Ensemble Gagliano String Trio - Brief Memories (2014)

Karina Buschinger (*1978) completed her artistic diploma in 2003 with Rainer Kussmaul in Freiburg, with whom she also completed postgraduate studies until 2006. Master classes with Igor Ozim, Hermann Krebbers, Miriam Fried and Dmitri Sitkovetsky complemented her education. Karina Buschinger is an award winner and scholarship holder of the GWK Münster; In 2003 she was a finalist at Intern. ARD Music Competition in Munich and the German Music Competition in Berlin.

Aline Saniter (*1978) studied with Jürgen Kussmaul at the Robert Schumann Hochschule in Düsseldorf, where she received her diploma in 2002 and her concert exam in 2004 with distinction. She has won prizes at renowned competitions, including first prize at the International Competition for Young Viola Players in Slovenia, the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Competition and the Competition of the German Viola Society. Since 2004 she has been a member of the NDR Symphony Orchestra in Hamburg.

Julian Steckel (*1982) began playing the cello at the age of five and is now one of the most sought-after and versatile musicians of his generation. After being taught by Ulrich Voss, he studied with Gustav Rivinius in Saarbrücken, Boris Pergamenshikov in Berlin, Heinrich Schiff in Vienna and with Antje Weithaas in Berlin. In 2010, Julian Steckel won first prize at the ARD International Music Competition, as well as the audience prize, among others. Before that he had won the International Grand Prix Rostropovich in Paris, the Berlin Grand Prix Emanuel Feuermann and the Pablo Casals Competition in Kronberg.