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The musicians

Nathan Meltzer, violin

Nathan Meltzer

Violin · b. 2001

2026 Avery Fisher Career Grant recipient; soloist with the Philharmonia, Helsinki Philharmonic and Pittsburgh Symphony; plays a 1682 Andrea Guarneri.

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EunChe Kim, violin

EunChe Kim

Violin · b. 1997

First-prize winner of the Carl Flesch Competition; soloist with the KBS Symphony and Copenhagen Philharmonic; plays an 1885 Enrico Rocca.

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Oszkár Varga, violin / viola

Oszkár Varga

Violin / Viola · b. 1989

Former Kelemen Quartet violinist heard from Wigmore Hall to the Musikverein; professor of chamber music at Budapest's Liszt Academy.

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Martin Moriarty, viola

Martin Moriarty

Viola · b. 1994

One of Ireland's foremost violists, and the first Irish musician chosen as a soloist for the Verbier Festival Academy.

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Patrick Moriarty, cello

Patrick Moriarty

Cello · b. 1997

A “velvet tone” (The Strad); founding cellist of the prize-winning Paddington Trio and co-artistic director of this festival.

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Christopher Ellis, cello

Christopher Ellis

Cello · b. 1997

Irish cellist at home from Houston to the Cello Biennale Amsterdam; plays a 1764 Testore loaned by his mentor Aisling Drury Byrne.

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Stephanie Tang, piano

Stephanie Tang

Piano · b. 1994

BBC Music Magazine Rising Star and Guildhall Gold Medallist, an honour she shares with Jacqueline du Pré.

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