When she was a child, the moment she heard the big warm sound of the  cello during a little concert at the local music school, Maeve decided  to pick this instrument up. Hearing this piece had revealed what she  truly yearned for; holding this enormous instrument and being able to  produce the same beautiful sound, so surprisingly close to that of a  human voice. Ever since that day, Maeve has dedicated herself to the  study and practice of the cello under the guidance of her teacher,  Fabienne Bascheri at Toulon's Conservatory. Nowadays she likes to play  colorful and cunning scores with Emilien Wallace, a crazy pianist. .

 Being in love with music her whole life, Melissa Bausley has enjoyed  playing cello since the age of four.  Melissa is currently part of The  Orchestra Collective of Orange County orchestra as a cellist and has  most recently joined the Suzuki Association of the Americas to begin  teaching other aspiring musicians.  Melissa enjoys expressing herself  through classical music and is a fan of the romantic era and Saint Saens  is one of her favorite composers.  She most recently applied to the  International Orchestra of Samnium University and won third prize.   Melissa seeks musical opportunities domestic and abroad and loves to  collaborate with like-minded musicians. 

 I began my musical journey with the celtic harp and choir somewhere in  the green North of France. Then I pursued with the classical harp until  my graduation (Diplôme d’Études Musicales - end of musical studies) and  further (cycle de perfectionnement - development cycle) while I achieved  a literary baccalaureate. As I was especially interested by modern  letters and classical literature, I made a year of bachelor Lettres et  arts vivants (literature and living arts). The various subjects  (literary, history and analyticts) contributed to give me a special  sensibility to philosophy, theater and poetry.  I continued my studies in the Conservatoire National Supérieur de  Musique et Danse de Lyon (National Superior Conservatory of music and  dance of Lyon) where I made unique encounters that sketched my  personality and my artistical thinking