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Pia is a passionate movement enthusiast, world traveler, and people person. She lives in Berlin and feels at home anywhere in the world. For over 15 years, she has worked as a licensed fitness and mental health coach, guiding people on their journey to a happier, healthier, and more balanced life. Through her initiative, Victorious Visions, Pia offers inspiring workshops, hands-on training, and engaging talks. Her topics range from personal development and communication to self-care. She places special emphasis on motivation, inspiration, and the development of clear goals and actionable strategies that are practical and sustainable in everyday life. Pia is also the author of the book "Aloha allerseits", in which she shares inspiring stories and experiences from her dynamic life. This work invites readers to reflect and experiment with themselves, reflecting her philosophy of maintaining calm in a turbulent world and living with cheerful serenity. With her open and warm nature, Pia creates spaces for personal growth and authentic connections, both in private and professional settings. She follows joy and inspires others to do the same.

Maria Priczkat is an experienced yoga and meditation teacher with extensive training in Hatha, Vinyasa, Yin, and Yoga Nidra. She has completed more than 600 hours of training, along with numerous advanced courses in mindfulness and stress management. Her approach combines physical practice with deep inner work, focusing on nervous system regulation and the cultivation of mental clarity. With her expertise in stress and trauma work, she helps her students release physical blockages and find mental calm. Maria works both in group settings and one-on-one, offering a practical and grounded approach aimed at sustainable transformation. Her courses and workshops go beyond physical exercise—they are about fostering a deeper connection to oneself. She lives in Berlin and regularly teaches yoga and meditation to those seeking greater balance and inner peace.

Sarah Jegelka is a versatile artist, intuitive healer, and inspirer who accompanies countless individuals on their journey toward inner peace, balance, and renewed vitality. Through a unique combination of yoga, meditation, hypnosis, sound healing, and energy work, she supports people in aligning body, mind, and soul. Her journey began during her training as a professional dancer in classical ballet and modern dance. Captivated by the philosophy of yoga and the depth it brought to her movement, she discovered the healing connection between body, mind, and spirit. Building on this foundation, she developed her own transformative approach over many years, blending elements of hypnotherapy, sound healing, energy work, and modern mindfulness practices. As a certified hypnotherapist with pronounced clairvoyant abilities, Sarah possesses deep knowledge in the fields of energy medicine and human consciousness. She guides people through profound transformational processes to heal old wounds, release inherited patterns, and invite wisdom and inner healing. Her work is characterized by empathy, calmness, and a fine sensitivity to individual needs. As part of the ŌHIA team, Sarah brings her expertise in yoga, mindfulness, and healing practices to retreats, workshops, and one-on-one sessions. On board the MS Europa, she invites participants to reconnect with their inner strength through mindful movement, deep relaxation, and gentle healing modalities.

Xavier de Maistre is one of the leading harpists of today and a deeply creative musician. As a passionate advocate for his instrument, he has expanded the harp repertoire and commissioned new works from composers. He also creates transcriptions of significant instrumental repertoire. He is regularly invited by top-tier orchestras from around the world and has appeared at many prestigious festivals, including the Rheingau Festival, Salzburg Festival, Vienna Festival Weeks, Verbier, Budapest Spring Festival, Würzburg Mozart Festival, and Mostly Mozart in New York. De Maistre has been an exclusive artist with Sony Music since 2008. Recent releases include, among others, a DVD with Diana Damrau, his transcription of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 19 in F Major, K. 459, with the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg conducted by Ivor Bolton, Moldau (2015), and La Harpe Reine (2016). Born in Toulon, the artist studied harp with Vassilia Briano at the local conservatory and honed his technique with Catherine Michel and Jacqueline Borot in Paris. He also studied at Sciences-Po Paris and the London School of Economics. In 1998, de Maistre won first prize (along with two performance prizes) at the prestigious USA International Harp Competition (Bloomington) and, in the same year, became the first French musician to join the Vienna Philharmonic. Since 2001, he has been teaching at the Hamburg University of Music.

