Brazilian violinist Rodolfo Richter was trained as a modern violinist with Klaus Wusthoff and Pinchas Zuckermann and has studied composition with Hans Joachim Koellreutter and Pierre Boulez.

He studied baroque violin with Monica Huggett at the Royal Academy of Music and has been performing with most of Britain’s leading period ensembles. Also in demand as a chamber musician, he has regularly collaborated in concerts and recordings with the Bach Players, Sonnerie, and Hausmusik and from 2002 he is a member of the acclaimed Palladian Ensemble (now known as Palladians).

Rodolfo was a prize-winner at the prestigious International Early Music Competition for Ensembles in Bruges (2000) and first prize at the Antonio Vivaldi International Violin Competition (2001). Since then, he is been often invited as soloist and to lead and direct many orchestras, including Academia Montis Regalis (Italy), Barokkanerne (Norway), B'Rock (Belgium), Die Kölner Akademie (Germany), Harmonia Universalis (Brazil), St. James Baroque, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, the Hannover Band, the English Concert, and the Academy of Ancient Music.

He has recorded Vivaldi solo concertos for Opus 111, Bach and Telemann's triple concertos for Channel Classics, Handel's trio sonatas op. 2 and op. 5 for Harmonia Mundi USA, an album of sonatas by Tartini and Veracini and the first recording of the complete sonatas by Erlebach, both for Linn Records. Future recording plans include Bach's Brandenburg Concertos with AAM and Richard Egarr for Harmonia Mundi USA and an album of trio sonatas by Bach for Channel Classics.

As a soloist and chamber musician Rodolfo has performed throughout the UK and toured extensively in Europe, USA, South America, Australia, the Middle and Far East (including such prestigious venues as London’s Wigmore Hall, the Concertgebow in Amsterdam, Konzerthaus Wien, Sydney’s City Hall, Chicago’s Orchestra Hall and the Alice Tully Hall and Carnegie Hall in New York). Highlights of the 2008-09 season includes a tour of Bach's Brandenburg concertos in the USA and Canada, a tour of Vivaldi's 4 seasons in Belgium and Italy, and concertos by Bach, Telemann, Pergolesi and Haydn in Norway, Germany and the UK. He teaches baroque violin at the Royal College of Music in London.

Swedish violist
Ylvali Zilliacus is equally at home in both modern and period instrument music making.

Based in London, her career has a busy international schedule. As a passionate chamber musician she has performed at chamber music festivals all over Europe including Båstad - (Sweden), Brasov -(Romania), Oslo -(Norway) and Gstaad (Switzerland) festivals.

This season will see appearances at the Cyprus Winter Week -, Prussia Cove -, St Endellion- Ulverston -(UK) and Ernen (Switzerland) festivals as well as performances with the London Conchord Ensemble, the Schubert Ensemble and the Ensemble F2 in the UK.

Ylvali is a founding member of the award winning Lendvai String Trio (Nadia Wijzenbeek, violin and Marie Macleod, Cello) and the Zilliacus&Kynoch Duo (Sholto Kynoch, piano) with whom she has performed extensively across Europe including Wigmore Hall (London), Concertgebouw (Amsterdam) and Reduta Concert Hall (Brasov). Many of her performances have been broadcast on radio, amongst others UK BBC Radio 3, Dutch Radio 4, Deutscher Kulturradio and Swedish Radio P2.

Her interest in early music and performance practice has led to work with eminent period instrument ensembles such as the English Concert, Irish Baroque Orchestra Chamber Soloists and the Florilegium. Ylvali is also often invited to play as a guest in the Chamber Orchestra of Europe.

American cellist Jennifer Morsches resides in London and enjoys an active freelance career as chamber musician, continuo cellist and orchestral musician in the UK and on the Continent.

She performs and tours regularly with Florilegium, Trio 1790, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Orchestre des Champs-Elysees, and has been involved in opera productions at De Nederlandse Opera.

She graduated Phi Beta Kappa, magna cum laude, First Group Scholar from Smith College with degrees in Music History and German Literature, and was awarded the Ernst Wallfisch Prize in Music. Subsequently she received her Master’s and Doctorate in Cello Performance as a scholarship student of Timothy Eddy at the Mannes College of Music and SUNY at Stony Brook in New York.

Recipient of the CD Jackson Prize for outstanding merit and contribution at Tanglewood, she was featured on Wynton Marsalis’s educational music videos with Yo-Yo Ma. She has given world premieres of chamber music by David Matthews, Michael Wolpe and Ben Zion Orgad, among others.

Australian pianist,
David Barnard studied with Diana Harris OAM and graduated with a Bachelor of Music at the age of 18 and was recognised nationally for his outstanding achievements throughout his study.

During his time in Australia he accompanied some of the finest Australian singers and instrumentalists including his engagement as chief répétiteur for the State Opera of South Australia (Adelaide) in the last year of his degree studies.

As opera répétiteur, David has worked with many opera companies in the UK, Australia and Europe including, The State Opera of South Australia (Peter Robinson & Stephen Barlow), Opera Osuna - Seville (Martin Merry), Music In The Round (Paul McCreesh), British Youth Opera (Peter Robinson, Michael Lloyd, Nicholas Cleobury), Opera By Definition (David Macdonald), The Gilbert & Sullivan Company (John Owen Edwards, Fraser Goulding), English Touring Opera (as MD for 'ICE' - Nominated for a Royal Philharmonic Society Award), Raymond Gubbay Ltd (Peter Robinson) and English National Opera (Baylis & Opera Works).

As an accompanist and chamber musician, he has performed in festivals across the UK, Europe and Australia, including Chichester, Thaxted, Buxton, (Festival & Fringe) and Edinburgh Fringe festivals as well as concert and radio tours around Ireland, Spain, Italy, Poland, Germany, France & Australia.

David's recital colleagues have included, Deborah Norman, Donald Maxwell, Roland Wood, Sarah Fox, Katrina Waters, the 'Opera Larks' and Daniel Parkin. He is also the founder of two chamber music ensembles, The Wren Players & Papillon.

In addition to his opera & recital commitments, David works for Lost Chord (South Yorkshire & London) - music for dementia sufferers. He is both a Britten-Pears & Yehudi Menuhin Live Music Now young artist and his education projects have been broadcast by ABC Classic FM (Australia) & BBC Scotland.