Posted on March 12, 2022

Leonid Anikin is a violinist, born in Russia, and currently living in Belgium.

After graduating as a “teacher and artist” from the “Ural Special Music School” in 2020, he decided to continue his studies at the IMEP (Institut Royal Supérieur de Musique et de Pédagogie) in Namur in the class of maestro Igor Tkatchouk.

Posted on December 20, 2023

Aleksandra Czarnocka is a polish cellist living currently in Brussels. Born in Warsaw, Poland, she began her cello studies at the age of nine. She graduated from The Grazyna and Kiejstut Bacewicz Academy of Music in Lodz, Poland in class of prof. Dominik Połoński and prof. Tomasz Daroch. In June 2022 she earned her Master’s Degree Cum Laude at Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussels in prof. Viviane Spanoghe’s class. She was perfecting her cello playing under the watchful eye of recognized musicians such as prof. Michael Flaksman, prof. Jeroen Reuling, prof. Arto Noras, prof. Alexander Gebert, prof. Olsi Leka, prof. Matts Lidstrom, prof. Raphael Bell, prof. Cecylia Barczyk and others. She participated in chamber music masterclasses as well, learning from members of ensembles such as Quatuor Danel, Prazak Quartet, Kuss Quartet, Camerata Quartet and Oxalys Ensemble.

Posted on December 20, 2023

Hannelore De Vuyst (Wetteren, Belgium 1995) began her studies in 2012 at the School of Arts, Conservatory in Ghent under the guidance of instructor Alessandro Moccia. During her bachelor’s program, she participated in an Erasmus exchange in 2015 at the F. Liszt Academy in Budapest, where she received instruction from Katalin Kokas and Barnabás Kelemen. She then continued her journey and was admitted to the master’s program at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam in the class of Johannes Leertouwer. During this period, she also became a member of the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester. She earned her master’s degree in May 2019. Following her studies, Hannelore successfully auditioned and became an academist with the Sinfonieorchester Aachen. Additionally, she pursued a baroque violin training at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam under the guidance of instructor Antoinette Lohmann.

Posted on December 20, 2023

Acclaimed as “a performer of exceptional authority and remarkable presence” (The Strad) and as “one of the great violinists of tomorrow” (Diapason), Yossif Ivanov has rapidly established himself on the international scene. At the age of 16, he won the First Grand Prize at the Montreal International Music Competition, then, two years later, the Second Prize (as well as the Audience Prize) at the Queen Elisabeth Competition.