Elizaveta Glazunova says,

“I was born into a family of musicians. My mother is a pianist, my grandmother is a musicologist, my grandfather is a conductor, so, one might say, fate decided that I would also be a musician. From the age of five, I began my studies in the class of Professor Olga Arkadyevna Gantvarg. In 2015, I worked with Chingiz Osmanov and currently, I am in 11th grade. 

I am currently studying at the St. Petersburg Conservatory named after N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov. My teacher is Professor Mikhail Khanonovich Gantvarg who is Head of the Violin and Viola Department. He is an excellent Professor ad has always worked with me. He is the last of the old guard in St. Petersburg, the one who preserves the traditions of the old school. Chingiz Osmanov is also one of the heirs of the Auer school, an excellent violinist and virtuoso. He has travelled all over the world and is known everywhere. In general, our world is very small. The fact that in our conservatory the founder of the violin school was Leopold Auer, a student of Joachim, I think it is fate. It so happened that Auer owed his name to his own disciples, but, of course, not everyone can bring up such a galaxy of the greatest performers. Our school does not stamp violinists. It educates individuals and performers."

Angelina Lobko is13 years old.  She was born and lives in Russia, Primorsky Territory, Ussuriisk. 

At the age of two and a half, she confidently announced she would play the violin and at the age of five, she entered the Children’s Art School in Ussuriysk to study with Professor Kopylova Galina Valerievna. 

At the age of six, Angelina started to actively take part in competitions including IV International Yuri Yankelevich Violin Competition 2018 Omsk, scholarship diploma, VI Open All-Russian Competition for Young Performers on Stringed Bowed Instruments Merzlyakovka Invites Friends, 2018 Moscow III prize, All-Russian Educational Center Sirius Sochi is a participant in the April session of 2019.

She also has participated in the XX International Television Competition for Young Musicians The Nutcracker (Special Prize of the Zakhar Bron Academy - masterclasses as part of the "Interlaken Classics 2020" festival, a personal scholarship of the Vladimir Spivakov International Charitable Foundation, a master bow from the House of Violin Scroll  Fine Instruments) Moscow, ll All-Russian Internet competition "Musical Talents of Russia", 1st degree laureate, June 2020 Moscow, lX International competition among musicians GRAND MUSIC ART 1st degree laureate most recently in July 2020 in Moscow.

In addition, Angelina has been successful in the XXI International Television Competition for Young Musicians “Nutcracker” in December 2020 in Moscow - diploma winner, special prize of the House of Violin Scroll Fine Instruments - violin (master Vladimir Yakimenko 1994, St. Petersburg), "Nouvelles Etoiles" First International Online Music Competition for Young Talents, Paris, between November 2020 and January 2021 at the Grand Prix, Special Prize for performance with an orchestra.  

Angelina is a regular performer and programmes of the Vladimir Spivakov International Charitable Foundation and in the XVII International Festival of V. Spivakov's ICF "Moscow meets friends" in 20-25 November 2020. 

She has received masterclasses from Professors ZN Bron, A.B. Trostyansky,  E.E., Revicha A.V., Propischan S.N., Chvertok A.K., Bushkova E.R. and Sokolova A.N.  (Associate Professor of Moscow Conservatory).  

Since September 2019, Angelina is a student of the Primorsky branch of the Central Music School, with Professor Kalman Felix Ginelevich.

Angelina is an active and charismatic young with a rich imagination as well as leadership qualities. She adores children and animals, and her hobbies include swimming, history, singing and listening to classics.  Her favorite performers are D. Oistrakh, V. Spivakov and M. Vengerov. 

Kristina Georgieva was born in 2001 in Sofia, Bulgaria in a musical family. She started playing the violin and percussion at the age of 6 at the National Music School ” L. Pipkov” in Sofia. Since then, she demonstrated her talent and became prizewinner at many national and international competitions. 

Her debut as a soloist was at the age of 7 with “Studio Primo” orchestra in Bulgaria. Since then, she has performed as soloist with many orchestras including performances with the National Belgium Orchestra and conductor Maxim Vengerov, with the chamber orchestra of Saint-Giron in France and the Sophia Philharmonic orchestra in Bulgaria. She has also worked with conductors such as Plamen Djurov, Grigor Palikarov, Rosen Gergov, George Dimitrov, Martin Panteleev, Maxim Ashkenazy and others.

She was inspired by her participation in the chamber music festival “ Musica Mundi” and this is where she met her most recent violin teacher Professor Leonid Kerbel. She has had the great opportunity of playing chamber music on stage with artists such as Misha Maisky, Maxim Vengerov, Ivry Gitlis, Ivan Karizna, Jerome Per-noo, Alexanda Soumm and many others. 

