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	Aaron Pilsan / PIANO
	(16, AUSTRIA/GERMANY)
	[Prizes] - 1st prizes at the Austrian regional and national competitions “Prima la musica” for solo piano and for accompaniment - 1st prize Wendl&Lung Piano Competition 2007 - 1st prizes Grotrian Steinweg Piano Competition 2009/2010 [Performances] - Made orchestral debut in 2008 performing Haydn’s concerto in D Major in Bregenz, Austria - Gave the first solo concert in 2008 in Dornbirn



	Andrew Pae / PIANO
	(23, USA/GERMANY)
	[Prizes] - Grand prize at Korea Times International Music Competition and Finalist at Virginia Waring International Piano Competition - Won Aspen Music Festival and School Piano Concerto Competition 2009 [Performances] - Performed with KBS Symphony Orchestra, Asia America Youth Orchestra, YMF Debut Orchestra, Aspen Concert Orchestra - Performed throughout USA, Korea, England, Germany and Switzerland



	Christina Yee / VIOLIN
	(18, New York USA)
	[Prizes] - 1st prize at Duquesne Young Artist National Competition, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra Young Artist Competition, David Hochstein Recital Competition, Jo Amish/Raymond Santirocco Young Artist Competition, Lee Strebel Memorial Youth Concerto Competition, Equinox Symphony Orchestra Competition, Finger Lakes Symphony Orchestra Young Artist Competition, Fortissimo Competition, Eastman Arco Competition [Performances] - Numerous recitals, solos with orchestras, and as leader of chamber ensembles in the US and abroad - Interviewed and Performed on WHEC Channel 10 TV, WXXI 91.5 classical music station



	Danae Doerken/ PIANO
	(18, GREECE/GERMANY)
	[Prizes] - 21 first prizes at Jugend Musiziert from 1998 to 2009 - 1st prize the International Steinway Competition, the International Grotrian Steinweg Competition - Prix unique at the International Competition for Young Musicians in Enschede - Composition scholarship from YAMAHA Foundation, and Werner Richard-Dr.Carl Doerken Foundation [Performances] - Performed in various renowned international festivals in Europe - Performed the concertos of Beethoven, Saint-Saens, Mendelssohn, Mozart and more



	Da Sol Kim / PIANO
	(22, SOUTH KOREA/GERMANY)
	[Prizes] - 1st prize at Epinal International Piano Competition 2011, Nagoya International Competition, Asia International Chopin Music Competition - 2nd prize at Isang Yun International Music Competition - 3rd prize at Geneva International Music Competition 2008, International Chopin Piano Competition in Darmstadt 2009 - Won at Queen Elisabeth International Competition 2010 [Performances] - Numerous performances as a soloist and recitals in Europe and South Korea - Performed as a soloist with German Broadcast Symphony Orchestra, Miracle Chamber Orchestra, Postdam Chamber Academy Orchestra and many more in Gewandhaus Leipzig, Konzerthaus Berlin, Nikolai Hall Potsdam, Dresden, Bayreuth, Yokohama Japan, etc..



	Jakob Koranyi / VIOLONCELLO
	(27, SWEDEN/GERMANY)
	[Prizes] - 2nd Grand Prix and special prize for best interpretation of the Shostakovich Concerto No.1 at the Rostropovich Competition in Paris 2009 - Prix d'Honneur and Ferminich Prize at the Verbier Festival in Switzerland - Swedish Soloist Prize 2006 [Performances] - Numerous performances as a soloist or at recitals - Performed with artisits such as Yuri Bashmet, Miriam Fried, Kim Kashkashian, Leonidas Kavakos, Denis Kozhukhin, Mischa Maisky, Lawrence Power and Julian Rachlin. - Debut recording of Brahms, Britten, and Ligeti to great critical praise



