Andy Akiho was born in 1979 in Columbia, South Carolina, and is based in New York City. Described as “mold-breaking,” “alert and alive,” “dramatic,” and “vital” by The New York Times, he is an eclectic composer and performer of contemporary classical music. He is a graduate of the University of South Carolina (BM, performance), the Manhattan School of Music (MM, contemporary performance), and the Yale School of Music (MM, composition). »Read full biography
 

Violinist Alexander Sitkovetsky was born in Moscow into a family with an established musical tradition. He made his concerto debut at the age of eight and in 2011, he was awarded First Prize at the Trio di Trieste Duo Competition. He is also an Artist of the prestigious Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center in New York. Alexander Sitkovetsky is a founding member of the Sitkovetsky Trio, with whom he has won various prizes including the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Kammermusik Prize. »Read full biography

Selected as classical music’s “bright young star” for 2007 by the Independent, pianist Wu Qian has appeared as soloist in many international venues including the UK’s Wigmore, Royal Festival, and Bridgewater Halls, City Hall in Hong Kong, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, and the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. As an orchestral performer, she has appeared with the Konzerthausorchester in Berlin, the Brussels Philharmonic, I Virtuosi Italiani, the European Union Chamber Orchestra, the Munich Symphoniker, and many others. »Read full biography

Cellist Mihai Marica won First Prize in the 2005 Irving M. Klein International String Competition, as well as First Prize and the Audience Choice Award at the 2006 “Dr. Luis Sigall” International Competition in Viña del Mar, Chile, and the 2006 Charlotte White’s Salon de Virtuosi Fellowship Grant. He is a member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s CMS Two program and the award-winning Amphion String Quartet. Marica studied at the Yale School of Music, where he was awarded a master of music degree and an Artist Diploma.
»Read full biography

Recipient of the Avery Fisher Prize, clarinetist David Shifrin has served as Artistic Director of Chamber Music Northwest in Portland, Oregon, since 1981. A member of the Yale School of Music faculty since 1987, he is the Artistic Director of the Chamber Music Society at Yale and the Yale in New York concert series at Carnegie Hall. An Artist of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center since 1989, David Shifrin served as its Artistic Director from 1992 to 2004.
 »Read full biography