From November 2017 Braaten is pianist at the Wermlandopera in Karlstad, Sweden. She is a sought after pianist amongst instrumentalists and singers, and have been working as accompanist at the Norwegian Academy of Music and the Opera school.
Braaten has won several awards, both as a chamber musician and as solo pianist. She has been soloist with Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, and have had solo recital with the prestigious Ultima festival in Oslo.
Alison Rhind was educated at the Chetham´s School of Music Oxford University and at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama where she studied with Edith Vogel. Since 2006 Alison regularly has been invited to work at the Royal College of Music i London. This was formalized in 2009 when she was offered a position as coach/accompanist for the string Institute.
Padgett attended the North Carolina School of the Arts, The Peabody Conservatory of Music, and the Banff Centre School of Fine Arts. Awards as a soloist include a Silver Medal at the William Kappell International Competition and a Beethoven Fellowship from the American Pianists Association. He has performed in major venues around the world with the Philip Glass Ensemble, Steve Reich and Musicians, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, and the Orchestra of St. Lukes. He records regularly for film and television, and can be heard on the Harmonia Mundi, EMI Classics, and Orange Mountain labels. Mr. Padgett is on the faculty of The Ridgewood (NJ) Conservatory, and teaches privately in New York City. He performs nearly every Friday and Saturday throughout the year at the Metropolitan Museum of Art as part of Orion Music’s Balcony Series.
Ivar Anton Waagaard is associate professor in piano accompaniment at the Norwegian Academy of Music with focus on vocal repertoire. He has been playing with many of the leading singers and instrumentalists in the country, on concerts, radio, TV-shows and CDs. Waagaard has been opera- and theater pianist and accompanist at the Queen Sonja competition.
Erik Lanninger teaches piano accompaniment at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. Chamber musician in several different constellations with recordings on Caprice, ChamberSound and dB-productions.
Georg Öquist has a diploma in piano from the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. He has done tours in Sweden, Denmark, Finland, the UK, Poland, USA, Turkey and Italy, both as a soloist and chamber musician. George has a very wide repertoire and broad knowledge which makes him a very popular pianist and chamber musician. He is part of Oliver Manoury Quartet which specializes in Argentine tango and Joseph Feher Ensemble performing Hungarian and Romanian folk music. George has also made a series of recordings for the Swedish and Italian radio and television and has given master classes internationally. Since 1987, he’s been teaching at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, where he is a professor of rehearsal.