	Kiveli Doerken / PIANO
	(16, GREECE/GERMANY)
	[Prizes] - International Steinway Competition in Hamburg at the age of 5 - 1st prize International EPTA Competition in Croatia 2005 - 1st prize International Grotrian Steinweg Competition 2009 - 1st prizes with maximum point score at Jugend Musiziert [Performances] - At the age of 8, the first concert with orchestra - Performed at Gewandhaus Leipzig, Tonhalle in Duesseldorf, Cologne Philharmonic, Essen Philharmonic, Muensterhalle in Muenster, Mozarteum Salzburg, Braunschweig Classsix Festival and more - Numerous concerts in Germany, France, Austria, Italy, Liechtenstein, Greece, China



	Jeremy Hill / VIOLIN
	(New York USA)
	As a soloist, chamber musician and leader of the chamber ensemble has performed in music festivals, including the Johannes Brahms Festival- Austria, Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival, the Skaneateles Festival and the Geneva Music Festival, etc. - Has joined the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra since 2003 and New York Philharmonic since 2006, as a professional orchestral musician, under the baton of great conductors including David Zinman, Loren Mazel, Alan Gilbert, Yuri Temirkanov, and Pinchas Zukerman - Has also performed actively as a concertmaster for the Erie Philharmonic



	Sarah Soyeon Kim / PIANO
	(London UK/Hanover Germany)
	[Prizes] - 1st prize at Rhodes(Greece), Royal Tunbridge Wells(UK), Robert William and Florence Amy Brant(UK) and Nuernberg(Germany) - 2nd prize at Jose Iturbi(Spain), Epinal(France), Neue Sterne(Germany) and Arjil(France) - Top prizes at Ettlingen(Germany), Grand Prix Animato(France) and Spanish Composers(Spain) [Performances] -Has performed actively as a recitalist, soloist, and chamber musician in UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Netherlands, Denmark, Greece and USA.



	Shaun Choo / PIANO
	(20, SINGAPORE/AUSTRIA)
	[Prizes] - 1st prize Chopin International Competition Budapest 2010 - 1st prize Grotrian Steinweg Piano Competition Beijing 2009 - 1st prize and public prize Rotary Club Piano Competition in Lindau 2006 [Performances] - Performed as a Soloist with Lindau Festival Orchestra, Suedwestdeustche Philharmonie Konstanz, Mozarteum Symphony Orchestra Salzburg, Niederbarischer Philharmonie Passau/Landshut/Straubing, National Symphony Orchestra China, Singapore Festival Orchestra, Leipzig Academic Orchestra - Performed in the Schwetzinger Festspiele, the Century Theater Beijing, Gewandhaus Leipzig, Warsaw, Poland



	Alexej Gorlatch / PIANO
	(23, UKRAINE/GERMANY)
	[Prizes] - 1st prize and a special prize for the best interpretation of a contemporary piece at Dublin 2009 and Hamamatsu 2006 - 1st prize of International August Everding Competition in Munich 2006, the 15th International Chopin Competition in Warsaw 2005, Beethoven Competition Richard Laugs in Mannheim, International Beethoven Competition Bonn 2007 - 2nd prize at Seoul International Piano Competition 2008 - German Musikpreis 2008 as the first pianist in recent 15 years [Performances] Numerous performances as a soloist and recitals in Europe and Asia



	Ching-Yun Hu / PIANO
	(TAIWAN/UK)
	[Prizes] - 1st prize and the Audience Favorite Prize at Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Competition in Tel Aviv 2008 [Performances] - Concerts in the Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall in New York, Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Salle Cortot in Paris, Aspen Music Festival, Chopin International Festival in Poland, National Chiang Kai-Shek Performance Hall, Osaka Hall, Wigmore Hall in London, Klavier-Festival Ruhr, Opera House in Tel Aviv, Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon, National Concert Hall of Taipei, Rubinstein Philharmonic’s Hall in Lodz, the Maputo International Music Festival in Mozambique, Africa, etc.. - Performed with the National Symphony Orchestra of Taiwan, Taipei Philharmonic Orchestra, the Israel Symphony Orchestra, National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra, etc..