Emanuel has been described by Strad Magazine as “…one of the best Portuguese violinists of his generation”. He performed as a soloist, chamber musician and concertmaster in important halls in Great Britain, Kazakhstan, China, Japan, Portugal, the Netherlands, Mexico, Turkey, Spain, Italy and Germany.
CollegeSzczecin Academy of Art
InstrumentViolin
In 2005 Emilia graduated with honours from the Ignacy Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań, where she studied at the viola class under Dominik Rutkowski. She collaborated as both soloist and member of chamber orchestras with renowned artists such as: Vasko Vassilev, Tomasz Tomaszewski, Bartosz Bryła, Kevin Kenner.
CollegeSzczecin Academy of Art
InstrumentViola
Cellist Rafal Jezierski was awarded the Lotos Club Foundation Prize in the Arts for his achievements and promise. This honor came shortly after winning the Eisenberg Competition where he had competed against string players as well as pianists. As the principal of both the Juilliard Orchestra and Symphony, he has worked with conductors such as Jahja Ling, Gerard Schwarz, George Manahan and Steven Osgood. Mr. Jezierski has also appeared as a concert soloist with such orchestras as the Jeunesses Musicales, New Amsterdam and Manhattan School of Music Symphony.
InstrumentCello
Professor at the Academy of Music in Poznań with a post-doctoral degree in the artistic discipline – instrumental studies – double bass. Lecturer in the double bass class at the I.J. Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań.
Soloist musician of the T.Szeligowski Poznań Philharmonic.
Finalist and laureate of many prestigious competitions and festivals both nationwide and international.
CollegeAcademy of Music in Poznań
InstrumentDouble Bass
Concertmaster of Mexico’s premier orchestra, the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional, and violin faculty at the Universidad Panamericana, violinist, conductor, and composer William Harvey has appeared as violin soloist at Carnegie Hall with the New York Youth Symphony and has performed concerti with orchestras in Argentina, the Philippines, Mexico, and USA. His recording of the violin concerto by Hector Infanzón received two nominations to the Latin Grammys in 2021.
CollegeIndiana University Jacobs School of Music
InstrumentViolin
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