Ruta Vaytkute is a professional flutist based in London.
Ruta’s musical life began in Kaliningrad, Russia at the Glier music school where her teacher was Lebedeva Tatiana. Later she continued her studies at the Central music school under Moscow state Tchaikovsky conservatory with professor Alexander Golyshev, graduating from it with honor degree. In 2024 Ruta has completed her bachelor degree at the Royal academy of music and today she is a final year student of a master degree at the Royal academy of music, London. Ruta’s teachers at the Academy were William Bennett, Samuel Coles, Keith Bragg, Lisa Beznosiuk.
Besides Ruta’s professional musical education she also attended many masterclasses with world famous musicians such as Denis Bouriakov, Julie Stewart-Lafin, Julien Beaudiment, Felix Renggli, Marina Piccinini, Silvia Careddu, Emily Beynon, Stefan Hoskuldsson, Emmanuel Pahud, Lorna McGhee, Paul Edmund-Davies, Vincent Lukas. Ruta was lucky to be chosen by sir James Galway to be his student for more than 6 years since her age of 12.
Today Ruta is a successful freelance musician performing in world famous venues as a soloist and in chamber collaborations too. During past 6 years Ruta performed in The Concertgebouw (Amsterdam, Netherlands), Musicverein (Vienna, Austria), Berliner Philharmonie (Berlin, Germany), Mariinsky Theatre (St.Petersburg, Russia), Zaryadye Concert Hall (Moscow), the Tchaikovsky Conservatory Big Hall, Moscow Philharmonia (Moscow,Russia), Kaunas Philharmonia (Lithuania). Ruta is travelling a lot with the concerts across major cities of Russia such as Nizny Novgorod, Volgograd, Yekaterinburg, Perm, Tula, Novosibirsk, Vladivostok. Performed also in Shanghai and Beijin (China), Singapore, Seoul (South Korea), Virginia (USA), Rome (Italy), Brussels (Belgium), cities of Germany, England (the UK) and more.
Ruta was passionate about orchestra playing since her early age. That is why at the age of 14 Ruta successfully auditioned for Youth Symphony Orchestra of Russia under the direction of Yuri Bashmet and spent there 6 years of her professional orchestra playing development. Later Ruta had an experience of playing within professional orchestras such as Novaya Rossiya state orchestra and London Sinfonietta.
Since Ruta moved to London, she started working with contemporary composers and performing world premieres. Highliting her latest projects, she recorded a premiere of “Gemmayze” written for the special occasion of 200 years jubilee of the Royal academy of music by Joanna Marsh. Ruta also toured to Canary Islands (Spain) as a member of Manson Ensemble and premiered works by Phillip Cashian. Last year Ruta released a graphic scores project recording for October House Records as a member of Riot Ensemble.

Hailed by the London Evening Standard as a ‘prodigy, of awesome technical fluency backed by exceptional artistry’, Nicholas Walker possesses a rare combination of talents combining sensitivity with ‘the flair of a full scale virtuoso and a sparkling intelligence’ (BBC Music Magazine).
He studied at the Royal Academy of Music, where he won all the major awards for both piano and composition, and subsequently at the Moscow Conservatoire.
While still a student in Moscow, he won the First Newport International Piano Competition and has since played with many British Orchestras, including the City of Birmingham and National Symphony Orchestras, the Royal Philharmonic, London Mozart Players, the London Festival and New Queen’s Hall Orchestras, the Philharmonia and the BBC National Symphony Orchestra of Wales. As well as performing in all the major London concert halls, he has played in North and South America, France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Scandinavia, Australia and Russia. He has recorded for BBC Radio 3, Cirrus, ASV, BMG Arte Nova, Chandos, Toccata Classics and Naxos Grand Piano. Equally at home in chamber music, he is sought after as an imaginative and sensitive accompanist, and his CD with Lydia Mordkovitch of Russian violin music was Daily Telegraph CD of the week.
Although Walker’s performances of Beethoven have brought him special notice, and his performances of the lyrical and late romantic piano music have also been singled out for the highest praise, it is for his championing of the cause of the neglected leader of ‘The Mighty Handful’, Mili Alexei Balakirev, that he is best known. Described by the Financial Times as ‘the nearest thing to a natural Balakirev performer’, Walker’s two discs of Balakirev piano music for ASV (CD DCA 940 & 1048) received great critical acclaim, and he has also received high praise for his performances of other Russian composers, including his live recording of the Liapunov Sonata on Danacord (DACOCD 539), described by Jeremy Nicholas as ‘thrilling… a tour de force’
His now complete series for Naxos Grand Piano is however unique, in that it introduces music that has never before been performed or published, including a substantial sonata and works that Nicholas has finished off himself. All the CDs garnered enthusiastic reviews, and CD3 was CD of the week on Musiq3. James Harrington of the American Record Guide has called them the “reference set”; Damian Thompson, writing in the Spectator, said that the series “has to be heard to be believed”, while Jeremy Nicholas in the Gramophone described the playing as “bravura with integrity”.
Nicholas’s next recording project is a double CD of all the Liszt etudes and the Sonata in B minor. The Wigmore Hall has programmed a Balakirev Day on 27th April, 2024 and invited Nicholas to give a lunchtime recital and an evening concert that day.

