Dmitry Khakhamov was born in Moscow, Russia in 1989. He started to play the violin at the age of 5.
Having studied in the class of Professor Tatiana Berkul at Gnessins Moscow Music college and then at the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory in Russia where he graduated in 2012, Dmitry decided to continue his studies abroad.
From 2011-2013 Dmitry worked with Professor Pierre Amoyal at Lausanne Conservatory in Switzerland. During this time Dmitry was a member of the Camerata de Lausanne string ensemble.
He has recently finished his master course at the Royal Academy of Music in London under Professor Gyorgy Pauk and is now living in the UK.
Dmitry was the Grand Prize winner at the 2005 ?. Postacchini International Violin Competition in Fermo, Italy and a prize winner in the 2003 Y. Kocian International Violin Competition, 2006 David Oistrakh International Violin Competition in Moscow, 2007 International Violin Competition as part of Europafest in Bucharest, Romania and most recently in the 2013 Salieri-Zinetti Chamber Music Competition in Verona, Italy with pianist Lisa Touliankina.
As a soloist, Dmitry has appeared with orchestras such as the Symphony Orchestra of Ulyanovsk Philharmonic, Izhevsk Philharmonic, Minsk Philharmonic and Kazan Philharmonic. In August 2013, Dmitry performed a recital in Gstaad, Switzerland at the Menuhin Festival.
Dmitry is the recipient of the scholarship award from Khodorkovsky and Hill Foundation in London and plays on a Italian-made violin dated 1792 supposedly from the family of Carlo Bergonzi, Cremona.
Malaysian pianist Hao Zi Yoh was born in 1995 and is currently based in London. She began her music studies at the age of 3. At the age of 12, she performed at Carnegie Hall as a gold medallist of the Bradshaw and Buono International Piano Competition. Two years later, she moved to Germany to study with Elza Kolodin at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg. In 2014, she came under the tutelage of Christopher Elton at the Royal Academy of Music, London to pursue her Master of Music degree and a Professional Diploma.
Praised for her sensitivity to tone colours (PianoNews), Hao Zi has won top prizes in many international piano competitions, which led her to performances around Europe, USA, China, Japan and Malaysia. She played in venues such as Wigmore Hall, Southbank Royal Festival Hall, Steinway Hall London, St. Martin-in-the-Fields and Salle Cortot. Besides, she also performed with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and Baleares Symphony Orchestra. Alongside performing, she also tutors at King’s College London and gives occasional masterclasses at Imperial College London.