Magali Mosnier has been Section Principal at the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France since 2003. After she won the Rampal Competition in Paris (2001) and she was awarded the First Prize and the Audience Prize at the prestigious Munich ARD competition (2004), Magali Mosnier has established herself as one of the most exciting and sought after flautists worldwide. In 2006 she was awarded the German Klassiche Echo for Most Promising Artist and nominated twice for Soloist of the Year at the french Victoires de la Musique Classique in 2016 and 2020. As a soloist, Magali Mosnier has recorded four albums for Sony Classical: Fantaisie, Bach, Mozart and Mozart double concerto with Xavier De Maistre. She also contributed to several chamber music recordings dedicated to Ravel, Dutilleux, Jacques Lenot, Laurent Lefrançois... and recently the Debussy Sonata together with Xavier De Maistre and Antoine Tamestit for Harmonia Mundi (2018). Alongside her activities as a performer, Magali has always been involved in teaching and transmission. After two years at the HEMU Lausanne, she has been a professor at the CRR de Paris for eight years. She also regularly gives masterclasses worldwide and participates in juries for prestigious competitions such as the ARD in Munich or the Geneva Competition. Magali Mosnier is represented by Konzertdirektion Dr. Rudolf Goette Hamburg.

Eric Le Sage was born in Aix-en-Provence and completed his studies at the CNSM (most famous music school in France) in Paris at a young age. He has won several international competitions and is currently a professor at the Hochschule für Musik in Freiburg. His musical career is marked by a deep commitment to classical music and chamber music, and his performances are hailed for their subtlety, intelligence, and poetry. Internationally renowned French pianist, acclaimed for his poetic, deep and subtle playing that reflects an authentic and generous personality. From the age of 20, he was praised by the Financial Times as a cultivated disciple of the great French tradition of the Schumann piano. In 2010, Eric Le Sage made a full recording of Schumann’s piano music, which was described as "sensational" by the German daily Die Zeit. He has received many prestigious awards, including the German Record Review Award of the Year and the Choc de l'Année Classica for this complete work. He has also won awards for his recording with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. He has recorded many critically acclaimed albums, including piano chamber music integrals by composers such as Poulenc, Fauré and Brahms. In 2022, his recording of Mozart’s concertos with the Gävle Symphony Orchestra received international acclaim

Lily Dahab, baptized by the german press as „the one who kisses with her voice“ (Badische Neueste Nachrichten), born and grown up in Buenos Aires where she did her studies, then continues her professional Musical Theatre career in Madrid and Barcelona. She is drawn to roles portraying strong women, like Grizabella in “Cats”, Belle in “Beauty and the Beast”, or Esmeralda in “The Hunchback of Notre Dame”. Together with her partner, pianist Prof. Bene Aperdannier, she now begins to realise her very own artistic visions. Over 300 concerts later the argentinian singer is no longer indispensable from the world jazz music scene.
Her debut album “nómade” was nominated for “best world music album” by the "german critic association" (Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik) and the “Echo Jazz”. Lily was selected among hundreds of projects and bands by the German Parlament ́s artist support, “Initiative Musik”, which supported “Huellas”, her second album, chosen as “CD of the week” by the national german radios SWR and MDR. Lily ́s band was programmed in prestigious international jazz festivals together with such artists as Al di Meola, Toots Thielemans or Till Brönner. “Bajo un mismo cielo”, her new album was supported by the city of Hamburg, also selected as “CD of the week” by national radios SWR and MDR and is a moving plea for common creativity containing musical treasures from 7 decades.

JB FineArts was founded in 2012 by Jessica Bauer in Hamburg, after having worked for almost 15 years in various fields of the international art market. Following her studies in history of art at the University of London and Florence, she completed a graduate trainee program at Sotheby’s auction house. Jessica then went on to work in New York, not only in the big auction houses, but also in a well known gallery, where she collected varied experience. Contacts to artists were made at this time already, and were quite useful when it came to setting up her own gallery. The discovery and promotion of young international artists, but also some regional talents, is the main focus.

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Coming from a family of art dealers, Jessica Bauer left for England right after school. After studying History of Art at the University of London and also in Florence, she did a Graduate Trainee Program at Sotheby’s auction house. Following this, she was working in the art world in New York for several years, not only at auction houses, but also at some of the big galleries. Several contacts with artists were made at this time, which would be helpful later in building her own gallery. The main focus lies on sourcing and promoting international artists with a special quality, but also discovering local talents. Her own passion for the wonders of nature and traveling are also being reflected in her exhibitions.