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Vocal Quartet Rock4 consists of four singers, each with their own style and background. Tenor Luc Devens is the dynamic lead singer, Lucas Blommers the clear classical tenor, Phillip Schröter the energetic percussionist/vocalist and Miklós Németh the solid, deep bass ensuring the group's perfect foundation. Rock4 has been performing very successfully in the Netherlands and Germany, but also throughout Europe and Asia. The singers won various competitions, such as the Vokal Total Festival in Graz and the Vox Populi Festival in Sankt Pölten. They also received America's CARA Award for Best Pop/Rock Cover for their adaptation of Alanis Morissette's “Uninvited." 

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

Nicolai Friedrich was born in 1976 in Offenbach am Main. He was fascinated by magic since he was a little child. Already in 1997 he was elected magician oft he year by the the magic circle of Germany. In 1998 he won the prestigious Siegfried & Roy »Sarmoti Award« in Las Vegas and was invited to performed at the world famous »Magic Castle« in Hollywood. In 2009 he was awarded best performer in the category »Mental Magic« at the »FISM World Championship of Magic in Bejing«. To comfort is mother Nicolai Friedrich went to university and is a certificated lawyer with additional master degree and works for a noted law firm in Frankfurt am Main. No doubt Nicolai Friedrich belongs to the most creative heads in modern magic. So it is no wonder that Magic superstar David Copperfield bought the exclusive US-TVrights for Nicolai Friedrichs effect »Mona Lisa’s smile«. Nicolai has fascinated Millions of people with his numerous TV show appearances and is succesfully touring with his solo show through Germany.