The Goldmund Quartet is known to feature “exquisite playing” and “such multi-layered homogeneity” (Süddeutsche Zeitung) in its interpretations of the great classical and modern works of the quartet literature. Its inwardness, the unbelievably fine intonation and the phrases worked out down to the smallest detail inspire audiences worldwide.

As evident from their 2024/25 season calendar, the Quartet is now counted amongst the leading string quartets of the younger generation worldwide. Highlights include another substantial tour of the US taking in Montréal, Indianapolis and Memphis and a tour of Japan on the occasion of the Nippon Music Foundation’s 50th anniversary at Kioi Hall with Ray Chen, Camille Thomas, Maria Dueñas and as soloists with Tokyo Symphony Orchestra. The ensemble will debut at prestigious festivals such as Schubertiade Hohenems and HarzClassixFestival, appear on Cyprus and in Split, at Teatro Liceo de Salamanca and in Florence in the renowned series of the Amici della Musica Firenze. Returns will lead them to the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Oraniensteiner Konzerte and the Bodensee Festival. The Goldmund Quartet presents their own chamber music festival at Kloster Irsee in May 2025. Additionally, the Goldmund Academy was held for the very first time offering guidance for young string quartets and providing a platform for emerging talent.

Following the 2020 release on Berlin Classics of Travel Diaries - the Quartet's third album including works by Wolfgang Rihm, Ana Sokolovic, Fazil Say and Dobrinka Tabakova - the Goldmund Quartet published an album dedicated to Franz Schubert and released a limited vinyl release of Prisma in 2023. The latter featured contemporary works by Arvo Pärt, Philip Glass and Uno Helmersson alongside two newly commissioned pieces by Pascal Schumacher and Sophia Jani. Collaborations with composers such as Kaan Bulak, Jörg Widmann and others give evidence of their dedication to commissioning and performing contemporary music. These efforts alongside educational projects are supported by the Friends of Goldmund Quartett e.V. Their latest CD of works by Felix Mendelssohn was released in Spring 2025.

2nd Prize and 1st Prize winners of the 2018 International Wigmore Hall String Competition and the 2018 Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition respectively, the Quartet was named Rising Stars by the European Concert Hall Organisation for 2019/20. Since 2019, they have been performing the Stradivarius Paganini Quartet, provided by the Nippon Music Foundation. In addition, the Quartet was awarded the Jürgen Ponto Foundation Music Prize in March 2020 and the Freiherr von Waltershausen Prize in December 2020. In 2016, the Quartet won the Bavarian Arts Promotion and the ARD International Music Competition’s Karl Klinger prizes.

The Goldmund Quartet has performed alongside artists such as Jörg Widmann, Ksenija Sidorova, Sabine Meyer, Pablo Ferrández, Nino Gvetadze, Noa Wildschut, Martynas Levickis, Maximilian Hornung, Elisabeth Brauß, Christian Gerhaher, and Fazil Say.

In addition to studies at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Munich and with members of the Alban Berg Quartet, including Günter Pichler at the Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofia and the Artemis Quartet in Berlin, master classes and studies with members of the Hagen, Borodin, Belcea, Ysaye and Cherubini Quartets, Ferenc Rados, Eberhard Feltz and Alfred Brendel gave the Quartet important musical impulses.

Jake Dongyoung Shim gained international recognition winning the 'Isang Yun Prize' at the ISANGYUN International Violin Competition, being the first to win the competition by playing Yun’s Violin concerto (1992) at the final. It was the first time in 22 years that the piece was performed at the final round. After winning 1st Prize and Bach Prize at the 2020 Stulberg International String Competition in Michigan, United States and prizes at the 2022 Zhuhai International Mozart Competition in Zhuhai, China, and at the 2020 Irving M. Klein International String Competition in San Francisco, United States, he recently won a prize at the 2022 F. Kreisler International Violin Competition in Vienna, Austria. Jake was also one of the Laureates at the 2020 J. S. Bach Competition.

In addition to winning the 'Isang Yun Prize' and 3rd prize at the 2024 ISANGYUN International Violin Competition, the SONY Classical Records will be working with Jake to produce and promote his début album.

