Biographies 2026

Sherzod Abdiev

Sherzod Abdiev

Parent Category: Students biographies
  • Edition of the Academy: 2026
  • Country: Uzbekistan
  • Instrument: Violin
  • Age during Academy: 26
  • Last or current school: Haute Ecole de Musique de Genève
  • Instrument played: Plays a Petrus Gaggini violin generously loaned by the LaLive Foundation (Geneva)
Léa Bensaid

Léa Bensaid

Parent Category: Students biographies
  • Edition of the Academy: 2026
  • Country: France
  • Instrument: Violin
  • Age during Academy: 23
  • Last or current school: Haute école de musique de Lausanne
  • Instrument played: Was awarded a distinction by the Rotary Club of Lausanne, which has entrusted her with a 19th-century Charles Jacquot violin.
Dániel Hodos

Dániel Hodos

Parent Category: Students biographies
  • Edition of the Academy: 2026
  • Country: Hungary
  • Instrument: Violin
  • Age during Academy: 21
  • Last or current school: Leipzig: Felix Mendelssohn College of Music and Theatre
Haeun Honney Kim

Haeun Honney Kim

Parent Category: Students biographies
  • Edition of the Academy: 2026
  • Country: USA
  • Instrument: Violin
  • Age during Academy: 25
  • Last or current school: Berlin: Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler
Clara Messina

Clara Messina

Parent Category: Students biographies
  • Edition of the Academy: 2026
  • Country: France
  • Instrument: Violin
  • Age during Academy: 20
  • Last or current school: Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris (CNSMDP)
Georgii Moroz

Georgii Moroz

Parent Category: Students biographies
  • Edition of the Academy: 2026
  • Country: Ukrainia
  • Instrument: Violin
  • Age during Academy: 24
  • Last or current school: Berlin: Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler
Haerim Oh

Haerim Oh

Parent Category: Students biographies
  • Edition of the Academy: 2026
  • Country: South Korea
  • Instrument: Violin
  • Age during Academy: 26
  • Last or current school: Artist in Residence at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel
Sofya Vardanyan

Sofya Vardanyan

Parent Category: Students biographies
  • Edition of the Academy: 2026
  • Country: Armenia
  • Instrument: Violin
  • Age during Academy: 26
  • Last or current school: Music and Arts Private University of the City of Vienna (MUK)
Amalia Bosch Fernández

Amalia Bosch Fernández

Parent Category: Students biographies
  • Edition of the Academy: 2026
  • Country: Spain
  • Instrument: Viola
  • Age during Academy: 19
  • Last or current school: Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía
Vincenzo Calcagno

Vincenzo Calcagno

Parent Category: Students biographies
  • Edition of the Academy: 2026
  • Country: USA
  • Instrument: Viola
  • Age during Academy: 23
  • Last or current school: Yale University
Baptiste Donadio

Baptiste Donadio

Parent Category: Students biographies
  • Edition of the Academy: 2026
  • Country: France
  • Instrument: Viola
  • Age during Academy: 23
  • Last or current school: Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris (CNSMDP)
  • Instrument played: Playing a viola made by Stephan von Baehr, generously loaned by the Fondation d’entreprise Société Générale
Yiqun Huang

Yiqun Huang

Parent Category: Students biographies
  • Edition of the Academy: 2026
  • Country: China
  • Instrument: Viola
  • Age during Academy: 23
Sophie Kiening

Sophie Kiening

Parent Category: Students biographies
  • Edition of the Academy: 2026
  • Country: Germany
  • Instrument: Viola
  • Age during Academy: 24
  • Last or current school: Chamber music studies in Frankfurt
Louise Metzger

Louise Metzger

Parent Category: Students biographies
  • Edition of the Academy: 2026
  • Country: France
  • Instrument: Viola
  • Age during Academy: 25
  • Last or current school: Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP)
Lénaëlle Planat

Lénaëlle Planat

Parent Category: Students biographies
  • Edition of the Academy: 2026
  • Country: France
  • Instrument: Viola
  • Age during Academy: 21
  • Last or current school: Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Lyon (CNSMDL)
Matteo Fabi

Matteo Fabi

Parent Category: Students biographies
  • Edition of the Academy: 2026
  • Country: Italy
  • Instrument: Cello
  • Age during Academy: 21
  • Last or current school: Düsseldorf: Robert Schumann Hochschule and the Institute for Music and Media
Jonathan Gerstner

Jonathan Gerstner

Parent Category: Students biographies
  • Edition of the Academy: 2025, 2026
  • Country: Switzerland
  • Instrument: Cello
  • Age during Academy: 22
  • Last or current school: Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien
Jinseok Jeong

Jinseok Jeong

Parent Category: Students biographies
  • Edition of the Academy: 2026,2025
  • Country: Hungary
  • Instrument: Cello
  • Age during Academy: 19
  • Last or current school: Leipzig: Felix Mendelssohn College of Music and Theatre
Eliana Razzino Yang

Eliana Razzino Yang

Parent Category: Students biographies
  • Edition of the Academy: 2026
  • Country: USA
  • Instrument: Cello
  • Age during Academy: 26
  • Last or current school: Juilliard School
  • Diplomas: Master
Daphne Richman Poleg

Daphne Richman Poleg

Parent Category: Students biographies
  • Edition of the Academy: 2026, 2024
  • Country: Israel
  • Instrument: Cello
  • Age during Academy: 22
  • Last or current school: Buchmann-Mehta School of Music
Anouk Minou Toth

Anouk Minou Toth

Parent Category: Students biographies
  • Edition of the Academy: 2026
  • Country: Switzerland
  • Instrument: Cello
  • Age during Academy: 16
  • Last or current school: Hochschule Basel
  • Instrument played: Cello by Sébastian Philippe Bernadel (1838), generously on loan from the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben
Adi Varon

Adi Varon

Parent Category: Students biographies
  • Edition of the Academy: 2026
  • Country: Israel
  • Instrument: Cello
  • Age during Academy: 22
  • Last or current school: Buchmann-Mehta School of Music
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