2026
Daniel Dastoor
Violin
Known for his musical sensitivity and inspired performances, violinist Daniel Dastoor has emerged as one of Canada’s leading young artists. A native of Montreal, Daniel is a winner of the Sylva Gelber Music Foundation Award, and won first and second prize at the Prix Ravel of the Écoles d’Art Américaines de
Fontainebleau. As part of the Rilian Trio, he won first prize, audience prize, and the commissioned work prize at the Trondheim International Chamber Music Competition, and first prize at the Ilmari Hannikainen International Piano Chamber Competition.
He has performed as soloist with the Calgary Philharmonic, Lethbridge Symphony, Richmond Symphony, and Jyväskylä Sinfonia, and was chosen as a 2023-2024 Performance Today Young Artist in Residence. Recent and upcoming appearances include the Montreal Chamber Music Festival, Ravinia Festival, Boston Chamber Music Society, in Shanghai at the Soundbox Fellowship Program as a faculty member, and in London at Wigmore Hall. With the Rilian Trio, Daniel is an Associate Artist in Residence at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel in Waterloo, Belgium.
A passionate chamber musician, Daniel has participated in the Ravinia Steans Institute, Perlman Music Program, Bowdoin Fellowship Program, Kneisel Hall, NAC Young Artist, Lunenburg, and Banff Centre festivals. Active in the musical scene, Daniel competed in the Joseph Joachim and Fischoff competitions, has participated in the IMS Prussia Cove Open Chamber Music and masterclass sessions, and has appeared at series including the Rockport Chamber Festival, Calgary Pro Musica, Copenhagen Summer Festival, the Trondheim Kammermusikkfestival, and the Montreal Chamber Music Festival.
Daniel studied with Donald Weilerstein at the New England Conservatory, completing a Graduate Diploma. Previously, he completed an Artist Diploma in Chamber Music at the San Francisco Conservatory, studying with Ian Swensen, and an Artist Diploma at the Glenn Gould School where he studied with Paul Kantor and Barry Shiffman as a Temerty Fellow. He also holds degrees in music from the Mount Royal Conservatory and the University of Calgary, and degrees in Computer Science from the University of Calgary and University of Toronto. Daniel performs on the 1700 Taft Stradivari violin, on
loan by the Canada Council for the Arts Musical Instrument Bank. He also performs on a 1950 Louis Henri Gillet bow, generously on loan from CANIMEX.
Eunha Kim
Violin
Born and raised in the Bay Area, California, Eunha Kim is a violinist driven by an enthusiasm for collaboration and community. Eunha was the 2024 winner of the NEC Boston Pops Concerto Competition, where she performed Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 2 as soloist with the Boston Pops Orchestra in Symphony Hall. She was winner of the Korean Young Artist Competition, and has graced stages including Carnegie Weill Hall and San Francisco’s Herbst Theater.
An avid chamber musician, Eunha’s Piano Trio was chosen as Juilliard’s Honours Chamber Music Ensemble. In addition to participating in the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Masterclass with Gilbert Kalish, they performed in halls including Paul Hall and Alice Tully Hall. During her time at NEC, her quartet won the 2021 NEC Honors Chamber Competition and performed a full recital in Jordan Hall. Her festival appearances include the Perlman Music Program Chamber Music Workshop, Écoles d'Art Américaines de Fontainebleau, Schiermonnikoog Festival,
Heifetz International Institute, and Kneisel Hall. Eunha has been mentored by Itzhak Perlman, Merry Peckham, Donald Weilerstein, Regis Pasquier, Shmuel Ashkenasi, and members of the Juilliard Quartet, Brentano Quartet, and Borromeo Quartet. She has performed alongside renowned artists such as Vivian Weilerstein, Merry Peckham, and Nicholas Kitchen. As a Teaching Artist for CMS Lincoln Center, Eunha shared her love of chamber music with elementary school students. She also actively performs throughout New York City communities through the Gluck Ensemble Community Engagement Program at Juilliard.
