Lena Neudauer • Wen Xiao Zheng • Sebastian Klinger • Rick Stotijn • Silke Avenhaus

Lena Neudauer [violin]
Wen Xiao Zheng [viola]
Sebastian Klinger [cello]
Rick Stotijn [double bass]
Silke Avenhaus [piano]

Johann Sebastian Bach: Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011
Gioachino Rossini: Duetto for Cello and Double Bass
George Onslow: Piano Quintet in G major
Franz Schubert: Trout Quintet in A major, D 667

Lena Neudauer first caught international attention at 15, winning the Leopold Mozart Competition in Augsburg - along with nearly every special prize on offer. Her many recordings have drawn euphoric critical praise, hailed as "landmark performances" and "new reference recordings", and recognised with the Supersonic Award.

Wen Xiao Zheng, born in China, began playing the violin at the age of four. A prize-winner at numerous international competitions, he took second prize and the audience award at the ARD International Music Competition in 2008. After four years as principal violist with the Bamberger Symphoniker, he moved to the same position at the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in 2014, before returning to Bamberg in 2019.

Sebastian Klinger is praised by the international press for his warm tone and expressive intensity, as well as his flawless technique and musicianship. A competition prize-winner from an early age, he now performs as a soloist with leading orchestras and conductors worldwide.

Dutch bassist Rick Stotijn, following an engagement with the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, was appointed principal double bassist of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra; he also plays with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe. As a chamber musician he has collaborated with many distinguished artists.