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Alessandro Ferrari was born in Milano. He graduated in Violin (M. Osvaldo Scilla), in Piano (M.Anita Porrini) and in Composition (M. Giacomo Manzoni) at the Conservatorio di Milano.

As Orchestra Director he started studying at the Chigiana Academy with of Maestro MWChung and was assistant and collaborator of conductors such as Giuseppe Sinopoli, Valery Gergiev.

He has directed prestigious orchestras such as: Philharmonic and Orchestra della Scala, orchestras of the Italian National Theaters (Massimo di Palermo, Petruzzelli di Bari, Verdi of Trieste, Carlo Felice of Genoa, Regio di Torino, Lirico di Cagliari), Royal Philarmonic Orchestra , Simon Bolivar of Caracas, Tokyo Philarmonic and Tokyo Symphony, Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow.
Specializing in the Ballet, he has directed prestigious stars: Eleonora Abbagnato, Roberto Bolle, Svetlana Zacharova, Herman Cornejo, Anbeta Toromani mainly with choreographies by Amedeo Amodio and Roland Petit.
Furthermore, M° Ferrari was the Principal Guest Conductor of Cameristi Scaligeri di Milano and cooperated with the orchestra of Accademia delle Arti e dei Mestieri del Teatro alla Scala since has been appointed by M° Riccardo Muti as Music Director Assistant.
Interesting are also his experiences in opera repertoire for which he was nominated as Music
Assistant to M° Valery Gergiev in accordance to the staging of Puccini's Turandot at La Scala.

"World Class Violinist, auditorium filled with audiences and applaused for her extraordinary performance" -Nordkurier Newspaper, Germany-

Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, Jane has been in the spotlight in both Korea and the United States as a gifted violinist. She graduated the Yewon Art School, Seoul Arts High School. She achieved her Bachelor of Music with a distinction at the Seoul National University. She Studied at the Yale University for both Master of Music and Artist Diploma with Hyo Kang. She is currently pursuing her doctoral study with Todd Phillips at Rutgers University under a full scholarship and a winner of the excellent artist award.

She received the Winner of the Grand Top Prize of the Korea Daily Newspaper Competition, the top prizes of American Protégé international Competition, AFAF International String Competition, Seoul National University Concerto Competition, Rutgers symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition, Seoul Symphony Orchestra Competition, Seoul Chamber Music Competition, Sunhwa Competition, Kyunghee Music Competition and the winner of the Ehwa Competition, Kookmin Daily Newspaper Competition.

Jane had made many concerto appearances with major orchestras throughout Korea and USA. These include New York Classical Symphony Orchestra, SIA Ensemble, Seoul National University Orchestra, Seoul Symphony Orchestra, Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra.

She also had many recitals at St.Marien in Germany, Mary Cary Flagler Hall, Sprague Hall in USA and Keumho Art Hall, Seoul Baroque Chamber Hall, Ansan Art Center in Korea and she had performed Carnegie Hall as a soloist.In 2010, she she was invited as a soloist of SIA string ensemble's tour concerts at Carnegie Hall, New Jersey in USA, and Seoul, Seongnam, Ansan in Korea. Also, She played Barber violin concerto with Rutgers Symphony Orchestra as a winner of Rutgers Symphony Concerto Competition in 2011.

Currently, She is a instructor of Seoul National Universirt and Yonsei University. She actively performs as a soloist throughout Korea and the USA and Europe.

