Johannes Tentschert began his studies in Weimar and is now continuing them with Elisabeth Weber in Lübeck. The Berlin born violinist gained orchestral experience in the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie and in the academy of the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra. He is also an enthusiastic chamber musician.

Veronika Kahrer trained with Anke Schittenhelm in Graz and Rudens Turku in Feldkirch and now studies with Andreas Röhn in Hamburg. The violinist has gained orchestral experience in the European Union Youth Orchestra and as an academy member of the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra. She is also an enthusiastic chamber musician.

The scholarship is supported by Berliner Volksbank AG.

Yeunwoo Park began her bachelor's degree at the Berlin HfM with Tabea Zimmermann and is now continuing her studies with Walter Küssner. She has gained orchestral experience in numerous projects and festivals both in her native South Korea and in Berlin. She plays a Paolo Antonio Testore viola from 1749 from the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben.

The scholarship is supported by Bayer AG.

British musician Joon Hurh studied at the Yehudi Menuhin School, with Thomas Riebl in Salzburg and German Tcakulov in Munich. He is currently continuing his studies with Joaquín Riquelme at the Berlin UdK. A passionate chamber musician, he has performed at festivals like Gstaad Menuhin Festival, and was a member of the DSO Berlin academy Joon holds scholarships of Villa Musica Rheinland-Pfalz and Yehudi Menuhin Live Music Now.

Fabian Sturm completed his bachelor's degree at the Paris Conservatory with Jérôme Pernoo. For his master's degree, he is studying in Hamburg with Alexey Stadler. The Berlin cellist has won prizes at natoinal and international competitions and has been invited to numerous festivals. He is a scholarship holder of the German Foundation for Musical Life, “Live Music Now” and the German National Academic Foundation.

In the 2024/2025 season, the scholarship is supported by the Berlin Capital Club.

Yu-Ju Yen comes from Taiwan and studied in Salzburg with Clemens Hagen and in Hamburg with Sebastian Klinger. She gained orchestral experience with the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, the Camerata Salzburg, the German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern, and the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Canada. She is a prize winner of the Elise Meyer Foundation. 

Karla Wulff studies at the Berlin University of the Arts with Janne Saksala. She has played with the Royal Danish Orchestra and the Danish National Orchestra, among others. Karla has performed as a soloist with the North German Philharmonic Orchestra Rostock and the Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra Wernigerode. The Danish musician is supported by the Augustinus Fonden and Demant Fonden foundations.

Giorgio Bani first studied in Bergamo with Paola Bonora and is currently a master's student with Andreas Mäder at the University of the Arts Bremen. He has gained orchestral experience as a member of the Academy of the Magdeburg Philharmonic Orchestra.