The flutist Burkhard Jäckle studied at the conservatories of Trossingen and Detmold and at the senior master class of the Munich Academy of Music. His teachers were Gabriele Zimmermann and Paul Meisen. Followed by classes with Aurèle Nicolet. Burkhard Jäckle was principal flutist of the Munich Symphony Orchestra. Since 1993 he has been principal flutist of the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra. He is particularly interested in contemporary music. He is a member of the "Ensemble TrioLog".
The harpist Veronika Ponzer studied at the Hochschule für Musik in Munich with Prof. Maria Graf and graduated from the "Classe de Virtuosity" for solo and chamber music with Prof. Chantal Mathieu at the "Conservatoire de Lausanne". There Veronika Ponze was recognised for her extraordinary musical achievements with the "Premier Prix avec félicitations". Her artistic development is documented by photographs at media channels BR, SWR, ZDF, ORF and the Bavarian Television. She participated in international festivals, such as the harp festival in Strasbourg, in the World Harp Congress in Vienna and attended the Leitheimer Castle concerts as well as the Rhine-Sieg-Chamber Music Festival. Performances with Edith Wiens, Ruth Maria Kubitschek, Senta Berger, Michael Lerchenberg Christian Quadflieg and Bilgri Anselm show the artist’s numerous collaborations with various partners from musical and theatrical life. Her solo CD, "Harfinesse" was released by “Ambitus” in October 2006. The audio book "Holy Night" by Ludwig Thoma with Michael Lerchenberg and Veronika Ponzer is available since December 2006, at LangenMüller / audiobook.
The violinist Karsten Gebhardt studied with Prof. Marschner and at the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest. He was the winner of several international competitions. His playing is characterised by the numerous master classes he has taken with personalities such as Henryk Szeryng, Ruggiero Ricci, Yehudi Menuhin and Jean Fournier. He has performed as a soloist e.g. of violin concertos by Mozart and Brahms, and toured Europe and the United States as a chamber musician of the Goldnagl Ensemble.
The harpsichordist and pianist Christian Brembeck is regularly rated by critics, the press and public as an "exceptionality". Concerts as a soloist and ensemble member lead the artist to places such as the Munich, Cologne and Berlin Philharmonic Orchestras, the Thuringian Bach Festival in the Hercules Hall, in many cities of Italy, Spain and France (including the orchestras Concerto Köln, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Ensemble Instrumental de Nice, Collegium Aureum with soloists including Mark Schafer, Harry van der Kamp, Editha Gruberova). He also worked with conductors such as Sergiu Celibidache, Lorin Maazel, Luciano Berio, Semyon Bychkov and Frann Brüggen.
The Greek-German pianist and harpsichordist Andreas Skouras studied piano with Prof. Franz Massinger and harpsichord with Prof. Lars Ulrik Mortensen and Prof. Ketil Haugsand at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater (Academy of Music and Theater) in Munich. Concert performances, CD, radio and television productions as a pianist and harpsichordist with orchestra or solo, chamber music and recitals take him regularly to other European countries to festivals such as "Early Music", London, Sacrum Profanum in Krakow festival Aix-en-Provence, the Summer Concerts between Danube and Altmühl, MDR Music Summer, and Gidon Kremer's "Lockenhaus" and in the USA, where he performed in cities including New York's Carnegie Recital Hall. In January 2008 he played with overwhelming success of his debut in the big hall Concertgebouw in Amsterdam as soloist in Elliott Carter's Double Concerto, conducted by Peter Eötvös. Skouras was e.g. awarded the scholarship for music of the city of Munich and the Bavarian art prize.
The violinist Clément Courtin studied with Igor Oistrakh in Brussels. He was concertmaster of the Amadeus Chamber Orchestra in France, with whom he also toured as a soloist in numerous countries such as Norway, China and Japan. He has been for four years a member of the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra and has performed as a soloist the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in the Hercules Hall.
The violinist Bernhard Metz studied with Roman Nodel and Rainer Kussmaul. With Hatto Beyerle (Alban Berg Quartet) and Walter Levin (La Salle Quartet), he gained chamber music experience from early on. As a violinist in the Armando quartet, Bernhard Metz won numerous awards, including first prize at the national competition "Jugend Musiziert" and the second prize at the International Chamber Music Competition in The Hague. Master classes and chamber music classes with Arthur Silverstein, Denes Szigmondy, Philippe Hirschhorn, Cleveland, Amadeus and Vermeer Quartet highlighted his musical education. Since 1999 he is a member of the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra and has played since 2008 in the orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival.
The violist Albert Bachhuber had his violin lessons with seven years of age. After graduation he studied violin with Ruth Hellmann at Munich's Richard Strauss Conservatory and the Academy of Music in Munich under Professor Hetzel. He completed his graduate studies in the viola profession with Prof. Schlichtig. Since September 1992 he has been a violist with the Munich Radio Orchestra. As an active chamber musician, he worked amongst others with the Arias Quartet. He has performed as a soloist e.g. with the Munich Symphony Orchestra.
The viola player Agata Józefowicz-Fiołek studied in Gdansk and then with Rainer Moog in Cologne. She won several prominent awards. She gained chamber music experience with Thomas Brandis, Martin Ostertag, Enrique Santiago and in concerts with the Orlando Quartet. For 5 years she has been violist of the Munich Philharmonic Orhchestra.
The cellist Andrea Polgár studied at the Béla Bartók Academy in Budapest and then in the class of the Prague Conservatory under Prof. Lojda. She received a Master of Arts with distinction. In Vienna, she took part in master classes with Janos Starker and performed as a soloist the cello concertos by Haydn, Schumann, Dvorak, Saint-Saens and the Double Concerto by Johannes Brahms.