In the upcoming season, Jake will make his debut as a soloist with the Rundfunk- Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Seocho Philharmonic Orchestra, Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, Symphony in C, as well as return with the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra.

He also gave debut performances on three different continents including venues such as Salle des Combins at Verbier Festival, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Jordan Hall, Kumho Art Hall, Seoul Arts Center Concert Hall, The Musikverein in Vienna, and Alice Tully Hall.

Jake has appeared at chamber music festivals including the La Jolla Music Society SummerFest, Verbier Festival Soloist Academy, Perlman Music Program, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, NUME Academy&Festival, Heifetz International Music Institute’s Ashkenasi Chamber Music Seminar, and Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s Spring Festival, performing alongside esteemed musicians such as Kim Kashkashian, Molly Carr, David Finckel, Wu Han, Arnaud Sussmann, Sarah Chang, and Itzhak Perlman.

In addition to his recent awards, he is also the 1st Prize winner at The Stradivarius International Violin Competition.

Last season, he appeared as a soloist with numerous orchestras including the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra, Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, Tongyeong Festival Orchestra, Central Conservatory of Music Orchestra, Chubu Philharmonic Orchestra, Seoul Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra, Busan Philharmonic Orchestra, Suwon Philharmonic Orchestra, Sarah Chang&Virtuosi Orchestra, and Korean Chamber Orchestra, among many others.

He is currently an Artist Diploma candidate at the Curtis Institute of Music with a full scholarship and Tobe Amsterdam Fellowship studying with Ida Kavafian and Shmuel Ashkenasi. His former teachers include Donald Weilerstein at the New England Conservatory where he studied with a Tan Family Education Grant and Dean’s Scholarship, Itzhak Perlman at the Perlman Music Program, and Kyung Sun Lee and Hyuna Kim at the Yewon Arts School and Seoul Arts High School.

He plays the 1711 D. Montagnana, on generous loan from the SooYoung Art Trade in Korea and Stradivarius 1700 Violin “Dragonetti” on generous loan from the Nippon Music Foundation.

Yasuko Ohtani completed her undergraduate and doctoral studies at the Tokyo University of the Arts. Her career as a soloist began while studying, with recitals in Vienna, Rome, Cologne, and Berlin, as well as invitations to the Toronto Music Festival, the city of Salzburg, and others. In 2017, she performed in the Musikverein Wien. Ohtani has performed with renowned orchestras such as the NHK Symphony Orchestra, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Slovak Philharmonic, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, and the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine. In 2019, she released her latest CD of Franck & Poulenc Sonatas for Violin and Piano with Itamar Golan. She has also released many CDs such as “Fantasie de la Traviata” and “Richard Strauss/Beethoven Sonata No. 5” from Sony Music. She hosts and performs on the TV music program “Ongaku Kosaten” along with rakugo artist Koasa Shunputei. She published the book “Violinist, Kyo mo Hashiru!” (KADOKAWA) in 2018. She received the Agency for Cultural Affairs’ “Art Festival Award” in 2010. She is Professor at Tokyo College of Music and a distinguished professor at Tokyo University of the Arts Junior Academy. She also serves as Chair of the Nerima Cultural Promotion Association, Cultural Ambassador of Kawasaki City, Kochi Prefecture Tourism Special Envoy, and Chair of the Japan Symphony Foundation and the Japan Federation of Musicians. She was a former visiting professor at Tokyo University of the Arts. She celebrates the 50th anniversary of her debut in 2025.

