Caroline began her violin studies at the age of 5 and later went on to study at both Chetham’s School of Music and the Royal Northern College of Music with Professor Wen Zhou Li. She holds the Co-Leader position at Manchester Camerata and is the first violinist of the Zelkova String Quartet.

Caroline has received a Silver Medal from the Worshipful Company of Musicians and was also a recipient of a Postgraduate Performance Award from the Musicians Benevolent Fund. Caroline was an RNCM Concerto Competition winner and as a result performed the Sibelius Violin Concerto in Bridgewater Hall with Yan Pascal Tortelier. She has also recently performed Mozart's A major Violin Concerto with Guernsey Camerata and the Brahms Double Concerto with her brother Jonathan and the Liverpool Mozart Orchestra. 

Competition successes include reaching the string semi-finals of BBC Young Musician of the Year in 2008 and in the same year, winning the Chandos Young Musician of the Year competition. During her time at the RNCM she won the Norman George Violin Scholarship and was a finalist in the RNCM’s Gold Medal Weekend. Other prestigious performances include a solo recital at the Bridgewater Hall and both the Walton and the Sibelius Violin Concertos with the Chandos Symphony Orchestra. Caroline has been privileged to play in masterclasses for many prestigious musicians including James Ehnes, Julian Rachlin, Renaud Capucon and Ivry Gitlis.

As an avid chamber musician Caroline is passionate about her involvement with the Zelkova Quartet, winners of the Royal Overseas League Elias Fawcett Award for Outstanding Chamber Ensemble. They have recently performed at St. John’s Smith Square and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and have been heard a number of times on BBC Radio 3.

As well as her work with Manchester Camerata, Caroline also plays in guest principal and numbered positions with Sinfonia Cymru, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Northern Chamber Orchestra.

Caroline has a particular fondness for the Australian comedy violin duo TwoSetViolin and playing the violin at her church on Sundays.

Anthony Fournier was born in Sion in Switzerland on 29^th December 1993. He began to study the violin at the Sion Conservatory at the age of nine. When he was fifteen he was admitted to the professional section of the University of Music Lausanne («HEMU») under Professor Francesco De Angelis. After graduating from HEMU in 2012 with the top Bachelor of Arts in Music in violin and viola, he continued his studies in Zurich where he obtained his Master’s degree in Music Performance in September 2014. In autumn 2014 he started his Soloist Diplom at the Zurich University of the Arts under Professor Rudolf Koelman.

While juggling these studies, in 2013 Anthony joined the Verbier Festival Orchestra and has played under the direction of such renowned conductors as Valery Gergiev, Daniel Harding, Ivan Fischer, Zubin Metha, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Gianandrea Noseda, Charles Dutoit ...

Anthony is Concertmaster the Swiss Youth Symphony Orchestra, the «Sedunum Strings Orchestra» and the Verbier Festival Orchestra. He has given performances of chamber music, sometimes as soloist, with Francesco De Angelis and La Scala in Milan and «Camerata Valais». He has performed in Switzerland, France, Germany, Italy, Turkey, Romania and Liechtenstein. Anthony has also performed as a soloist at the Grand Theatre in Angers with the Chamber Orchestra of Anjou, and at the Victoria Hall in Geneva with the «Orchestre de la Suisse Romande».

He has several national and international awards. He won the «Concours Suisse» in Lausanne in Switzerland  as well as the «Note sul Mare» in Rome (2012). He received the second prize at the Alexander Glazunov International Competition in Paris (2011). Together with pianist Jansen Ryser, Anthony won the second prize (the first not awarded) at the prestigious chamber music competition, «Gaetano Zinetti», in Italy (2014).

As part of his training, Anthony has worked with great masters: Shlomo Mintz, Pavel Vernikov, Mi Kyung Lee, Sergiu Schwartz, Ferenc Rados, Eberhard Feltz, Zakhar Bron.

Armande Galloway was born in France in 1986. She began her violin studies at the age of five at the Conservatoire National de Region d'Avignon. She later went on to study in Paris with Ami Flammer, in Brussels with Valery Oistrack, and in Geneva, with Marie-Annick Nicolas. She also has been privileged to play in many Materclasses with prestigious musicians including Tedi Papavrami, Christophe Poiget, Alexis Galperine, Serguey Fatkulin and Mihaela Martin.

