The artistry of Boris Berman is well known to the audiences of over forty countries on six continents. His highly acclaimed performances have included appearances with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Gewandhaus Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra (London), Toronto Symphony, Israel Philharmonic, Minnesota Orchestra, Detroit Symphony, Houston Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, St. Petersburg Philharmonic, and Royal Scottish Orchestra. A frequent performer on major recital series, he has also appeared in important festivals, including Marlboro, Waterloo, Bergen, Ravinia and Israel Festival.

Born in Moscow, Boris Berman studied at Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory with Lev Oborin. He performed extensively throughout the Soviet Union as a recitalist and appeared as guest soloist with numerous orchestras. In 1973, Boris Berman left a flourishing career in the Soviet Union to immigrate to Israel. He quickly established himself as one of the most sought-after keyboard performers, as well as one of this country’s more influential musical personalities.

Since moving to New Zealand in 1977 she has performed regularly with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, the Auckland Philharmonia and the Christchurch Symphony, toured many times under the auspices of Chamber Music New Zealand, and recorded extensively for Radio New Zealand. With the Christchurch Symphony and conductor Marc Taddei she has recorded the complete Beethoven Piano Concerti on the Trust label.

Kalle Randalu, born and raised in Estonia, is an internationally sought-after pianist. His teacher in Tallinn was Prof. Bruno Lukk, he himself a student of Paul Hindemith and Leonid Kreutzer in Berlin. Lukk is regarded as the leading founder of piano studies in Estonia after the war. After the Tallinn conservatory Kalle Randalu continued his studies at Prof. Lev Vlassenko's masterclass at the famous Moscow conservatory.

Kalle Randalu is a prize-winner of renowned international piano competitions. He won First Prizes at the 1971 Competition for young pianists in Czechoslovakia and at the 1976 Tallinn Allunion Competition; he was awarded prizes at the 1981 Robert Schumann Competition in Zwickau, Germany, at the 1982 Moscow Tchaikovsky Competition and won the First Prize at the 1985 ARD Competition in Munich.

Born in Melbourne, Australia, former child prodigy Rita Reichman made her first public appearance at three, playing Beethoven’s Pathetique Sonata on Australian television.  After beginning her studies with her mother, she began studying at 4 with Jascha Spivakovsky in Melbourne. She studied composition with Felix Werder and published a book of compositions for piano before she left for further studies in the USA at age 9.

At 10 she made her American debut with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and at 13 with the Philadelphia Orchestra. At 10 she was also accepted to study at the famed Curtis Institute of Music with legendary masters, Rudolph Serkin and Mieczyslaw Horszowski,  whose teachers had studied with students of Beethoven and Chopin. She completed her Bachelor's degree from Curtis at 17 and her Master's Degree at the Julliard School in New York at 21.

Rita has performed with many of the world’s leading conductors and in recital in France, Italy, America, Poland, Sweden, Austria, Canada, Israel, South Africa, Belgium, China and Australia. She has performed in the White House for the President of the USA. She has also performed for the president of Brazil and for Prince Charles and Princess Diana.  

Miss Reichman is in the midst of recording a series of concerti with the St. Petersburg Philharmonic, having completed the Ravel and Saint Saens G minor, and has recorded an all Chopin solo CD.  She was appointed Head of Piano at the Australian National Academy of Music in 2002 where she passed on the benefits of her unique education and experience to some of Australia’s top students. Her students have won most of Australia’s top prizes as well as international awards, and some have achieved international careers.

Phillip Shovk is considered to be one of Australia's foremost concert pianists, chamber musicians , accompanists and teachers.  After studying at the Sydney Conservatorium High School with George Humphrey and graduating with the Frank Hutchens Prize for being the most promising performer of his year he continued his studies at the Moscow State Conservatory with Professor Valery Kastelsky (himself a student of Heinrich Neuhaus) graduating as a Master of Fine Arts.  In 1987 he became a Laureate at the Vianni di Motta competition in Lisbon and in 1988 at the Sydney International Competition, where he was awarded the Hephzibah Menuhin Prize and the Best Australian Pianist Prize.  He was awarded a Best Accompanist prize at the Tchaikovsky Competition in 1994.

In 1988 Oleg won the First Prize and Grand Prize at the prestigious international competition ‘Music de Chambre’ in Florence, Italy. Since then, he has performed widely throughout the former USSR and recorded for Moscow Radio and Television. He has appeared as a soloist and ensemble player in the former USSR, Germany, Sweden, Italy, Bulgaria, Poland Hungary, Hong Kong, Japan and Australia.