Born in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Dmytro Udovychenko has studied at the Kharkiv Special Music School for gifted children with Ludmila Varenina. At age 14, he was admitted in the class of Boris Garlitsky at the Folkwang University of Arts in Essen, Germany. Dmytro has participated in masterclasses with Ana Chumachenko, Christian Tetzlaff, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Stephan Picard and Leonidas Kavakos. In 2022, he was accepted to the Kronberg Academy Professional Studies Program in the class of Christian Tetzlaff. He was awarded the Second Prize at the Jascha Heifetz International Violin Competition in Vilnius and First prize at Odesa International Violin Competition, as well as 2018 Andrea Postacchini International Violin Competition in Fermo. Most recently, he was awarded First Prize at the 2022 Singapore International Violin Competition, the 2023 Montreal International Violin Competition, and the 2024 Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition. He was also invited to perform at numerous international festivals.
He is supported by the Ukrainian VERE MUSIC FUND, Villa Musica Rheinland Pfalz, and Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben.
https://mcsya.org/artists/dmytro_udovychenko/

Internationally acclaimed violinist Timothy Chooi (pronounced “Chewy”) continues to mesmerize global audiences with his electrifying performances and profound musical interpretations. Renowned for his passionate renditions and extensive repertoire, Chooi has cultivated a devoted following, with over 200,000 online fans and more than 50 million views on his performances across digital platforms.

Chooi first burst onto the international scene by securing First Prize at the Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition in Hannover, Germany, and later earned Second Prize at the prestigious Queen Elisabeth International Competition. His accolades include the highly coveted Yves Paternot Prize from the Verbier Festival in Switzerland. These achievements have led to performances with top-tier orchestras including the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Belgian National Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Wiener Concert-Verein, and the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra. His appearances at iconic venues such as Carnegie Hall, Musikverein Wien, Berlin Philharmonie, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, and London’s Royal Albert Hall have garnered him critical acclaim.

The 2025–26 season marks an exciting chapter in Chooi’s artistic journey. He will make his Paris debut with the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, and return to major European halls including the Musikverein in Vienna, Philharmonie in Munich, and Concertgebouw Amsterdam. He also continues his North American engagements with return appearances at the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, and a collaboration with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London. Future engagements also include his anticipated debut with the NHK Symphony Orchestra in Japan.

Chooi’s music is broadcast globally on leading platforms. In 2023, he recorded with Anne-Sophie Mutter and Mutter’s Virtuosi for Deutsche Grammophon. His performance with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra was featured on Medici TV, and his work has been aired on NPO Radio Klassiek Amsterdam, WQXR New York, RTBF Belgium, Swiss Public Radio, CBC Radio Canada, Deutschlandfunk Kultur, and Danish Public Radio.
Born in Canada, Chooi’s multicultural heritage includes Chinese, Indonesian, and Malaysian roots. His career began at age sixteen with a debut alongside the Montreal Symphony Orchestra (Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal), inspired by his older brother, violinist Nikki Chooi. Since then, he has established himself as one of the leading violinists of his generation.

In addition to his international performing career, Chooi serves as Head of Strings and Associate Professor of Violin at the University of Ottawa in Canada, where he is committed to developing the future of violin playing and artistry in his home country. Celebrated for his innovative pedagogy, Chooi combines traditional technique with contemporary insights, offering his students a dynamic and holistic musical education. Under his mentorship, many have gone on to win prestigious competitions and join top orchestras around the world.

He performs on a distinguished collection of violins: the 1741 “Titan” Guarneri del Gesù (on loan from Canimex, Québec), the 1709 “Engleman” Stradivarius (on loan from the Nippon Music Foundation, Japan), and the 1761 Landolfi violin, which he plays in his role at the University of Ottawa.
Born in Canada, Timothy Chooi has studied with Ida Kavafian and Pamela Frank at the Curtis Institute of Music, Catherine Cho at the Julliard School’s Artist Diploma Program and Christian Tetzlaff at the Kronberg Academy. He gained international recognition by winning the first prize at the 2018 Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition in Germany and the second prize at　the 2019 Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition of Belgium. He is also the first violinist and Canadian to win the “Prix Yves Paternot Prize” at the Verbier Festival in Switzerland.

Since his debut performance with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra at 16, he has performed with renowned orchestras such as the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Belgian National Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, and Wiener Concert-Verein, among others. He has performed at prestigious venues including the Carnegie Hall, Musikverein Wien, Berlin Philharmonie, Royal Albert Hall. He has collaborated with esteemed artists including Anne-Sophie Mutter, Pinchas Zuckerman, Jukka Pekka Saraste, and Lang Lang.

