A vocal coach and orchestra conductor, Ouri Bronchti has been head of musical studies at the Théâtre Royal de La Monnaie and assistant to the music director Alain Altinoglu since 2015. He studied at the Haute École de Musique in Lausanne, before perfecting his craft at the Royal College of Music and at the National Opera Studio in London. He then worked freelance for opera houses including the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, English National Opera, the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, the Salzburger Festspiele, the Opéra de Lyon, and the Opéra Comique in Paris. Passionate about working with young singers, Ouri Bronchti has worked as a vocal coach with the Royal Danish Opera Academy in Copenhagen, the Académie du Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, the Royal College of Music in London, the National Opera Studio in London, and the Conservatoire National Supérieur in Paris. He also teaches masterclasses at the Ferme de Villefavard, the Abbaye de Sylvanès, Opus Corsica, and the Conservatoire de Rennes. Since his appointment at the Théâtre Royal de La Monnaie, he has also been developing his skills as an orchestra conductor, conducting works by artists such as Puccini, Foccroulle, and Fafchamps.

Anna Naretto has made chamber music and Lieder performance the focus of her career as a pianist. She has partnered many leading artists and has been a guest at international festivals such as the Dresdner Musikfestspiele, the Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Barge Music, Herkulessaal, the Frankfurter Kulturwoche, and the Kronberg festival. As a vocal coach and orchestra member, she is also actively involved in the world of opera (Oper Frankfurt and Staatstheater Darmstadt). She supplements her artistic activities by teaching at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Frankfurt. Anna Naretto collaborates regularly with teachers such as Frans Helmerson, Gary Hoffman, Wolfgang Boettcher, and Nobuko Imai at several prestigious academies, such as the Kronberg Academy, the Carl Flesch Akademie in Baden-Baden, Forum Artium, the Weimarer Meisterkurse, and the Jeunesses Musicales Germany. She also works as an accompanist for international competitions such as the ARD Music Competition in Munich and the Deutscher Musikwettbewerb. She studied under Sergio Verdirame, Rainer Hoffmann, Andreas Meyer-Hermann, Charles Spencer, and the members of the Altenberg Trio.

Born in Georgia, Nino Pavlenichvili graduated from the Tbilisi State Conservatoire. She then moved to France, where she devoted herself to training young singers at the Conservatoire de Toulouse and later at the Centre de Formation d’Artistes Lyriques in Marseilles. Acclaimed for her work with the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, she has been invited to work with the principal opera houses in France. She regularly collaborates with the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence as a vocal coach. A specialist in the Russian repertoire, she has taken part in mounting several Russian productions, staged at venues including the Opéra de Lyon, the Massimo Theatre in Palermo, the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, the Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse, and the Théâtre Royal de La Monnaie. Nino Pavlenichvili also regularly performs in recital with singers, including Vladimir Galouzine, Tamar Iveri, Béatrice Uria Monzon, Jean-Luc Viala, Anne Catherine Gillet, Anais Constant, and Stéphane Degout. In 2016, she recorded Abendlied-Morgenlied with Les Éléments, conducted by Joël Suhubiette. For several years, she has been the official pianist of a number of singing competitions in Toulouse, Marseilles, and Marmande.

Philippe Riga is a pianist, harpsichordist, and fortepiano player. He is a graduate of the Royal Brussels Conservatory and of the Luca School of Arts (Lemmens) in Leuven and honed his skills under the guidance of such musical giants as Helmut Deutsch, Christophe Rousset, and Jos Van Immerseel. He is a laureate of the Fondation Royaumont. Philippe Riga has taken part in many concerts as a soloist and with many singers, including José Van Dam, Udo Reinemann, Veronica Cangemi, Hélène Guilmette, Jean-François Lapointe, Marie-Ange Todorovitch, and Jodie Devos. He has performed at the Festival de Radio France in Montpellier, the Festival d’Aix‑en-Provence, and at masterclasses taught by Helmut Deutsch, José Van Dam, Andreas Scholl, Tom Krause, June Anderson, and Dietrich Henschel. He has made three recordings with an Erard piano ; french melodies by Irène Poldowski with Elise Gäbele, melodies by Fauré with Thibaut Lenaerts, and a CD of Franck pieces with the Choeur de Chambre de Namur. Philippe Riga was a vocal coach and accompanist at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel under the direction of José Van Dam and currently teaches accompaniment at the Conservatoire Royal in Brussels.

The British pianist Ian Tindale studied at Cambridge University and the Royal College of Music. He has won awards at the Wigmore Hall/ Kohn Foundation International Song Competition, the Kathleen Ferrier Awards, and the Royal Over-Seas League Competition. He frequently performs in Europe and in the United Kingdom at events such as Leeds Lieder, the Oxford Lieder Festival, and the Ryedale Festival, collaborating with singers such as James Gilchrist, Ailish Tynan, and Roderick Williams. Ian Tindale has recently performed in a recital at Wigmore Hall in London as part of the Ludlow English Song Day, played pieces by Britten and Shostakovich at the Snape Maltings Concert Hall, and performed alongside the clarinettist Annelien van Wauwe at a New Year recital for the BBC World Service. This year also sees him perform at the International Lied Festival Zeist with Harriet Burns and embark on a European tour with the baritone Josep-Ramon Olivé. Ian Tindale is a founding member of Ensemble Kopernikus, a versatile and dynamic chamber music ensemble, and the artistic director of Shipston Song, which takes place in the Cotswolds in England.