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Marino Yagira (violin)
 
Born in Izumo City, Shimane Prefecture. After graduating from Kyoto City University of Arts, she graduated from the Graduate School of Music with a Master's degree in instrumental music (strings) at the top of her class. She has received numerous awards, including the Excellence Award at the 16th Kobe International Music Competition. She performed Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto with the Nakaumi Symphony Orchestra. The following year, she held a recital in Matsue.
He was a member of Yutaka Sado's Super Kids Orchestra for three years and appeared in the musical "Untitled Concert."
Former contract member of the Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra.

Saya Ikeda (violin)

After graduating from Kyoto Horikawa Music High School, he studied at Kyoto City University of Arts and completed a master's degree in string music at the University of the Arts Graz, Austria.
Selected for the string instrument category at the 14th Osaka International Music Competition, second place at the 20th Kumagusu no Sato Music Competition, Encouragement Award in the string instrument category at the 16th Japan Performers Competition, and first place at the 4th King's Peak International Music Competition.
She studied violin under the late Naomi Ishida, Reiko Tachibana, the late Nobuo Wakabayashi, Akiko Ikegawa, Takashi Izumihara, and Eszter Haffner.

Sao Goto (Viola)

Born in Yamaguchi City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. Started playing the violin at the age of 3. Graduated from Kyoto Horikawa Music High School and Kyoto City University of Arts, Faculty of Music, majoring in strings.
She has studied violin under Shizuko Ishii, Kazuyo Kimura, Sonoko Numata, and Takashi Izumihara.
Currently, he performs in a wide range of genres, including orchestras, chamber music, pop, contemporary music, and performing arts, mainly in the Kansai region, and also teaches the next generation of musicians.

Yuuta Kawada (cello)

He started self-studying the cello at the age of 19. In March 2013, he graduated from the Faculty of Music at Kyoto City University of Arts.
During his time at the university, he participated in many music festivals and seminars, including the Seiji Ozawa Music Academy, the Kyoto Relay Music Festival, and Phoenix OSAQA (JSQ lecturer), and took a master class with Francois Salcques.
In addition to guest performing with and teaching professional orchestras, he is also actively involved in planning chamber music and outreach concerts. In recent years, he has expanded his activities to include string arranging.
He has studied under Professors Yutaka Hayashi, Kazutaka Amada, and Noboru Kamimura.