Winner of the Liszt-Bartók Prize at the 15th Concours Géza Anda 2021 Mihály Berecz was born in Budapest in 1997 and began to learn the violin at the age of six. Later, in parallel with his work in various orchestras, he began to devote himself to the piano with Edit Major and Erzsébet Belák.
He obtained his First Class Honours Bachelor of Music degree at the Royal Academy of Music in London with Christopher Elton, however. Winner of the Debut Berlin International Concerto Competition, Mihály performed for the first time at the Berlin “Philharmonie” in June 2017.
Previous awards include the Golden Prize of the 2nd Manhattan International Music Competition and the Harriet Cohen Bach Prize of the Royal Academy of Music. At the 2013 Young Euro Classic Festival he performed Liszt’s “Hungarian Fantasy” at the Konzerthaus Berlin. Also in 2013, and upon the invitation of Zoltán Kocsis, he made his debut at the Béla Bartók National Concert Hall, Budapest.
At the Liszt Academy, where he frequently performs, he recently played Mozart’s “Jenamy” concerto under the baton of Mikhail Pletnev. Mihály’s interest in historical interpretation has led to performances of fortepiano concertos with renowned orchestras playing on period instruments, such as the Orfeo Orchestra. Between 2020 and 2022, as part of a scholarship from the Hungarian Academy of Arts, he performed Béla Bartók’s complete solo works of in eight concerts at the Hungarian Radio’s Marble Hall.
Mihály Berecz has won first place at the 2023 Kissingen Piano Olympics (Kissinger Klavier Olymp).

Polish pianist and organist, Joanna Krauze has performed both as a soloist and a chamber
musician in Poland, Great Britain, Germany, Switzerland and Canada. In Saison 2023/24 she has
performed in both concert halls of Tonhalle Zurich – Grosse and Kleine Tonhalle – on piano and
organ. She has won main prizes in several piano competitions, including two special prizes and
the title of the Finalist in the 10. International Bach Piano Competition in Würzburg, one of the
largest piano competitions devoted to the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. In 2017, she won the
second prize in the Sterndale Bennett Prize Piano Competition, which takes place at the Royal
Academy of Music in London. In 2016, she also received the Mark James Piano Prize from the
prestigious London Philharmonia Orchestra to support her musical development. As the winner of
Harriet Cohen Bach Prize 2016 from London’s Worshipful Company of Musicians, one of the
oldest music institutions in England, Joanna was invited to join their “Yeomen” programme, which
supports a selected group of young artists in England. She also won the first prize in the 1st
International Chopin Competition for Young Pianists in Rzeszów and was awarded a Special Prize
for the best performance of a work by Chopin in the 15th International Chopin Festival in
Sochaczew, a Special Prize in the 16th Piano Competition in Żagań and a Special Prize in the 2nd
Piano Competition in Piotrków-Trybunalski in Poland.
In June 2024 Joanna graduated with distinction from the University of Arts in Zürich with a
Master’s degree programme in Organ Performance, where she was developing her second
musical passion which is organ playing, under the guidance of Andreas Jost. At the same
University, in 2022, she obtained a Master of Arts in Specialized Music Performance – Soloist,
being a piano student of Konstantin Scherbakov. In 2020 she also received her Master’s degree in
Piano Pedagogy at the Music Academy in Basel. Her music studies in Switzerland have been
generously supported by various Institutions, among others by the Swiss Confederation and their
“Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship”. In 2018 she obtained a first-class Bachelor’s degree
in Piano Performance from the Royal Academy of Music in London, where she studied under the
guidance of Tessa Nicholson. While studying at the Royal Academy of Music, Joanna was
selected three times to be a recipient of Greta Parkinson, Doris Ethel Blake and Francis Simms
discretionary prizes for chosen students. In the academic year 2016-2017 she also studied as an
Erasmus scholarship holder at the University of Music and Theater in Leipzig, under the guidance
of Gerald Fauth.
Joanna has developed her passion for music by participating in piano masterclasses with
renowned pedagogues, such as Pascal Devoyon, Christopher Elton, Pavel Gililov, Krzysztof
Jabłoński, Andrzej Jasinski, Kevin Kenner, Robert Levin, Joanna MacGregor, Katarzyna Popowa-
Zydroń, Yevgeny Sudbin, Dang Thai-Son and Arie Vardi, as well as organ masterclasses with
Michael Bouvard and Pier Damiano Peretti.

