Leontina Margulis was born in St. Petersburg. After finishing her training at the famous "school for gifted and talented children" she studied at the St. Petersburg Conservatory in the master class of Prof. Vitaly Margulis. During her studies, she started to gain experience by teaching at various music schools. She graduated with outstanding results and was offered the position as a lecturer at the Conservatory in St. Petersburg. Since her emigration to Germany with her family in 1975, she has concentrated mainly on educational activities. Many of her students have won prizes at national and international competitions. She also performs in chamber music concerts with renowned artists such as W. Marschner, C. Henkel, R. Kostas, L Casleanu, G. Gruzman and many others. From 1993 to 2010 she worked as visiting professor at the University of Istanbul. For over 30 years now she has been a member of the permanent teaching staff of the legendary master class “Russian School” in Freiburg/Germany, much admired and loved by her many students. Since 2002 she teaches at the Anton Rubinstein Music Academy in Dusseldorf/Germany.

"The Guardian" describes Alissa Margulis' play as "exceptional", Ivry Gitlis speaks of it as an "inspiration" and Martha Argerich calls her a "strong musical personality". Born in Germany as the daughter of well-known Russian musicians, Alissa Margulis studied in Cologne with Zakhar Bron, in Brussels with Augustin Dumay and in Vienna with Pavel Vernikov. Since early childhood, Alissa performs regularly as a soloist, for example with the English Chamber Orchestra, the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orchestre National d'Ile de France or the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, to name just a few. In addition to her career as a soloist, Alissa Margulis is a keen chamber musician and plays regularly with artists such as Martha Argerich, Yuri Bashmet, David Geringas, Ivry Gitlis, Gidon Kremer, Bruno Giuranna, Mischa Maisky, Gabriela Montero , Jean-Guihen Queyras, Alexandre Tharaud, Alexander Lonquich, Polina Leschenko and Lars Vogt.

Studied at the Gnessin School Moscow with Prof. E. Ozo, at the Hochschule für Musik Hamburg with Prof. M. Nichiteanu, at the Hoogeschool in Maastricht with Prof. M. Kugel and at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" in Berlin with Prof. T. Zimmermann. Praised for his intense and innovative interpretations Alexander Zemtsov is one of the most versatile and sought after musicians on the music stage today. He has established the recognition as a soloist, chamber musician, conductor. He is a professor at some of the finest music universities in Europe: Viola professor at The Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, University Professor at the Vienna Konservatorium Privat Universität und Professeur invité at the Haute Ecole de Musique de Lausanne in Switzerland. Among his students are winners of international competition prizes as well as members of leading orchestras, like the New Zealand Symphony (Principal), the Opera Flensburg (Principal), the Malta Philharmonic (Co-Principal), the Philharmonia Orchestra London, the Royal Scottish National and the BBC Symphony Orchestra London, to name a few.

Alexandre Buzlov is one of the most vivid and talented cellists of the next generation, one who represents the Russian performing school with honour at the world’s leading music venues. Alexandre Bouzlov was born in Moscow in 1983. He graduated from the music school and college of the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatoire; in 2006 he graduated from the Moscow Conservatoire itself. One of Bouzlov’s most recent achievements came with his participation in the Emanuel Feuermann Cello Competition in Berlin in November 2010, at which he was awarded the Grand Prix and the Audience Award. Alexandre Bouzlov currently teaches at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatoire where he has his own class and is an assistant to Professor Natalia Gutman; he runs master-classes in Russia, Europe and the USA. Alexandre Bouzlov performs with such acclaimed musicians as Natalia Gutman, Yuri Bashmet, Alexei Lyubimov, Vasily Lobanov and Tatiana Grindenko.

Yuki Miyagi was born in Osaka, Japan. A Bachelor of Commerce graduate of Hitotsubashi University, and a major in postgraduate marketing at Kingston College in England, he began his conducting studies at the age of fifty under Kazuharu Shirakawa, Kurt Redel, Horst Stein, Ivan Fischer, and Ondrei Renaut. In 2000 he made his debut in Europe conducting for the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra. Since then he has been guest conducting every year for prestigious orchestras with great acclaim. In 2010, he was assigned as the resident conductor for a professional orchestra, Kunitachi Symphoniker. In April 2012 he debuted in the U.K. conducting for the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London. Reviews on Mr. Miyagi's conducting activities around the world show a record of his steadily growing success.

Born in Szombathely, Hungary. She graduated with a diploma at the Franz Liszt College of Music in Budapest in 1995 (under Prof. Csaba Onczay). With a state scholarship and the additional support of the Soros Foundation, Éva Simić-Németh was able to continue her studies at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany, under Prof. Julius Berger. In 1997 she received her concert diploma (Master). Following that she studied for two years at the Indiana University School of Music in Bloomington (USA). Since then Éva Simić-Németh has added many accolades to her career. She has won, among others, the 1st prize at the national competition "Young Musicians" in Hungary (1990) and also at the "International Johannes Brahms Competition" in Pörtschach, Austria (1999). Currently she is solo cellist with the Carinthian Symphony Orchestra (KSO) in Klagenfurt, Austria.