Paul Cibis
Born in Germany, Paul studied piano with Karl-Heinz Kämmerling at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hanover. Afterwards he read musicology and philosophy at universities in Berlin and at Royal Holloway, University of London. Since 1998 he has worked with Peter Feuchtwanger, London - firstly as a private student, since 2002 as his assistant. As a duo specialist Paul Cibis attended the Postgraduate Accompanist Course at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, studying with Graham Johnson and Robin Bowman. He was awarded a scholarship and continued his work there as a professional accompanist. Privately or in masterclasses he studied with Hartmut Höll, Rudolf Jansen, Irwin Gage, Sarah Walker, Christa Ludwig, Thomas Hampson und Elisabeth Schwarzkopf. Since October 2005 Paul Cibis teaches as a vocal coach at the Trinity College of Music in London. Paul Cibis has performed in concerts at home and abroad since 1994. Regular performances have brought him to Berlin, Munich, Leipzig, Bamberg, London and Paris. He performed at the Feuchtwangen Klavierfestival, the Kurt Weill Fest in Dessau and the Jüdische Kulturtage in Frankfurt am Main, and appeared in TV & radio broadcasts by the WDR, 3Sat, ORB, HR and BBC. He played solo recitals in the USA in Los Angeles und New York City as well as a song recital tour through New Zealand. Recently he was invited to China to perform in Shanghai and has already been twice to Taiwan to give a masterclass for pianists. www.paulcibis.com

Craig White 
Craig White was born in England in 1984. He started playing the piano at the age of four with Patricia Romero. While actively involved in various aspects of music making he developed a special talent for accompanying while still at school, at Epsom College. Under Richard Deering's tutelage Craig gained his ATCL. Craig studied for his music degree at St Catherine's College, Oxford, and graduated in 2005. He then attended a post-graduate piano accompanist course at the Royal Academy of Music, London, taught by Michael Dussek and Diana Ketler, and was awarded the Daniel Kelly Accompanist Prize and the Gilling Family Scholarship. He has had the privilege of attending master classes with eminent professors such as, Malcolm Martineau, Paul Hamburger, Robin Bowman, Jan Philip Schulze and Oxana Yablonskaya. At Oxford he held the Répétiteur Scholarship with the New Chamber Opera, performing in their student and professional productions such as Mozart's La Finta Semplice, Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, Handel's Semele, John Caldwell's Il Trespolo Tutore. In addition, he has worked as a repetiteur for the Oxford Baroque Soloist and Oxford City Opera, including performances of Bach's St John's Passion, Puccini's La Boheme, Britten's Turn of the Screw and Wolf's Italiensches Liederbuch. Craig was also a regular chamber music performer at the Holywell Music Room, Oxford, including a performance with the Allegri String Quartet at their Golden Jubilee Concert in 2004. Other UK engagements have included performances at the Schubert festival in London; recitals, concerts, and music festivals in Aylesbury, Cambridge, Dorking, Bristol and Windsor. Engagements abroad include the Cantiere d'arte Montepulciano in Italy and performances with the Olive Piano Trio in Belgium. In 2007 Craig was accepted on the 'Live Music Now' scheme with the cellist Edward Furse. Craig has also worked as an accompanist at singers' courses in Ardingly and Oxenfoord. He is supported by the Musicians Benevolent Fund.

Pavel Timofejevsky
Pavel Timofejevsky, pianist and composer, began his music studies at the age of six at the Gnessin Music School in Russia. In 1995 he entered the Purcell School of Music on full scholarship and won a number of prestigious awards and national competitions including the BBC Proms/Guardian Young Composer of the Year award. Pavel studied at the Royal Academy of Music from 2002-2008 with Professor Tatiana Sarkissova graduating with distinction from both the Bachelor and Postgraduate Diploma courses. In 2006, he received the Leslie England Award for achieving one of the highest marks for his Final Recital and was then invited to perform solo in the Queen Elizabeth Hall as part of the Shostakovich centenary festival. Pavel has also given solo and chamber performances in the Royal Festival Hall, Purcell Room, St. John’s Smith Square, St. Martin’s in the Field, St. James’ Piccadilly, Lauderdale House, the Bishopsgate Institute and worldwide in Paris, Moscow, St. Petersburg and Cyprus, Calcutta and Mumbai. In the Academy, Pavel received the John Ireland prize, the Michael Head prize for best accompanist, prizes at the Jacques Samuels Piano Competition and the Beethoven Society Intercollegiate Competition and, in 2008, 4^th prize at the 19^th Haverhill Sinfonia Soloist International Competition. As a postgraduate, he was awarded the Musician Benevolent Fund Award, the 2007 Myra Hess Award, and the Philharmonia Orchestra Martin Musical Scholarship Fund Award. Pavel also received the Janet Duff Greet Prize for best performance of twentieth century music, for his interpretation of Prokofiev’s Piano Sonata No 4. Pavel is also keen chamber musician and has forged various professional alliances. He works regularly as an accompanist at The Royal Academy of Music and works as a coach with The Kensington Singing Group. Always interested in trying something new, Pavel, in 2005, recorded the soundtrack and starred as young Tchaikovsky in the documentary film “Tchaikovsky” for the US “Biography TV” channel. Two years later he was commissioned to compose the score for the feature-length documentary “Le fin de la belle époque” for Russian TV which received great critical acclaim. In September 2007, he was invited to join the ‘Live Music Now’ concert scheme and has since performed in various community venues throughout the UK. He continues to perform at festivals and concert series across UK, and has become a regular live-performing guest on the SW1 London Radio’s Passport show. In October 2009 Pavel was appointed Musician in Residence at St John’s Church, Notting Hill, London, for the 2009-2010 concert season where he recently produced two highly successful concerts for the Notting Hill MAYFEST 2010. The season of 2010 will also see Pavel performing at Schumann and Chopin Festivals at St. Barnabas Church, West London.   He has recently recorded an album of music for saxophone, violin and piano by composer Ian Stewart which will be released on the music-chamber label. A promotional tour of the album will follow in 2010-2011.