Jordan Kuspa’s music has been praised in the New York Times as “animated and melodically opulent” and “consistently alive and inspired.” His works juxtapose a bristling rhythmic drive with expansive textures and sinuously interwoven counterpoint.

Lauded by the Washington Post as a "marvelous violinist," Domenic Salerni is also a composer, and arranger as well as a member of the two-time Grammy Award-winning Attacca Quartet.

Konstantin Soukhovetsky is a pianist and a composer, an original, creative force among pianists of his generation.

Damien Geter is an acclaimed American composer experiencing a meteoric rise. His works include chamber, vocal, orchestral, and full operatic works.

Joe Jaxson is a conspicuously rising composer. His music melds a variety of styles that challenge the expectations of audiences, engaging them with delightful and thought-provoking surprises.

Texu Kim is a Korean-American composer who transforms unconventional sources - ranging from every day encounters to overlooked human stories - into sophisticated, culturally grounded works infused with clarity, wit, and nuance.

After the release of his debut album, “Reflections on Debussy” in 2012, Laurens Patzlaff was dubbed “Master of the art of improvisation” by the Deutschlandfunk. He currently serves as the Professor of Piano Improvisation at the University of Music, Freiburg, Germany.