Mateusz Smoczynski

violin Mateusz Smoczyński is a distinguished Polish violinist, composer, and bandleader renowned for his versatility across various musical genres. He is a co-founder of the Atom String Quartet and New Trio, leads a quintet, and performs in a duo with cellist Stephan Braun. Smoczyński has performed on prominent stages worldwide, both as a soloist and…

Dalai Cellai

cello Dalai is a Greek/Mongolian versatile cellist, singer, improviser and composer. She has toured and worked with bands from various modern music styles and written and produced music for international films and theatrical productions. Along with her solo work, she is currently member of bands Antiqva and Black Veil. In this workshop Dalai is going…

Julian Gutierrez

piano Born in Cuba, Julian Gutierrez grew up in an environment conducive to musical vocations, as his father, guitarist Ramiro Gutierrez, introduced him to music at an early age. After graduating from Cuba’s Esteban Salas Conservatory, the pianist joined several local ensembles, including Mezcla, with whom he toured Europe and the United States. After settling in la…

Jacek Kochan

drumset & percussion JACEK KOCHAN - composer, arranger, producer, drummer and percussionist as well as visual, video and visualization artist. Master degree in Visual Communication, Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow. Percussion and vibraphone studies in Grant Mac Evan College in Edmonton. He leads number of projects performing his own music, range from jazz to…

Johanna Cox Pennington

oboe Johanna Cox Pennington joined the faculty at Baldwin Wallace University Conservatory of Music as Professor of Oboe in the Fall of 2023. Her teaching career spans two decades including tenured positions at Louisiana State University and the University of Oklahoma School of Music. Pennington performed her Carnegie Hall solo debut in October of 2005, of…

Annette-Barbara Vogel

violin Annette-Barbara Vogel’s rich international performing career has featured her as a soloist, recitalist and chamber musician in over thirty countries across six continents. Considered one of the finest German violinists of her generation, she is renowned for her “authoritative and highly sensitive performances,” and “formidable technique, stunning musicality, and stage presence that transmits to…

Mariko Sato

piano, Taubman Technique Living in Canada, Montreal based pianist Mariko Sato was born in Tokyo, Japan, and has had a long and distinguished career spanning the last half century as a professor, concert artist, professional accompanist and teacher.  She possesses a diverse musical background, having studied with Joko Gondo, Seymour Bernstein, Arminda Canteros, Lorand Fenyves, Itzhak Perlman,…

Nancy Stagnitta

flute Praised for her “brilliance and beauty of tone” by the Baltimore Sun, Powell Artist Nancy Stagnitta is a leading crossover artist as classical, jazz, funk, and pop flutist. In 2025, she joined American icon and sixteen-time Grammy winning artist Paul Simon as featured flutist for his Quiet Celebration tour, performing fifty-six concerts in twenty…

Delana Thomsen

piano DELANA THOMSEN is a highly accomplished solo and collaborative pianist who has given recitals throughout Europe and the US, as well as Master Classes in Iceland, Bulgaria, and the InterHarmony International Music Festival in Arcidosso and Acqui Terme & CLAZZ International Music Festival in Arcidosso Tuscany Italy. In NYC she has appeared numerous venues…

Robert Rodriguez Rospide

piano Robert Rospide a.k.a Robert Rodriguez is an American Composer, Musician and Actor.  The son of Cuban-Jazz drummer Roberto Rodriguez, Robert was born January 11, 1978 in New York City and grew up in the Magic city of Miami.  He began studying music at an early age and by age 12 he was performing classical recitals on…