The French pianist, Isabelle Oehmichen, regularly performs in recital, with orchestra, or in chamber music in France and in many other countries – Great Britain, USA, Canada, Poland, Romania, Czech Republic, Finland, Spain, Germany, Netherlands, Hungary….

Winner of the First Prize in the Milosz Magin International Piano Competition in 1989 and the George Cziffra Competition in 1993 Isabelle Oehmichen has recorded 13 CDs with original and often newly discovered works, including theWeiner and Wissmer concertos, the unpublished works of Henri Collet and Henri Sauguet, as well as the world première recording of Carl Czerny’s Nocturnes. Several future projects are in progress.

Apart from her concert activity, Isabelle Oehmichen is also a teacher and gives Master Classes. She is Artistic director of the Franco-Hungarian Music Association (AMFH) in Paris, the Budapest Summer Academy of Chamber Music, since 2002, and in 2006 she founded the “Trio Primavera” with two Hungarian musicians, the violinist Andrea Schuster and the cellist Ladislav Szathmary.

Since 2017 Isabelle Oehmichen has been artistic director of the Cziffra Foundation and the Georges Cziffra competition.

“French with a Slavic soul, Isabelle knows her piano and shows it superbly.” Jacques Doucelin, “Le Figaro”.

“Her playing has an authentic interiority and quality of touch that allows her to approach all the nuances of the Lisztian sensibility.” Mr. Naour, “The World Of Music”

“She has something of Horowitz’s passion and Ogdon’s power. She pulled from her keyboard the most moving sounds I’ve heard so far. “Martin Anderson,”CD REVIEW” London

Polish pianist Julia Klimek was described by The Guardian as “flamboyant” after her debut at the world-renown Wigmore Hall performing Clara Schumann’s Song Cycle. She marked the Weinberg Centenary at the University of Manchester and has performed alongside cellists Adrian Brendel and Mats Lindstrom. She has been invited to give recitals in Warsaw, Lvov and in Calgary in Canada.
Julia recently graduated from the Royal Academy of Music with Distinction, in addition to winning two institutional prizes – DipRAM for outstanding performance in a final recital and the Regency Award in recognition of a consistently exceptional level of achievement with Prof James Baillieu. While at the Academy, she initiated the Student Union Choir which she conducted in both classical and jazz repertoire, championing works by Ola Gjeilo, Bob Chilcott and John Rutter.
She has appeared in masterclasses with Maxim Vengerov, Steven Isserlis, Julius Drake, Helmut Deutsch, William Bennett, Brindley Sherratt, Roger Vignoles and at the Penderecki European Music Center.
Aside from her concert career as an international chamber musician based in London, she is honoured to hold the Artistic Advisor and Head of Piano Adjudication position at the Rococo Elite Musicians Competition in Hong Kong. She is a successful and devoted teacher to her exclusive piano class and regularly gives piano masterclasses. She is also the founder of “ISH Concerts” series at the International Students House in London.
A special sensitivity to music making is supported by her passion for painting, poetry, and ballet, which enriches her as a chamber musician, pianist and conductor. She is a passionate advocate of late 19th and 20th-century repertoire, Polish repertoire and women composers such as Grace Williams, Lili Boulanger and Clara Schumann.

Russian mezzo soprano Aleksandra Kenenova, was worn in Moscow> In 2020 finished Russian Institute of Theatre Arts ( opera theatre faculty). For three years worked at the GITIS theatre (Moscow, Russia), where you can hear her Olga (Eugene Onegin), Zelatrice, the Abbess, Principessa (Suor Angelica) and many others.
In 2021 with support and guidance of Dennis O’Neill gained a full sponsorship for a MA course in Wales International Academy of Voice (Cardiff, Wales) from American Trust and Dennis O’Neill’s Foundation . In autumn 2022, sung Alisa in Lucia di Lammermoor in Normansfield Theatre , London with Instant Opera Company. Aleksandra was lucky enough to take part in a unique art song project made by Linda Kitchen (Wales opera Works, Detective Notes,Cardiff, March/April 2023)
In August 2023 sponsored by Music Community (NY, USA) participated in Michael Chance’s Opera School SienAgosto (Siena , Italy). In October 2023 as part of the R.A.C.H. project, she recorded a CD with composer and pianist Fydor Biryuchev at the world-famous Abbey Road Studios.

