The pianist Michail Lifits comes from the Uzbek capital Tashkent, but from the age of sixteen he has been living in Hamburg, Germany, where he studied piano at the Hochschule für Musik. Later, he furthered his training at the International Piano Academy in Imola, Italy. He made his public debut at age 13 in Sergei Rachmaninoff’s exceptionally difficult Piano Concerto No. 2. He has won a remarkable number of prizes at international competitions, the highpoint coming in 2009 with first prize at the prestigious Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition in Bolzano. He has given solo recitals at Carnegie Hall and the Lincoln Center (New York), the Auditorium du Louvre (Paris), the Teatro della Pergola (Florence), NCPA (Beijing), the Tonhalle (Zurich), Wigmore Hall (London), and the Sala Verdi (Milan). He makes regular guest appearances at international festivals in France, Germany, Poland, Italy, and the United States. Since 2011, he has been recording for the prestigious Decca label. In particular, his album of piano music by W. A. Mozart, issued in 2012, has been highly acclaimed. His interpretations of the music of the Salzburg master have been compared to those of the legendary pianist Wilhelm Kempff.

The American violinist Gil Shaham belongs to the absolute elite of the world in his field, having won his outstanding renown thanks to a combination of flawless technique and ardent, intelligent expression. He began studying violin at the age of seven and only three years later debuted as soloist under the baton of Zubin Mehta with the Israel Philharmonic. His formal training included study at several music schools in succession, including the famous Juilliard School in New York. He has performed with practically all the world's most important orchestras and recorded more than thirty albums, among them the most important violin concertos (including Vivaldi's The Four Seasons) and Bach's sonatas and partitas for unaccompanied violin. Many prestigious international honours have been bestowed on him, including a Grammy Award. Shaham performed for Prague audiences with great success already in 2009 and 2015 in concerts of the Strings of Autumn Festival. He plays one of the most precious instruments by Antonio Stradivari, the 'Comtesse de Polignac' from 1699.