Antonio Lysy, was an artist of international stature and a dedicated pedagogue, performed as a soloist in major concert halls worldwide. He appeared with such orchestras as the Royal Philharmonic and Philharmonia Orchestras of London, Camerata Academica of Salzburg, Zurich Tonhalle, the Zagreb Soloists, Orchestra di Padova e il Veneto, Israel Sinfonietta, the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Les Violions du Roi, and several other orchestras around the world. He collaborated with distinguished conductors including Yuri Temirkanov, Charles Dutoit, Sir Yehudi Menuhin, Sandor Vegh, and Kees Bakels, and performed regularly both as a solo, and chamber music artist. 

Lysy enjoyed exploring the versatility of the cello’s voice, from Baroque to electric, and was committed to projects which enriched his diverse interests in music:

The touring show he co-produced and directed, Te Amo, Argentina, premiered at BroadStage— a personal journey through the heart and soul of Argentina’s fascinating culture, featuring solo cello and chamber works, dance, film, and spoken word, met with widespread acclaim. Te Amo, Argentina was based on Lysy’s Latin Grammy award-winning CD on the Yarlung Records label - Antonio Lysy at the Broad - Music From Argentina, featuring the works of Piazzolla, Golijov, Ginastera, Bragato, and Schifrin. A review on Musicangle.com declared it “among the most beautiful recordings of cello and piano you are likely ever to hear”, and Absolute Sound recognized it as one of the 40 best recordings of all time.

Other highlights of his work included a multi-faceted recital, broadcast on live radio, celebrating Bach and the cello through performances on baroque, acoustic, and electric cellos at the Los Angeles County Museum of the Arts ; He produced and presented a multimedia concert with pianist and actor Jean Marchand, showcasing the history of his Carlo Tononi cello on its the 300th birthday; Most recently he performed and recorded the cycle of Bach Suites for solo cello, on a mid-summer’s evening, within the acoustically resonant T.E.U.C.L.A. sculpture by Richard Serra. This endeavor was born from an invitation three seasons ago to perform the same cycle at BroadStage. The sold-out performance included an ornamentation of the stage with stunning projections, inviting the audience to a new “delight of spirit” through the art of digital photography. Following that success he was asked to return to the Broad Stage for a performance of the cycle of Beethoven sonatas, with the pianist Tom Beghin. Beghin played on two fortepianos from Beethoven's time, for a journey through Beethoven's life, covering all three of the composer's major creative periods.

Antonio Lysy recorded extensively for CBC Radio, BBC Radio, Classic FM, and other European radio networks. His live recording of solo cello repertoire by Bach, Berio, Henze, and Walton, released on the Pelléas label, is "...some of the most beautiful Bach ever heard" (La Presse, Montréal). In addition, he recorded for the Claves, Dinemec Classics, and Fonè labels. In January 2012, he recorded and premiered the reworked Eric Zeisl cello concerto with the UCLA Philharmonia directed by Neal Stulberg. This cd, highly praised by Donald Rosenberg on Gramophone is also available on the Yarlung Records label.

Yarlung Records and Antonio partnered soon after in a unique recording of South American-connected compositions and arrangements. Titled South America, the nine compositions honor Astor Piazzolla, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Carlos Gardel, Antonio's violinist father Alberto Lysy (with whom he recorded the Kodaly Duo in 2001), and Argentine bandoneon master Coco Trivisonno. Several works are recorded with ingenuous multi- tracking which, thanks to all-analog Sonorus Holographic Imaging technology, Antonio plays all the parts! For both Villa-Lobos' arrangement of Bach's Prelude and Casals' Les Rois Mages, Mr. Lysy created a virtual cello orchestra of 16–28 cellos playing 4–7 parts.

Antonio’s love and commitment to chamber music was demonstrated by his musical directorship and founding in 1989, of the annual Incontri in Terra di Siena Chamber Music Festival in Tuscany, Italy (www.itslafoce.org). Distinguished artists from around the globe take part in this idyllic summer retreat, which is crowned by performances in medieval fortresses, palazzi, and churches in the Southern Tuscan region. The series celebrated its 30th anniversary in the summer of 2018. Antonio invited his friend and colleague, the greatly admired italian pianist, Alessio Bax, to collaborate closely with him and act as Artistic Director for an undetermined term.

