Artists

"Exquisitely performed." — The New York Times  ·  "A musician's soul that transcends her years." — TED

Taiwanese-American violinist Sirena Huang is the First Prize winner of the 2022 International Violin Competition of Indianapolis, and previously won top prizes at the International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians (2009) and the Elmar Oliveira International Violin Competition (2017). She has performed with the New York Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, and Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, and holds degrees from Juilliard (studying with Itzhak Perlman) and Yale University.

"A genuinely pure talent." — Financial Times  ·  "The new hero of the viola." — Le Monde

French violist born in Aix-en-Provence. First Prize winner at the William Primrose, Lionel Tertis, and Brahms international competitions, and in 2016 became the first classical musician to receive the French Fondation Lagardère Prize. He studied at the Paris Conservatoire, and in Leipzig and Berlin under Tatjana Masurenko and Tabea Zimmermann.

Japanese violinist born in Tokyo in 1993. He won First Prize at the 2009 Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition in Hannover — also earning the Music Critics' Prize and Audience Prize — becoming the youngest and most-awarded winner in the competition's history. He studied with Tsugio Tokunaga at Toho Gakuen School of Music, then with Pavel Vernikov and Julian Rachlin in Vienna, and has been mentored by Pinchas Zukerman since 2009. He has performed with the Mariinsky, Royal Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and NHK Symphony Orchestra under conductors including Valery Gergiev and Krzysztof Penderecki, and appeared at the Ravinia, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, and Menuhin Festival Gstaad. He performs on the 1704 Stradivarius "Viotti" on loan from the Munetsugu Foundation.

French cellist Edgar Moreau, born in Paris in 1994, won the Young Soloist Prize at the Rostropovich Cello Competition at age 15, then Second Prize at the International Tchaikovsky Competition at age 17. He has since received two of France's highest classical music honors: the Victoires de la musique classique Révélation soliste instrumental (2013) and Soliste instrumental de l'année (2015). He studied under Philippe Muller at the Paris Conservatoire and has been signed to Erato Records since 2013. From 2015 to 2018 he was an artist of the Junge Wilde series at Konzerthaus Dortmund. He performs on a 1711 David Tecchler cello, a gift from his late father.

"When she plays, it seems as if every piece of music was written for her." — Ivry Gitlis

Belle Ting has won top prizes at major international competitions, including First Prize and Best Interpretation at the Belgian International Violin Competition, First Prize at the Cooper International Violin Competition, Second Prize and Special Interpretation Prize at the Brahms International Music Competition, and Third Prize with Audience Award at the Khachaturian International Violin Competition. She has performed as soloist with the Cleveland Orchestra, Danish Odense Symphony, Moscow Philharmonic, and Armenian National Symphony, appearing at the Vienna Goldener Saal and major international festivals including Verbier and Progetto Martha Argerich.