Highlights of her awards include the Young Musician of the Year 2016 from the Bulgarian National Radio, 1st Prize at the competition “Rising Stars” – Berlin 2017, Grand Prix and two 1st Prizes in different categories at XXI iInternational Youth Music Competition „Hopes, Talents , Masters“, Grand Prix at the International Music Competition for Young Performers-Pernik 2018, 1st prize in "Marie Cantagrill International competition" in 2019 in France and 2nd prize at the Leopold Auer competition in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Kristina had performed in many countries such as Belgium, Italy, The USA, England, Serbia, Estonia, Bulgaria, The Czech Republic, Russia, Germany, The Netherlands, Macedonia, Sicily and others.

The violinist Alexandra Soumm praised Kristina   “Her natural curiosity of all forms of Art , her wish to learn from the best musicians in the world, and  incredible humility will bring her to be one of the big names of tomorrow”. Currently Kristina is studying at the Musica Mundi school in Waterloo, Belgium.

Slovenian-born Elizabeta Tomac began playing violin at the age of 5 (in 2010) with Katarzyna Jensen. 

Two years later she entered the Luxembourg Conservatory where she studied violin with Sylvie Zago and piano with Jean Hilger. 

Elizabeta took part in the UGDA competition in 2016 and 2019, winning first silver and then gold medals.  

She has participated in numerous masterclasses with artists such as Božena Angelova in Slovenia, Ida Bieler in Italy and David Grimal in Luxembourg. 

In 2015, Elizabeta played with orchestra as part of the “Artistes en Herbe” project. In March 2018, she participated in a project called  “Side by Side” where she got to play in the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra. For a special concert, in June 2018, she played in Philharmony.

In this same year, Elizabeta was awarded a place at Musica Mundi School where she studies with Leonid Kerbel. Since joining the school, she has also taken part in the yearly summer “Musica Mundi” chamber music course and festival  where she has been fortunate to participate in masterclasses with artists including Alexandra Soumm, Julia Dinerstein, Aleksandr Khramouchin and Catherine Michel.

Norea Quirijnen was born in 2004 in Warnsveld, The Netherlands, into a musical family. Her brother played piano and her sister played the viola. She greatly enjoyed listening to all the live music as well as recordings played in her childhood and fondly remembers all the dancing she made around the house. 

At the age of 7, the Taurida Orchestra from St. Petersburg visited Zutphen for an educational project. One of their violinists Vassilisa gave Norea her very first violin lesson. She says, "I knew one Vassilisa from a Russian fairy tale that my parents always read to me. Imagine how magic it was for me".

Norea began her serious violin education at the age of 9. The many hours of note reading with dyslexia proved quite difficult for her but fortunately she soon learnt the pieces by heart.

In 2015, she started private lessons with Julia Dinerstein, the teacher of my sister Jeltje. Under her inspiring tutelage and new musical horizons with the Britten Jeugdstrijk Orchestra and later at the Artez Conservatory, Norea strongly developed as a rising star. 

The deep, warm sound of the viola was still very attracted to Norea so she made the change to viola as her principal instrument in 2018. As a small miracle, whilst reading the viola clef, her dyslexia hardly bothered her. 

Norea is now a student at Musica Mundi School in Waterloo, Belgium.

Thaïs Defoort was born in June 2003 in a musical family and started her cello studies when she was aged 4.

From 2010 to 2012, Thaïs studied with Professor Claudine Steenackers in Belgium and then continued her studies until 2014 at the Royal Conservatory of Den Haag, Holland in the class of Professor Lucia Swarts, where she entered as a “Outstanding young talent”. 

From 2014 until 2018, Thaïs studied with Professor Justus Grimm, before she was accepted in the prestigious Musica Mundi School where she is part of an excellent cello class led by Professor Aleksandr Khramouchin, Vladimir Perlin and Jérôme Pernoo.

Thaïs has very successful in competitions and gain prizewinner status in the following: 

2013 Flame Competition in Paris, 2nd Prize 
2015 Edmond Baert Competition, 3rd Prize
2016 Rotary-Breughel Competition, 4th Prize
2017 Edmond Baert Competition, 1st Prize
2018 Rotary-Breughel Competition, 2nd Prize
2018 Edmond Baert Competition, 2nd Prize and Special Prize Eric Feldbusch for her interpretation of "Phantasmes" 
2019 Flame Competition in Paris, 2nd Prize

Edna Unseld is 9 years old and comes from a musical home where both her parents are professional violinists and her older sister Romy is considered one of the most talented pianists of her generation in Switzerland.

Edna started playing the violin at the age of 4. Due to a lucky coincidence, she currently plays on the violin that Anne-Sophie Mutter used as a child.

Her music activities include playing in many concerts, Stringendo Zurich Orchestra conducted by her parents, string quartet (where she plays viola as equally as the violin) and in a violin duo with her good friend Kaon where they were honoured in 2019 with 1st Prize with distinction in the national music competition SJMW. She is currently studying at the Musikschule Konservatorium Zürich (MKZ) with Professor Jens Lohmann. 

When Edna is not playing the violin, she enjoys going to school, reading and listening to music, especially to Saint-Saëns,  Sarasate and to her favourite pieces Gypsy Airs and Scherzo Tarantelle, as well as to her favourite violinists Maxim Vengerov, Itzhak Perlman and Anne-Sophie Mutter.