Ukrainian violinist Solomiya Ivakhiv made her debut as a soloist with Lviv Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra at the age of 13.

She is a winner of S. Prokofiev and Y. Kocian International Competitions, recipient of F. Kreisler Gold Medal from the Curtis Institute of Music and Award in Classical Music from the President of Ukraine.

Miss Ivakhiv came to the States to attend on the merit based scholarship the world-renowned the Curtis Institute of Music. There she studied with Joseph Silverstein and Pamela Frank and was a Concertmaster of The Curtis Symphony Orchestra.

Miss Ivakhiv performs in well-known series and festivals, including Strings in the Mountains, Colorado, Tanglewood Music Festival, International Musicians Seminar- Prussia Cove in England, Holland Music Festivals in the Netherlands, Normandy Chamber Music Festival in France, Embassy Series, Music at the Institute and many others throughout Europe and America. She solos with the Lviv Philharmonic, International Symphony and Curtis Chamber Orchestras and recently with Hunan Symphony Orchestra, P.R. of China. Her performances are broadcast on National Public Radio, Voice of America Radio Station and Ukrainian National Radio and Television and Hunan TV.

Miss Ivakhiv performed for the President of Ukraine Viktor Yuschenko during his visit to the States, former President H. Ford and Secretary of State Dr Henry Kissinger.

Miss Ivakhiv has extensive experience as a soloist and chamber musician and has collaborated with artists such as Claude Frank, Joseph Silverstein and Steven Isserlis.

Solomiya held a post of principal second violinist with the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia and she is a Guest Concertmaster for Fresno Philharmonic, CA.

Ukrainian pianist Angelina Gadeliya has been praised for the beauty of her tone, as well as for her exquisite artistry and poetic interpretations. She was born in Sukhumi, Georgia (former USSR) in 1978, and started piano lessons there at the age of five with Alla Golovko. She continued them with Elena Chebrova in Ukraine, and then with Arlene Krueger upon moving to the US with her family in 1990. In November of 2006 Angelina appeared as the soloist in the Chopin 2nd Piano Concerto with the Stony Brook Symphony Orchestra, having been named the winner of the Stony Brook University Concerto Competition. She has also been a top prize winner in the 5 Towns Music and Art Foundation Competition in NY, the J. Earl Lee National Piano Competition, the Fite Family Young Artist National Piano Competition in Missouri, and a semifinalist in the 2004 Jose Iturbi International Piano Competition in Valencia, Spain.

Angelina completed her undergraduate studies at the Oberlin Conservatory studying with Angela Cheng, and her Master of Music at the Juilliard School, where she studied on a full scholarship with Julian Martin. She received a Professional Studies Diploma from Mannes College of Music in 2005 under the guidance of Pavlina Dokovska, and is currently pursuing her Doctor of Musical Arts degree at SUNY at Stony Brook, where she studies with Gilbert Kalish.

Angelina's performances as a recitalist, chamber musician, and soloist with orchestra have taken her throughout the United States, Canada, France, Italy, Spain, and Ukraine. She has appeared as a soloist with the Fort Worth Chamber Orchestra, the Sinfonia of Colorado, the South Dakota Symphony, and the Oberlin Chamber Orchestra. Ms. Gadeliya’s recent performances include solo and chamber music recitals in such venues as Alice Tully Hall in NY, New York’s Steinway Hall, the Consulate of France, Klavier Haus, the Hungarian Consulate, the Museum of the City of New York; and at such festivals as the American Conservatory in Fontainebleau, France, the International Keyboard Institute in New York, the Beethoven Master Course in Positano, Italy, the Banff Centre for the Arts, the TCU/Cliburn Institute, and the Aspen and Bowdoin Music Festivals. An advocate of contemporary music, Angelina gave the US premier of Valentyn Sylvestrov’s Piano Quintet at the Ukrainian Institute in NY with the Rothko String Quartet in 2005. This past summer Angelina was a fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center where she had the opportunity to work with James Levine, Dawn Upshaw, and John Harbison. Angelina also enjoys playing the violin, which she studied extensively with Ray Sidoti.