In 2011, Armande started her Soloist Diplom at HEMGE, and won two prices (Henri Steiner and Isaac Stern) for her Bachelor and Master of Arts. In 2012, she went to Japan for a Tour as a soloist and orchestral musician, under the direction of Kazuki Sawa. She is now studying Pedagogy in Geneva HEM.

Very involved in Chamber Music and Orchestra, she has been privileged to study with Gabor Takacs for three years with many formations: Quatuor, Quintet, and Duo with her partner Ayako Takaashi; and to be the leader of orchestral sessions with conductors like Emmanuel Krivine, Kazuki Yamada, Jesus Lopes-Cobos. She has been invited to play in «Les Jardins Musicaux» Festival in Cernier with her Quintet formation.

Armande has always been concerned by improvised music, which she studied in Paris with doublebassist Joelle Leandre, and in Brussels with pianiste Kris Defoort.

She plays an 1850 Nicolas Vuillaume violin.

Born in Israel in 1979, Asaf Maoz is a graduate of the Rubin Academy of Music in Tel-Aviv, Israel and the Rostock Hochschule für Musik, Germany, where he studied with such eminent teachers like Ahuva Driblat, Simon Yerushevich, Ora Shiran and Axel Wilczok. 

In 2004–2013 resided Asaf in Berlin where he was a member of the «Komische Oper Berlin» (Asisstant concertmaster), the «Deutsches Kammerorchester Berlin» (concertmaster and principal 2^nd violin), the «Tel Aviv Soloists ensemble» and the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra (concertmaster and principal 2^nd violin). He has been a member of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra under Maestro Daniel Barenboim 2000–2012 (Principal 2^nd violin). In 2006–2007 he has worked as Principal 2^nd violin in the German «Bielefelder Philharmoniker». Besides his orchestral work, Asaf regularly appears in such prestigious festivals, such as Apple hill «Playing for Peace», «Verbier Festival» in Switzerland, the «Jerusalem International chamber music Festival», the «festival de Bellerive» in Switzerland and «Music in the Desert Festival», Sde Boker, Israel. 

Was also a member of the «Capital dance orchestra» who plays mainly swing music

Asaf served in the IDF (Israeli defense force) as a distinguished musician. He has won several competitions and scholarships among them scholarships from the America-Israel Foundation, Yehudi Menuhin’s «Live Music Now» and the Fundación Barenboim-Said. 

Since October 2013 Asaf is a member of the Israel Philharmonic orchestra. 

In his leisure time Asaf enjoys playing tennis, eating in nice restaurants and walks on the beach.

Born in Israel, Hagar started her violin studies at the age of 9. She studied with Mrs. Ahova Draiblat, Mrs. Ora Shiran and Mr. Hagai Shaham. Received her B.Mus from the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance. At the moment she is finishing her Masters in Music at the «Private University Conservatory» with Prof. Thomas Christian.

Hagar has received the America-Israel foundation scholarships from 2003–2011, won the prize of «Outstanding Musician» in the Tel-Aviv conservatory violin competition, the winner of the Jerusalem Academy President's scholarship for Excellence at 2010 the 3rd prize at the Chamber Music competition at the Jerusalem Academy in 2010, the Barenboim-Said foundation scholarship in 2010 and the VERWISTA scholarship in Vienna 2013.

Hagar has served in the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) as a distinguished musician.

She played solo with the the «Orchestra of the Jerusalem Academy», «Holon Orchestra» at the festival «Youth performing Music» and also with the «Thelma Yellin» orchestra.

Hagar has participated in many orchestral projects, such as the «West- Eastern Divan» conducted by Daniel Barenboim between 2009–2013, «Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra» in 2013, «Detmolder Kammerorchester» in 2012–2013, «Tel Aviv Soloists» Ensemble in 2008–2009, ABAM- The baltic Youth Orchestra in 2009, the «Israeli Youth Philharmonic» between 2003–2006.

