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.

Internationally recognized, including by The Jewish Chronicle, Bar Zemach is the first known musician to perform the shofar melodically and chromatically as a concert soloist.

Over the past two years, two pieces
were written especially for him, one of which he premiered in his Berlin Philharmonie debut, performing on both shofar and horn. This year, he also appeared as a shofar soloist with the Israel Symphony Orchestra and as a horn and shofar soloist with the
Thüringen Philharmonie.

Next year, he will debut with the Nürnberger Symphoniker, the Sächsische Bläserphilharmonie, and more, and will continue his collaboration with one of his mentors, Giora Feidman, as a member of the Klezmer Virtuos Quartett and Giora
Feidman’s Trio.

Bar Zemach is Principal Horn of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra under Daniel Barenboim. He previously played on contract with the Düsseldorfer Symphoniker and gained further experience as a guest horn player with the Staatskapelle Berlin, recording a CD and performing in both opera and symphonic repertoire.

He studied with Prof. Christian Friedrich Dallmann and is currently pursuing a Master in Religion and Culture at Humboldt University of Berlin.

The Viatores Quartet is a young string quartet based in Berlin, founded in 2023. In 2024, the ensemble was awarded First Prize and a Special Prize at the Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Competition. This success was followed by Second Prize at the Irene Steels-Wilsing String Quartet Competition in Heidelberg in January 2025, and two Special Prizes at the prestigious Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition in London in April 2025. Most recently, they were awarded the DC Anderson Foundation Family Prize as well the Career Development Prize at the Banff International String Quartet Competition (BISQ).

In 2024, they were selected as SWR “New Talent,” a three-year development program by Southwestern Radio in Germany. The following year, they were awarded a residency at ProQuartet – Centre Européen de Musique de Chambre in Paris, where they will further their artistic growth through intensive coaching and concert engagements during the 2025–2027 seasons.

Recent performances include appearances at the Sommerliche Musiktage Hitzacker, Villa Musica, AIMA Festival in Turkey, Mainau Castle, St. Lukes Music Society London and SWR Television Tower Stuttgart. They will also perform at the Schwetzinger SWR Festspiele in 2026. They released their first CD-Album in February 2026 which is available for streaming on all major streaming platforms.

The quartet takes its name from the Latin term "Viatores", which means travelers. As the name suggests, the quartet proudly represents four different origins and cultures, united by a common goal.