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Phoebe is an English violinist based in Amsterdam. She is a sought-after orchestral and chamber musician, having performed with almost all of the major orchestras in the Netherlands and worked with many leading conductors.She has been part of the Netherlands String Quartet Academy, the Mahler Chamber Academy and Grafenegg Academy. Phoebe completed her studies in Amsterdam studying with principal players of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.

In addition to performing, Phoebe enjoys organising concerts, bringing people together and thinking of new creative projects. Her dream is to combine these interests with her biggest passion - playing in a chamber orchestra, and to create and develop something meaningful which can inspire generations to come.

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Laura is currently completing her masters degree in violin performance in Norway and Austria. She is an experienced orchestral player, currently performing with the Wiener Jeunesse Orchester, Sinfonieorchester Liechtenstein and Bergen Kammerorkester.

In addition to performing Laura also holds a music education and outreach degree, which she hopes to use to further her passion of teaching and expand the classical music audience.

She is thrilled to be reuniting with her youth orchestra friends and conductor Matthew Souter, and confident in their ability to create memorable musical moments and outstanding concerts.

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As a member of the Parzival Quartett, Amelie von Feilitzsch is enrolled in a masters degree at the Musikhochschule Leipzig, aiming to further perfect her chamber music skills. She has already achieved a 1st. class honours degree as a solo violinist at the Royal Academy of Music, London. As a great enthusiast for chamber music playing Amelie is aspiring to belong to an outstanding ensemble uniting talented and dedicated string players like herself. She hopes for this ensemble to continuously work on the mastery of conveying deep-felt passion and emotions, captivating and transcending audiences around the world.

Amelie founded the „Pieter Schoeman, Students and Friends“ Octet, organising its annual tour across Europe.

Together with Laura Hampe, Amelie embarked on an innovative project: „Tanz des Lebens“ (The Dance of Life), successfully uniting duo violin playing with a recited dialog.

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Raphael is a violinist based in Berlin and London. He has worked extensively with the BBC symphony orchestra and served as associate concertmaster for the Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle. He is the co-director of the Seida Ensemble and Director of Chalk, an interdisciplinary artist collective based internationally. Raphael was the 1st prize winner of the Bruno Frey award of Southern Germany, the MTNA competition and is supported by the Harrison-Frank Family Foundation with a violin by Fiorini.

His passion is finding creative ways to bring the highest level of classical music to people’s lives, and he recognises the huge potential that an orchestra has in bringing this passion to the world.