Pål Eide has given numerous recitals in the Scandinavian countries for more than 20 years, and got his international breakthrough the last couple of years, receiving top reviews in leading international press, his latest cd Grey Clouds turning up on playlists of major classical radio channels in more than 15 countries. This gave opportunity to recent prestigious radio and tv concerts.

In 2019 he will perform Bach’s Piano Concerto No. 5 and Brandenburger Concerto No. 5 at Chamber Music Festival by Hjarbæk Fjord, as well as giving more than 25 recitals as Pianist of the Week at Edvard Grieg Museum Troldhaugen and other summer festivals.

His new album Piano Pictures was recently recorded at Grieg’s Steinway from 1892, at Edvard Grieg Museum, Troldhaugen by two times Grammy award winning sound engineer Helmut Burk and filmed by film photographer Per Dreyer who wish to make a music film and documentary on the recording and Grieg’s influence on modern music.

Eide is a new president of the Nordic-Russian Music Society, based in Copenhagen as well as a new board member of the Rudersdal Summer Concerts, working with the musical program of the festival.

Aleksander Koelbel was born in 1984, and started playing the violin at the age of 6. He started studies at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in 2003.

From 2005 he studied 2 years at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki with Anatoli Melnikov, and the same year started studies in Vienna. In 2008 he was enrolled at the Menuhin Academy Switzerland, and became a member of its chamber orchestra, Camerata Lysy. With this orchestra he also appeared several times as soloist, at such places as Zürich Tonhalle and Basel concert hall. He has since 2007 undertaken private studies with the famous Moscow professor Yevgenija Tchougaeva and her student Viktor Tretyakov.

Since returning to native country Denmark in 2011 he was violinist for several years at the Royal Danish Opera and Orchestra. Since 2017 he has been violinist at the Danish National Radio Orchestra.

As a passionate chamber musician he has appeared at numerous famous european festivals including Gstaad, Salzburg  and Venice.

He is artistic director of a summer festival in Denmark where he in 2018 together with colleagues played J.S. Bach Brandenburg Concertos, violin concertos and several masterpieces of the chamber music repertoire.

Aleksander Koelbel was born in 1984, and started playing the violin at the age of 6. He started studies at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in 2003.

From 2005 he studied 2 years at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki with Anatoli Melnikov, and the same year started studies in Vienna. In 2008 he was enrolled at the Menuhin Academy Switzerland, and became a member of its chamber orchestra, Camerata Lysy. With this orchestra he also appeared several times as soloist, at such places as Zürich Tonhalle and Basel concert hall. He has since 2007 undertaken private studies with the famous Moscow professor Yevgenija Tchougaeva and her student Viktor Tretyakov.

Since returning to native country Denmark in 2011 he was violinist for several years at the Royal Danish Opera and Orchestra. Since 2017 he has been violinist at the Danish National Radio Orchestra.

As a passionate chamber musician he has appeared at numerous famous european festivals including Gstaad, Salzburg  and Venice.

He is artistic director of a summer festival in Denmark where he in 2018 together with colleagues played J.S. Bach Brandenburg Concertos, violin concertos and several masterpieces of the chamber music repertoire.

After studies at the Sibeilus Academy with Heikki Rautasalo and Marko Ylönen, Lauri has also worked under the guidance of The Alban Berg Quarted and Lisa Phjola.

He was a finalist in the prestigious Turu Cello Competition and a finalist in the Eurovision Young Soloist Competition (2004) and has performed as a solist with the Finnish Radio Orchestra.

As an active chamber musician he has performed in many countries with various ensembles, playing a Francesco Ruggieri cello dated 1693.