18 July 2026 

Per Tengstrand

After winning 1st prize in the Cleveland International Piano Competition in 1997, pianist Per Tengstrand has performed in venues such as the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, the big hall of the Musikverein in Vienna, Gewandhaus in Leipzig, and Suntory Hall in Tokyo.

He has performed as a soloist with, among others, the Detroit Symphony, National Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony, Japan Philharmonic, Orchestra de la Suisse Romande, Singapore Symphony, and Orchestre National de France. 

Tengstrand is the subject of the acclaimed documentary The Soloist, directed by Magnus Gertten and Stefan Berg. He is the Artistic Director of Music on Park Avenue in New York, the Princeton Chamber Music Series, as well as a festival bearing his name, Tengstrandfestivalen, in his native town of Växjö in Sweden. He is the recipient of the Royal Medal of Litterus and Artibus, which he received from the King of Sweden.

Per Tengstrand’s film on Beethoven "Freedom of the Will", received numerous international awards.  His second film, ”Piano Rivals” will be screened at the Swedish Academy of Fine Arts in 2026, as well as in New York, San Francisco, and Boston among other cities. 

In November of 2025, Per passed the United States Figure Skating Association's test to receive a Gold Medal in adult figure skating skills. He resides in Princeton, New Jersey.

30 July 2026 

Gisèle Ortrun Grahe 

Ortrun Gisèle Grahe studied piano in Essen and Hamburg, Germany, and early in her youth with Irma Zucca Sehlbach, a student of Eduard Erdman. Among the pianists who influenced her in particular were Juergen Uhde, Detlef Kraus and Elisabeth Leonskaja. While appearing as soloist in recitals or with orchestras, she quickly began to concentrate on chamber music. She collaborated with the violinist Vesselin Parachkevov in Essen, with the cellist Bernhard Gmelin in Hamburg and was accompanist in masterclasses and chamber music courses at Weikersheim, Stift Lilienfeld, the International Summer Academy of Bad Leonsfelden among others.

Her collaboration with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and DaltonBaldwin allowed to deepen her ability to accompany singers. In 2002 she continued this collaboration with her own students, and Fischer-Dieskau invited her to Italy, to the Schubertiade Schwarzenberg and the Hugo Wolf Academy in Stuttgart. She continued working with singers. Grahe taught coaching with emphasis on singing, instrumental music and chamber music at conservatories in Berlin, Graz, Rostock and Nurnberg.

After 2014 she was vocal and instrumental coach at the Conservatory Cherubini in Florence and taught in Cannes, Paris, and Var (Provence). Since 2018 she has been living in Italy, teaching piano and continuing her work as vocal and instrumental coach at various conservatories, among them in Florence, Bolzano and Campobasso.

30 July 2026 

Andreas Macco

Bass-baritone Andreas Macco, upon receiving teaching and singing degrees at the Musikhochschulen of Stuttgart, Frankfurt and Vienna, began his career with fixed engagements at the theatres in Hannover (where he had won a singing competition), Frankfurt and Bonn. Since 2004 his work is freelance.

In 1994 he began to make international guest appearances. Being invited frequently to Italy, he has sung in Bologna, Rovigo, Pisa, Brescia, at La Scala in Milan, at the San Carlo in Naples, in Rome, at the Arena di Verona and at the Maggio Musicale in Florence. Furthermore he has sung in Tokyo, Zürich, Lyon, Rouen, Moscow, Riga, Donezk, Athens, at the festivals in Bregenz, Salzburg, Bayreuth, and at the Ruhrtriennale.

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His repertoire stretches from Monteverdi operas over Mozart’s Sarastro, Leporello, Don Giovanni, Commendatore and Don Alfonso to the villains in Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Méphistophélès in Gounod’s Faust and Golaud; to Wagner’s Holländer, Wotan, Gurnemanz and Pogner; to Verdi’s Filippo II and Conte di Walter; and to Vodnik/the Water Gnome (Rusalka) and the Animal Trainer/Athlete (Lulu). All in all, sixty roles.

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In concert halls in Vienna (Konzerthaus und Musikverein), Moscow (Great Hall of the Tchaikovsky Conservatory), Leipzig (Gewandhaus), Dresden (Kreuzkirche), Berlin (Philharmonie), Montreal (Festival La Lanaudière), Taipei, Amsterdam (Concertgebouw), Rome (Sala Santa Cecilia), Salzburg (Grosses Festspielhaus), Athens (Odeon of Herodes Atticus), Frankfurt (Alte Oper) and others, he has sung central works of concert literature ranging from Bach and Handel, over Mozart, Rossini, Verdi, Dvořák and Mendelssohn to Bernd Alois Zimmermann.

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He has sung Lied recitals devoted to the songs of Schubert, Schumann, Wolf, Ibert and others.