She was a member of the «Young musicians unit» in the Jerusalem music center playing in numerous chamber groups and took part in masterclasses with Miriam Freed, Ilan Gronich, Lawrence Dutton, Raymond Gnieweck, Kathi Debrazeni and Gloria de Pasqual.

Hagar has participated in music programs such as the Orchstra Institute Attergau of the Wiener Philharmoniker, AIMS Masterclasses in Spain, Banff Music Center Masterclasses, Apple Hill, Luezrne Music Centre and Musica Mundi.

Hagar is playing on an Italian violin, Farotti from 1912, that belongs to the «America -Israel Foundation». 

Violinist Maia Cabeza was born in Tsukuba, Japan in 1992 of Argentinean heritage. She received her Bachelor's Degree at the Curtis Institute of Music (Philadelphia, USA) studying with Ida Kavafian and Joseph Silverstein, and was a member of the Berlin Philharmonic «Karajan» Orchestra Academy between 2012–2014. Currently, she is pursuing a masters degree in Berlin at the «Hanns Eisler» Musikhochschule with Antje Weithaas. Maia recently came to international attention as the 1st prize «Mozart prize» winner of the 2013 Leopold Mozart International Violin Competition in Augsburg, Germany, where she received two additional prizes. As a soloist, she has performed with several notable orchestras including, among others, the St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Chamber Orchestra, Munich Radio Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Detroit Symphony, and Sphinx Chamber Orchestra in Carnegie Hall.

Maia is extremely passionate and dedicated to chamber music, and she has performed at many prestigious festivals such as Marlboro Music Festival, Rheingau Music Festival, Kronberg «Chamber Music Connects the World», Music from Angelfire, Deutsches «Mozartfest», Ravinia, Verbier Festival Academy, and Prussia Cove Open Chamber Music. In these festivals and others, she has had the opportunity to collaborate with distinguished musicians such as Nobuko Imai, Kim Kashkashian, Christian Tetzlaff, Dénes Várjon, and various members of the Cleveland, Guarneri, Juilliard, Orion and Vermeer String Quartets. Maia is currently playing on a C.G. Testore violin (circa. 1700), awarded by the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben Fund in Hamburg, Germany. 

Canadian violinist Won-Hee Lee studied at Indiana University with Alex Kerr, and is now a member of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic. She also plays regularly with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and was a former akademist with the Deutsche Symphonie Orchester Berlin, and the National Arts Centre of Canada. As a chamber musician, Won-Hee has performed both on violin and viola in Canada, the US, and Europe.

Inna Khriplovich began her violin studies in Novosibirsk at the School for Gifted Children and graduated from Novosibirsk Conservatory where she studied with Prof. Marina Koifman and participated in the Masterclasses of Prof. Zakhar Bron.

She then continued her studies at the Indiana University School of Music with Prof. Nelli Shkolnikova, where she received a Performers Diploma.

From 2001 until 2003 Inna Khriplovich was a member of the New World Symphony, orchestral academy in Miami, where she also taught in the mentorship program for underprivileged children. Inna Khriplovich participated in the Pacific Music Festival, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, American Russian Young Artists Orchestra and Miyazaki Music Festival. From 2003 Inna Khriplovich was a member of the Verbier Festival Orchestra, and since 2005 a member of the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra. She spent 2006 and 2007 in Japan, where she freelanced with Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, taught and performed at the Tokyo American Club. In 2008 and 2009 Inna played in the Weinberger Chamber Orchestra and at the Bellerive Music Festival.

Currently Inna lives in Zurich and since 2011 teaches at the Zakhar Bron School of Music. 

Born in Paris in 1988, Noémie Bialobroda studied with Nobuko Imai and Miguel Da Silva at the Haute Ecole de Musique de Genève and with Jean Sulem in the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris.

She is a member of the Aviv Quartet with whom she is enjoying an international carreer and a Viola Professeur at the Conservatoire de Musique de Genève since 2010 and at the Conservatoire de Lausanne since 2014.

Noémie has won prizes in numerous competitions and scholarship including the Beethoven International Viola Competition 2010, the Fondation Hirschmann (Switzerland) and the Fondation Meyer (France).

