Michael Wehrmeyer was born in Berlin in 2002 to a Russian-German family of musicians. He began studying the cello at the age of 4. After initial lessons in Berlin and Regensburg, he joined Hyun-Jung Berger’s cello class at the Leopold Mozart Centrum in Augsburg in 2016.
He began his musical studies at the age of six in Warsaw. From the very beginning, he has had the opportunity to experience music in many forms, from orchestral to chamber ensembles.
Born in 1996, she began her studies at the Istanbul Conservatory, a city where she resided and studied until 2013, when she enrolled at the University of Augsburg at which she earned her bachelor’s degree with Prof Julius Berger in 2018.
Andrei Pushkarev was born into a family of musicians in Kiev in 1974. At the age of five, he began his musical education with piano lessons. In 1980 he entered Kiev Specialized School of Music.
Pavel Beliaev is a freelance musician known for intense collaboration with various music theatres and professional orchestras in Germany and the worldwide famous Kremerata Baltica Chamber Orchestra founded and led by Gidon Kremer.
Fabio Vacchi, born in Bologna on February 19, 1949, is considered among the most prestigious contemporary composers.
Artur Zagajewski is a composer and music theorist, born in 1978 in Tomaszow Mazowiecki.
He studied at the Conservatory of Vicenza, obtaining a Diploma in clarinet with highest honors in 1993. He studied with M.° F. Meloni and G. Sobrino, attended master classes with M.° K. Leister, T. Friedli, W. Boeykens, A.Carbonare and with G. Guglielmo and P. Borgonovo for chamber music.
After studies with M.° Massimo de Ascaniis and M.° Romano Zancan dall’Alba, he graduated in piano at the Conservatorio “Arrigo Pedrollo” in Vicenza under M.° Fernando Scafati with highest honors.
Alberto Barbetta, born in 1987, graduated in Organ and Organ Composition with honors from the Conservatory of Music “A. Pedrollo” in Vicenza under the guidance of Prof. Roberto Antonello and, at the same Conservatory, he graduated with top marks in Harpsichord with Prof. Patrizia Marisaldi.
Alessandro Tommasi was born in Bolzano in 1993. After studying at the Conservatorio C. Monteverdi in Bolzano in the class of Andrea Bonatta, he moved to the Conservatorio C. Pollini in Padua, where he graduated in 2015 with highest honors in the Piano Triennium with Adriana Silva.
Leonardo Francescon, born in 1996 in the province of Padua, began his musical studies at the age of 11 and two years later entered the Rovigo conservatory “Francesco Venezze” under the guidance of Maestro Raffaele D’Aniello.
He was born in Locri (RC) in 1981 and began studying piano at the age of 7. He graduated at the age of 22 with 10 with honors from the “A.Steffani” Conservatory in Castelfranco Veneto (TV) under the guidance of Maestro Giancarlo Argirò.
Simone Rugani, born in Lucca in 1993. He is currently attending an annual master’s program at the International Musical Academy of Rome – “l’Ottava” Center under the guidance of masters Konstantin Bogino, Svetlana Bogino, Vladimir Ogarkov and Laura Pietrocini. Since 2011 he has been playing in a duo with flutist Francesco Gatti and since 2013 with violinist Daniele Sabatini, with whom he attends, also at AIM in Rome, the annual chamber music course with the Ars Duo.
Duccio Beluffi graduated in violin in Milan with Felice Cusano. He then graduated from the Geneva Conservatory of Music under Corrado Romano.
Gabriele Tai, born in Milan in 1995, began his cello studies at age 8 under the guidance of M° Daniele Beltrami. In 2002 he was admitted to the conservatory “G. Verdi” in Milan in 2003 he began performing in various events including the music festival “Concertiamo” at Palazzina Liberty for two consecutive editions, “Giovani talenti in concerto” and “Casa delle note”.
Francesca Michelis was born in Cuneo in 1997 and had her first approaches to the violin at age 11 under the guidance of Alberto and Bruno Pignata, the latter a violinist in the famous Paganini Quartet.
Daniele Sabatini, born in Rome in 1995 but raised in Australia, began studying violin at the age of seven in Melbourne, under the guidance of Prof. Toni Robson, and then, from 2007, in Sydney, with Maestro Haruo Goto, a former student of Maestro Shinichi Suzuki. In 2009, he obtained Graduation Level 9 at Suzuki Talent Education Australia.
Elena Meneghinello was born in Padua in 1995. She began studying the violin at age 4, attending Suzuki method courses at the Rovigo Conservatory. She graduated brilliantly at the age of 17 from the Conservatory of Adria with highest honors, praise and special mention under the guidance of Maestro Alessandro Simoncini.
Since his first cello lesson at age five, Andreas has continued to develop a fascination and love for the instrument. While still very young, he was at under the wing of legendary cello teacher Eldar Issakadze at the David Oistrach Academy in Ingolstadt.
