Born in Frankfurt am Main in 2003, Rebecca Tillmanns began playing the violin at the age of six. She also completed her early studies and the first part of her Bachelor’s degree in the class of Ulrich Edelmann in Frankfurt. In 2023, she switched to Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media (HMTMH) to study under Elisabeth Kufferath, where she is currently continuing her Bachelor studies. Rebecca Tillmanns has also been tutored by Midori, Ingolf Turban, Michael Sanderling, Oliver Wille and Maria Egelhof, amongst others. Since 2024, the violinist has received a scholarship from the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes (German Academic Scholarship Foundation).

As a keen orchestral musician, Rebecca Tillmanns gained early experiences in the National Youth Orchestra of Germany, played first violin in the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, was an academist in the NDR Radiophilharmonie during the 2025/26 season and was invited to perform with the Staatskapelle Dresden on tour in South Korea. Rebecca Tillmanns plays a 1699 Jacobs violin, loaned to her by the Deutsche Musikinstrumentenstiftung (German Musical Instrument Foundation).

Hanna Daub began playing the cello at the age of nine, receiving her first lessons from Barbara Rieger at the Musikschule Tübingen. In 2019, she became a junior student in the class of Professor Tristan Cornut at the State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart (HMDK), where she completed her Bachelor’s degree in 2025. She is currently pursuing her Master’s studies with Professor Jean-Guihen Queyras at the Freiburg University of Music.

Further artistic inspiration came through her studies at the Stauffer Academy in Cremona with Professor Frans Helmerson, as well as an Erasmus semester at the Conservatoire de Paris with Professor Raphaël Pidoux. She has also benefited from masterclasses with renowned cellists such as David Geringas, Gary Hoffman and Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt. The cellist has gained orchestra experience as a member of the European Union Youth Orchestra and the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester. In addition, she was an academist at the Summer Academy of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France in Montpellier. Hanna Daub plays a cello made by Claude-Augustin Miremont, loaned to her by the Landessammlung Baden-Württemberg.

Lilli Hermes was born in Lübeck in 2003. She began learning the violin before she turned five, later switching to the oboe at the age of 11. Up until 2020, she was taught by Cornelia Hemme and during her final academic year at the Institut für schulbegleitende Musikausbildung (ISMA) affiliated with the University of Music Lübeck (MHL), she was tutored by Johannes Brüggemann. Since the winter semester of 2021, she has been studying for her Bachelor’s degree under Kai Frömbgen at Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media (HMTMH).

Lilli Hermes gained her first experience in an orchestral setting with youth ensembles such as the Jugendsinfonieorchester Lübeck, the Landesjugendorchester Schleswig-Holstein and the Landesjugendensemble für Neue Musik Schleswig-Holstein. Since taking up her studies in Hanover, she has also had the opportunity to participate in various projects with professional orchestras, including the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie, the Philharmonie Südwestfalen and in collaborative projects with the NDR Radiophilharmonie. She has also participated in the Moritzburg Festival Orchestra and the Frenswegen International Summer Academy for Chamber Music. In the summer of 2025, she was a member of the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival Orchester, playing under conductors such as Michael Sanderling and Christoph Eschenbach. She has received further musical guidance from Nick Deutsch, Ralph van Daal, Diethelm Jonas and others.

The Spanish-Canadian violinist from Barcelona began studying the violin at the age of four. He continued his education at the Institut Escola Artístic Oriol Martorell in Barcelona, graduating with honours in 2019. In the same year, he was admitted to the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Lyon (CNSMD), where he pursued his studies under the tutelage of Marianne Piketty.

In 2021, he intensified his chamber music training in string quartet performance at the Conservatoire Régional de Paris, before graduating from the CNSMD in Lyon with the highest grade and honours. That same year, Biel Ricart Gélinas joined the Accademia Stauffer in Italy as part of the ›Artist Diploma Concertmaster‹ programme. He was also admitted to the Liechtenstein Music Academy, where he continues to take part in masterclasses with Ingolf Turban. He is currently enrolled on a Master of Performance course at the Musik-Akademie Basel with Barbara Doll.

Biel Ricart Gélinas has gained orchestra experience with, amongst others, the Orchestre National de Lyon, the Ensemble Matheus, the Orchestre National d’Auvergne and the Budapest Festival Orchestra. He was a member of the Vivancos Quartet, with whom he was awarded several prizes in Spain, and he belongs to the pool of Musethica International musicians. He has also participated in the Pacific Music Festival, the National Youth Orchestra of Catalonia, the Pablo Casals Festival and the European Union Youth Orchestra and has appeared several times as a soloist with the CNSMD Orchestra.

Gautier Olive was born in Toulouse in the South of France in 2001 and received his first percussion lessons at the age of six. He developed a keen interest in chamber music and chamber orchestra projects early on in his musical training and regularly performed with various ensembles. In 2017, he won 1st Prize at the French National Brass Band Championship with the Brass Band du Conservatoire. After graduating, he was admitted to the Bachelor programme in Johannes Fischer’s class at the University of Music Lübeck in 2021.

In the intervening years, Gautier Olive has specialized in instruments from the orchestral percussion repertoire, participating in projects with a number of youth orchestras, including the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie and the Junge Philharmonische Orchester Niedersachsen, as well as taking numerous masterclasses with renowned percussionists such as Wieland Welzel, Tom Greenleaves, Domenico Melchiorre and Jean-Baptiste Leclère. In 2022, he took part both as a soloist and with a chamber music ensemble in the 13th Malaysian Composers Concert Series in Kuala Lumpur. During the 2024/25 season, Gautier Olive was an academist with the Philharmonisches Orchester der Hansestadt Lübeck (Philharmonic Orchestra of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck), with whom he regularly performs, as well as with the Theater Kiel, the Mecklenburg State Theatre and the Würth Philharmonic Orchestra.