Upcoming engagements include collaborations with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, a return to the Toronto Symphony, and debuts with the European Union Youth Orchestra, Brucknerhaus Orchester Linz, and the Wimbledon Music Festival in London.

Timothy serves as a Professor of Violin at the University of Ottawa.

https://www.timothychooi.com/
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Born in Granada, Spain, María studies with renowned violin teacher Boris Kuschnir at the Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna. She is a 1st Prize and audience Prize winner of the 2021 Menuhin Competition for Young Violinists and was named "New Generation artist" by BBC Radio 3. She has performed with prestigious orchestras and conductors including the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra under Kazuki Yamada as a soloist of their Germany tour, as well as the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Oslo Philharmonic under Manfred Honeck, the Chamber Orchestra of Europe under Herbert Blomstedt, the San Francisco Symphony and Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra under Marek Janowski, and the Orchestre de Paris and Tonhalle Zürich under Paavo Järvi. In 2022, María was dedicated “Altar de Cuerda” by Gabriela Ortiz’s and premiered it with Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Walt Disney Concert Hall. On an exclusive contract with the Deutsche Grammophon since September 2022, she released her debut album in 2023, recorded live with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra under Manfred Honeck at the Golden Hall in Musikverein, featuring Beethoven’s Violin Concerto with her own cadenzas. In the same year, she released “Homage 1770”, another of her own compositions for solo violin dedicated to Beethoven.
https://www.mariaduenasviolin.com/en

https://www.universal-music.co.jp/maria-duenas/biography/

A native of Japan, Risa Hokamura started the violin at age 3. She received her Artist Diploma Degree at Tokyo College of Music studying with Koichiro Harada, Mayuko Kamio, and Machie Oguri. She is currently pursuing a Master of Music in Violin Performance at Manhattan School of Music with Koichiro Harada and Lucie Robert. She first came to international attention upon winning first Prize in the 2018 Young Concert Artists Susan Wadsworth International Auditions, and Silver Medal at the 2018 International Violin Competition of Indianapolis. She has performed with notable conductors including Leonard Slatkin, Naoto Otomo, Junichi Hirokami, Kazuki Yamada, and orchestras such as the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, East Coast Chamber Orchestra, Greensboro Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, New Japan Philharmonic, Sapporo Symphony Orchestra, Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra, Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra, and Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra. Her recital highlights include debuts at the Merkin Concert Hall, Kennedy Center Terrace Theater, Kioi Hall and The Symphony Hall, and Morgan Library Encore Series presented by Young Concert Artists.　 Risa is a recipient of the 2018 and 2019 Rohm Music Foundation Scholarship as well as the 47th Ezoe Memorial Recruit Foundation Scholarship. https://www.kajimotomusic.com/artists-projects/risa-hokamura/

MINAMI (Minami Yoshida) is widely recognized as one of the most promising young violinists to emerge from Japan. She currently performs on the Stradivarius 1716 Violin “Booth” from the Nippon Music Foundation.
MINAMI received international acclaim for her remarkable result at the 2024 Queen Elisabeth International Violin Competition, held at the age of 25. In 2025, at the age of 26, she further distinguished herself by winning 2nd Prize and the Prize for the Best Performance of the Sibelius Violin Concerto at the Jean Sibelius International Violin Competition, solidifying her status as a major voice among her generation of violinists.
She had already garnered wide recognition with achievements such as the Bronze Medal / 3rd Prize and Special Prize for Best Performance of a Classical Concerto at the 2022 International Violin Competition of Indianapolis (age 24), being a Laureate of the Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition (2021, age 23), 3rd Prize at the Concours musical international de Montréal (2016, age 17), and receiving a prize at the Sibelius International Violin Competition in 2015 (age 17). In her home country, she won 1st Prize at the Music Competition of Japan in 2014 (age 16).
MINAMI has also been recognized for her artistic integrity through awards such as the Salon de Virtuosi Career Grant Award (2019), the 7th Tokiko Iwatani Award Foundation for Youth (2016), and the 3rd Arion-Toho Music Award (2015).
She made her debut at the age of12 with the Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra and has since performed with prestigious ensembles such as the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, NDR Radiophilharmonie, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Miami, Taiwan Philharmonic (NSO), Belgian National Orchestra, Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie, and numerous major orchestras throughout Japan.
Born in the ancient city of Nara, Japan, MINAMI began playing the violin at the age of five. She graduated from Toho Gakuen Music High School and earned her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees with the Dean’s Scholarship at the New England Conservatory, studying under Miriam Fried. She also holds Artist Diplomas from the Toho Gakuen School of Music and the Tokyo College of Music, where she studied with Koichiro Harada and Kyoko Takezawa. She currently studies at the Kronberg Academy’s Professional Studies Program with Mihaela Martin, supported by the Georg Breuer Scholarship.
Her festival engagements include appearances at the Ravinia Steans Music Institute, the Taipei Music Festival and Academy, and the Ishikawa Music Academy, all under full scholarship. She has also received support from the Tan Family Education Foundation, the ROHM Music Foundation, and the Ezoe Memorial Recruit Foundation.
Starting in Fall 2025, MINAMI will begin her trial as a First Violinist with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.
https://www.minami-violin.com/

