The Chinese tenor Zhuohan Sun is often praised for his a unique vocal timbre, brilliant technique and power of expression. He has a personal inclination towards the Art Song but is equally comfortable in the genres of concert and oratorio, having recently performed Das Lied von der Erde, The Dream of Gerontius and Beethoven's "Symphony 9". He began his studies at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and is currently studying with Mitsuko Shirai at the Karlsruhe Music University in Germany. He has won numerous prizes at competitions, including the International Summer Academy Mozarteum 2018, the International Robert Schumann Competition Zwickau 2021 and the 13th International Art Song Competition Stuttgart. Moreover, Zhuohan is a laureate of the Heidelberger Frühling Song Academy and the International Seiji Ozawa Academy.
Romanian pianist Teodora Oprișor specializes in collaborating with singers. Passionate about the art song repertoire, she has performed recitals in major venues and festivals such as the Wigmore Hall, Pierre Boulez Saal in Berlin, LIFE Victoria Festival or Musée d’Orsay. Having studied piano performance at the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt in Weimar, she then pursued her Master’s Degree in Piano Accompaniment at the Royal Academy of Music in London. She is a former scholar of the Heidelberg Lied Academy, the Académie Orsay-Royaumont and the Yehudi Menuhin LIFE Music Now Foundation. Teodora performs regularly with her duo partner, baritone Michael Arivony. Together, they have won the 1st prize at the International Student Lied Duo Competition in Groningen (2020), 3rd prize at the Das Lied Competition in Heidelberg (2019). Teodora is currently based in San Sebastián (Spain), where she is the pianist of the Orfeón Donostiarra choir.