Born in 2004, Katharina has been awarded fellowships by the Heidelberger Frühling Liedakademie, the Deutschlandstipendium and the Fundación Riemschneider. He began her studies at the age of 17 at the Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe where she has been pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Opera Singing since April 2023. She has received several awards, including the second prize at the Bolko von Hochberg Lied Competition (2026), the Second Prize and the Ehrbar Saal Prize at the 5th International Helmut Deutsch Lied Competition, the first Prize at the International Junior Charles Wood Song Competition in Armagh, Northern Ireland (2025), and the Third Förderpreis from the Walter Kaminsky Foundation at the 53rd Bundeswettbewerb Gesang in Berlin (2024). In 2026 she was selected for the Lied the Future scheme of the Associació Franz Schubert.On stage, she has performed roles such as Flora (The Turn of the Screw), Yniold (Pelléas et Mélisande), Aricia (Trois Opéras-Minute), the Slave (Salome), and the Second Boy (Die Zauberflöte).

Jyri Mishukov is one of Finland’s leading collaborative pianists. Trained at the Joensuu Conservatory and the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, he spent a year at the Hochschule für Musik “Hanns Eisler” in Berlin. He later completed the Konzertexamen in lied at the Hochschule für Musik in Karlsruhe. In 2024 he was selected for the “Young Artists” project of the Zeist International Lied Festival and in 2026 for the Lied the Future scheme of the Associació Franz Schubert. He has received scholarships from institutions including the Pro Musica Foundation, the Sibelius Academy and the Yehudi Menuhin Live Music Now programme. He has worked as a collaborative pianist and lied coach in the voice department of the Sibelius Academy. In September 2025 he won the second special prize for pianists at the Helmut Deutsch International Lied Competition.