Saskia Niehl began learning to play the violin at the age of five and has been active in numerous orchestras since the age of nine. She completed her bachelor’s degree at the Freiburg College of Music and her master’s degree in orchestral music at the University of the Arts, Berlin. This young violinist has been a member of the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie since 2016. She was concertmaster of the University Orchestras in Freiburg and Berlin and at Hanover College of Music, Media and the Arts where she is currently a member of Elisabeth Kufferath’s soloist class.

In addition, Saskia has performed as soloist with the Brandenburgische Staatsorchester Frankfurt (Oder) and has deputised with many other orchestras such as the Kammerakademie Potsdam or the Hamburg Camerata.

Saskia is also equally at home in the realm of chamber music. Since 2018, she has been a member of the NERIDA Quartet, with which she has already received several prizes, including the Boris Pergamenschikow Competition Berlin and the Orpheus Swiss Chamber Music Competition.

Born in Wiesbaden in 2003, Johann Warzecha received his first double bass lessons at the age of six at the local music school. He later moved to Frankfurt, where he was taught by Kai von Goetze. Johann Warzecha has been studying with Prof Rick Stotijn at the Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf since 2021. He has also gained further inspiration in masterclasses with Olivier Thiery, Burak Marlali, Rodrigo Moro and Dane Roberts.

Johann Warzecha won prizes at the national Jugend musiziert competition as a young musician and was part of the German National Youth Orchestra. He has also been a member of the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie since 2021 and regularly plays in the Spira Mirabilis project. In recent years, Johann Warzecha has developed a special interest in historical performance practice. He is a member of the European Union Baroque Orchestra and regularly plays with ensembles such as the L’Orfeo Barockorchester, Concerto Köln and the Neumeyer Consort.

During his studies at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, Jeffrey Armstrong was awarded numerous prizes, most notably the Principal’s Prize for outstanding contribution to the life of the conservatoire. He is currently enrolled in the solo class of Elisabeth Kufferath at the Hanover College of Music, Media and the Arts. In addition, Jeffrey has worked with and received memorable masterclasses from musicians such as Leonidas Kavakos, Lawrence Power, Antje Weithaas, and Eberhard Feltz among others

As a soloist, this young violinist has already performed many concerts including with the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra, the Johannesburg Symphony Orchestra, and the Kwazulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra in South Africa. He recently won first prize in the UNISA National Music Competition, leading to a performance and recording with the Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra. As a chamber musician, Jeffrey regularly appears as a guest at the Wye Valley Music Festival in England. This violinist is also involved in other projects including the Cape Chamber Music Collective, which he jointly founded in South Africa, as well as the musical education project ›Arco Project‹ for disadvantaged children in Soweto, Johannesburg.

Grace Leehan began violin lessons aged seven and received viola tuition from the age of eleven. She learned both instruments while studying for her bachelor’s degree at the University of Auckland with Stephen Larsen, where she was awarded ›First Class Honours‹ and the Senior Scholar Award. Grace finally decided to devote herself to the viola and continued her studies with Andra Darzinsat the Stuttgart College of Music and Performing Arts, where she is currently completing her master’s degree.

Grace received a comprehensive musical education which included chamber music, orchestra and also solo playing. Since chamber music is one of her passions, she has participated in various ensembles that have won awards at important competitions and is currently a member of the NERIDA Quartet. As a soloist, Grace is also a prizewinner in the New Zealand National Concerto Competition and the Gisborne International Music Competition. Grace’s orchestra experience includes performances with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, the National Youth Orchestra and the Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra. She was also a member of the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, where she became an academy student.

Juliane Bruckmann has been a member of the Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie Bremen since 2017. She is also a welcome guest member of orchestras such as the Estonian Festival Orchestra, the Basel Kammerorchester, the Ensemble Resonanz, Les Siècles, Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra and Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra.

This double bass player is also an active chamber musician. As a member of the Franz Ensemble, which was awarded an Opus Klassik in 2020, she has played at such renowned festivals as Musikfest Bremen, the Gezeiten Konzerte in East Friesland and the Kissinger Summer.

As a junior student, Juliane Bruckmann was taught by Gottfried Engels in Cologne and continued her studies with Bozo Paradžik in Freiburg, with Dane Roberts in Frankfurt and Joёlle Morton in Toronto. During her studies, Juliane was a scholarship holder of both the German National Academic Foundation and of Live Music Now – the organisation founded by Yehudi Menuhin. She was also a member of the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie and an intern with the SWR Sinfonieorchester. Particularly close to her heart is her educational work in the field of music. She is a founding member of the German educational working group PAK Deutschland e.V. and co-designer of many of the Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie Bremen’s collaborative projects with the Bremen Ost Comprehensive School.