Bettina Wild moved from her native city of Münster to study the flute in Vienna, where she graduated ›with distinction‹ and received the Prize of Merit of the Austrian Ministry for Outstanding Artistic Achievements.

Subsequently she was a member of the Orchestra Academy of the Berlin Philharmonic. Following a brief appointment in Münster, she became a soloist with The Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie Bremen in 1993.

She has also had a teaching assignment at the University of the Arts in Bremen since 1997 and gives masterclasses at the Orchesterzentrum Dortmund and the University of Music in Lübeck.

Born in Ramsdorf in 1960, Clemens Rave studied with Gregor Weichert, Vitaly Margulis, Peter Feuchtwanger and Renate Kretschmar-Fischer. After Conrad Hansen, Sergiu Celebidache also became one of his most important mentors. In addition to his extensive international concert activities in Europe, Asia and America, Clemens Rave is Professor of piano at Münster College of Music. He also teaches in Greece, France, Korea and the Netherlands.

Clemens Rave has performed numerous world premieres including works by Michael Denhoff, Jo Kondo, Walter Zimmermann, Winfried Michel and Katarzyna Brochocka. He has also worked with composers such as Helmut Lachenmann and Edison Denisov as well as conductors Kent Nagano, Paavo Järvi and Daniel Harding. He has participated in numerous radio and CD recordings including the piano works of Jehan Alain and, with the Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie Bremen, works by Richard Strauss. Most recently, Clemens Rave performed the Beethoven sonata cycle and all the Mozart sonatas.

Belgian cellist Marc Froncoux studied at the Music Colleges in both Brussels and Detmold, with Edmond Baert and Professor Andre Navarra respectively. He is the prize winner of several competitions such as the international Premio Vittorio Gui competition in Florence. On completing his studies, Marc Froncoux was appointed teacher of Professor Edmond Baert’s solo class in Brussels and also played solo cello at the Opera in Lucca, Italy.

Marc Froncoux has been solo cellist with The Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie Bremen since 1998. In his adopted North German home, he conducts the Oldenburg Chamber Orchestra and is regularly involved in chamber music courses for amateurs.

Along with The Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie Bremen he has guested in many concert venues in numerous international capitals. He is one of the section leaders in the orchestra and regularly performs in the orchestra’s series of chamber music concerts.

In his free time, Marc Froncoux enjoys spending time in the country. He trains regularly for his trekking tours in the Himalayas, thus combining healthy exercise with his search for inner calm.