Born in Conegliano Veneto, Dino Sossai graduated in violin with full distinction at
the “A. Steffani” conservatory in Castelfranco Veneto, under guidance of Maestro
Michele Lot. He then perfected his studies attending the instrument classes of Dejan Bog-
danovich, Marie Annique Nicolas, Kolia Blacher, Victor Pikaizen and, at last, with

Tibor Varga and Francesco DeAngelis at the “T. Varga” higher-instruction
conservatory in Sion (Switzerland). In 2008 he earned a specialty degree with full distinction and honors in the experimental two-years course at the “G. Verdi” conservatory in Milan.
He won many grants, art recognitions by the Lions Club and the Rotary Club, and
first prizes in national and international competitions for soloists. In 1995 he was the winner of the international competition for orchestral seats at the Teatro Alla Scala in Milan, chaired by Maestro Riccardo Muti. With the orchestra of Teatro alla Scala and Filarmonica della Scala played around five continents with the greater orchestral conductors and prestigious halls. He won many competitions and auditions for the role of orchestral Konzert-meister,
and so he collaborated as first chair or soloist with many Italian and foreign orchestral institutions: Teatro Alla Scala in Milan, Gran Teatro “La Fenice” in Venice, Teatro Lirico in Cagliari, the “Arturo Toscanini” Foundation Orchestra in Parma, Mahler Chamber Orchestra , State Orchestra in Sumen (Bulgary).Wi Violin player of “Quadro Veneto”, a piano quartet, he won important awards in Chamber music international competitions (Città di Pinerolo, ARAM in Rom, Osaka Chamber Music Competition, Trio di Trieste), and performed in prestigious venues in Italy and abroad. He made radio recordings for RAI 3 and SWR 2 (Germany) and recorded for Dynamic, Azzurra, LimenMusic. He plays an Enrico Ceruti instrument of 1871. He earned a Ciro Imparato's “Four Voice Color” Master in Communication as voice-coach, specializing in the new ways of learning and psycho-physical release in the study of musical instruments

Marcello Sirotti began his musical studies in Cesena, his hometown, then obtained his diploma in Cello, Composition and Conducting at the Conservatorio G.Verdi di Milano.

Consequently, with scholarship, he studied at the Mozarteum in Salzburg. After winning several international competitions, he joined the Orchestra at the Teatro alla Scala and the Philharmonic of Scala when he was not even in his twenty, and with the team he performed in most prestigious halls around the world. At the same time, he personally dedicates himself intensively to the chamber music activities. For years he has also been involved mainly for La Scala and television to spread classical music.

Most recently awarded the silver medal for Outstanding Achievement in the 2018 Global Music Awards, Matthew Kim, a sponsored artist by the Korea Total Economic Institute, is currently active as a trumpet soloist and clinician on an international level. As a piccolo trumpet specialist, his most recent highlights include performances and clinics in Thailand, Singapore, South Korea, and the US, performing under contract with the Tool Music Management in South Korea.

Trumpeter Matthew Kim has performed in major venues worldwide, including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Charles W. Eisemann Center for the Performing Arts, Seoul Arts Center, Kumho Art Hall, and Sejong Center for the Performing Arts. He is also a current representative of Conn-Selmer Bach as a Trumpet Artist, GR Mouthpieces as a Performing Artist, Tom Crown Trumpet Mute as a World Performing Artist, and LefreQue US as a Performing Artist. He was invited as an artist to the 2nd annual Bill Adams International Trumpet Festival held in Oklahoma.

Matthew was a prize winner of numerous competitions including the American Protégé International Professional Concerto Competition, the Music Association Korea National Competition, the Music Association Korea National Competition, Seoul National University Wind Competition, Kyung-won University National Wind Competition, and Korean National Youth Ensemble Competition. He is also a two-time semi-finalist in the US National Trumpet Competition.

As an orchestral performer, he was the principal trumpet of the Richardson Symphony Orchestra in Dallas, TX and principal trumpet of the Oklahoma Civic Orchestra in Norman, OK. He was also selected as a musician of the prestigious Tongyeong International Music Festival Orchestra. Matthew Kim is a sought-after chamber musician, having frequently performed as the leader of renowned brass quintets such as the Virginia Brass Ensemble, Baltimore Brass Ensemble, Brass Line, and the Seoul National University Brass Quintet.

Matthew received his Bachelor of Music from Seoul National University and Graduate the Peabody Conservatory. He is former faculty at the Manhattan Arts Center in Kansas. He is currently Artist in Residence at Hope International University in California.