13 August 2026 

Moser String Quartet

Since its founding five years ago, the Moser Quartet has been awarded 1st Prize in the International Competition Gran Premi Musical Lauredià (Andorra), 2nd Prize in the Orpheus Swiss Chamber Music Competition (Switzerland), the Prize “Duranton Consultants” at the Concours FNAPEC (France), the Award for the best interpretation of the commissioned work in the “Bad Tölz Competition 2026” and the Special Award “Ambassador Ensemble of the Osaka International Chamber Music Competition 2023” (Japan).

Moreover, the Moser String Quartet has performed in renowned venues such as Philharmonie de Paris and Palau de la Música of Valencia, and has appeared in numerous international festivals such as Trame Sonore CMF, Festival de La Chaise-Dieu, MonteLeón ICMF, String Quartet Biennale Munich, Ernen Musikdorf Festival and L’Orangerie Sonor. They are a prize winner ensemble at the Bad Tölz competition 2026

13 August 2026 

Kanon Miyashita

MOSER STRING QUARTET VIOLIN

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Japanese violinist Kanon Miyashita is the founding first violinist of the Moser String Quartet and a passionate chamber, orchestral, and solo musician. She is currently based in Basel, Switzerland.
 

Kanon has performed at numerous international venues and has been invited to prestigious chamber music festivals, including the MonteLeón International Chamber Music Festival (Spain), Festival Musikdorf Ernen (Switzerland) and the Trame Sonore Chamber Music Festival (Italy).
 

Her performances have been featured on Radio France and WQXR radio in New York. As a concert soloist, she has appeared with orchestras in the UK, Israel and Japan.

13 August 2026 

Patricia Muro Francia

MOSER STRING QUARTET  VIOLIN

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Originally from Logroño, Spanish violinist Patricia Muro studied at the renowned Music Conservatory of the Basque Country (Musikene) and at the Hochschule für Musik Basel, where she was mentored by Catalin Bucataru, Tatiana Samouil, Barbara Doll and Silvia Simionescu.

Patricia has also graced the stage as a soloist, performing with orchestras such as Collegium Musicum La Rioja and La Rioja Symphony Orchestra. In 2016, she won the 1st Prize in the Fermín Gurbindo Competition. 

Patricia has received advice from renowned violinists such as Mark Skazinetsky, Raphaël Oleg, Marie Berard, Rainer Schmidt, Tomasz Tomaszewski, Guy Braunstein, Irene Wilhelmi and Boris Brotvyn, among others. She has also performed with professional orchestras such as the Euskadi Symphony Orchestra, Bilbao Symphony Orchestra and Kammerorchester Basel; has been concertmaster of several youth orchestras, including the Spanish National Youth Orchestra, and has performed internationally with the European Union Youth Orchestra and the National Youth Orchestra of Canada.

13 August 2026 

Élise Hiron

​MOSER STRING QUARTET VIOLA 

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Élise Hiron is an enthusiastic and dynamic musician based in Switzerland.

She has often been invited as principal viola of the Orchestre de Chambre de Genève, and plays regularly in the chamber orchestras of Basel, Lausanne and Freiburg, where she holds a tutti position. She performs as a pianist in a duet with cellist Miquel Garcia Ramon, and as a violist in the Wendel Piano Quartet and the Moser String Quartet since 2024.

She has studied at the Conservatoire de Paris (CNSMDP), the HEMu of Lausanne and Sion, the Cleveland Institute of Music, and she recently pursued two Master's degrees: a viola MA at the Basel Hochschule, and a chamber duo MA as a pianist in Paris. Her teachers have included Tatjana Masurenko, Silvia Simionescu, Jean Sulem, Jeffrey Irvine, Claire Désert, Anton Kernjak, Rafael Rosenfeld and François Salque.

13 August 2026 

Lea Galasso

​MOSER STRING QUARTET Cello 

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Lea Galasso is an Italian cellist, passionate chamber musician and cello teacher. She has performed at renowned venues such as the Rome Chamber Music Festival, Minato Mirai Hall in Yokohama, and the “Lingotto Giovani” Festival in Torino. She won the special prize “The Note Zagreb” at the 9th International Competition for Young Cellists “Antonio Janigro” in Croatia.
 

Lea studied under esteemed professors such as Ivan Monighetti, Antonio Meneses and Christian Poltéra, graduating with honors from prestigious institutions in Lucerne, Basel and Bern. She participated in prestigious academies and masterclasses such as the Gstaad String Academy, Barenboim-Said Academy and Accademia Chigiana, working with renowned musicians like Frans Helmerson, Jens Peter Maintz, Peter Bruns.
 

As a founding member of the Moser String Quartet, Lea has won multiple prizes, showcasing her commitment to chamber music. She plays on an italian cello Primo Contavalli, acquired thanks to an anonymous donation by a group of members of the Associazione Amici della Scuola di Fiesole.