Born in Kanagawa, Japan, Fumika Mohri began playing the violin at the age of three, learning from Kaori Tajiri and Sachika Mizuno. She continued her studies with Koichiro Harada at the Toho Gakuen School of Music and Mihaela Martin at the Kronberg Academy and Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln. In 2012 she won the first prize at the Seoul International Music Competition, becoming the youngest and first ever Japanese first-prize winner in the history of the competition. In 2015 she won the second prize at the Premio Paganini International Violin Competition and sixth prize at the Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition. In 2019 she won the third prize at the Montreal International Music Competition. As a soloist, she has performed with major orchestras such as the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra, Brussels Philharmonic, Kremerata Baltica and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe. She has collaborated with eminent artists including Sir András Schiff, Abdel Rahman El Bacha, Ilya Gringolts, Nobuko Imai, Tabea Zimmermann, Frans Helmerson and Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi. She released “Saint-Georges: Violin Concertos Op.2 & 7” from NAXOS in June 2023.
https://www.fumikamohri.com/

Born in Italy, Giuseppe Gibboni was admitted at age 14 to the Stauffer Academy in Cremona, where he received lessons from the violinist Salvatore Accardo. After graduating from the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena, he also learned from Pavel Berman at the Accademia Perosi in Biella and from Pierre Amoyal at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg. He is the winner of the 56th International Violin Competition "Premio Paganini" in 2021 as well as top prizewinner of the Andrea Postacchini International Violin Competition in 2016 Leonid Kogan International Competition in 2017, the George Enescu International Competition in 2018 and the Valsesia Musica Competition in 2020. He has made collaborations with such orchestras and conductors as the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia under the direction of Lorenzo Viotti, the Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino conducted by Zubin Mehta, the Orchestra della Toscana under Diego Ceretta, the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano under Joel Sandelson, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra under Jader Bignamini, the Orchestra del Teatro di San Carlo under Dan Ettinger, and the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI under John Axelrod. He also gives recitals regularly across Italy and has released his debut CD featuring violin masterworks at age 15 for the Warner Classics label.
https://giuseppe-gibboni.com/

Japanese-American violinist Mayumi Kanagawa began the violin at age 4. Her musical education has been shaped by Kolja Blacher at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin, as well as by Yoshiko Nakura, Masao Kawasaki, and Robert Lipsett. In 2024 she won 1st Prize and Best Interpretation of a George Enescu Sonata at the George Enescu International Competition Violin Section. She is also a prizewinner at the 2018 Long-Thibaud Crespin competition and 2019 Tchaikovsky Competition.
She has performed with many orchestras including the Mariinsky Orchestra, Belgian National Orchestra, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen and the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, among others. The 2023-24 season highlights include engagements with the NHK Symphony Orchestra, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestras, Gunma Symphony Orchestra and Macao Orchestra with Charles Dutoit, Marc Piollet, Nodoka Okisawa, and Kazuhiro Koizumi. Recital and chamber music concerts with colleagues including Yu Kosuge and the Lazarus String Quartet bring her across Europe and Japan.
Her debut CD “Recital” with pianist Giuseppe Guarrera was released in Japan in February 2023 to wide critical acclaim, and in 2024 she received the “Fresh Artist” award from Nippon Steel. In 2025, she received the 26th Hotel Okura Music Award and the 34th Idemitsu Music Award. An advocate for communication through music making, she is currently an ambassador for El Sistema Japan’s new “Ribbon” project, bringing instruments and music education to children in the foster care system. Since October 2023 she is also teaching at the Hochschule für Künste in Bremen.
https://mayumikanagawa.com/
http://www.pacific-concert.co.jp/foreigner/view/1266/

