conductor
Barer Alexej
Conductor of the Vienna KuK Symphony Orchestra. Conductor, violin soloist, and artistic director of the opera, Alexei Barel, a young Austrian musician, has led the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, the Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra, and was a long-time guest conductor of the Vienna Philharmonic and the Vienna State Opera Orchestra under the legendary conductor Johannes Wildner. He holds a master's degree in violin, a master's degree in symphonic conducting, and a master's degree in opera direction and choral conducting from the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.
conductor
Vasilis Tsiatsianis
Born in Athens, he studied orchestral conducting and composition at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. Following his work as a répétiteur at the Athens Opera (1994–2001) and his debut as a solo pianist, he has a long and active international career as a conductor, working with renowned orchestras and performing in major concert halls and at festivals in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas. From 2017 to 2025, he was the music director of the Johann Strauss Operetta Vienna. His awards include the Golden Mozart Medal of the Mozart Society of Vienna and international peace prizes.
Concertmaster
Gonzalo Arguello
Concertmaster of the Imperial and Royal Symphony Orchestra Vienna. Gonzalo Arguello is an Argentinian violinist, born in San Carlos de Bariloche, who enjoys a rich musical career. He currently performs as a soloist with the Slovak Philharmonic and the Vienna Imperial Orchestra.
Concertmaster
Roman Nichiporuk
Roman Nichyparuk, violin soloist, comes from a musical family in Belarus. As a violin soloist and conductor, he performs in Belarus, Ukraine, Germany, France, and the Czech Republic. He regularly collaborates with orchestras such as the Baltic Philharmonic Gdańsk, the Kraków Philharmonic, the Brest Chamber Orchestra, the Brest Symphony Orchestra, the Progress Chamber Orchestra, the Baltic Philharmonic Youth Symphony Orchestra, and the Arian Ensemble of the Baltic Chamber Orchestra.
Solo cellist
Elizaveta Lessoun
Elizaveta Lessoun began playing the cello at the age of four in Minsk under Professor Irina Stepanova and won significant international prizes early on, including the Grand Prix at Talents for Europe. She later studied at Chetham's School of Music in Manchester and from 2020 to 2024 at the Royal College of Music in London as an ABRSM scholar, where she performed at venues including Conway Hall and the Barbican Centre. A dedicated chamber musician, she founded the Inverno Quartet in 2022. Since 2024, she has continued her studies at the Penderecki Academy of Music in Krakow and performs throughout Europe.
Concertmaster
Gonzalo Arguello
Konzertmeister des K.u.K. Symphonieorchesters Wien. Gonzalo Arguello ist ein argentinischer Geiger, der in San Carlos de Bariloche geboren wurde und auf eine reiche musikalische Karriere zurückblicken kann. Derzeit ist er als Solist der Slowakischen Philharmonie und des Wiener Kaiserorchesters tätig ist.
Solo clarinet
Piotr Dec
Der polnische Klarinettist Piotr Dec gilt als vielversprechender Vertreter der jungen Generation und wird für seinen feinen Klang sowie seine ausdrucksstarke Interpretation geschätzt. Er studierte am Royal College of Music und an der Royal Academy of Music in London, wo er seinen Masterabschluss mit Auszeichnung sowie das LRAM-Diplom erwarb.Als Solist und Kammermusiker trat er international auf, u. a. bei den BBC Proms in der Royal Albert Hall, und arbeitete mit der Koszalin Philharmonic zusammen. Zu seinen Auszeichnungen zählen erste Preise bei der Yamaha Music Foundation of Europe Competition und der London Solo Woodwind Competition.Neben seiner Konzerttätigkeit ist er als Pädagoge aktiv und unterrichtet u. a. am Aiglon College sowie bei der Barenboim-Said Foundation.
Solo flute
Lucja Chyrzynska
Łucja Chyrzyńska (born 1998) - Polish flautist, Young Artist of the Wm. Flute Company, graduate of the
Krzysztof Penderecki University of Music in Kraków.
In 2023, she graduated with distinction from her Master's degree in the flute class of Prof. Wisław Sulowo.
She has won numerous prizes at national and international competitions, including the World
World Classical Music Awards (UK); First prize at the Virtuoso International Music Competition: Virtuoso International Music Competition (USA).
solo violin
Julia Blachuta
Julia Błachuta ist eine polnische Geigerin und Soloviolinistin des Wiener K.u.K. Symphonieorchesters, die 2001 in Krakau in einer nicht-musikalischen Familie geboren wurde. Sie begann im Alter von sieben Jahren mit dem Geigenspiel und debütierte im Alter von zwölf Jahren mit Wieniawskis Violinkonzert Nr. 2 in einem Orchester. Nach einem dreijährigen Studium an der Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Wien bei Professor Itzhak Raszkowski schloss Julia ihr Studium an der Royal Academy of Music mit Auszeichnung ab und wurde mit dem renommierten HMD-Meyer-Preis für Violine ausgezeichnet.
solo violin
Matylda Stasiak
Principal violinist of the Vienna KuK Symphony Orchestra, she is also active on the European stage as a Polish violinist and soloist with the Archetti Orchestra in Jaworzno and the Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra. She has won numerous prizes at violin competitions, both as a soloist and in chamber music ensembles. These include competitions in Budapest, Prague, Rome, Krakow, Kyoto, Paris, Lodz, and Gdansk. She is a scholarship recipient of the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.
Solo cellist
Zofia Sikora
Principal cellist of the KuK Symphony Orchestra Vienna,
She trained at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna in the class of Prof. Stefan Kropfitsch. Her musical career began at the age of seven with Anna Skibińska-Haponiuk at the Karol Szymanowski Music School in Warsaw. Between 2019 and 2021, she also worked with Prof. Tomasz Strahl.
She refined her artistic skills in masterclasses with renowned cellists such as Julius Berger, Jérôme Pernoo, László Fenyő, Kyril Zlotnikov, Yumi Kendall, Marko Ylönen, Julia Hagen, Reinhard Latzko, Raphael Flieder and David Pennetzdorfer.
Zofia has performed in renowned concert halls across Europe, including the Musikverein Vienna, Konzerthaus Berlin, Ehrbar Saal, Das MuTh, Esterházy Palace, the National Forum of Music Wrocław (NFM), the Polish National Opera and the Royal Castle in Warsaw.
