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 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 2022-2023 she participated in the orchestra Academy of the Metropole Orkest.

Currently, Kaja is working on a project called ‘Seeing Sounds,’ an interdisciplinary performance that explores synesthesia through self-made graphic scores. The project caught the attention of Galerie Ron Mandos in Amsterdam and was selected for the ‘Best of Graduates 2023’ exhibition. The live performances took place multiple times at the Kröller Müller Museum in August, with additional performances already planned for the coming time.

Anna switched from violin to viola when she was 13, because she was not a fan of the high E string. This turned out to be a good choice, because as a viola player, she enjoys being able to change roles in music every time. From leading to following, accompanying and connecting. Anna has always been very passionate about chamber music and since 2016 she has been a regular member of the Pelargos Quartet, with whom she performed Stockhausen’s Helicopter String Quartet in 2019. Since then, her interest in modern music has grown a lot and she enjoys collaborating regularly with contemporary composers. In Berlin, she is active with her Ensemble Utak (flute-harp-viola) with which, as with Pelargos Quartet, she experiments with new forms of concerts and performances. Since childhood, Anna has played a lot in orchestras and she is very excited to be an academician in season 2023-2024 at the NedPho and NKO. Anna appreciates the combination of symphony orchestra, chamber orchestra and opera because it matches the versatility she strives for as a musician.

As a freelance cellist, Diederik has played in various orchestras and ensembles including the Asko|Schönberg Ensemble, the Residentie Orkest, the Balletorkest, the Metropole Orkest, Cello Octet Amsterdam and Kamerata Zuid. He also appeared in the orchestra of the popular television programme Maestro. During his student days, Diederik was a member of the National Youth Orchestra of The Netherlands and principal cellist of the of the Young Metropole Orkest. As a soloist at the Spring Festival in The Hague, Diederik played the cello concerto ‘Last Words’ by Martijn Padding accompanied by members of the Ensemble Academy and conductor Gregory Charette. He also had the opportunity to perform the world premiere of Vlad Chlek’s cello concerto ‘Möbius Strip’ accompanied by the Brabant Chamber Orchestra.

Diederik is very interested in experimenting with improvising and playing graphic scores. For instance, he has done intensive research on Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky, who wrote a lot about his synaesthesia and the connection between art and music. Together with Portuguese percussionist Ricardo Oliveira, Diederik forms a duo with whom he uses Kandinsky’s paintings as sheet music. Finally, Diederik was part of the ensemble of De Link, a leading concert organisation of newly composed music, and has had the opportunity to premiere works by Anthony Fiumara, Stefan Prins and Thomas Larcher, amongst others.