Alexei Melnikov graduated from the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory, where he studied under Sergei Dorensky and his assistants – Nikolai Lugansky, Pavel Nersessian and Andrei Pisarev. In 2010 he won 2nd prize at the International Piano Competition in memory of Vera Lotar-Shevchenko in Novosibirsk, in 2014 he took 1st prize and several special prizes at the San Marino International Piano Competition, and in 2015 he won 3rd prize at the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition (Japan). In 2017 he was a prize-winner at the Manhattan International Music Competition and gave a recital at Carnegie Hall in New York. In 2018 he received a prize from the Neva Foundation at the Verbier Music Academy and Festival. In 2019 he took 3rd prize at the International Tchaikovsky Competition (Moscow – St Petersburg). He has given recitals at the Concert Hall of the Mariinsky Theatre, the Salle Cortot in Paris, the Bunka Kaikan concert hall in Tokyo, the Žofín Palace in Prague, the Teatro La Fenice in Venice and the Grand Hall of the Moscow Conservatory as well as at other venues throughout Russia, Germany, Italy, France, Japan, Poland, the USA, Spain, Belgium and Vietnam. Has taken part in the International Chamber Music Festival in Cervo (Italy), the Animato music festival in Paris and the Moscow International H. Neuhaus Festival of Young Pianists.

Arseny Shuplyakov was born in Leningrad. He graduated from the St Petersburg Conservatory (percussion class of Sergei Antoshkin, conducting class of Vladimir Altschuler). Since 2016 he has been a conductor of the Mariinsky Stage Wind Band and guest conductor of the Mariinsky Theatre. As a conductor he has performed with the Mariinsky Orchestra, the St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra the Tatarstan National Symphony Orchestra and the Symphony Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre’s branch in the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania. His ballet repertory at the Mariinsky also includes Romeo and Juliet, Don Quixote, Sylvia, Shurale, Diamonds, The Legend of Love, The Rite of Spring, Les Noces, Petrouchka, Leningrad Symphony, L’Après-midi d’un faune, Marguerite and Armand, Le Spectre de la rose, The Firebird, Apollo, Symphony in C, Le Parc, Carmen Suite, Pierrot lunaire, Le Jeune Homme et la Mort, Clay, Daphnis et Chloé and others.

Ivan Rudin, conductor and pianist, studied in Gnessin Music School at Piano Department with Professor Tatiana Zelickman. He graduated from the Tchaikovsky Moscow Conservatoire (classes of Lev Naumov and Sergey Dorensky). In 2018, he entered St Petersburg Conservatory to study conducting with Professor Vladimir Altschuler. Ivan Rudin embarked on his professional career in the tender age of 11 It was then that he made his debut with a symphony orchestra. He has collaborated with symphony and chamber orchestras, such as Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra, State Symphony Orchestra Novaya Rossiya and others. He has performed with such musicians as Natalia Gutman, Vladimir Kraynev, Eduard Brunner, Ysaye Quartet, Alexander Rudin, and others. He performs on a regular basis at greatest venues and festivals both as solo artist, or with best symphony or chamber orchestras. In 2011, he founded International Music Festival “Ars Longa”. Over the years, the festival evolved into one of the large scale events that take place in Moscow and Russian regions. In the summer of 2017, Ivan Rudin was appointed art director of Moscow State Symphony Orchestra.n 2020, Rudin is a laureate of Moscow Prize in the field of music. From 2017 on, Rudin is a member of the Public Council of The Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation. He is a member of Expert Council of the Presidential Foundation for Cultural Initiatives. He successfully combines touring and organizing and producing of large scale culture and educational projects.

The Moscow State Symphony Orchestra (MGSO) was founded in 1989 as the only symphony orchestra in the world that devotes a significant part of its concert activity to the musical and aesthetic education of the younger generation.In the span of 2017 – 2022, the Moscow State Symphony Orchestra was one of the most rapidly developing symphony collectives here in this country; it made its way to the greatest festivals and culture projects on the best Russian concert venues. The ensemble's repertoire includes masterpieces of Russian and foreign classics, works by contemporary composers.The orchestra successfully performed in Italy, Spain, Germany, Bulgaria, Turkey, China, Korea, successfully tours the cities of Russia. The orchestra is a regular participant of the annual international music festival ArsLonga (main and regional programs) and the International Grand Prix Competition "Golden Talents", regularly holds concerts with young soloists - winners and laureates of prestigious all-Russian and international competitions.