Chunyi Zhao
Chunyi began studying the violin at the age of four and, from the age of nine, attended the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing. In 2013, she was awarded a full scholarship in violin performance to the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music at the National University of Singapore. During her studies, she developed a […]
Nikita Sorokine
Nikita’s musical journey began in the boys’ choir of the St. Petersburg State Capella. He graduated from the Faculty of Music Theory at the St. Petersburg Conservatory, specialising in the symphonies of Gustav Mahler, before studying conducting at the Conservatoire de Paris under Alain Altinoglu. In 2019, he participated in the Tugan Sokhiev Conducting Academy […]
José Soares
José began his musical training studying piano and choral singing under the guidance of his mother, Ana Yara Campos. He later studied orchestral conducting with Claudio Cruz through a partnership with the São Paulo Youth Symphony Orchestra. He has participated in masterclasses with Marin Alsop, Arvo Volmer, Giancarlo Guerrero, Neil Thomson, Alexander Liebreich, Fabio Mechetti, […]
Matthew Rhodes
Matthew holds a Master’s degree in Orchestral Conducting from the Royal College of Music in Stockholm and the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo. He previously graduated from the conducting department of the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki. Matthew is supported by the Royal Swedish Academy of Music and the Sverker & Birgitta Lerheden Stipendiefund. In […]
Daniel Reith
Daniel holds degrees in Conducting, Piano and Music Theory from the Norwegian Academy of Music, the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt and the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg. A winner of the Opptakt Competition, he also participated in its conducting programme from 2020 to 2022. During the 2026/27 season, he will serve as Kapellmeister […]
Joonas Pitkänen
Joonas studied conducting at the Hochschule für Musik Würzburg with Ari Rasilainen and cello at the Hochschule für Musik Basel with Thomas Demenga. He has also participated in masterclasses with Neeme Järvi, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Mark Stringer, Ulrich Windfuhr, Jukka-Pekka Saraste and Hannu Lintu. He was selected for the LEAD! Foundation Excellence Platform for Young Artists, […]
Silvina Peruglia
Silvina holds a Master’s degree in Orchestral Conducting from the Haute École de Musique de Genève and a Bachelor’s degree in Orchestral Conducting from the Universidad Nacional de las Artes in Argentina. In the 2025–26 season, she makes her debut with the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, the Orquesta Filarmónica de Buenos Aires, and the […]
Michal Oren
Michal completed her Professional Diploma in Conducting at the Royal Academy of Music in London in 2025, studying under Sian Edwards and holding the Bianca Falcone Sorrell Award. Previously, she earned a Master’s degree in Orchestral Conducting from the Royal College of Music. She holds degrees in Orchestral Conducting and Clarinet Performance from the Buchmann-Mehta […]
Alison Norris
Mox dicta finierat, multitudo omnis ad, quae imperator voluit, promptior laudato consilio consensit in pacem ea ratione maxime percita, quod norat expeditionibus crebris fortunam eius in malis tantum civilibus vigilasse, cum autem bella moverentur externa, accidisse plerumque luctuosa, icto post haec foedere gentium ritu perfectaque sollemnitate imperator Mediolanum ad hiberna discessit. Denique Antiochensis ordinis vertices […]
Mikhail Mering
Mikhail began his musical career as a clarinettist, graduating in 2014 from the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Versailles, where he studied under Professor Philippe Cuper. That same year, he won Third Prize at the Jacques Lancelot International Clarinet Competition in Japan, followed by First Prize at the Béla Kovács International Clarinet Competition in Hungary […]