As a passionate chamber musician, she has played with Luis Claret, Boris Garlitsky, Francois Guye, Philippe Müller, Tedi Papavrami, Jean Sulem, Jean-Pierre Wallez, the Rosamonde String Quartet for concerts in France, Germany, Spain, China, Switzerland, Austria, USA and Israël.

Very active in contemporary music, she works regularly with the Ensemble Modern in Francfort and the IRCAM in Paris. Two new pieces for viola and electronics have been written for her and premiered at the IRCAM.

She has recorded her first CD for the label «jeunes solistes» of the Fondation Meyer which includes Sequenza VI by L.Berio, Sonate by B.A.Zimmermann, Notturni Brillanti by S.Sciarrino, Prologie by G.Grisey and Sonate op 25 n°1 de P.Hindemith.

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He started his musical studies playing piano at the age of 9. When he was 12 he switched to the viola learning by himself with the help of his uncle, a conductor.

Shortly after he joined the youth orchestra of Goias touring extensively around Europe playing as a viola solo.

During the next years he participated at international festivals and won a scholarship to study at the Academy Symphony Orchestra of Sao Paulo (OSESP). He regularly plays with great teachers and under the direction of renowned conductors.

In 2013, he won the First Prize at «Campos do Jordao» winter  Festival  in Brazil and in 2014 he joined the  class of Miguel Da Silva at Haute Ecole de Geneve.

In 2015 he won the Academie Ravel prizes and play with great soloists such as Régis Pasquier, Miguel da Silva and Henri Demarquette.

Currently he plays several concerts as soloist and chamber musician in Switzerland and France

Mari Fukazawa was born in Kanagawa, Japan.

She started violin from age of 4 and after that she switched to the viola when she was age of 17.

Up until now, she got 2^nd prize at Lionel Tertis Concorso held in Mozarteum University in Salzburg in 2014, also reached the Finals at International Johannes Brahms competition and reaching 6^th place overall. She has done first recital at the Kioi hall in Tokyo with financial assistance from Nippon steel corporation. In July 2011, she participated in Verbier Festival Academy.

She studied at the Tokyo metropolitan high school of the arts and Tokyo University of the arts. From October 2010 to June 2012, she studied with Prof. Nobuko Imai as a Master Concert student of Conservatoire de Musique de Genève, at the same time she studied chamber music with Jean-jaque Ballet and Gábor Takács-Nagy. June 2012, she graduated with the highest mark and distinction. Also she got a «Prix Pierre Fernex».

From September 2014 to December 2014, she worked in Bayerische staatsoper as a temporary contract worker, and from October 2015, she is studying in Munich hochschule für musik und theater under Prof. Hariolf Schlichtig

She studied Violin with Sakiko Shimo and Kazuki Sawa and also studied Viola with Toshihiko Ichitsubo, Kazunori Kawasaki, Nobuko Imai, Thomas Riebl and Hariolf Schlichtig.     

Hungarian freelance cellist Ditta Rohmann enjoys an artistically free career having the opportunity of choosing the repertoire she enjoys the most: solo performances, chamber music and contemporary music projects including improvisation. Her recent recording of the six suites by J.S. Bach for Hungaroton has been praised by the Gramophone magazine and other media. Among her successes the most precious are the prizes won at the Bach Competition in Leipzig. She has toured worldwide with famous ensembles such as the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, played at the Zurich Opera, appeared as soloist and worked with noted composers. Her most important teachers were Miklós Perényi, Ivan Monighetti, Péter Nagy and Ferenc Rados. Besides appearing alone or in groups performing a wide repertoire from early to contemporary music, teaching plays a great role in Ditta’s life. She had held a position at the University of Debrecen 2009–2013. She is founder of the international mastercalles in Bercel Hungary.

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In July 2004 Olivier Marron won the first prize of the international «Johann Sebastian Bach competition» in Leipzig/Germany as well as the prize of the audience and a special prize for beeing the youngest finalist. After the competition he performed in concerts in the old opera house of Frankfurt/Germany and  in the Bach Festival Leipzig, and also at the Olympus Music Festival, in St. Petersburg, with the St. Petersburg Philharmonic.

        Olivier studied with Jean Deplace in Lyon, and Jean-Guihen Queyras in Stuttgart.