10 September 2026 

Sašo Vollmaier

Vollmaier is a Slovenian pianist, known primarily for his daring solo projects that connect with various artistic fields. His most notable projects are "Vollmaier: Kind of Laibach" and "Vollmaier: Ligeti (How to Explain Ligeti to a Dead Audience)" — both premiered at Cankarjev dom. He seeks his expression in darker sonic spaces, between the classical and improvisational worlds. This sonic quality was also recognized by Yamaha, which awarded him the title of Yamaha Artist (April 2023). In recent years he has been active in performance art and theatre. His appearances include shaping stage sound with interventions of movement and spoken word. Vollmaier composes music for dance and theatre productions. His passion for the human voice led him to the Centre Artistique International Roy Hart (Malérargues, France) and the Accademia dell'Arte (Arezzo, Italy), where he shares his research and knowledge as a teacher and musical co-creator of vocal works.

The new composition titled Vollmaier: Error, will again be performed in one continuous movement — a format he has developed over the last years. In addition to form and musical dramaturgy, he experiments with the electronic aspect within the piano's acoustic sound, suggesting new directions and offering different solutions in his musical expression.

27 August 2026

Caroline Boersma

TRIO AROTA - CELLO

After her studies at the Conservatory of Amsterdam (A.Bijlsma) she moved to Italy, where she worked at S.Cecilia Symphonic Orchestra, and subsequently collaborated with various baroque and classical chamber orchestras, touring throughout Europe and Japan.
With the ensemble Tripla Concordia, specializing in 17th /18th century music, she appeared on radio and television in several countries of the European Union, and produced a number of recordings, which have earned international recognition.

From 1990 she participated regularly in music-theatre productions as a cellist, most recently with Kevin Crawford (Italy, France, USA). She has followed extensive workshops on choir direction, vocal performance for actors and clown work. She has co-directed workshops at the Roy Hart centre (France) and at Teatro Nunc in Castiglion Fiorentino (Tuscany Italy), developing an original approach to voicework using the cello as support and inspiration. She has brought these skills to the corporate world, collaborating in trainings with Berkeley Executive Coaching Institute. 

27 August 2026

Enzo Del Dottore

TRIO AROTA - PIANO

Enzo Del Dottore was born in Arezzo, where he began his musical studies. He continued his training in Florence under the guidance of Maestro Giorgio Sacchetti, with whom he earned a Diploma in

Piano at the "F. Morlacchi" Conservatory (Perugia), and furthered his studies in subsequent years. At the same time, he studied Score Analysis and Reading with Maestro Romano Pezzati, and then earned a Diploma in Choral Music and Choral Conducting at the "L. Cherubini" Conservatory (Florence). He attended advanced piano courses with internationally renowned maestros such as Orazio Frugoni and Giancarlo Cardini, and piano accompaniment courses with Maestros Dalton Baldwin and Irwin Gage. He also studied Composition with Maestro Gaetano Giani Luporini and attended Composition Courses with Maestro Salvatore Sciarrino.

He obtained a two-year scientific specialisation in Music Education, Cultures, and Repertoires from the University of Tor Vergata in Rome and has attended professional qualification and refresher courses at the "R. Goitre" Study Center in Bobbio, the Fiesole School of Music, and other schools and institutions.

He has performed in Italy and abroad as a solo pianist, accompanist, and harpsichord maestro in chamber music and orchestral groups, as well as a choir and ensemble director. He served as a Tutor, Pianist, and Harpsichord Maestro in the orchestra for the Operas and productions staged in the 1999 theatrical season at the “Dovizi” Theater in Bibbiena (AR): (Handel’s “Tamerlano,” “Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda,” “Il ballo delle Ingrate” by Monteverdi), working in particular as a Piano Assistant for the Maestro Conductor Gianpiero Taverna (G.Puccini’s “Boheme,” “La bella Galatea” by F. von Suppè).

He founded and directed Choirs, Children’s and Youth Choirs, and vocal-instrumental Ensembles, such as, in 2006, the “Vox Aurea” Cultural Association, of which he was Artistic Director and President, organizing Conferences, Concerts, and Advanced Courses for the same. He has transcribed and published several unpublished cantatasfor voice and continuo by the Arezzo musician Antonio Cesti (Anteo Editions 2009 and 2011).

27 August 2026

Daniel Boeke

TRIO AROTA - CLARINET

Daniel Boeke studied at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague with Pierre Woudenberg. In 2013, he obtained his Master's degree, specializing in solo, chamber, and ensemble music repertoire of the twentieth century, with very high praise from the committee. During his studies, he attended masterclasses with prominent musicians such as Karl Leister, Martin Frost, and Michael Collins.

He was selected for the prestigious program of the Ligeti Academy, conducted by Reinbert de Leeuw. In 2013, he was selected for the Master-Apprentice program, a series of concerts throughout the Netherlands together with his teacher, Pierre Woudenberg. In 2014, he performed in the production “Kopernikus” by the NJO and DNO, thereby establishing contact with opera and music theater. He also performed in the production “The Sopranos” by Opera Zuid and ICK Amsterdam. Daniel Boeke.jpeg

Since 2013, he has been the founder and musician of Oerknal, a contemporary music ensemble dedicated to renewing the concert experience and engaging in collaborations with various disciplines