Formed in 2010, the Goldmund Quartet is now counted amongst one of the most exciting young string quartets in Europe. Educated by Günther Pichler of the Alban Berg Quartet at the Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofia and the Artemis Quartet in Berlin, the Quartet has received important artistic impulses in master classes with the Hagen, Borodin, Belcea, Ysaÿe and Cherubini quartets. The Quartet has been awarded several prizes including the second prize at the International Wigmore Hall String Competition 2018 and the first prize at the Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition 2018. They have also been named Rising Stars 2019/20 by the European Concert Hall Organization (ECHO) as well as recipients of the 2020 Jürgen Ponto Foundation music prize. Since their debut, the Quartet has appeared at numerous international festivals such as Rheingau, Festival Aix-en-Provence, Festival de Música y Danza Granada as well as notable halls including Musikverein Graz, Pierre Boulez Saal Berlin, Elbphilharmonie and the KKL Lucerne. Named ECHO Rising Stars of the 2019/20 season, the Goldmund Quartet will perform in many of the most prestigious halls around Europe such as the Philharmonie de Paris, Amsterdam Concertgebouw and the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden. In October 2016 NAXOS released their debut CD with works by Joseph Haydn which garnered great reviews from the BBC, The Strad Magazine, Gramophone Magazine, American Record Guide. Their second album including string quartets by Shostakovich was released on Berlin Classics in July 2018.
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As winner of the 1st Prize and four Special Prizes at the 16th International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition in 2022, she performed in 20 countries and 60 different locations in 2023. She is 1st prize winner of the 67th Student Music Concours of Japan in 2013 and 2nd Prize and Iwatani Prize (selected by the audience) at the 88th Music Competition of Japan in 2019, 1st Prize and Audience Award at the 18th Tokyo Music Competition in 2020. She has also won many awards both nationally and internationally including 1st Prize at the 16th Kloster Schöntal International Violin Competition, the Kirishima International Music Festival Award, the 25th Hotel Okura Music Award and the 33rd Idemitsu Music Award. She debuted with the Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra at age 11 and has since performed with the Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, and New Japan Philharmonic and the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra. Maeda is also active in solo recitals, chamber music, and outreach programs. She is a recipient of the 48th Ezoe Memorial Recruit Foundation scholarship.
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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.

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.
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Winner of the 2021 Menuhin Violin Competition together with the Audience Prize and BBC New Generation Artist, 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/

Initially coming to attention as the winner of the 2008 Yehudi Menuhin Competition and the 2009 Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition of Belgium, he has built a profile in Europe, Asia, and the USA as well as his native Australia both live and on disc. Featured in the Forbes list of 30 most influential Asians under 30 in 2017, he has performed in major events such as France’s Bastille Day, the Nobel Prize Concert in Stockholm, and the BBC Proms. He has performed with prestigious orchestras including London Philharmonic Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, Leipzig Gewandhausorchester, Berlin Radio Symphony, Filarmonica della Scala, LA Philharmonic, and New York Philharmonic. He works with conductors such as Riccardo Chailly, Vladimir Jurowski, Sakari Oramo, Manfred Honeck, Daniele Gatti, and Kirill Petrenko. Signed in 2017 to Decca Classics, his first album of this partnership with the London Philharmonic was released in 2018 as a succession to his previous three critically acclaimed albums on SONY, the first of which “Virtuoso” received an ECHO Klassik Award.
https://www.raychenviolin.com/

https://www.japanarts.co.jp/artist/raychen/

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 the 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.

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She also received a Soloist Diploma from the Toho Gakuen College of Music as an honor student as well as an Artist Diploma from Tokyo College of Music as an honorary student. She has studied with Miriam Fried, Koichiro Harada and Kyoko Takezawa and is currently studying at the Kronberg Academy under Michaela Martin. She was a finalist at the Hannover and Sibelius International Competitions, as well as received 3rd Prize at the Montreal International Musical Competition in 2016 and bronze medal at the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis in 2022. She also won the 6th Prize and City of Brussels Prize at the 2024 Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition, resulting in a tour of Belgium through Brussels, Antwerp, and Brugge. She has performed with the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, City of Kyoto Symphony Orchestra, Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Belgian National Orchestra, and the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra. She has also collaborated with many notable conductors including Leonard Slatkin, Hannu Lintu, John Storgårds, Andrew Manze and Antony Hermus.