        In December 2005, he won a special Price at the Domnick Competition in Stuttgart, for his Interpretation of Contemporary Music.

        Olivier is supported by the Mécénat Musical Société Général, Culturesfrance, and received a Price from the «Fondation Simone et Cino del Duca-Institut de France», in Paris.

        Olivier was invited to play chamber music with Antje Weithaas, Tabea Zimmermann, Antoine Tamestit, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Alexandre Tharaud, Juliette Hurel, Kari Kriikku , Olivier Vivarès, Stefan Wirth, the Arcanto and Vogler Quartets and many others. He appeard in the Philharmonie in Berlin, Wigmore Hall in London, in the Auditorio Nacional in Madrid, The Tonhalle in Zürich, during the Aldeburgh Festival, and Bachfest Leipzig.

        Due to his interest for contemporary music Olivier is playing with the «ensemble contrechamps» of Geneva/Switzerland, and had the chance to work with composers like Pierre Boulez, George Benjamin, Gyorgy Kurtag, Heinz Holliger, Helmut Lachenmann, Beat Furrer, Magnus Lindberg und George Benjamin.

        From January2009 until March 2011, Olivier has been teaching at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik Stuttgart, as Assistant from Jean-Guihen Queyras.

        Olivier plays on a cello by Jonas Gierten (2012, Wiesbaden).

Zita Varga (1989) ist in Cakovec (Kroatien) geboren. An den internationalen Wettbewerben Concertino Praga, David Popper, Liezen Wettbewerb, Alpe-AdriaGorizia gewann sie den ersten Preis, sowohl auch an dem kroatischen Staatswettbewerb. Ihr letzter Preis ist der zweite Platz am Brahms internationalen Wettbewerb 2007, in Pörtschach in Österreich wobei sie die jüngste Teilnehmerin war. An dem gleichen Wettbewerb hat sie auch den besonderen Preis gewonnen; das Recital am Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad Festival im Jahr 2008.

Zweimal hat sie als kroatische Vertreterin für die «Vladimir Spivakov Foundation» in Moskau mit den jungen Solisten aufgetretten. Sie bekamm Top Stipendium im Jahr 2007. Im Jahr 2008 nahm sie am internationalen Festival «Holland Music Sessions» teil und im Rahmen des Festivals wurde sie als Teilnehmerin in der Konzertserie «New Masters on Tour» ausgewählt. Die Konzerte fanden in den renommiertesten Zentren in Europa ( Den Haag – Dr Anton Philipszaal, Amsterdam-Concert Gebouw) statt. Im selben Jahr bekamm sie den Rektorpreis und diplomierte in der Klasse von Valter Despalj.

Seit dem Jahr 2010 ist sie die Mitgliederin des Volksoperorchester in Wien. Im Jahr 2013 hat sie ihr Magisterstudium in der Klasse von Reinhard Latzko mit Auszeichnung abgeschlossen.

The norwegian cellist, Amalie Stalheim (b. 1993) began playing the cello at the age of 6 at Bergen Culture school. She is currently studying for her masters at the chamber music department of The Royal College of Music in Stockholm, Edsberg Manor with professor Torleif Thedéen. 

Despite her age, Amalie is already one of the most sought-after cellists in Norway, and the last season she performed as a soloist with Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Südwestdeutches Chamber Orchestra and the symphony orchestra of the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. 

Highlights in season 2015/16 include a concert with pianist Staffan Scheja in Lincoln Center, and a tour with Gothenburg Youth Symphony Orchestra. She has repeatedly been invited to play as festivals, including Bergen International Festival, Fartein Valen Festival (Norway), Lyckå Chamber Music Festival and Norwegian Youth Chamber Music Festival.  

This fall, Amalie won one of the biggest competitions in Sweden, Ljunggren Competiton, where the 1st prize was €10 000 and a concert with a semi-professional orchestra in may 2016. 

At the Verbier Festival Academy, Amalie was awarded with «Firmenich Prize 2015». 

Amalie has played solo and chamber music concerts in Scandinavia, Germany, Poland, Italy and China. 

She is currently playing on a cello by Collin-Mezin, 1890.

