作为2022年罗马尼亚管弦乐团指挥比赛获奖者，司徒健是一位多才多艺、前程远大的年轻指挥，以充满活力的指挥风格而广受赞誉。司徒健随布拉索夫爱乐乐团首次亮相于欧洲。他的演出足迹遍布亚洲、北美和欧洲各地，合作对象包括布拉索夫爱乐乐团、博胡斯拉夫·马尔蒂努爱乐乐团、MÁV交响乐团、罗马尼亚青年乐团、卡布里洛节日乐团、香港中乐团和澳门中乐团等。

司徒健驻美国期间曾积极担任音乐总监、客座指挥、助理指挥和替补指挥等不同职务。他曾被任命为世界著名的辛辛那提交响乐团指挥研究员和辛辛那提青年管弦乐团助理指挥，并与查尔斯顿交响乐团、里诺室内乐团、南手指湖管弦乐团、辛辛那提青年管弦乐团和卡尤加室内乐团青年管弦乐团等多个乐团有过合作。作为一名教育工作者，司徒健协助建立了两个大学乐团，包括2018年成立的康奈尔公开交响乐团和2013年成立的香港大学学生会中乐团。他在前者担任首季的联合总监，在后者担任艺术总监兼首席指挥。

作为一名全能音乐家，司徒健在中国传统乐器二胡的专业演奏方面有着卓越的成就。2011年，他被香港中乐团录取，成为乐团中最年轻的乐师。他一直担任此职至2016年，之后便开始了自己的指挥生涯。

在Mark Gibson的指导下，司徒健以全额奖学金获得辛辛那提大学音乐学院管弦乐指挥专业音乐艺术博士学位。在此之前，他在纽约州伊萨卡学院获得硕士学位，师从Octavio Mas-Arocas博士。本乐季，司徒健携手香港非凡美乐，成功指挥了比才歌剧《卡门》。他近期还被任命为香港竹韵小集乐团的助理指挥。此外，司徒健将于今年夏天作为指挥研究员出席卡布里洛当代音乐节。司徒健的双重音乐能力突出，是一位卓越的多面音乐家。凭借独特且非凡的音乐才能，中西方管弦乐环境中的指挥和演奏他都能信手拈来。2024年秋季开始，他加入天津茱莉亚学院担任预科部管弦乐团指挥。

Prize winner of the 2022 Orchestra’s Conductor Competition in Romania, Kin Szeto is a versatile and promising young conductor praised for his dynamic conducting. Szeto made his European debut with the Brasov Philharmonic. He has worked with the Brasov Philharmonic, Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic Orchestra, Máv Symphony Orchestra, Romanian Youth Orchestra, Cabrillo Festival Orchestra, Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, and Macao Chinese Orchestra.

In the United States, Szeto actively held different positions as music director, guest conductor, assistant conductor, and cover conductor. He was previously appointed the Conducting Fellow of the world-renowned Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and the assistant conductor of the Cincinnati Orchestra Youth Orchestra and has collaborated with various ensembles such as the Charleston Symphony, Reno Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes, Cincinnati Symphony Youth Orchestra, and Cayuga Chamber Orchestra Youth Orchestra. As an educator, Szeto assisted in establishing two collegiate ensembles, including the Cornell Open Orchestra in 2018, where he was the co-director of their inaugural season, and the Hong Kong University Student Union Chinese Orchestra serving as their artistic director and principal conductor in 2013.

Szeto has another distinguished career as an Erhu performer. He was recruited as the youngest musician of the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra in 2011 and held the position until 2016 before pursuing his conducting career. Szeto collaborated with the composition department at the University of Missouri Kansas City in 2023, giving lectures and premiering 11 new works for Erhu.

Szeto obtained his Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Orchestral Conducting at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) with a full scholarship under the mentorship of Mark Gibson. Prior to that, he received a master's degree under the guidance of Dr. Octavio Mas-Arocas at Ithaca College, NY. This season, Szeto conducted Bizet’s Carmen with Musica Viva (Hong Kong) and was recently appointed the assistant conductor of the Hong Kong Windpipe Chinese music. Szeto will appear at the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music as a Conducting Fellow this summer. He joins the Tianjin Juilliard Pre-College in fall 2024 as orchestra conductor.

