Daniel Lozakovich was born in Stockholm in 2001 and began playing the violin at the age of seven. Two years later, he made his solo debut with Vladimir Spivakov. Today, this young musician captivates international critics and audiences alike and is one of the most sought-after violinists across the globe. In addition to his high-profile engagements and performances with leading orchestras and renowned conductors, Daniel Lozakovich has also achieved considerable success as a recording artist. At the age of only 15, he was signed by Deutsche Grammophon.

The 2025/26 season will be marked by a series of important debuts and high-profile engagements for Daniel Lozakovich. Among other events, he will tour with conductor Klaus Mäkelä and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and perform in Korea, followed by concerts with several orchestras including the Rotterdam Philharmonic, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and the Helsinki Philharmonic. This violinist will also tour Europe with the Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie Bremen and his close artistic partner Tarmo Peltokoski. Another highlight of the season will be in March, when Lozakovich will perform as the dedicatee of Pascal Dusapin’s second violin concerto at its world premiere at the Fondation Vuitton with Teodor Currentzis and the Ensemble Utopia. Daniel Lozakovich plays the 1713 ›ex-Sancy‹ Stradivarius, on generous loan by LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton.

Omer Meir Wellber is one of the leading conductors of opera and orchestral repertoire. He is music director of the Teatro Massimo Palermo and a regular guest conductor with renowned orchestras such as the Gewandhaus Orchester Leipzig, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Staatskapelle Dresden, the Wiener Symphoniker, the Tonhalle Orchester Zurich and many others. From the 2025/26 season, he will become Hamburg’s General Music Director of the Philharmonische Staatsorchester and General Music Director and Chief Conductor of the Hamburgischer Staatsoper.

From 2018 to 2022, Omer Meir Wellber was Principal Guest Conductor at the Semperoper Dresden. Highlights of his time as Chief Conductor of the BBC Philharmonic from 2019 to 2022 included concerts at the BBC Proms. In 2022, Wellber was the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival’s portrait artist, where he performed on the conductor’s podium as well as on the accordion, harpsichord and piano. In addition to his many international engagements, Wellber continues to maintain close ties with ensembles in his native Israel, for example as Music Director of the Raanana Symphonette, with which he is particularly committed to music education. As well as conducting, he is also active as a writer. His novel ›Die vier Ohnmachten des Chaim Birkner‹ was published in autumn 2019. Wellber has already toured with the Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie Bremen on several occasions.