As a young artist who is naturally gifted, inquisitive and charismatic, Viviana is blessed with everything necessary to have a beautiful career as a concert pianist.

– Gabriela Montero

An internationally sought-after pianist, Viviana-Zarah Baudis recently gave her sold-out solo debut concert in the Goldener Saal, Musikverein in Vienna. Further highlights were solo and chamber music concerts in venues such as Wigmore Hall, Royal Festival Hall, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Gasteig Philharmonie, and Berlin Konzerthaus.

Born in 1999, Viviana-Zarah played her first piano concert at the age of 5 and won 1st prizes at national and international competitions. At the age of 13, she was selected by Lang Lang to be among the best young artists from all over the world for his 30th birthday concert at the O2 Arena in Berlin. She has performed with artists such as Herbie Hancock, Igudesman & Joo, Gabriel Prokofiev, and Arabella Steinbacher, amongst others. Viviana-Zarah Baudis played her orchestral debut with the Munich Radio Orchestra and has since performed with orchestras such as SUK Symphony Orchestra Prague and the London Philharmonic Orchestra. She is a full scholarship graduate of the Yehudi Menuhin School in London and is currently pursuing her Artist Diploma at the OAcademy with a full scholarship with Gabriela Montero.

Ido Ramot is a German–Israeli pianist, composer, and improviser known for his genre-bending and innovative approach to performance. Seamlessly blending original composition with real-time improvisation, he creates concert experiences that are both deeply personal and artistically bold. As an ambassador for Jewish and Middle Eastern musical culture, he brings rich traditions into fresh, contemporary contexts.

Ramot made his orchestral debut at age nine with the Johannesburg Symphony Orchestra and has since performed across Europe, the Middle East, and the United States. He has appeared at the Berlin Philharmonie and Konzerthaus, Stuttgart’s Liederhalle, the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, and the Dubai Opera, and is frequently featured on Israeli, German, and Italian radio and television.

He is a laureate of numerous national and international competitions, including the Gold Medal at the Maria Canals International Piano Competition (Barcelona), First Prize at the Chopin Competition (Tel Aviv), double winner of the “Piano Forever” Competition (Ashdod), a prizewinner at the European Piano Competition (Bremen), and Third Prize at Les Étoiles du Piano (Lille).

Ramot has worked closely with Dr. Itzhak Kossov, Prof. Alexander Korsantia, and Prof. Eldar Nebolsin, and continues his artistic collaboration with renowned pianist Gabriela Montero

Mateusz Smoczyński is a distinguished Polish violinist, composer, and bandleader renowned for his versatility across various musical genres. He is a co-founder of the Atom String Quartet and New Trio, leads a quintet, and performs in a duo with cellist Stephan Braun.

Smoczyński has performed on prominent stages worldwide, both as a soloist and with diverse ensembles, collaborating with acclaimed artists such as Branford Marsalis, Rabih Abou-Khalil, Markus Stockhausen, Paquito D’Rivera, Tomasz Stańko, Zbigniew Namysłowski, Bobby McFerrin, Anna Maria Jopek, Leszek Możdżer, and the NDR Big Band. As soloist he performed with leading Polish orchestras.

In recent years, Smoczyński has made significant contributions to symphonic composition. He has written five violin concertos with orchestra, including “Adam’s Apple” (2018), “2PiX” for violin and saxophone (2021), performed with Branford Marsalis, and “Fallen Angel” (2022), dedicated to Janusz Olejniczak.

His extensive discography features over 100 albums, including a solo release and a critically acclaimed collaborative album with Joachim Kühn, “Speaking Sound” (ACT Music, 2020), recognized as one of the year's top albums by Downbeat magazine. Since 2024, he has been signed with Warner Music.

From 2012 to 2016, Smoczyński was a member of the Grammy Award-winning Turtle Island Quartet. He performed over a hundred concerts with the ensemble at major U.S. venues and appeared on Tierney Sutton’s Grammy-nominated album “After Blue.” The Turtle Island Quartet’s album “Confetti Man,” featuring Smoczyński, was honored by the National Federation of Music Clubs as the best American chamber recording of the year.

Dorothea Schupelius is both a political journalist and an award-winning classical violinist — two worlds she connects with surprising ease. On WELT Television, she brings curiosity, clarity, and a sharp critical eye to the social and political stories that shape Germany. Digital-native and outspoken, she earned the “Political Influencer in Social Media” award for making politics resonate beyond traditional news formats.

Just as confidently, Dorothea steps onto the cultural stage. With her warm, energetic presence, she hosts festivals and concerts from the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival to the Thespis International Monodrama Festival, always aiming to make classical music feel alive and inviting.

As a Fanny Mendelssohn Artist, she unites her love of music and media in projects like #Wunderkammer, which won the Fanny Mendelssohn Förderpreis and became her acclaimed debut album in 2022. Her musical journey began early, leading her from the Yehudi Menuhin School to the Royal College of Music in London and the Musikhochschule Lübeck, guided by renowned teachers and ongoing mentorships.

Haran Meltzer is a Principal Cellist of the Israel Philharmonic. He has performed as soloist with the Orchestra under the baton of Zubin Mehta. He has appeared a few more times with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the Israel Chamber Orchestra, the Israel Camerata Jerusalem, the Israel Sinfonietta Beer Sheva, the Tel-Aviv Soloists Ensemble and the Ashdod Symphony Orchestra.
Haran won the first prizes in the Aviv Competition (Israel 2018), Davidov Competition (Latvia 2018) and Gabrielli Competition (Germany 2019). He is a recipient of Scholarships from the America-Israel Cultural Foundation since 2007, and from "Secrets of Culture" (Zefunot Tarbut) Foundation since 2009.
Haran has played chamber music with musicians such as Itzhak Perlman, Miriam Fried, Guy Braunstein, Hagai Shaham, Amihai Grosz, Zvi Plesser, Ohad Ben-Ari and Alon Goldstein. He has played in masterclasses with Frans Helmerson, Gary Hoffman, Jens Peter Maintz, Wolfgang Schmidt, Ralph Kirshbaum, Uzi Wiesel, Hillel Zori, Paul Katz, Timothy Eddy and Lynn Harrell.
He studied with Luba Rabin at the Kfar Saba Conservatory, and with Zvi Plesser at the Israel Conservatory of Music. He also studied with Emanuele Silvestri and Felix Nemirovsky. He continues his studies with Claudio Bohórquez. at the Hanns Eisler School of Music in Berlin.
Haran plays on a cello and a bow loaned to him by the America-Israel Cultural Foundation.