Praised for his “enchanting tone,” “technical brilliance,” and “charisma” (Badische Zeitung), Russian-Swedish violinist PHILIP ZUCKERMAN’s debut performances took place at the age of six in fundraiser concerts for Swedish charity organization “Världens Barn”.1st prize winner of the 2018 Padova International Music Competition, as well as winner of Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra’s Soloist Competition, De Unges Konsert, recent and upcoming concerts include solo engagements with Baden-Baden Philharmonic, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Camerata Nova and Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto. He has also performed in venues such as Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall and Peter Jay Sharp Theater, South Bank Centre in London, and Stockholm Philharmonic Concert Hall. Chamber music holds a special place in Philip’s life, and he has appeared in concert with mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, and members of the Cleveland, Cavani, and Vertavo string quartets. He has also made appearances at Aurora Chamber Music Festival, Casalmaggiore Music Festival, Gotland Chamber Music Festival, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, Tanglewood Music Festival, and Usedom Music Festival.Philip recently finished his studies at The Juilliard School with Itzhak Perlman and Donald Weilerstein. Past teachers include Natasha Beshulya, Catherine Cho, and Ulf Wallin. Philip plays on a Jean Baptiste Vuillaume violin on generous loan from the private collection of Dr. Peter Hauber, Berlin.

EINAR KYVIK BAUGE (born in 1990) started playing the violin at the age of 7, and later joined the study program for young talents at the Barratt Due Institute of Music as a violist. He completed his bachelor and master’s degrees at the Norwegian State Academy of Music, with professors Morten Carlsen and Lars Anders Tomter as his teachers. In 2015, Einar got a permanent position in the Norwegian Radio Orchestra, and in 2017 he gave his debut concert and received his Soloist’s Diploma from the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen. Einar is an active chamber musician, frequently performing at festivals such as the Risør Chamber Music Festival, Gezeitenkonzerte, Hardanger Music Festival, Nesset Music Festival, The Arctic Arts Festival, The Northern Lights Festival, Oslo Chamber Music Festival, and Bergen International Festival. Einar plays a modern viola built by Florian Leonhard, and he is a member of the award-winning chamber orchestra Ensemble Allegria, as well as the string trio TrioBauge.

SVERRE BARRAT DUE, CELLO is a sought-after orchestra and chamber musician based in Oslo. He is frequently working in the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra and the National Opera and Ballet, in addition to his position as assistant principal in the Norwegian Radio Orchestra.Throughout the years, Sverre has won several Norwegian music competitions, leading him to having performed numerous recitals both in Norway, Finland, Austria and Italy.Sverre is a founding member of the string quartet Quartetto Testosterone and a member of the concept-based piano quintet Edvard Munch Ensemble. The quartet has its US debut this season, whilst the quintet had its Nordic launch last autumn. Both ensembles are touring frequently as well as having regular festival appearances.In 2016 Sverre finished his Master’s Degree at the Norwegian Academy of Music. His professor through six years of studies was the world-renowned cellist Truls Mørk.

THORMOD RØNNING KVAM is considered one of the most sought-after Norwegian pianists of his generation. He performs regularly both as a soloist, chamber musician and accompanist in all the major Scandinavian concert venues and increasingly throughout Europe. As well as having performed live in several radio and television broadcasts, he has made numerous concert appearances in Sweden, Russia, Hungary, Italy, Austria, Germany, Holland and England. In 2010 Kvam was invited to study with Prof. Jiri Hlínka, former teacher of the Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes, as one of his very last students. He is currently finishing his Diploma studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London under Diana Ketler, where he also graduated with a Master of Arts degree under Prof. Christopher Elton in 2017. Recently, Rønning Kvam won the 2017 Musician’s Prize from the Forsberg and Aulie Foundation, one of Norway’s most acknowledged grants for young classical artists. He has also been awarded the TICON Prize (2017), Buskerud Culture Prize (2016), the highly acclaimed Dobloug Foundation Scholarship (2015) and the Yamaha Music Foundation Scholarship as the only Norwegian finalist (2014). Having worked with several national festivals and ensembles in later years, among these the Risør Chamber Music Festival, he is becoming increasingly recognised for his creative leadership and drive to develop younger audiences for classical music. He is currently Artistic Director of a new concert series to be launched in Oslo in late 2018.