At his debut at the BBC Proms in 1992, the Sunday Times described Nicholas Daniel as one of the greatest exponents of the oboe in the world. Today one of the UK's most distinguished soloists as well as an increasingly successful conductor, he has become an important ambassador for music and musicians in many different fields. In 2008, Nicholas played Mozart's Oboe Concerto on the First Night of the BBC Proms and Elliott Carter's Oboe Concerto later in the Proms.

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James Gilchrist began his working life as a doctor, turning to a full-time career in music in 1996.

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Priya Mitchell has been described as ‘one of the foremost violinists of her generation’ (The Strad). She was brought up in Oxford and went to the Yehudi Menuhin School where she studied under David Takeno. Two years at the Conservatoire in Vienna were followed by a period of study with Zachar Bron in Germany. In 1994, the Young Concert Artists Trust in London selected her for representation.

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The young British violinist, Alexander Sitkovetsky, was born in Moscow in 1983 into a family with an established musical tradition. At the age of eight, he made his debut performance as a soloist with the chamber orchestra in Montpellier, France, and later that same year he was invited to become a pupil at the Yehudi Menuhin School where he studied with Natalia Boyarsky and Professor Hu Kun. He continued his studies with Hu Kun at the Royal Academy of Music. Alexander participated in master classes given by Lord Menuhin, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Mauricio Fuks, Georgy Pauk, Maya Glezarova, Zvi Zeitlin and Abram Stern. In 1998, he took part in a master class given by Maxim Vengerov which was broadcast over the European TV network. Currently, Alexander is studying with Professor Pavel Vernikov.

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Guy Ben-Ziony was born in 1974 in Israel. He started to play the violin at the age of nine and he has been playing the viola since the age of 13. In Israel, he studied among others with Professor Chaim Taub. He finished his studies under Professor Tabea Zimmermann (Frankfurt) and Professor Tatjana Masurenko (Leipzig).

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Natalie Clein’s exceptional musicality has earned her a number of prestigious prizes including the Classical BRIT Award for Young British Performer of 2005 and the Ingrid zu Solms Cultur Preis at the 2003 Kronberg Academie. She won the BBC Young Musician of the Year (aged 16) in 1994 and in the same year was the first ever British winner of the Eurovision Competition for Young Musicians in Warsaw. She was awarded the Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Scholarship by the Royal College of Music before completing her studies with Heinrich Schiff in Vienna.

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Born in Moscow into a family of musicians, Katya Apekisheva started to play the piano at the age of five and a year later entered the famous Gnessin School of Music where she was taught by Ada Traub and Anna Kantor. She continued her studies with Irina Berkovich at the Rubin Academy of Music in Jerusalem where she won an American-Israel Cultural Foundation Award and took second prize at the Young Talents' Radio Competition performing Prokofiev's first Piano Concerto with Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra.

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Julius Drake specialises in chamber music, working with many of the world’s leading vocal and instrumental artists, both in recital and on disc. He performs regularly in the world’s great concert halls and festivals. He is a familiar visitor to the Leicester International Music Festival and to the Lunchtime Concert Series.

Anna Tilbrook is one of Britain's most exciting young pianists, with a considerable reputation in song recitals and chamber music. She made her debut at the Wigmore Hall in 1999 and has since become a regular performer at major concert halls and festivals. Anna has collaborated with many leading singers including James Gilchrist, Lucy Crowe, Sarah Tynan, Willard White, Mark Padmore, Stephan Loges, Ian Bostridge and Gillian Keith, while also enjoying partnerships with a number of instrumentalists.

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