Tsukushi Mitsuda is a pianist graduating from the Royal Northern College of Music, supported by the FW Wright Piano Scholarship. She has studied with Mayumi Inaba, Yoshiko Onishi, Jeremy Carter and Sally Ann Macleod. She has given solo and duo recitals at venues including Pitville Pump Room and Cheltenham Town Hall, and performed Saint-Saëns Carnival of the Animals with the Haffner Orchestra in June 2026.

Sophie Iliaifar is an American-Iranian mezzo-soprano and Royal Northern College of Music graduate. She has performed in RNCM opera choruses including Le Nozze di Figaro, Die Fledermaus and The Snow Maiden, and appeared in Bernstein’s Mass at the Bridgewater Hall.

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