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There is something vividly distinct about Mehdizadeh's music. This Canadian composer is revered for his intricate, unpredictable and haunting works. The sound and gesture of his pieces bury themselves deep in complex imagination, participating you in an exploration of uncertain visceral implications. 

Victoria Lowrie is a music therapist and the owner of Harmony in Health Neuro Music Therapy, Inc. located in San Luis Obispo CA. She has been in private practice since 2006. She sees a variety of clients with near disorders such as: Autism, Cerebral Palsy, PTSD, TBI, Developmentally Delayed, Parkinson’s and Down’s syndrome.

Guitarist and composer Nadav Lev is an exceptional performer on both classical and electric guitar. His proficiency in through-composed as well as improvised music and his profound performances of the music of our time have made him a uniquely captivating guitarist. 

After training and working as an oboist, the Vienna-born baritone completed a further degree (opera, lied, oratorio) at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna under KS Hilde Rössel-Majdan and KS Walter Berry. Since then, engagements as an opera, operetta, lieder and oratorio singer have taken the singer to Japan (including Tokyo National Opera), the USA, South America and throughout Europe, as well as to the Bregenz Festival and the Vienna Volksoper and State O

Joyce Lai is the artistic director of the Canadian Sinfonietta as well as conductor of the CSYO Junior Strings. In addition to her leadership role producing concerts and managing recordings for the organization, Joyce also divides her time between solo performance, chamber music concerts and teaching.

Samia Ibrahim is a soprano soloist, experienced music teacher, and choir conductor. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Music majoring in music education from Instituto Universitario de Estudios Musicales in Caracas, where she also took intensive lessons in choral and orchestra conducting with maestros María Guinand, Alfredo Rugeles, and Rodolfo Saglimbeni.

The Austrian soprano Verena De Prato studied singing in Vienna with the famous bass Otto Edelmann. Married to an Italian engineer and painter, she has lived in Italy for many years, working in the fields of music and visual arts. 

Italian violinist, improviser, and composer Ludovica Burtone has performed worldwide as both a soloist and chamber musician. Based in New York City, she finds herself in a multitude of musical settings. From premiering new works for chamber ensembles to collaborating with theaters, to perform her own composition, playing in a jazz quartet or big band, Ludovica’s ability to adapt to various creative musical scenery has led her to an eclectic and successful career.

In concerts, workshops, programmes and in general, it is a matter close to my heart to make music directly with all those involved, to express oneself in a variety of ways with and through music and thus to discover the world together. I live mainly in Vienna and work/worked for or with institutions such as The MuTh – Concert hall, Stage & Programme, MA 10 Kindergarten der Stadt Wien, Teach For Austria or Vienna Boys Choir Music Academy Hongkong.

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Austrian-born Erasmus Baumgartner began his musical education with the St. Florian Boys’ Choir (St. Florianer Sängerknaben) near Linz in Upper Austria. At the age of seventeen he went on to study voice at the Anton Bruckner Private University, where he specialised in choir and ensemble direction.

Berthine van Schoor is a graduate of the University of Stellenbosch and the Mozarteum University in Salzburg, Austria. She has performed extensively in Europe, Japan and India as a soloist, chamber musician and as a member of several orchestras and was the principal cellist in the Philharmonic Orchestra in Bad Reichenhall, Germany.

Bernhard Philipp Eder, born & raised in Vienna, Austria, has devoted his life to the arts of music from a very early age. At the age of 15, while studying at the Musikgymnasium Wien Neustiftgasse & Konservatorium Wien University (organ), he made the decision to become a composer & conductor.

Ali Funkhouser grew up in Massachusetts where she got an early start in the world of musical theatre at the Franklin School for the Performing Arts. Her credits include the national tours of Evita (directed by Hal Prince) and Joseph and the...Dreamcoat, and regional productions of Legally Blonde at The LEX (Margot, u/s Elle), Puccini’s Suor Angelica with Chelsea Opera NYC (La Novizia), Newsies (Katherine), Joseph Dreamcoat (Narrator), Little Shop of Horrors (Audrey), and more

Acclaimed by the specialized press and public alike, Canadian-Argentinian Alexander Panizza developed his musical education in Toronto, Buenos Aires, Geneva, Paris, Barcelona, and London, where he completed a post-graduate diploma at the Royal College of Music. His mastery of pianistic sonorities and powerful sound allow him to shine in the grand piano concerti repertoire, including those by Brahms, Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky, Chopin, Beethoven and Schumann.

Kelsey Ho Yee Kiu is currently in her third year of the Bachelor of Arts in Music program at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, majoring in flute performance under the tutelage of Ms. Megan Sterling. She has attained the LTCL diploma in Flute Performance from Trinity College London, and has further enriched her musical artistry under the guidance of renowned flautists such as Wissam Boustany, Ian Clarke, and Michael Cox.

Lee Kwok Lui Alice is an undergraduate student at the Music Department of CUHK, majoring in piano performance under the tutelage of Dr. Mary Wu.

Chau Yat Yuet Joy is currently two years into a Bachelor of Arts in Music degree at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

WONG Sai Kit is a year 4 student pursuing a Bachelor of Arts (Hon) in Music at HKBU. In 2020, Wong, who originally had never thought of further study in music, met Mr Cheung Ping by fate and started his music career under his inspiration. Currently, he majors in piano under the guidance of Dr Lee Yung Yung and Mr Cheung Ping.

Lau Wing Chung is currently a year 4 student at Hong Kong Baptist University, studying for his Bachelor of Arts (Hon) in Music and majoring in voice under the guidance of Mr. Chan Foon Sheung since 2022.

Si Nok In Ashley is a Year 3 Bachelor of Music student at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, majoring in flute and minoring in piccolo under Ms. Chuang Suet Wah Ivy. She began the flute at age 11, later on served as principal flutist of the Macao Youth Symphony Orchestra (MYSO) and toured with the Orchestra to France, Spain, Portugal etc.

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