Selected by the American bass magazine «No treble» as one of the world top 10 bass players and recognised by the international critics for her «great intensity and exceptional technique», Uxía Martínez Botana (August 7 1988) started her double bass studies at the early age of 6 with the bass player of the Moscow Virtuosos Orchestra, Witold Patsevich. She continued her studies in Spain and later in the Netherlands at the «Conservatorium Van Amsterdam» where she finished her double bass bachelor with Peter Stotijn and Baroque bass with Maggie Urquhart.

She got her first professional contract with the Symphony Orchestra of Galicia (Spain) at the age of 15. Later, Uxía has worked as a bass player in orchestras such as The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, The Netherlands Philharmonisch Orkest under the direction of Marc Albrecht, The Amsterdam Sinfonietta under the direction of Candida Thompson.

Uxia is currently the Guest Principal Double Bass of Philharmonie Zuid-Nederland and the Guest Principal Double Bass of the Brussels Philharmonic.

Uxía Martinez Botana was the first Spanish Bass Player principal Double Bass of the Grammy Award Winner Kremerata Baltica under the direction of Gidon Kremer, working with soloists such as Martha Argerich, Emmanuel Pahud, Khatia Buniatishvili, Daniel Baremboin, Mario Brunello, Mikhail Pletnev and many others renowed artists.

Beside her work in orchestras, Uxía Martínez Botana has developed a brilliant career as a soloist and as a chamber musician. As a bass soloist, some of her outstanding performances were the premiere of works by composer Wladimir Rosinskij in the festival «Two days and Two nights of New Music» Odessa (Ukraine) acclaimed as «powerful and breathtaking». Her interpretation of Parable XVII by Vincent Persichetti has been acclaimed by the international critic as «astonishing emotional intensity and master control over the instrument». She is the invited soloist of the New European Ensemble (Netherlands) premiering their works in the Concertgebouw of Amsterdam and she has coming up engagements for next seasons with the Symphony Orchestra of Galicia under the direction of Dima Slobodeniouk and solo recitals in the Luxembourg Philharmonie Hall, Netherlands, Belgium and Spain.

As a chamber musician Uxía has played with prominent musicians such as Julia Fischer, Anna Chumachenko, Yuri Bashmet, Andreas Schiff, Christian Tetzlaff, Lars Vogt, Nobuko Imai, Philippe Graffin, Gary Hoffman, David Cohen, Daniel Rowland, Antje Weithaas or Tatiana Masurenko and has participated in projects such as «Tango Factory» with Marcello Nisinman (bandoneon) and Frans Helmerson (cello).

Uxía Martínez Botana is regulary invited to participate in important festivals all over Europe: The Gergiev Festival (Netherlands), the Consonances Festival of Saint Nazaire (France), Schleswig Holstein International Chamber Music Festival , Spanungen (Germany), Kuhmo International Chamber Music Festival (Finland), The Kronberg Academy «Chamber Music Connects the World» and «Masters in Performance of the Kronberg Academy» (Frankfurt, Germany), Musiq 3 Festival (Belgium) among many others.

In August 2014 she received the Gustav Mahler scholarship by the Claudio Abbado Foundation among 10 prominent musicians of Europe in Bolzano (Italy) under the direction of Daniel Harding .

In July 2015 she has been selected by the famous german brand of Strings «Pirastro» as one of their sponsored artist.

Uxia is the founder of the Rubik Ensemble formed by six international soloist: Nikita Boriso Glebsky (violin), Solenne Paidassi (violin), David Cohen (cello), Dana Zemtsov (viola), Uxia Martinez Botana (Double Bass) and Andreas Hering (piano) .

Uxia’s big passion for film music drove her to collaborate in many recordings of soundtracks with the Netherlands Film Festival such as the movie «No estoy muerto, solo estoy dormido» («I am not dead, I am just asleep») awarded at the Berlinale Film festival.

Very committed to the fight against cancer, she collaborates very closely through her music with associations working in that field.

Uxia plays «The English Lady Bass» (1800) loaned by the luthier Harry Jansen and a «Ludwig Neuner» from 1854 loaned by a private sponsor. 

