received his first piano lessons from his father at the age of 4 years. He studied with Naoyuki Taneda at the University of Music in Karlsruhe, and with Rosina Lhevinne and Martin Canin at the Juilliard School in New York. He won first prize at both the International Busoni Competition in Bolzano in 1974 and in 1976 at the International Liszt-Bartók Competition in Budapest. Concert engagements have taken him throughout Europe, the USA, Korea and Japan. Robert Benz has recorded the complete cycle of Beethoven's piano sonatas onto CD and has been the Trio Bamberg's pianist since 1996. He has also held the chair of Professor for Piano at the University of Music in Mannheim since 1990. Since 2005 he is artistic director of the Ettlingen competition.

was born in Edinburgh and studied piano and cello at the Royal Academy of Music in London. During his studies he won numerous prizes at British and International competitions. He currently is Head of the Keyboard Department at the Royal Academy of Music in London. His pupils have achieved many prizes at international competitions such as Van Cliburn, Moscow-Tchaikovsky, New York Young Concert Artists, Leeds, Munich, Hamamatsu, etc. Christopher Elton is an active jury member in international competitions, at music festivals and television events, and has given concerts in recent years in Europe, USA, Australia and Vietnam. He was appointed a Professor of the University of London in 2003.

studied with Martin Canin at the Juilliard School in New York and won first prize at the 1985 Robert Casadesus International Piano Competition (now the Cleveland Competition). In 2000 he made a one-day performance of the complete cycles of Beethoven and set out on performances of the complete Mozart concertos. In 2002, he was honored as the "Musician of the Year" and the "Most Outstanding Pianist in Korea" by the Music Association of Korea. His discography includes Mozart concertos, Field complete Nocturnes, Chopin Ballades and complete Nocturnes and Poulenc Nocturnes. He currently teaches at the Korean National University of Arts and his students have won prizes in Busoni, Viotti, Oberlin, Sendai, Ettlingen, Clara Haskil and Leeds.

studied at the Music Academy in Gdansk, and is prizewinner of competitions in Vercelli, Bordeaux and Warsaw. She has performed throughout most of Europe, as well as in America, the Far East and Australia. She has given concert performances with, among others, London Symphony Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, Bayerischer Rundfunk and Polish National Philharmonic Orchestra in Warsaw. She has been broadcasted widely and recorded for labels like Deutsche Grammophon and Victor JVC. For her recording of Field's complete Nocturnes she was awarded the John Field Medal. Ewa Poblocka also enjoys performing chamber music.