Emma Tillu:
Emma Tillu is a classical pianist from Sweden. She has a Bachelor of Music in performance from the Royal College of Music in Stockholm followed by a Master of Music in Chamber Music performance from Scandinavia's top institution the Royal college of Music/Edsberg Manor. She was awarded the Gottfried Boon-scholarship by the Royal Music Academy of Sweden in 2004 and was a finalists in the national competition "Young and Promising" in 2003. Since her graduation in 2007, she has performed in concert houses around Sweden, at several chamber music festivals, and as a soloist with a number of orchestras. In 2008 she toured extensively in China with the trio "Stockholm Chamber Trio". Emma likes to collaborate with other art forms, she is the co-founder of the theatre company Theatreact and she regularly performs in theatre performances and dance performances, which has taken her around Europe, India and The United States. Since five years back Emma has her base in Mumbai where she is working as a freelance pianist and piano teacher. In 2015 she did her Mumbai debut as a soloist with the Symphony Orchestra of India under the baton of Piotr Borkowski at Prithvi Theatre and a year before that with the Bombay Chamber Orchestra performing two different Mozart concertos.
Tomasz Pajak:
Born in Poland in 1985, he began learning violin at the age of six. He graduated with Master’s degree with distinction from Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice and Royal Conservatory in Brussels. He was a member of orchestras such as the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra under Sir Simon Rattle and the Opera House in Wroclaw under Ewa Michnik. He was also a teacher at the Edward Said Conservatory of Music in Jerusalem and the Mehli Mehta Music Foundation in Mumbai founded by Zubin Mehta’s father. His artistic projects include a performance with the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra for Zubin Mehta’s 80th birthday celebration and a Memorial Concert presented by Zakir Hussain at the Prithvi Theatre. As a chamber music performer he undertook venues including Palais des Beaux Arts and Flagey Studio 4 in Brussels, he also participated in international festivals such as Contemporary Music Festival Warsaw Autumn and Idyllwild Arts in Los Angeles. He was a member of John Paul II Chamber Music Foundation and with his fellow musicians he was featured on the album Floor No. 4 that was released in Paris in May 2015. As a member of Duo Berkendal together with Magdalena Sas he performed across India and Europe at venues including the Art Chamber in Goa. Currently he is a violin teacher at Delhi Music Society and a violinist in residence at The Neemrana Music Foundation.