"Rada Ovcharova is an accomplished concert violinist and chamber musician based in the Netherlands and has spent years crafting artistry through music. Her journey as a visual artist began during the COVID-19 pandemic, where she found inspiration in painting the serene and understated beauty of the Dutch countryside. Unlike dramatic landscapes, the hidden Dutch nature captivates with its gentle contrasts-light and dark, stillness and movement, the natural and manmade.

Her artistic vision is to evoke a sense of stillness and surrender in the viewer, reflecting the disarming and calming effect that nature has on us all.

She is a founding member of the New European Ensemble, based in Holland, which has performed in nearly all of The Netherlands' major concert halls and theaters as well as UK, Germany, Belgium, Sweden, Finland, Italy, Spain, Lebanon, China and Hong Kong."

As a teacher Emlyn regularly gives masterclasses in both viola playing and chamber music. He taught at numerous conservatories in the Netherlands, Estonia, China and Sweden. He currently teaches at the Fontys University for the Arts in Tilburg.

Emlyn is an active music researcher and completed his doctorate at the Academy for Creative and Performing Arts at the Leiden University in 2019 with a dissertation entitle In Search of a Lost Language: Performing in Early-Recorded Style in Viola and String Quartet Repertoires. His research focuses on late 19th and early 20th century performance practices. He is regularly invited to give guest lectures on his research such as at the University of Leeds, the Hochschule der Künste in Bern and the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague."

"Willem Stam, born in Calgary, Canada, is a versatile Canadian-Dutch cellist based in The Hague. Active as soloist, chamber musician, and conductor, he performs a wide range of repertoire and regularly collaborates with contemporary composers. He is founding member of the Ysaÿe Trio and co-founder of the New European Ensemble. Willem studied in Canada and The Netherlands and completed his master's degree in 2012. He teaches internationally and plays a 1918 Scarampella cello, supported by the Dutch National Instrument Foundation."

"Vadim Neselovskyi. Region: Brooklyn. MacDowell fellowships: Fall 2012, Summer 2015

Vadim Neselovskyi is a Ukrainian-born pianist and composer at work on his piano concerto to be premiered in October in Germany. Vadim has been working for Grammy-winning vibraphonist Gary Burton as a pianist and composer. He also serves as professor in jazz piano at the Berklee College of Music in Boston."