Latvian soprano Oksana Lepska made her Carnegie Hall concert debut when she was only twelve years old. She has since performed in concert halls all across Europe, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Oksana moved to London in 2015 after receiving an offer to study at the Royal Academy of Music, where she successfully completed her Bachelor of Performance Degree. Her studies continued at the Royal College of Music, where she was fully supported by the Bruce-Payne Vaseppi scholarship. Under the tutelage of Patricia Bardon, she completed a Master of Performance Degree with Distinction in 2021.
Oksana’s most notable achievements to date include: first prize in the National Mozart Competition in London and second prize in the Pendine International Voice of the Future Competition in Llangollen, the role of Mimì in Giacomo Puccini’s La Bohème for Hurn Court Opera in the United Kingdom and the role of Alcina in Handel’s Alcina for Saluzzo Opera Academy in Italy, participation in the Oxford International Song Festival and the Life Victoria Barcelona Lied Festival and nine solo recitals including the most recent at the National Liberal Club in London.

Born in Kingston Jamaica, Robert Winslade Anderson was an ABRSM International Scholar at the Royal Academy of Music. He started his UK solo career with Birmingham Opera Company followed then on to Welsh National Opera as a member of the full time chorus.
As a freelance soloist, he made appearances with many of the UK’s Opera Houses & Companies such as Scottish Opera, Opera North, English National Opera, English Touring Opera, Glyndebourne, Opera Holland Park, Bampton Classical Opera & Grange Park Opera to name a few.
Operatic roles include: Antinous/Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria, Shaklovity/Khavanchina, Massetto/Don Giovanni, Marquis of Calatrava/Force of Destiny, Ramphis/Aida, Colline/La Boheme, The Old Man/Phoebus/The Day After (Jonathan Dove), 2nd Grail Knight/Parsifal, 1st Nazarene/Salome, Philip II/The Monk/Don Carlos, Don Fernando/Fidelio, Death/The Kaiser From Atlantis, Jake/Porgy & Bess, Clarence/American Lulu.
Concert highlights include the: Verdi Requiem at the Royal Albert Hall, the Mozart Requiem with Sir Roger Norrington, appearances at the Edinburgh International Festival and the Bridgewater Hall with the Halle Orchestra and the BBC Proms with the John Wilson Orchestra.
He has enjoyed collaborations with conductors such as Sir Colin Davis, Mark Wigglesworth, Richard Farnes, Keri Lynn Wilson, Gerry Cornelius, Martin Brabbins, Stephen Barlow, Sir Richard Armstrong and directors such as the late Sir Graham Vick, Tim Albery, John Copley, John Full-James, and Sir David Pountney.
Robert is a member of the full time chorus of English National Opera. Last season, he understudied the roles Fasolt/The Rheingold and Father/Blue. This season, he performed An Eye/Handmaids Tale, the 2nd Armed Man/The Magic Flute and understudied the roles of Dr Grenville/La Traviata and Don Basilio/The Barber of Seville. He will return to Grange Park Opera this season to perform the role of Zemfira’s Father in Aleko by Rachmaninov.

Welsh tenor Ceri Davies is from Cardigan Bay, West Wales. He graduated from the Wales International Academy of Voice as a Master of Arts in 2022 where he was fortunate enough to study with some of opera’s greatest artists such as Dennis O’Neill CBE, Della Jones, Ryland Davies, Susan Bullock and many more.
Ceri is a familiar face within the concert scene in Wales and further afield having traveled to America as a soloist with Eschoir to sing at the North American Festival of Wales’ Grand Gala Concert in Philadelphia and performing at the Royal Chapel at the Cathedral of Seville. He is also a frequent guest on Welsh TV channel S4C’s magazine show’s called Prynhawn Dâ and Heno as well as featuring on a number of Welsh comedies for welsh comedy channel Hansh.
2022 proved very busy for Ceri with him performing for H.R.H King Charles III and Prime Minister Ralph Gonzalves of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines being only two of the many engagements.
2023 has also proven busy for him, along side concerts and recitals across the United Kingdom, he has toured with Opera Cymru’s production of Così fan tutte, performed along side soprano, Anna Gregory in Red Earth Opera’s  Coronation Concert, made his debut as Turiddu in Duchy Opera’s touring production of Cavalleria Rusticana, and ended the year by making his debut as Tybalt in Red Earth Opera’s production of I Capuleti e i Montecchi.