Usha KAPOOR

U.S.A date of birth: 31st of December 1993 studied in Arizona with the concertmaster of the Phoenix Symphony, Steven Moeckel and ASU violin faculty Dr. Katie McLin, obtained her Bachelor of Music Degree and Artist Diploma from the Colburn School Conservatory of Music with Prof. Robert Lipsett she debuted as a soloist with the Phoenix […]

Dóra KOKAS

HUNGARY – date of birth: 26th of September 1992 – currently studies with Prof. Oleg Kogan at the Razumovsky Academy in London – participated in masterclasses given by János Starker, Mischa Maisky, Steven Isserlis, Gary Hoffman, Jens Peter Meinz, Ferenc Rados – played chamber music with Joshua Bell, Ferenc Rados, Zoltán Kocsis, Nicholas Altstaedt, Maxim […]

Gallia KASTNER

USA date of birth: 27th of February 1997 studies with Robert Lipsett at the Colburn School of Music Recently appointed as the concertmaster of the American Youth Symphony has performed with numerous orchestras, including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra, and the Montgomery Symphony attended masterclasses by Glenn Dicterow, Rachel Barton Pine, James […]

Haram KIM

SOUTH KOREA date of birth: 29th of May 1998 currently studying at the Curtis Institute of Music with Mr. Aaron Rosand and Ms. Ida Kavafian performed with Seongnam Philharmonic Orchestra and Suwon Philharmonic Orchestra receives full merit-based tuition scholarships from Melvin A. Gang Prizes: 1st Prizes in several Korean National Competitions such as Music Jeonal, […]

Jee Won KIM

SOUTH KOREA date of birth: 29th of March 1990 is studying at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz, with Prof. Boris Kuschnir performed with Moscow state Symphony Orchestra, Lipitsk state Symphony Orchestra, Izhevsk state Symphony Orchestra among others is a semifinalist of “Michael Hill” Violin Competition, of the International “Isaac Stern” Violin Competition, of […]

Ryo KOJIMA

JAPAN date of birth: 27th of January 1993 studied with his father, Hideo Kojima, with Prof. Kota Nagahara, Machie Oguri, in the Faculty of Integrated Human Studies of Kyoto University, has obtained a Concert Artist Superior Diploma at the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris in the class of Régis Pasquier in 2018 he will […]

Atanas KRASTEV

BULGARIA – date of birth: 22nd of August 1988. – graduated from “L. Pipkov” National School of Music in 2012 – has taken masterclasses given by D. Geringas, Fr. Helmerson, A . Noras, N . Gutman, Meneses, L. Claret – has performed in Austria, Brazil, France, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Greece, Serbia, […]

Catherina LEE

AUSTRALIA date of birth: 10th of December 1996 in 2012, Catherina was accepted into the University of Music and Performing Arts, the class of Professor Gerhard Schulz. at the age of 13, Catherina won Queensland Symphony Orchestra’s Young Instrumentalist’s Competition, appearing as soloist with the orchestra. In 2016 Catherina was generously loaned a F. Gofriller […]

Giljae LEE

SOUTH KOREA – date of birth: 4th of May 1992 – is currently studying at the Musikhochschule Lübeck – studied at Seoul Arts High School, The Colburn School, the Korean National University of Arts with Troels Svane, Kangho Lee, Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, Ronald Leonard, Sun Yee Chung – has reached the semi-final in the “Pablo Casals” […]

Alexandra LOMEIKO

NEW ZEALAND date of birth: 2nd of August 1991 graduated from Guildhall School of Music in London in 2014 (prof. David Takeno); she also studied at Royal College of Music, under the tutelage of prof. Yuri Zhislin and prof. Radu Blidar  participated at master classes held by Ivry Gitlis, Philippe Graffin, Pavel Vernikov, Zakhar Bron, Boris […]

Erkki LOUKO

FINLAND date of birth: 15th of June 1994 he performed as soloist with many orchestras such as Kuopio Symphony Orchestra, The RNCM symphony Orhchestra and Tapiola Sinfonietta has been supported by various fundations: Finnish Cultural Foundation, The Kordelin Foundation, Wihuri Foundation, Pro Musica Foundation and the Wegelius Foundation plays a violin by Giuseppe Gagliano (Naples […]

Maria MARICA

ROMANIA date of birth: 8th of September 1998 is currently studying in Cluj-Napoca with Prof. Nicuşor Silaghi (member of the Transylvan String Quartet) at the Gheorghe Dima Music Academy performed as a soloist with the Bucharest Radio Chamber Orchestra, the Transylvania Philharmonic Orchestra, the Ion Dumitrescu Phiharmonic, the Junior National Youth Orchestra, with conductors Gabriel […]

Michiru MATSUYAMA

JAPAN date of birth: 5th of April 1991 is currently studying with Prof. Carolin Widmann at The University of Music “Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy” Leipzig since 2017 studied in Japan with Prof. Koichiro Harada at the Toho High School of Music and obtained her Bachelor and Master Diplomas with Prof. Kolja Blacher at the “Hanns Eisler” School […]

Hayoung LEE

SOUTH KOREA – date of birth: 28th of June 1998 – studies at Korea National University of the Arts – performed at the 2017 Kumho Young Artist concert, the 2017 Kirishima Music Festival – gala concert 2017 K’Arts and Colburn Conservatory of Music collaborative concert. Prizes: Laureate of “Ewha & Kyunghyang” Concours in 2016, Shinhan […]

Elias David MONCADO

GERMANY date of birth: 4th of November 2000 is a junior student at Interlaken Classics Akademie in Switzerland since 2016, studying with Professor Zakhar Bron. He is currently student of Professor Pierre Amoyal at Mozarteum Salzburg. made his debut at the age of 12 as a soloist with the German Chamber Orchestra Berlin; since then […]

Iva NEDEVA

BULGARIA date of birth: 13.06.1993 is currently studying at the Haute Ecole de Musique Lausanne, in the class of Prof. Pavel Vernikov and Maria Solozobova. performs often as a soloist with orchestras such as the Bulgarian National Radio Orchestra, New Symphomy Orchestra Bulgaria, Yehudi Menuhin String Orchestra, Varna Philharmonic Orchestra, Estonian Chamber Orchestra among others […]