Eunha recently received a Master of Music at Juilliard studying with Areta Zhulla and Ron Copes. During the 2025-26 season, Eunha was chosen to be Concertmaster in the Juilliard Orchestra, in which she has led performances in spaces like Carnegie Hall and Alice Tully Hall. She received a Bachelor of Music at the New England Conservatory studying with Nicholas Kitchen. This fall, Eunha will pursue the Artist Diploma Program at the Glenn Gould School of The Royal Conservatory, studying with Barry Shiffman and Erika Raum. Growing up in a musical family, Eunha was trained by her father, violinist Byung Woo Kim. She has the honor of performing on his Georges Chanot, hoping to continue the legacy of
his artistry.
Lexie Krakowski
Cello
Lexie Jana Krakowski is a joyful, curious, Canadian cellist whose artistryreflects a lifelong love of performing and creative play. Originally fromVictoria, BC, she brings a spirit of imagination to the stage; rooted in achildhood spent inventing plays, circuses, restaurants, and talent shows,
from which a love of performance developed.
Krakowski has been recognized as one of Canada’s rising artists. Earning a
place on CBC’s “Classical 30 Under 30” list, she has performed as soloist
across the country with Symphony New Brunswick, the Oakville Chamber
Orchestra, and the Victoria Chamber Orchestra, where her performances
have been described as “youthfully vibrant, yet having the quality of an
old soul”.
A dynamic and collaborative musician, Krakowski has served as principal
cellist with the Royal Conservatory Orchestra and the National Youth
Orchestra of Canada, and has performed professionally with both the
Toronto Symphony Orchestra and the Victoria Symphony.
A passionate chamber musician, she has an equal appreciation for traditional and undiscovered repertoire, leading her to collaborations with the Grammy nominated ARC Ensemble and Kronos Quartet, as well as invitations to festivals such as Creative Dialogue (a contemporary music workshop founded by Kaija Saariaho, Magnus Lindberg, and Anssi Karttunen) and The Banff International String Quartet Festival.
Krakowski completed her Bachelor in Cello Performance at the Glenn Gould School in Toronto, under the tutelage of Hans Jørgen Jensen and Andrés Díaz. She now lives in Paris, where she continues her studies with Anssi Karttunen at the École Normale de Musique de Paris. Known for her open-hearted musicianship and infectious enthusiasm, Lexie is committed to creating meaningful musical experiences; bringing curiosity, imagination, and a sense of humanity to every stage she steps
onto.
Shyler Macaggi
Viola
Italian-born violist Shyler Macaggi is an adroit solo, chamber, and orchestral musician whose artistry has garnered international praise. At the age of 11, he began his musical studies at the Thurman White Academy of the Performing Arts, where he fell in love with the rich tone of the viola. Shyler is currently pursuing his Artist Diploma at the Royal Conservatory of Music under the tutelage of Steven Dann, where he previously received his bachelor degree in viola performance.
As a chamber musician, Shyler has had the privilege to perform alongside cellist Richard Lester (of the Florestan Trio), David Alberman (violinist of the Arditti Quartet), Timothy Chooi, and the Amici Ensemble. Deeply impassioned by music of “unknown” composers, Shyler has joined the
Grammy-nominated ARC Ensemble in premiering works by Ernst Kanitz, Miklos Rosza, and Arthur Wilner to name a few.
Shyler has led the viola sections of multiple orchestras such as The Royal Conservatory Orchestra and the National Youth Orchestra of Canada, the latter of which he was a laureate of the Award of Excellence. In 2024, Shyler was principal violist in the Royal Conservatory Orchestra’s Carnegie Hall debut. This summer, Shyler will be a teaching assistant at the Cyrus Tang Foundation Music Camp in Suzhou China, a camp aimed at reforming the Chinese music education system to include more collaboration. In the 2026-2027 Koerner Hall concert series, Shyler will be performing the Bartok Viola Concerto with the Royal Conservatory Orchestra, under the baton of Laura Jackson. To end the year, Shyler will join the ARC Ensemble in recordings of Arthur Wilner's chamber music and orchestral works.