Dina Theresia Heidinger, geboren 1983 in Hamburg, gewann 2006 die Stelle der 1. Solooboistin an der Deutschen Oper Berlin noch während ihres Studiums bei Prof. Paulus van der Merwe an der Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg, das sie 2007 mit Diplom abschloss. Zuvor nahm sie an zahlreichen Wettbewerben teil und errang erste Bundespreise bei «Jugendmusiziert» sowie 2005 den ersten Preis der «Elise Meyer Stiftung» der HfMT Hamburg und war Mitglied in den wichtigsten Jugendorchestern Deutschlands wie z.B. der Orchesterakademie des Schleswig Holstein Musikfestivals.

Seit ihrem Engagement an der Deutschen Oper Berlin hat sie sich nicht nur den Großteil des klassischen Opernrepertoires erarbeitet, sondern ist auch immer wieder als Solooboistin zu Gast in verschiedenen Orchestern wie z.B. dem NDR Sinfonieorchester Hamburg, dem Deutschen Symphonie Orchester Berlin, dem Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin und den Stuttgarter Philharmonikern.

Auch als Kammermusikerin und Solistin ist Dina Heidinger an der Oper und außerhalb des Hauses zu erleben, unter anderem mit dem «kammerensemble modern berlin», dem «Haydn Orchester Hamburg» der «Sociedad Filamónica Madrid Berlin» oder dem «Berlin Opera Chamber Orchestra». Weitere Konzerte sind mit dem «Trio Incanto di Legni» geplant.

Außerdem war sie 2012 zum ersten mal ehrenamtliche Mitarbeiterin und Gastdozentin des «Edward Said National Conservatory of Music» in Jerusalem, Palästina. Seitdem fühlt sie sich Palästina, den Menschen und seiner Kultur tief verbunden .

Dirk Kammerer wurde 1981 in St. Georgen im Schwarzwald geboren. Er begann sein Studium im Fach Oboe bei Prof. Thomas Indermühle an der Hochschule für Musik in Karlsruhe. Zeitgleich studierte er vier Jahre Rechtswissenschaften an der Albert- Ludwigs- Universität in Freiburg. Im Rahmen des Erasmus Austauschprogramms studierte er im Fach Oboe bei Prof. Jacques Tys und Prof. Frédéric Tardy am Conservatoire National Supérieure de Musique de Paris. An der Hochschule für Musik in Karlsruhe bestand er sein Orchesterdiplom mit Auszeichnung.

Im Anschluss vollendete er sein Studium bei Prof. Günther Passin an der Universität Mozarteum Salzburg und bei Prof. Heike Steinbrecher am LMZ Augsburg. Dirk Kammerer ist Mitglied des «PentAnemos Bläserquintett». Das Ensemble wurde bei internationalen Wettbewerben mit Preisen ausgezeichnet und ist in die «Bundesauswahl Konzerte Junger Künstler» des Deutschen Musikrats aufgenommen worden. 

Dirk Kammerer ist Solo-Englischhornist beim Philharmonischen Orchester Augsburg.

Susanne von Hayn, geboren 1982 in Kronach, begann ihre Studien an der Musikhochschule Würzburg bei Prof. Albrecht Holder und setzte sie an der Musikhochschule Hannover bei Prof. Dag Jensen fort. Seit 2006 spielt sie in der Bayerischen Staatsoper München. Davor absolvierte sie die Orchesterakademie der Münchner Philharmoniker und spielte unter anderem im Schleswig Holstein Musikfestivalorchester und im Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester. Susanne von Hayn erhielt verschiedene Preise wie 2004 beim «Concorso Internationale di Musica per Giovani Interpreti» oder bei «Jugend musiziert». 2007 gewann sie die Fagottwertung des Internationalen Wettbewerbs in Bayreuth «Pacem in terris».

Mit ihrem Bläserquintett «PentAnemos» wurde sie mit mehreren hervorragenden Preisen ausgezeichnet, u.a. beim internationalen Kammermusikwettbewerb Lyon 2008. Beim Deutschen Musikwettbewerb 2010 erhielt das Quintett ein Preisträgerstipendium der Bundesauswahl Konzerte junger Künstler. Als Solistin trat sie unter anderem mit den Hofer Symphonikern, dem Orchester der Stadt Luzern oder dem Orchestra del Teatro di Torino auf.