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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/

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://en.karstenwitt.com/artist/giuseppe-gibboni

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.
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/
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He has won First Prize at the 2021 Young Concert Artists Susan Wadsworth International Auditions as well as the Paul A. Fish Memorial Prize and Buffalo Chamber Music Society Prize. Additionally, he is a First Prize winner of the 2021 Lillian and Maurice Barbash J.S. Bach Competition. He has appeared on major musical stages throughout the world including Konzerthaus Berlin, Kulturpalast Dresden, and Wiener Konzerthaus. He has also appeared on tour with Curtis Institute of Music and Musicians from Marlboro, bringing him to Carnegie Hall, Merkin Concert Hall, and 92Y. An avid chamber musician, Lun has performed in the Marlboro Music Festival, Verbier Music Festival and Music@Menlo’s among others. Lun is a member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s Bowers Program in their 2024-2027 seasons. 2023/24 highlights include recital and chamber music performances with the Morgan Library & Museum (NYC), Caramoor Center for Music and Chamber Music Chicago, as well as concerto performances with the Brevard Philharmonic and Aiken Symphony Orchestra.
https://www.lunliviolin.com/
https://yca.org/artist/li-lun/

She will continue her studies at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels from September 2024. She is a prizewinner of numerous violin competitions including first prize in the strings division and grand prize in all divisions at the 16th Padova International Music Competition "Premio Citta di Padova" in 2018, bringing her on a concert tour of Russia and Italy. She was also a finalist at the 3rd Shanghai Isaac Stern International Violin Competition in 2020, and 2nd Prize winner at the 10th Fritz Kreisler International Violin Competition in 2022. She was also a recipient of the 2020/2021 Rohm Music Foundation Scholarship (Japan). In 2019, she gave her first performances at the Carnegie Hall and Konzerthaus in Vienna. She has performed with numerous orchestras both nationally and internationally, including a successful tour to Spain in 2022 as a soloist with the Vienna Chamber Orchestra as well as performances with the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Frascati Symphonic of Belgium, and Shanghai Symphony Orchestra. The 2024/2025 season include performances with the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra and Tokyo Symphony Orchestra. https://www.buchmann.at/en/rino-yoshimoto/

Gen quickly became known as the most promising cellist of his generation in his native Japan after being awarded the top prize in the string section of the All Japan Classical Music Competition at 12 years old. He went on to win numerous competitions including, at 15, the 2002 Viva Hall Cello Competition in 2002 of which he is the youngest ever winner. He also won 2nd prize 59th ARD International Music Competition Munich in 2010. Gen Yokosaka studied at the Musikhochschule Stuttgart and Hochschule für Musik Freiburg.
https://www.kajimotomusic.com/eng/artists-projects/gen-yokosaka/

In 2006, she moved to Berlin to study with Stephan Forck and Frans Helmerson at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler and continued her study with Wolfgang Emmanuel Schmidt at the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt Weimar. She has worked with conductors including Paavo Järvi, Mikko Franck, Darrell Ang, Gustavo Gimeno, Kent Nagano, Stephane Deneve and with orchestras such as the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Philharmonisches　Staatsorchester Hamburg, the Lucerne Festival Strings, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Stuttgarter Philharmoniker, ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, the NHK Symphony Orchestra, and the Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra. She is also resident artist of the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra. In 2017, she became the first female cellist to be signed as an exclusive artist with Deutsche Grammophon. Her second album “Voice of Hope” released in 2020 includes the Cello Concerto “Never Give Up” dedicated to her by Fazi Say. In 2023, she released "The Chopin Project," a trilogy of albums including "The Franchomme Legacy”, "Complete Chamber Music," and "Cello Arrangements," presenting famous Chopin pieces arranged for cello. Her first crossover album, “Aznavouriana” featuring the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra and Sergey Smbatyan was released in 2024.
https://www.camillethomas.com/index.php
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In 2013, when she was 17 years old, she won the 1st prize in both the Stulberg International String Competition in Kalamazoo, USA, and the Irving M. Klein International String Competition in San Francisco. In 2018, she was awarded the 1st prize and the audience prize at the Washington International String Competition, the 2nd Prize at the Seoul International Violin Competition in Korea, as well as became a Prize winner at the Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition in Germany. In 2023, she was awarded the 2nd Prize at the Munetsugu Angel Violin Competition in Nagoya as well as at the Lillian and Maurice Barbash J.S. Bach Competition in Long Island, USA. She has performed with the Central Aichi Symphony Orchestra as well as with the NDR Radiophilharmonie, the Baltimore and the San Jose Chamber Orchestras, the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra, the Santa Cruz Symphony, the Incheon Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Gyeonggi Philharmonic Orchestra.

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/
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