Since winning First Prize at the International Antonio Janigro Cello Competition, cellist Trey Lee has  been  making a sensation across continents. Hailed "a Miracle"  by Gramophone and "a Master  of subtle transition" by The Strad, Lee enthralls audiences with  his virtuoso playing  that  combines intellectual sophistication with  emotional depth and  sensitivity. Lee's orchestral debut at Carnegie Hall won him  a standing ovation with  critic Anthony Tommasini from  the New York Times declaring him "the  excellent cellist... with  enveloping richness and lyrical sensitivity." In his collaboration with  the Netherlands Philharmonic at the  Royal  Concertgebouw Hall, Lee
again received a standing ovation with  the critics praising  him a "Star Musician."

Most recently, Lee has been  invited by United  Nations  Secretary General Ban-Ki Moon  to perform as a soloist alongside soprano Sumi  Jo in a special concert this November for the  UN General Assembly  under Maestros Tan Dun  and  Lu Jia. In May 2010,  together with  Finland's Avanti! under maestro Dmitri  Slobodeniouk, Lee made  the  world  premieres of Kirmo  Lintinen's Cello Concerto and Liping Wang/Chaoming Tung's  "Dream of the Red Chamber," both  commissioned for Lee. Other recent engagements include invitation from  Israel  Symphony, Philharmonic Orchestra Theater Lubeck, Neubrandenburg Philharmonic, Romanian Radio Chamber Orchestra, Macao Orchestra, and Kuhmo Festival.

Within the  last few years,  Lee has  worked with  esteemed conductors and  composers such  as Bright  Sheng,  Osmo Vanska,  Jun  Markl  and Paul Daniel.  He has appeared at prestigious venues and  with  major  orchestras including the  Philharmonics of China, Hong Kong, the  Netherlands, Neue Westfalen, Slovenia, the Northern Sinfornia, the Zagreb Soloists, amongst others.

In the  area  of contemporary music,  Finland's largest newspaper, the  Helsingin Sanomat, declared that  "Trey Lee has great talent for understanding the language of modern music,  its gestures and meanings." In 2009,  Italy's  most influential newspaper, Il Corriere Della Sera, heralded Lee as one of Greater China's four classical music "Golden Boys & Girls" along with pianists  Lang Lang, Yundi Li, and Yujia Wang.
Currently based  in Berlin,  Lee has been  featured by major  media  including the  Financial Times and  CNN. He was also the  focus of the  acclaimed documentaries "Outstanding Young Chinese Musicians" by Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK), and "Music Life" by China's CCTV. Throughout his musical  career,  Lee has been  influenced by cellists Frans Helmerson, Laurence Lesser, Bernard Greenhouse, and Ardyth Alton.

Alexander Liebreich  is hailed  as one of the  most exciting  musicians and  a pioneer in a new  generation of conductors.  Having won  the Kondraschin Conducting Competition in 1996,  he  was appointed assistant to Edo de Waart  at the Radio Filharmonisch Orkest-Holland. Following this, Alexander Liebreich  was invited to appear as guest conductor with  many prestigious orchestras including the  Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the  Orchestre National de Belgique,  the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Auckland Philharmonia, the  Radio Sinfonieorchester Berlin,  and  the  Munich Philharmonic. He has performed with  distinguished soloists such as Lisa Batiashvili, Frank
Peter  Zimmermann, and  Maxim  Vengerov. In recent years,  he  has  made  his debuts with  the Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Bamberg  Symphony, Dresden Philharmonic, and Osaka Philharmonic.

Aside from his concerts and opera  productions, Alexander Liebreich  has established a reputation through his extraordinary initiative in pursuing unusual projects. In 2002  he visited  North  and South Korea  together with  the  Junge Deutsche Philharmonie where they  gave the  first Korean performances of Bruckner Symphony No. 8. He has since returned to North  Korea  five times as Guest  Professor  in collaboration with  the  Goethe-Institut and  the  DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service).   The unique documentary film "Pyongyang Crescendo," released on DVD in
2005,  captures his teaching experiences there.

Continuing along  the  lines of his core repertoire of large symphonic works,  in which he began to specialise during his studies  in Munich and Salzburg,  further influenced later by his work  with Claudio  Abbado and Michael  Gielen, the 40-year-old conductor from Regensburg will give several debuts in the coming  year.  These include appearances with  the SWR Symphony Orchestra, NDR Radio  Philharmonic, and  RSO Stuttgart. Also in planning is a Hans  Neuenfels production of Schoeck's Penthesilea at the Frankfurt Opera  in 2011.

In December 2008,  Alexander Liebreich  was  named member of the  General Meeting of the Goethe-Institut, a guiding  body  of selected  figures  from  the  cultural life of Germany advising the institute's Board of Trustees.

From 2011,  Liebreich  will also take on the role of Artistic Director  of the Tongyeong International

Music Festival (TIMF) in South Korea,  one of the largest and most prominent festivals in Asia.