Lun Li is a violinist devoted to creating thought-provoking, boundary-pushing concert experiences for contemporary audiences worldwide. A native of Shanghai, China, he won First Prize at the 2021 Young Concert Artists Susan Wadsworth International Auditions, along with the Paul A. Fish Memorial Prize, and was named the John French Violin Chair at YCA. He also took First Prize at the 2021 Lillian and Maurice Barbash J.S. Bach Competition.
Highlights of his 2024–25 season include concerto appearances with the Tokyo Symphony, Bangor Symphony, and the Chamber Orchestra of the Springs. He also tours Asia with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and the Nippon Music Foundation, and the U.S. with Young Concert Artists. In the 2025–26 season, Lun will appear as a soloist with the Osaka Symphony and Kyoto Symphony Orchestras, and give a recital at Suntory Hall. His solo violin recital project, A Walk Through the Dark Night, will be presented at the Puddingstone Festival in Newport. He will also perform in the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s opening night concert.
Lun has performed in major venues including Carnegie Hall, Konzerthaus Berlin, Kulturpalast Dresden, Wiener Konzerthaus, and Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center. He has toured with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the Curtis Institute of Music, and Musicians from Marlboro, performing at 92Y, Carnegie Hall, and other leading stages.
A passionate chamber musician, Lun has been featured at the Bard Music Festival, Bay Chamber Concerts, Newport Classical, Marlboro Music Festival, Verbier Festival, Music@Menlo, Music from Angel Fire, and Tippet Rise. In 2024, he began his residency as a member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s Bowers Program.
Lun holds degrees from the Curtis Institute of Music (BM ’20) and The Juilliard School (MM ’22, AD ’24). His principal mentors include Ida Kavafian, Catherine Cho, and Joseph Lin. He currently serves as a teaching assistant to Catherine Cho at Juilliard.
He performs on the 1735 “Samazeuilh” Stradivarius violin, on loan from the Nippon Music Foundation.

https://www.lunliviolin.com/
https://yca.org/artist/li-lun/

22-year-old Japanese violinist Rino Yoshimoto has captivated audiences around the world. She has performed in the world’s most prestigious halls, including Carnegie Hall and the Golden Hall of the Musikverein in Vienna. Her powerful command of standard violin literature has led her on concerto and recital tours across Europe. She was invited on a tour to Spain with the Vienna Chamber Orchestra as a soloist and it was received with critical acclaim. She has performed many solo recitals as well as participated in numerous orchestral projects in Japan, Austria, Bulgaria, Greece, the USA, Russia, France, Belgium, and Italy. Known for her phenomenal musicianship, Ms. Yoshimoto is a prizewinner of numerous international violin competitions, including the 16th Padova International Music Competition "Premio Citta Di Padova", the 10th Fritz Kreisler International Violin Competition 2022 (2nd place), and the 2022 Shanghai Isaac Stern international violin competition. Ms. Yoshimoto is currently studying at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel and the Royal Conservatory of Brussels in the classes of Prof. Augustin Dumay and Prof. Yossif Ivanov. She has studied with Masako Kida, Gerald Poulet, Mauro Iurato, Yoshio Unno, and Michael Frischenschlager.

