Israeli violinist Vadim Gluzman breathes new intensity to the violin tradition of the 19th and 20th centuries. He has performed at the Ravinia, Tanglewood and BBC Proms festivals; also the North Shore Chamber Music Festival, which he founded in 2011. He serves as creative partner and principal guest artist with the ProMusica Chamber Orchestra in Columbus, Ohio, and artistic director of the Music in the Mountains festival in Durango, Colorado. He is distinguished artist in residence at the Peabody Conservatory.

Born in St Petersburg, pianist Evgeny Sinaiski is one of Europe’s most highly respected chamber music partners and pedagogues. He is professor of chamber music and official accompanist at the Konservatorium der Stadt Wien, and leads a duo class at the Folkwang Universität der Künste. He also serves on the faculty and as staff pianist at the International Summer Academy at the Universität Mozarteum Salzburg, Kronberg Academy, Bayerische Musikakademie, Festival Les Arcs and Villa Musica.

Russian-born, Berlin-based conductor Valentin Uryupin was the winner of the Solti International Conducting Competition in Frankfurt in 2017. He collaborates with leading orchestras and opera houses all over the world, conducting repertoire that ranges from from Haydn and Zelenka to Widmann and Saariaho. In addition to his conducting career he is also a noted clarinettist who can often be heard in both chamber music performances and as a concerto soloist.