Lucilla Rose Mariotti, an Italian violinist born in 2001, is completing her MPerf at the Royal College of Music in London. She is an Anne & Brian Wadsworth Scholar and is also supported by Help Musicians and by Albert Cooper Music Charitable Trust.
She has won many competitions, including the 59th Kocian International Competition in Czech Republic. She has participated in the "European Festival of Soloists" project organized by the embassies of EU Member States in Venezuela and El Sistema. She has been invited to participate again in the upcoming 2023 edition.
Lucilla has recently performed at Bloomsbury Festival in London and played with Vengerov during a private Gala. Last year, she played the third movement of Mozart concerto K216 with the RCM Orchestra in a live-streamed masterclass with Vengerov and performed with the New English Concert Orchestra. In 2021 she played Linley concerto in a premiere performance in Italy and recorded pieces by D’Ambrosio in a world premiere in Hungary.

DongYoung Jake Shim, a Korean violinist born in 2001, is currently an Artist Diploma candidate at the Curtis Institute of Music with a full scholarship and Tobe Amsterdam Fellowship studying with Ida Kavafian and Shmuel Ashkenasi. His former teachers include Donald Weilerstein at the New England Conservatory, where he studied with a Tan Family Education Grant and Dean’s Scholarship.
DongYoung has gained international recognition through many well-known & prestigious competitions, including the 2022 Zhuhai International Mozart Competition in Zhuhai, China, the 2020 Irving M. Klein International String Competition in San Francisco, the 1st Prize and Bach Prize at the 2020 Stulberg International String Competition in Michigan, United States, the Grand Prize at the Vienna Music Competition in Vienna, Austria and the 1st Prize at The Stradivarius International Violin Competition.
Last season, he appeared as a soloist with numerous orchestras including the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra, Korea Chamber Orchestra, Seoul Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra, Busan Philharmonic Orchestra, and Suwon Philharmonic Orchestra.
He plays the 1705 G. B. Rogeri, on a generous loan from the Sooyoung Art Trade in Korea.

Born in the suburbs of Chicago, Karisa Chiu began playing the violin at the age of three with her father Cornelius Chiu, a violinist in the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and studied with Almita Vamos at the Music Institute of Chicago Academy.
She received her Bachelor’s degree from the Curtis Institute of Music where she studied with Ida Kavafian, and is pursuing her Master’s degree at the Cleveland Institute of Music under the tutelage of Jaime Laredo and Malcolm Lowe.Karisa has earned numerous accolades around the globe, including the first prize of the Isang Yun Violin Competition, fourth prize and composer prize winner of the Menuhin Violin Competition, second prize of the Leopold Mozart International Violin Competition, third prize and Bach prize of the Stulberg International String Competition, and fourth prize of the Irving M. Klein International String Competition.
Karisa has been featured as a soloist in renowned concert halls such as Severance Hall and the Seoul Arts Center and has performed with acclaimed orchestras, including the KBS Symphony Orchestra, the Tongyeong Festival Orchestra, the Munich Radio Orchestra, and the Montgomery Symphony Orchestra. In addition, she regularly performs in the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

OFFICIAL PIANISTS

Maria Panayiotidou was born in Thessaloniki and began piano lessons at the age of eight. In 1995 she studied at the London College of Music under Prof. George Thymis receiving the grade excellent and a special distinction.
In 1998 she graduated with the highest distinction at the Thessaloniki State Conservatory, in 2001 the Cologne Academy (Prof.Vassily Lobanov) with a full scholarship from the Greek State Scholarship Foundation and later the Royal Academy in Brussels (Evgeny Moguilevsky).

Born in Reggio Emilia in 1995, he first approached music through the hymns of the Protestant church, becoming passionate about gospel music, jazz and improvisation and meanwhile continuing his classical studies at the Conservatory, graduating with top marks, honors and special distinction under the guidance of Alberto Arbizzi.
After moving to Vienna, he continued his studies with Jura Margulis and is currently a student of Avedis Kouyoumdjian at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst, where he is majoring in piano and chamber music. At the same time, he studies with André Gallo at the Imola International Piano Academy.

Pianist Inah Choi Chiu was born in Seoul, Korea and immigrated to the United States at the age of 14. She received Bachelor's and Master's degrees in piano performance from Indiana University, and received a doctoral degree in piano performance at the Peabody Conservatory of Music. As a soloist, she has performed with the Washington Chamber Symphony and the Peabody Symphony Orchestra. She has performed in the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series, Peabody's Best Concert Series, and participated in the Steans Institute at the Ravinia Festival. Ms. Chiu has also been featured numerous times on the Chicago Symphony Chamber Music Series.