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The Accompanists




Ulrich Koella
Ulrich Koella is much in demand as a chamber musician and accompanist – working among others with renowned artists János Bálint, Olaf Bär, François Benda, Bettina Boller, Eduard Brunner, Fabio Di Càsola, Thomas Friedli, Martin Fröst, James Galway, Peter-Lukas Graf, Ulrike Helzel, Wolfgang Holzmair, Sharon Kam, Rudolf Koelman, Maxence Larrieu, Laszlo Polgar, Andreas Schmidt, Bo Skovhus, Elena Tsallagova, Raphael Wallfisch and Hanna Weinmeister. His concert activities have led him to most European countries, the Middle East, Japan, China, Canada, Argentina, Australia and the USA. Ulrich Koella is professor for piano chamber music at the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste.



Pi-Chin Chien
Pi-Chin Chien is a sought after, internationally active soloist and chamber musician. She played cello recitals and chamber music concerts in the Carnegie Hall and the Lincoln Center in New York, the Konzerthaus Berlin and the Zurich Tonhalle and performed numerous world premieres of works dedicated to her. Her recent recordings include the Cello Double Concerto by Fabian Müller together with Antonio Meneses and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra London. Other recordings have been released for Capriccio, col legno, Musiques Suisses and ARS-Produktion. As a passioned chamber musician she is member of the "Zurich Ensemble" and the "European Fine Arts Trio", and she is also the principal cellist of the "Stradivari-Ensemble".


Chizu Miyamoto
Chizu Miyamoto studied piano at the renowned Toho Gakuen-Daigaku in Tokyo. There she trained as a concert pianist and a solfège teacher. In order to broaden her artistic horizon she headed to Vienna, Austria in 2001 where she studied accompaniment with Dr Johannes Jess-Kropfitsch and chamber music with the Altenberg-Trio. She graduated with outstanding honor in 2005. Chizu Miyamoto has been the official accompanist for a great number of international competitions and masterclasses such as the Special Easter Masterclasses in Morges and Blonay.



Joël Marosi
Joël Marosi, né à Zurich, reçoit ses premières leçons de violoncelle auprès de Nancy Chumachenko et remporte rapidement de nombreux premiers prix, notamment au Concours Suisse de Musique pour la Jeunesse. Il étudie à l'Académie de Musique de Bâle avec Heinrich Schiff et au Conservatoire de Cologne avec Claus Kanngiesser, ainsi qu'à l'Académie Sibelius d'Helsinki avec Arto Noras. En 1991, il remporte le Premier Prix du Concours de la Venoge à Lausanne puis, au Concours Mendelssohn à Berlin, le Prix « Weizacker ». Suivent de nombreux concerts, tant comme soliste que comme musicien de chambre. Depuis 1999, il joue régulièrement comme violoncelle solo avec la Camerata de Berne ainsi qu'avec la Camerata Salzburg.