Pianist

Mery Rui Xu, China Born in Beijing in 1996, Mery Rui Xu has dedicated her life to music from a young age, encouraged by her family, especially her dancer mother.  She began piano lessons at the age of four, entering the Beijing Central Conservatory of Music where she studied with Professor Zhao

Young Sun Choi, Korea Young Sun Choi is the First Prize winner of the Rina Sala Gallo Monza International Piano Competition and has earned top honors in major international competitions, including the Gurwitz International Piano Competition, the USASU Bösendorfer, the American Paderewski, and the Lyon International Piano Competition.

Willem Petrus De Beer, South Africa Willem de Beer originally hails from Bethlehem, South Africa.  He has been the winner of most of the music competitions South Africa has to offer. He most recently won the 6th UNISA National Piano Competition in July 2019. This competition is widely regarded to be South Africa’s

Kirill Prokopov, Russia Kirill Prokopov is a young artist whose career has been rapidly developing in two directions—as an academic pianist and as a performer on historical keyboard instruments. His repertoire includes music from  four centuries: from the 17th century to the present. A graduate of the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, he studied from well-known

Federico Gad Crema, Italy Born in Milan in 1999, Federico Gad Crema started his piano studies at the age of nine.  He graduated in 2016 from the G. Verdi Conservatory of Music in Milan with the highest score and distinctions, 110 cum laude. Mr. Crema continued his studies at the prestigious Colburn Conservatory

Baron Fenwick, United States Baron Fenwick was recently awarded the silver medal in the 2019 Sendai International Music Competition.  At 25 years old, he regularly performs with orchestras around the world – this season includes performances with the Flint Symphony, the South Shore Symphony, the Wintergreen Festival Orchestra, and the Sendai Philharmonic, among

Nejc Kamplet, Slovenia Nejc Kamplet, born in 1996, comes from a musical family and has been studying piano since the age of five. He currently studies at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz, Austria, with Prof. Zuzana Niederdorfer, and earlier he studied with Prof. Saša Gerželj Donaldson at the Maribor

Richard Octaviano Kogima, Brazil Richard Octaviano Kogima is a Brazilian pianist, composer, and conductor, currently pursuing a Master’s degree in piano performance at the Zurich University of the Arts, in the class of Konstantin Scherbakov.  His performances have recently been defined as “memorable and revelatory” (Gregory Sullivan, Theater Jones), filled with “multifaceted nuance

Simon Karakulidi, Russia Born in 1997 in Novorossiysk, Russia, Simon Karakulidi began his studies with Prof. Mira Marchenko at Central Musical School in Moscow in 2013.  Simon is a prizewinner of the First Vladimir Krainev Piano Competition in Moscow (Second Prize and two special awards), and “Astana Piano Passion” Piano Competition (First Prize).

Cristian Sandrin, Romania Born in Bucharest, Romania, to a family of musicians, Cristian Sandrin started his musical training with Marina Dragomirescu and Cristian Dumitrescu at Colegiul National de Arte “Dinu Lipatti.”  He had his solo debut at the famous Romanian Atheneum Hall in 2006. He has successfully completed his studies at the Royal