何思昊，旅美青年大提琴家，2020音乐季加入纽约林肯中心室内乐协会，成为此世界最具影响力的室内乐精英团体的一员。他曾被享誉全球的大提琴家林恩·哈雷尔这样赞誉道：“他能打造启迪和鼓舞人心的音乐画面，赋予音乐思想新的生命和意义，他的演奏与大提琴融为一体，浑然天成”。

多年来，何思昊在国内外众多比赛中取得了重大成就，包括2019年获得第68届慕尼黑ARD国际音乐大赛第三名。2017年5月在第一届伊丽莎白国际大提琴比赛中获奖。2013年11月获得第三届加斯帕尔·卡萨多国际大提琴比赛第一名，成为史上首位参加此项比赛即成功闯入决赛，并一举夺得第一名的中国人，受到世界最权威的音乐杂志之一《Strad》的高度评价。作为比赛金奖获得者，在2014年7月他赴日本东京、京都、名古屋、八王子进行了四场独奏音乐会，受到了极高的赞誉：“他有着极高的天赋，音乐感觉与技术如同魔法一般”。 2013年4月，他囊获美国弦乐教师协会2013年全美弦乐独奏比赛评委会最大特别奖（包括小、中、大、低音提琴、竖琴与吉他）以及大提琴组第一名。2011年4月获得第二届上海音乐学院附中钢琴管弦乐器协奏曲比赛一等奖。2009年5月获得第六届柴可夫斯基国际青少年音乐比赛大提琴组第四名。2009年8月获得第十三届加拿大晨兴音乐桥室内乐比赛第一名。2008年4月荣获第六届VC杯全国专业青少年大提琴比赛少年一组第一名。2008年7月，获得第十二届加拿大晨兴音乐桥协奏曲比赛第二名（包含小提琴、中提琴、大提琴、钢琴四种乐器）。2006年10月，获得第六届扬尼格罗国际大提琴比赛B组（20岁以下）第一名。

作为独奏家，何思昊曾与世界各地的许多乐团合作演出，其中包括徳国巴伐利亚广播交响乐团、东京爱乐乐团、比利时交响乐团、慕尼黑卡默罗切斯特室内乐团、巴西圣保罗交响乐团、厦门爱乐乐团等合作并受到好评。2015年6月，他与小提琴家艾米·施瓦兹·莫雷蒂一起为美国最高法院历史协会表演。2017年，他在大都会艺术博物馆进行了表演。

在繁忙的独奏演出之余，何思昊还致力于室内乐演奏的发展。2021年，他成立的盖尔文大提琴四重奏在组建11天后就赢得了Fischoff 国际室内乐比赛的第二名，也是该比赛历史上第一组获奖的大提琴四重奏。2022年在“美国音乐艺术家协会”比赛中获得冠军，加入协会成为签约艺术家，之后在美国与加拿大各个音乐会举办系列演出。2008年，他加入Simply Quartet。2009年9月，赴维也纳参加欧盟室内乐学院，成为中国历史上首位获得此殊荣进入ECMA学习的年轻四重奏组，并在奥地利城市Grossraming及Steyr公开演出。2009年12月，获得上海音乐学院室内乐周暨2009海顿年室内乐友谊邀请赛四重奏组第一名。2011年9月，获得北京国际音乐比赛—弦乐四重奏比赛最具潜力奖。他曾受邀参加了众多国际音乐节，包括美国Menlo室内乐音乐节，Meadowmount音乐节，Bravo! Vail音乐节，阿斯彭音乐节以及意大利罗马室内乐音乐节，并在Meadowmount与Menlo室内乐音乐节执教。

何思昊从十岁开始跟随启蒙老师倪世宏学习大提琴。次年，以专业第一名的成绩考入上海音乐学院附小，师从刘美娟教授，直至从上海音乐学院附中高中毕业。2012年8月，他以全额奖学金考入美国默赛尔大学罗伯特·麦克达菲弦乐中心，师从著名大提琴教育家汉斯·约根·詹森与著名演奏家朱莉·阿尔伯斯。2016年8月，以全额奖学金考入美国芝加哥西北大学硕士专业。他目前在西北大学Bienen音乐学院跟随汉斯·约根·詹森以全额奖学金身份攻读博士学位，并在默赛尔大学罗伯特·麦克达菲弦乐中心担任常驻教师。

何思昊于2024年8月成为上海四重奏的成员并加入天津茱莉亚学院担任常驻教师。

Cellist Sihao He first came into international prominence in 2008 as a 14-year-old cellist winning first prize at the International Antonio Janigro Cello Competition in Croatia. Later that same year, he won the National Cello Competition in China. He is also the Grand Prize winner of the prestigious 3rd Gaspar Cassadó International Cello Competition in Japan, a laureate of the Queen Elizabeth International Cello Competition International and Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians. In 2019, he won 3rd prize in Munich’s ARD International Music Competition.

