MENTORS
Francesco Tamburini (Cello)
Laureate of the Fondation Gautier Capuçon, co-director of the VIVACISSIMO Festival and Armonie nel Tempo Festival, Italian cellist Francesco Tamburini is a prize-winner of the Prix Ravel and recipient of the Gordon Clark Trust Scholarship. As a core member of the Capucelli and EMANON Project, he recorded for Warner Classic/ERATO and OnClassical Records/Naxos of America.
Francesco is currently pursuing a Master’s degree at the HfM Freiburg with Jean-Guihen Queyras. He graduated from the Stauffer Academy, the Mozarteum University Salzburg and the Conservatory of Milan under Antonio Meneses and Giovanni Gnocchi.
Francesco plays a fine instrument from Testore's workshop, courtesy of a private sponsor. He is endorsed by ForTune Strings as an Opal Gold Ambassador.
More: https://francescotamburini.com/
Clarissa Bevilacqua (Violin)
Laureate of the Fondation Gautier Capuçon, Italian violinist Clarissa Bevilacqua is a prize-winner of the International Mozart Competition Salzburg, where she received First Prize and the Audience Award, as well as the Grand Prize of the Cape Symphony International Violin Concerto Competition and second prize at the Monte-Carlo Music Masters. She has performed as a soloist with orchestras including the Münchner Symphoniker, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, at major venues such as the Elbphilharmonie and Théâtre des Champs-Élysées.
Her debut album Mozartiana was released in 2026 by Berlin Classics in collaboration with Bayerischer Rundfunk. A passionate advocate for contemporary music, she has premiered works by composers including Augusta Read Thomas, Richard Blackford and Giovanni Sollima. Clarissa is also the founder and Artistic Director of DYNAMIKfest Salzburg and DYNAMIKfest Chicago. She studied at the Mozarteum University Salzburg with Pierre Amoyal and at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin with Antje Weithaas.
More: https://www.clarissabevilacqua.com/
Mirabelle Kajenjeri (Piano)
Laureate of the Fondation Gautier Capuçon and the Queen Elisabeth International Competition, French pianist Mirabelle Kajenjeri is a prize-winner of the Santa Cecilia International Piano Competition and the Kissinger KlavierOlymp. In 2025, she made her debut at the Berlin Philharmonie with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin under Tianyi Lu. She has performed with orchestras including the Brussels Philharmonic, Philharmonie Baden-Baden and Real Filharmonía de Galicia, and at festivals such as Piano Symphonique Luzern, Flagey Piano Days and Kissinger Sommer.
Her debut album Étincelles was released in 2022 by KNS Classical. A graduate of the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien, Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover and Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles she studied with Anna Malikova, Ewa Kupiec and Mikhail Faerman
More: https://mirabellekajenjeri.com/