


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 has performed recitals in 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, among others, of the Heidelberg Lied Academy and the Lied the Future programme of the Schubertíada. She has been awarded the best piano accompanist at the John Warner Singing competition in Chichester (United Kingdom) and the Robert Schumann Song Competition at the Royal Academy of Music in London. Teodora has served as pianist of the Orfeón Donostiarra choir for five years, and from the 2024-25 academic year, she is Accompanying Pianist Professor at the Reina Sofía School of Music.