Güloya Altay wurde 1981 in Istanbul geboren. 1992 begann sie bei Mahir Çakar an der Fakultät für Musik und Bühnenkünste der Bilkent Universität Horn zu spielen. 1997 wurde sie mit Unterstützung von Mahir Çakar an der Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Frankfurt am Main als Studentin der weltberühmten Solistin Prof. Marie-Luise Neunecker aufgenommen. Von 1998 bis 2001 hatte sie im Bundesjugendorchester, von 2000 bis 2003 im Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester regelmässig teilgenommen.

Ihre professionelle Musikkarriere begann sie 2001 an der Frankfurter Oper. In 2002 hat sie ein Jahr lang als Solo-Hornistin an der Oldenburgischen Staatstheater, von 2003 bis 2006 an der Bremer Philharmoniker als 3.-1. Horn, von 2006 bis 2008 an der Bayerischen Staatsoper als 3. Horn und von 2008 bis 2009 als 2. Hornistin an der Frankfurter Oper und Museumsorchester gearbeitet. Güloya Altay, die seit 2009 in ihrem Heimatland Türkei im Bilkent Sinfonieorchester spielt, arbeitet außerdem als Dozentin an der Universität Bilkent in Ankara. Einige von den Orchestern die sie als gast eingeladen wurde ist Mahler Chamber Orchestra wo sie seit 2009 spielt, Deutsches Sinfonieorchester Berlin (DSO) und Borusan Philharmonie Istanbul.

Ueli Bitterli wurde 1982 bei Basel geboren. Seinen ersten Hornunterricht erhielt er mit zehn Jahren an der heimischen Musikschule in Arlesheim und später an der Musik-Akademie Basel bei Stefan Ruf.

Er studierte bei Prof. Christian Lampert und Prof. Erich Penzel in Basel und Stuttgart und später in der Meisterschülerklasse von Prof. Thomas Hauschild in Leipzig.

Ueli Bitterli sammelte Orchestererfahrung in vielen Jugendorchester, u.a. Schweizer-Jugend-Sinfonieorchester, Junge Deutsche Philharmonie und Schleswig-Holstein Musikfestival.

Seine professionelle Orchestermusikerlaufbahn führte ihn an das Mainfrankentheater Würzburg (2006), ans Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz in München (2006/07), zu den Bremer Philharmonikern (2007–2009) und seit 2009 ist er als 1. Solohornist der Magdeburgischen Philharmonie am Theater Magdeburg tätig.

Der venezulanische Hornist Antonio Adriani nahm zuerst Trompetenunterricht in seinem Heimatland und wechselte mit 10 Jahren zum Horn. Adriani studierte 2005–2009 an der Escuela Superior de Musica Reina Sofía in Madrid bei Prof. Radovan Vlatkovic und danach in Berlin an der Hochschule für Musik «Hanns Eisler», wo er bei Frau Prof. Marie Luise Neunecker sein Studium absolvierte. 

Wärend des Studiums in Berlin spielte Adriani in der Akademie des Deutschen Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (DSO) sowie 2011–2013 mit den Berliner Philharmonikern in der Karajan-Akademie. Danach war er 2013–2015 Solohornist beim Philharmonischen Orchester der Hansestadt Lübeck bevor er zum DSO zurück kehrte. Auf seiner Laufbahn hat Adriani unter Dirigenten wie Christoph Eschenbach, Claudio Abbado, Sir Simon Rattle, Gustavo Dudamel, Sir Roger Norrington und Vladimir Ashkenazy musiziert und mit Orchestern wie den Bamberger Symphonikern, dem Konzerthausorchester Berlin, The World Orchestra of Jeunesse Musicales, der Staatskapelle Berlin und Orquesta sinfónica Simón Bolívar gespielt. 

Antonio Adriani ist Sieger zahlreicher internationaler Wettbewerbe, wie des «Festivals ISA» in Wien und des «Ciudad de Vigo» in Galizien. Seit Herbst 2015 hat Adriani eine feste Stelle beim Deutschen Symphonie-Orchester Berlin.