Shyler currently plays on a 16th century viola by an unknown maker, loaned to him by Danny
Palm
Sabina Sandvoss
Cello
Sabina Sandvoss is a Canadian cellist recognized for her compelling musical voice and distinguished accomplishments as a soloist and chamber musician. Born into a musical family, she received her first cello at the age of four and has since pursued a deeply immersed musical life shaped by extensive concertgoing and a wide range of artistic influences. Sabina has appeared as a soloist with orchestra following major competition successes, leading to performances of Dvořák’s Cello Concerto and Tchaikovsky’s Variations on a Rococo Theme. She is also a winner of the Corcoran Concerto Competition at the Glenn Gould School and performed Bloch’s Schelomo: Rhapsodie Hébraïque with the Royal Conservatory Orchestra at Koerner Hall during the 2025–2026 season under the baton of Earl Lee.
In 2025, Sabina won First Prize at the Zara Nelsova Competition at the International Cello Festival of Canada. Sabina has been awarded both First (2025) and Second (2024) Prize in the Canada Council for the Arts’ Michael Measures Prize, recognizing her as one of the country’s most promising young classical musicians. The National Youth Orchestra of Canada will tour with
Sabina on the Elgar Cello Concerto during the 2026 Canadiana Tour. She has advanced to the provincial and national levels of both the Canadian Music Competition and the Calgary Performing Arts Festival on numerous occasions.
Sabina received her formative training in the Advanced Performance Program at the Mount Royal Conservatory, where she performed in masterclasses with leading cellists including Laurence Lesser, Gustav Rivinius, Colin Carr, Johannes Moser, Tanja Tetzlaff, and Melissa Kraut, among others.
She holds a Bachelor of Music (Honours) from the Glenn Gould School, where she studied with Hans Jørgen Jensen and Andrés Díaz, and is currently continuing her studies in the Artist Diploma Program under their guidance. She is a full scholarship recipient of The Temerty Foundation. Sabina received her early tutelage from her mother, cellist Beth Root Sandvoss, and performs on a cello handcrafted by her father, luthier Christopher Tilman Sandvoss.
Tilman Sandvoss
Viola & Artistic Director
Tilman Sandvoss is a Canadian violist recognized for his luscious tone, profound musicality & artistic curiosity. Equally at home as a soloist, chamber & orchestral musician, he has appeared in major concert halls around North America & Europe including Carnegie Hall, Tonhalle Zurich, Koerner Hall, Bella Concert Hall, & the Stadtcasino Basel.
Tilman has worked closely with some of today’s most distinguished violists & pedagogues, including Tabea Zimmermann, Lawrence Power, Kim Kashkashian, Antoine Tamestit & Maxim Rysanov.
Tilman has performed alongside members of the Eroica, Chiaroscuro, Chilingirian & the Arditti Quartets, and has soloed with the Kensington Sinfonia and Sinfonieorchester Basel. These collaborations reflect his engagement with historically informed performance, as well as contemporary repertoire – leading him to commission, collaborate with & perform works by composers including Vincent Ho, Peter Jancewicz, Brian Current, Jörg Widmann, Julian Anderson & Huw Watkins.
Tilman has performed and participated in international festivals including the Festival Academy Budapest, the Domaine Forget Academy and its Chamber Music Intensive program, the IMS at Prussia Cove, Schiermonnikoog Festival, Goslar Internationale Konzertarbeitschwochen and programs at the Stauffer Center.
Tilman is the founder & artistic director of Chisel Creek Classical, an international chamber music festival in Western Canada that brings together a new generation of leading artists from around the world to teach & perform over a two week period.
Tilman received his Bachelor of Music (Honours) Degree from The Glenn Gould School with Steven Dann and is currently completing his Master Degree at the Hochschule für Musik Basel with Silvia Simionescu. He performs on a viola made by his father, Christopher Sandvoss.