He has appeared in numerous concerts both as a soloist with leading orchestras and in recitals. After winning the Grand Prize at the 3rd Gaspar Cassado Competition, he performed a recital tour in Japan and China. As a soloist, He has performed with many leading orchestras including the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Munich Radio Orchestra, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Brussels Philharmonic, Münchener Kammerorchester, Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie, Orquestra Sinfônica de Piracicaba in Brazil, and the Xiamen Philharmonic Orchestra in China.

As a chamber musician, he has appeared at Music@Menlo, Bravo!Vail, Meadowmount School of Music and Rome Chamber Music Festival. As a member of the Galvin Cello Quartet, he won the 2022 Victor Elmaleh Competition and joined the Concert Artists Guild roster. Before coming to the US, his string quartet, Simply Quartet, won first prize at the Haydn Invitational Chamber Music Competition in Shanghai, China and was awarded “The Most Promising Young String Quartet” at the 4th Beijing International Chamber Music Competition.He is a member of the prestigious Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s Bowers Program (formerly CMS Two).

Born in Shanghai, China, Sihao He holds a bachelor's degree from the Robert McDuffie Center for Strings at Mercer University where he studied with Hans Jørgen Jensenand Julie Albers, and and holds a master's degree from the Bienen School of Music at Northwestern University where he pursues his DMA under Hans Jørgen Jensen. He also serves as a faculty member at the Robert McDuffie Center for Strings at Mercer University.

He is the newest member of the renowned Shanghai Quartet and is a full-time faculty member at The Tianjin Juilliard School.

青心室内乐团成立于2021年，主要由天津茱莉亚和纽约茱莉亚学院杰出校友组成。通过持续策划并呈现高质量且具有创新性的艺术演出，青心不仅立志成为国际一流乐团，更希望成为年轻艺术家的筑梦基地。

自首个音乐季以来，青心已在国内举办了上百场演出及活动，并与天津茱莉亚学院、国家大剧院等知名机构开展了深度合作。2023-2024演出亮点包括夏季达沃斯开幕及闭幕式、纪念中美建交45周年招待会演出，国家大剧院“五月音乐节”开幕式。

2024-2025乐季，青心将带来“民族音画”音乐季，致敬古典音乐中的民族元素并赞颂具有前瞻性的艺术表达。乐团将演绎作曲家雅纳切克、皮亚佐拉和巴托克的作品，世界首演由作曲家尼科洛·安森创作的乐团委约作品《思乡之歌》，并携手大提琴家何思昊及圆号演奏家韩小光带来合作演出，共同谱写艺术长青。

遵循艺术家引领社会的理念，乐团艺术家在追求艺术卓越的同时，不断致力于音乐教育与社区公益。青心室内乐团精心打造“教育音乐会”系列，于天津大学、滨海新区图书馆开展系列艺术讲座，进一步传播古典音乐与艺术之美。

Founded in 2021, the QingXin Ensemble (QXE) is a self-governing, professional chamber music ensemble in China comprised of graduates from Tianjin Juilliard and New York Juilliard, all united by an unwavering passion for the transformative power of music.

Since the inaugural season, QXE has organized more than 100 performances and events across the country, and developed in-depth cooperation with prestigious organizations such as The Tianjin Juilliard School and the National Centre for the Performing Arts.

QXE is committed to community-building through musical sharing and to delivering the highest caliber performances. Highlights of the 2023-24 season include featured performances at the Summer Davos opening and closing ceremonies, and the opening concert of the May Festival at the National Centre for the Performing Arts, as well as over 50 concerts and community outreach lecture-performances.

In the 2024-25 season entitled "Global Tapestry: Folk Sounds", QXE has adeptly selected repertoire to honor ethnic influences in classical music and celebrate innovative artistic expressions. Opening the season with a program of Janáček, Piazzolla and Bartók, QXE infuses imagination of the world’s exotic sounds with youthful dynamism into their performance. Other season highlights include collaborations with Tianjin Juilliard faculty Sihao He in Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto, and Xiaoguang Han in Britten’s Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, as well as a new commission by Niccolo Athens titled Songs of Homesickness.