Zlatomir Fung was born into a family of mathematicians and began playing cello at age three and studied at The Juilliard School under the tutelage of Richard Aaron and Timothy Eddy. Fung is the youngest cellist ever to win First Prize at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in 2019 as well as the winner of 2016 George Enescu International Cello Competition, 2017 Young Concert Artists International Auditions, and the 2018 Alice & Eleonore Schoenfeld International String Competition, among others. He was selected as a 2016 US Presidential Scholar for the Arts and was awarded the 2016 Landgrave von Hesse Prize at the Kronberg Academy Cello Masterclasses. He has performed with the New York Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre National de Lille, BBC Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, among others. He made his recital debut at Carnegie Hall in 2021 and has appeared at the Wigmore Hall, Verbier Festival, and the Aspen Music Festival. He was appointed to the faculty of The Juilliard School in 2024.
https://www.zlatomirfung.com/
https://www.kajimotomusic.com/eng/artists-projects/zlatomir-fung/

Michiaki Ueno's eloquent performance and charisma spellbind the audience. He has been praised for his unique yet natural musicality and superlative technique. As the winner of the Geneva International Music Competition, Ueno has proven to be one of the most promising artists in the classical music scene.
Born in Paraguay in 1995, he spent his childhood in Spain. After moving to Japan, Ueno made his debut as a soloist at the prestigious Suntory Hall at just eleven years old, performing the Lalo Cello Concerto. This led to his win in the International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians, catapulting him onto the international scene. His accolades include first prizes at the Romanian International Music Competition, where he also received the Romanian Embassy Prize and the Romanian Radio Culture Prize, and at the International Johannes Brahms Competition, among others. He attracted the world’s attention at the Geneva International Music Competition with his sensational performance of the Lutoslawski Cello Concerto, winning the first prize with three special awards, including the Young Audience Prize.
Educated under the tutelage of Hakuro Mohri and Pieter Wispelwey, Ueno further honed his musicality as an artist-in-residence at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel, under the guidance of Gary Hoffman and Jeroen Reuling.
As a soloist, Ueno has performed with leading orchestras such as the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Warsaw Philharmonic, KBS Symphony Orchestra, NHK Symphony Orchestra, and the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, under renowned conductors including Charles Dutoit and Jonathan Nott. He has shared the stage in chamber music performances with acclaimed artists such as Martha Argerich, Mischa Maisky, Augustin Dumay, and José Gallardo.
Ueno is invited to music festivals around the world such as La Folle Journée de Nantes, Montpellier Music Festival, Pacific Music Festival, Argerich Music Festival Beppu, and the Beethovenfest Bonn, where he was awarded the Beethoven-Ring 2024. His recording career began ambitiously with the release of his world debut album, featuring the complete Bach suites at the age of 26. He has been honored with numerous awards, including the Idemitsu Music Award, the Nippon Steel Music Award, and the Hideo Saito Memorial Foundation Award.
Ueno performs on two fine instruments: a 1730 "Feuermann" Stradivarius, on loan from the Nippon Music Foundation, and a 1758 P.A.Testore cello, on loan from the Munetsugu Collection.
https://www.michiakiueno.com/about
https://www.kajimotomusic.com/eng/artists-projects/michiaki-ueno

Born in USA, Benjamin Beilman studied at the Curtis Institute of Music with Ida Kavafian and Pamela Frank, and with Christian Tetzlaff at the Kronberg Academy. His international career was launched after winning two first prizes at the Montreal International Musical Competition and the Young Concert Artists International Auditions in New York both in 2010. He has also received many other prestigious accolades including a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship, an Avery Fisher Career Grant and a London Music Masters Award. He has performed with notable conductors such as Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Krzysztof Urbański, and Matthias Pintscher and orchestras including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Oslo Philharmonic, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, and the London Philharmonic Orchestra. 2023-24 season includes his debut with the St. Louis Symphony under Cristian Macelaru and BBC National Orchestra of Wales under Ryan Bancroft. In recital and chamber music, he performs at major halls including Carnegie Hall, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Berlin Philharmonie, the Louvre and Wigmore Hall, as well as the Marlboro Music Festival and Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, among others. His debut album “Spectrum” was released from Warner Classics in 2016.　In 2022, he became one of the youngest artists to be appointed to the faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music.
https://benjaminbeilman.com/
https://www.novellette-arts.com/benjaminbeilman