In 2003 Antonio accepted the position of Professor of Cello at University of California, Los Angeles. Prior to moving to the United States, he held a professorship at McGill University in Montréal. He was also, for a number of years, visiting professor at the International Menuhin Music Academy in Switzerland. Mr. Lysy appeared regularly on prominent online platforms in ‘cello chats’, blogs and interviews, and shared his passion for teaching at international festivals in the summer such as the Heifetz International Music Institute in Virginia, NUME in Cortona, Italy, and the Toronto Summer Music Festival in Canada.

Completing his studies under the guidance of Maurice Gendron, William Pleeth, Ralph Kirshbaum, Radu Aldulescu, Robert Masters, Alberto Lysy and Nadia Boulanger, Niall has over the past 4 decades established himself as an internationally renowned cellist, chamber musician and pedagogue. 

As cellist of the prestigious Australian String Quartet, principal cellist of the Camerata Bern and the Scottish Ensemble, Niall toured the world performing in some of the most prestigious venues and festivals including the Wigmore Hall and Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, Carnegie Hall and Avery Fischer Centre, New York, Théâtre des Champs Elysées and Théâtre du Chatelet, Paris, Konzerthaus and Philharmonie, Berlin, Sydney Recital Hall and Melbourne Concert Hall, Australia, Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Menuhin Festival, Gstaad and Semaine Internationale de Piano, Blonay, Switzerland, Sydney and Adelaide Festivals of the Arts, Australia, Festival Lysy, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Haydn Festival in Eisenstadt, Austria and Incontri in Terra di Siena in Italy collaborating with such artists as Lord Yehudi Menuhin, Nikita Magaloff, Janos Starker, Bruno Giuranna, Stephen Kovacevich, Paul Coker, Melvyn Tan, Edith Fischer, Alberto Lysy, Antonio Lysy, Prazac Quartet, Sine Nomine Quartet, Jesus Lopez Cobos, Thomas Füri and Milan Horvat. 

Since 1990, Niall partnered by pianist Isabelle Trüb has performed widely across the globe to enraptured audiences. Their recordings include the complete cello and piano works by Fauré and Schumann, the Sonatas of Brahms and collected works of Hindemith. 

In 2009 Niall founded the “Automne Musical d’Ollon” in Switzerland where Niall’s passion for chamber music is evident in the programming of great masterpieces new and old.

A committed pedagogue, Niall has been professor of cello and chamber music at the Elder Conservatorium of Music in Adelaide, Australia and the International Menuhin Music Academy in Switzerland as well as professor of chamber music at the Conservatoire du Nord in Luxembourg and is regularly invited to give master classes in Europe, Asia, Australia, South America and the United States. In 2015 and again in 2022 he is invited as Visiting Professor at the UCLA in Los Angeles and has given classes in cello and chamber music at Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, Singapore, Elder Conservatorium of Music, Australia, National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan and Utrecht Conservatory of Music, Holland. He also organizes the Internationale Meisterakademie für Kammermusik held annually in Germany.

Living in Luxembourg, Niall combines the position of co-principal cellist of the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra with his many chamber music and teaching commitments.

Cellist Charlie Tyler enjoys a multifaceted career as chamber musician, recording artist and orchestral performer with appearances in concert venues around the world. A recipient of numerous accolades, Charlie was the winner of the Cleveland Institute of Music’s Concerto Competition, a top prize winner of the Osaka International Music Competition, and the winner of the Atwater Kent String Concerto Competition. Charlie earned his degrees from the Cleveland Institute of Music (BM), The Juilliard School (MM), and UCLA (DMA). He spent three seasons as co-principal cellist of the Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra in Japan where he performed extensively in both orchestral and chamber music settings. Now based in Southern California, Charlie performs regularly with ensembles including LA Opera, Muse/ique, and the New West Symphony, and is a familiar presence on chamber music series throughout the region. He also maintains an active recording career in Los Angeles, where he has played on numerous scores for film and television.

Hailed as a “marvelous violinist” (France Musique) with “sensitive tone” (Pizzicato Magazine), violinist Ambroise Aubrun has performed extensively and conducted masterclasses on four continents.

His albums for the Editions Hortus and Navona Records have embraced a wide range of repertoire from J.S. Bach to Tanguy (b.1968) and received praise of the highest caliber (5 stars Pizzicato Journal, “editor’s choice” France Musique, and a nomination for the 2021 International Classical Music Awards). His performances and albums have been broadcast on CBS, ABC, WFMT Chicago, France Musique, 3MBS Melbourne (Australia), Klara Radio (Belgium), KPFK Los Angeles, KNCJ Nevada, WTUL New-Orleans, and K-USC Los Angeles.

