Seiji Ozawa International Academy Switzerland

Since 2017, Kazuki Yamada has been the artistic and musical director of the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra and principal conductor of both the Japan and Sendai Philharmonic Orchestras. He is associate conductor of the Orchestral Ensemble Kanazawa, musical director of the Yokohama Sinfonietta, of the Philharmonic Chorus of Tokyo and principal guest conductor of the Birmingham Symphonic Orchestra. 

She also plays with top-class artists such as Gidon Kremer, Midori, Isaac Stern, Martha Argerich and many others. In 2009, she created the first international competition dedicated to the viola. Considered one of the greatest violists of our time, her talent and charisma make Nobuko Imai a much sought-after tutor. She currently teaches at the Amsterdam Conservatory, the Kronberg Academy and the Queen Sofia College of Music in Madrid. She is associate professor at Ueno Gakuen University in Tokyo 

In 1969, he founded the Tokyo String Quartet, which he directed for 30 years and which became a huge success. He performs around the world as a renowned soloist and chamber musician. He is a professor at Yale University in the United States of America, at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik Trossingen in Germany and at Ueno Gakuen University in Japan. Sadao Harada is famous for his exceptional technical mastery and dynamic interpretations.

In 1999, she won the prestigious Avery Fisher Prize. Pamela Frank is a much sought-after teacher. She is a violin teacher at the Curtis Institute of Music and each year at the Tanglewood, Ravinia and Verbier Festivals. She is also artistic director of the Evnin Rising Stars programme at the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts and chair of the 2018 Menuhin Competition. With physiotherapist Howard Nelson, she started Fit as a Fiddle, a programme offering musicians treatment to enable them to continue their musical careers after an injury.