During the years 2011-2017, she studied with Kimberly Fisher, Principal Second Violin of the Philadelphia Orchestra, and Glenn Basham, Concertmaster of the Naples Philharmonic. She began orchestral playing and chamber music at the age of 10, as a member of the Southwest Florida Symphony Youth Orchestra and Naples Philharmonic YO.

She began orchestral playing and chamber music at the age of 10, as a member of the Southwest Florida Symphony Youth Orchestra and Naples Philharmonic YO.

From 2015-2017, she was concertmaster of the Philadelphia Sinfonia, associate concertmaster of the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra, and a member of the Braverman String Quartet coached by Sid Curtiss. She has performed as a soloist with the Philadelphia Sinfonia, Naples Philharmonic, Southwest Florida Symphony, and as a Bach Double Concerto Competition Winner with Marc Rovetti, assistant concertmaster of the Philadelphia Orchestra, at the Philadelphia International Music Festival.

Her most recent orchestral experiences include Verbier Festival Junior Orchestra 2017 and seven projects with the National Youth Orchestra of the Netherlands, most recently as Assistant Principal 2nd violin of the 2019 Winter Tour to Musikverein, Vienna and as Concertmaster of the Summer Tour 2019 to Concertgebouw, Amsterdam and Romania. 

She has been a member of the European Union Youth Orchestra since 2020, and has done multiple residencies with them, working with Marin Alsop, Pekka Kuusisto, Pablo Heras Casado, and Sasha Goetzel. 

Stephanie currently plays a violin with the label “Landolfi,” part of the Oskar Back collection, and a Morizot bow, both on generous loan from the Dutch Musical Instruments Foundation (NMF).

Kaja Majoor (1998) started playing the violin at the age of seven. She followed her first violin lessons at the State Music School in Warsaw, Poland. From 2012 until 2016 she attended the School for Young Talent in The Hague. She is currently studying classical violin (with NAIP specialization) at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague with Arisa Fujita. Beforehand she was studying with Theodora Geraets. 

Kaja played in several ensembles and orchestras including Atheneum Kamerorkest, Koninklijk Conservatorium Orkest, Jong Metropole Orkest and Nationaal Jeugd Orkest. She worked with conductors such as Gustavo Gimeno, Antony Hermus, Mark Wigglesworth and Arjan Tien.

Next to her love for the classical repertoire and chamber music, Kaja has a great passion for jazz music. From 2017 until 2020 Kaja took a minor in jazz violin with Tim Kliphuis. She was twice concertmaster of the Jong Metropole Orkest (2019/2020) where she worked with conductors such as Jules Buckley, Miho Hazama and with the band members of the Grammy-winning Snarky Puppy. In 2021-2022 she will be participating in the orchestra Academy of the Metropole Orkest.

She also took part in several contemporary projects like the ‘Andriessen Festival’ (together with Het Gelders Orkest and de Ereprijs), ‘Holland Festival’ and ‘Warsaw Autumn Festival’.

In addition to her studies at the conservatoire, in 2019 Kaja started a bachelor illustration at the Willem de Kooning Academie in Rotterdam. Her goal for the future is to combine music and art in a multidisciplinary approach.

Anna started private violin lessons with Lenneke Willems when she was 6 years old. After 7 years she realised she wasn’t enjoying the high E -string and at age 13 she switched to viola. She then studied with Stephanie Steiner and Emlyn Stam. From 2016-2021 she studied at the Royal Conservatoire of The Hague with Ásdís Valdimarsdóttir.

Anna has played with various youth and student orchestra’s, amongst them NJO which she’s been a member of since January 2019. In January 2020 she was leading the viola section as principal viola under the baton of Ed Spanjaard. This was a great experience from which she’s learnt a lot. Anna has also followed masterclasses from Jennifer Stumm, Timothy Ridout (during IVC Rotterdam), Roman Spitzer, Jonathan Brown and all members of the Zemtsov family. Next to the Pelargos Quartet, Anna also has her own violin-viola duo: Duo Duinoord. Since 2020 Anna has also enthusiastically started teaching violin and viola to beginners.

For the future Anna would like to experiment with combining different art forms. She thinks it will be more important to not only play music on a very high level, but also make a real performance out of it. She hopes she can mean something and contribute to the future of classical music.

Harry Broom (1997) is currently studying his masters at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Den Haag, Netherlands with Larissa Groeneveld. He also receives orchestral lessons from Roger Regter. Previously Harry studied his Bachelors with honours (BMus Hons) at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, UK with Ulrich Heinen. During his 4th year at Birmingham Harry also received additional lessons from Miguel Fernandes.

Harry was born in Birmingham, and started playing the cello at the age of 7 and learnt with Emma Capp and Mark Broadhead before receiving a scholarship to study his Bachelors at RBC. Harry has played in masterclasses with cellists such as Jian Wang, Harro Ruijsenaars, Hannah Roberts, Ursula Smith Felix Schmidt and Eduardo Vassallo to name a few. Harry has also received orchestral training from Karen Stephenson and Helen Edgar. Aside from Pelargos Quartet, he has previously received lessons from Robin Ireland, Nicholas Daniel, Louise Lansdown and various members of the Kuss Quartet, Heath Quartet, Castalian Quartet and Gildas Quartet.

Harry enjoys orchestral playing and is involved with numerous Orchestras. Orchestras include the Residentie Orkest Den Haag, Koninklijk Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Symphony Orchestra, the CBSO Youth Orchestra, Ripieno Players, Ealing Symphony Orchestra, Welsh Musical Theatre Orchestra and Ex Cathedra. Furthermore, Harry was also accepted for the CBSO Orchestral Training Scheme for 2018/2019.