Artists
| Dina Yoffe (Piano) |
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 ...Yoffe is a performer who translates the manual to 'the language of living'... Dina Yoffe was born in Riga (Latvia). Graduated from the Tchaikovsky Conservatory of Music in Moscow, under the tutelage of Professor Vera Gornostayeva, one of the most important proponents of the legendary Heinrich Neuhaus school. |
| Michael Vaiman (Violin) |
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 ...in M. Vaiman we encounter a superb violinist... Michael Vaiman was born in Odessa (Ukraine). He studied at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow, under the tutelage of legendary violinist David Oistrach and Semyon Snitkovsky. Early in his career already received critical acclaim as a "poet of the violin", along with his "technical brilliance", he has particularly been lauded for his "noble and articulate tone" and his "deep understanding of music". |
| Ilya Hoffman (Viola) |
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 Recognized worldwide as an outstanding musician Moscow born Ilya Hoffman studied at Tchaikovsky State Conservatory in Moscow, class of Yuri Bashmet, associated Roman Balashov; post-graduated from Tchaikovsky State Conservatory in Moscow (prof. Yuri Bashmet). Studied composition under tutelage of his father, composer Leonid Hoffman, follower of the Second Viennese School, pupil of Philip Herschkowitz who himself was a student of Alban Berg and Anton Webern. |
| Ernő Kállai (Violin) |
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 Ernő Kállai is establishing himself as one of the most exciting and charismatic young violinists today. Born in Budapest, Hungary, began early violin training with his father. At age of twelve, he had been admitted to the Exceptionally Talented Children’s class of the Franz Liszt Academy of Music Budapest where he studied with Andras Csontha and Eszter Perenyi. In 2006 he moved to the United States to study with Itzhak Perlman at the Juilliard School, where he still continues his studies as a full scholarship student. |
| Balázs Horváth (Composer) |
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 Remarkable representative of the young generation of Hungarian composers Balázs Horváth was born in Budapest. He studied composition at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music with Zoltán Jeney, Attila Bozay, and János Vajda. He received his degree with honours in 1999. Since 2005 he has been teaching at the same institute. |
| Péter Bársony (Viola) |
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 He was born in Budapest, graduated from the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in 2000. His masters were Ferenc Balogh, Ferenc Rados, György Konrád, Dénes Kovács, György Kurtág, Dénes Zsigmondy, Pinchas Zukerman, Zoltán Tóth. In 1999 he studied in Gerard Caussé’s class at the Conservatoire of Paris. In 2004-2005 he was holder of the Annie Fischer Grant. |
| Leonid Hoffman (Composer) |
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 ...Magnificent connoisseur of Schoenberg’s study of harmony and form, a brilliant analyst and a teacher-practitioner... Leonid Hoffman was born in Moscow. Studied as pupil of Philip Herschkowitz, composer and theoretician, a student of Alban Berg and Anton Webern. Hoffman became one of the greatest expert of the study of Schoenberg. |
| Máté Hollós (Composer) |
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 Was born in Budapest. He graduated from Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest in 1980. The majority of his oeuvre belongs to chamber music but he wrote also an oratorio, works for symphony and string orchestra as well as choral compositions. Among the commissions he received from various countries (United States, Canada and France) the most outstanding is the one of an English orchestra which commissioned a piano concerto for the 50th anniversary of the United Nations (recorded for CD in the UK). His music is played all over Europe and North America. |