A graduate of the Paris National Superior Conservatory, UCLA, and the Colburn School, Aubrun is the winner of the Charles Oulmont Prize of the Fondation de France and laureate of the Langart Foundation in Switzerland. Currently Associate Professor of Violin at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, he previously taught at UCLA and UC Santa Barbara. He is the artistic director of the Bruman Chamber Music Festival at UCLA. Aubrun plays a Matteo Goffriller violin, on a generous loan from the Langart Foundation.

Varty Manouelian made her American Debut in 1993 with the North Carolina Symphony as First Prize winner of the Bryan International Competition. Shehas also been a prize winner at anumber of other competitions in Europe, including the Kotzian International Competition and the Wieniawski International Violin Competition. Manouelian has recorded and appeared as a soloist with numerous orchestras in the United States, Bulgaria, Russia, Armenia, Poland, Spain and Italy. Her chamber music performances include Marlboro Music Festival, Apple Hill Festival, Sebago Festival, El Paso Festival, Olympic Music Festival, among others. She has collaborated as a chamber musician with such artists as Joshua Bell, Yuja Wang, Kim Kashkashian, Rohan de Saram, Garrick Ohlsson, Nobuko Imai, Thomas Adès, and members of the Juilliard, Guarner, Tokyo, Brentano, Borromeo, and Mendelssohn string quartets.

Dedicated teacher and educator, Varty Manouelian is a Lecturer of Violin at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, teaches violin and chamber music at the Colburn Academy and CSPA, and spends summers coaching chamber music at the Apple Hill Festival in New Hampshire. She has been an active participant at LA Philharmonic’s Music Outreach programs, having taught at YOLA since its inception, as well as at the Renaissance Arts Academy.

Prior to joining the Los Angeles Philharmonic in 2004, Manouelian was a member of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. In Los Angeles, she frequently performs at the Los Angels Philharmonic’s Chamber Music Society and Green Umbrella new-music series, as well as at Camerata Pacifica, Monday Evening Concerts, and the Dilijan Series. Her recording credits include archival radio recordings for the Bulgarian State Radio, and CDs on Albany and Bridge Records labels. Her recent CD of Complete Violin Works of Stefan Wolpe (jointly with Movses Pogossian) made the 2015 Top Ten list in Sunday Times (UK). Varty Manouelian holds degrees from the State Music Academy in Bulgaria and the Cleveland Institute of Music, where she studied with Boyan Letchev and Donald Weilerstein.

Awarded both the “P. Schidlof Prize” and the “J. Barbirolli Prize” for “the most beautiful sound” at the prestigious Lionel Tertis International Viola competition in England in 2000, Italian-born violist Ettore Causa is praised for his exceptional artistry, passionate intelligence and complete musicianship. He has made solo and recital appearances in major venues around the world, such as Carnegie Hall, Zurich Tonhalle, Salle Cortot, Teatro Colon, Menuhin and Salzburg festival, etc. Causa has recorded many highly-regarded CDs, including Romantic Transcriptions for Viola and Piano which was awarded a prestigious “5 Diapasons” by the French magazine Diapason and the one with Brahms works that was given the distinguished “CHOC de Classica” award by France’s esteemed Classica magazine. Ettore Causa was one of the honor special guest at the 43rd International Viola Congress and the British Viola Society has awarded  him the Honorary Membership in recognition of his enormous contribution to the viola community. Mr. Causa joined the faculty of the Yale School of Music in 2009.

Paul Coletti is a composer, performer, recording artist and teacher. He has given over 1500 concerts in solo and chamber music settings, and recorded over 30 CD’s, some of which won prestigious international awards. Hyperion’s ‘English music for viola’ was named in the BBC’S best 100 cd’s of all time. As a soloist, Coletti has performed in Edinburgh, London, Paris, New York, Buenos Aires, in Shanghai, Beijing, Melbourne, Auckland, Leipzig, Assisi, Salzburg, Hannover, with orchestras such as the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the BBC, NHK, at the Sydney Opera House, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Berlin Philharmonie, Kennedy Center, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Suntory Hall, and in Chicago where he performed on Paganini's legendary Stradivarius viola. Paul Coletti's full conducting debut was in an all Mozart program with the New Japan Philharmonic orchestra in Tokyo. In 1978 Paul studied with Alberto Lysy, Yehudi Menuhin and Johannes Eskaer at the International Menuhin Music Academy.