Harri Mäki began his clarinet studies primarily under Kari Kriikku and Reijo Koskinen in Finland and also took lessons with Osmo Vänskä. Later, he continued his private studies with Charles Neidich. After graduating from Thomas Friedli’s class at the Geneva Conservatory, he joined the Tapiola Sinfonietta as principal clarinetist, a position he held from 1988 to 2018. Throughout his career, Harri Mäki has premiered numerous works for clarinet, including concertos dedicated to him by Juhani Nuorvala and Kirmo Lintinen. He has collaborated artistically with composers such as Magnus Lindberg, Kaija Saariaho, Minna Leinonen, Matilda Seppälä, Eero Hämeeniemi, Helmut Lachenmann, Matthew Whittall, and Anders Hillborg. Harri has performed as both a soloist and a chamber musician across Europe, the Far East, North America, and South America and has been a sought-after clarinetist at music festivals worldwide. In addition to performing, Harri Mäki has been the artistic director of the Crusell Music Festival from 2011 to 2017 and has led the Sibelius Summer Academy for Woodwinds since 2019. He has also served as the chairman of numerous international competition juries. Since 2016, Harri Mäki has been the Professor of Woodwinds at the Sibelius Academy. Many of the students who studied in his clarinet studio since 1995 have achieved success in orchestral auditions and international competitions. He has a world-wide reputation as a pedagogue and gives international masterclasses throughout the year. In recognition of his accomplishments as a performer and educator, he was honored with the Pro Musica Award in 2012.

Widely known for his artistry and expertise, Jeremy Reynolds joined the faculty of the University of Denver's Lamont School of Music following his tenure as Principal Clarinetist with the Tucson Symphony Orchestra. He currently serves as Assistant Principal Clarinet with the Colorado Springs Philharmonic Orchestra. In April 2015, Reynolds made his Carnegie Hall debut, premiering new chamber works for clarinet and viola. In 2023, he was a featured artist at the ICA ClarinetFest, where he premiered Jenni Branon’s Clarinet Concerto, Fin de la Tierra: Lands End, which he recently recorded with the Janáček Philharmonic. Reynolds has performed on six continents, participating in major festivals such as Clarimania (Poland), ClariBogotá (Colombia), the Australian Clarinet and Saxophone Festival, the International Alliance for Women in Music, the University of Oklahoma Clarinet Symposium, the International Double Reed Society conference, and the National Flute Association Convention. He has performed with numerous prestigious ensembles, including the Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Colorado Music Festival, Des Moines Metro Opera, Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra, New World Symphony, National Repertory Orchestra, National Orchestral Institute, and the Aspen Music Festival. Reynolds has garnered awards at the Coleman and Carmel National Chamber Music Competitions and has collaborated with renowned musicians such as Itzhak Perlman, Don Weilerstein, Paul Katz, Ronald Leonard, Stefan Milenkovich, and Merry Peckham. He has also been invited to teach at some of the world’s most esteemed music conservatories, including the Prague Academy of Music, Versailles Conservatory of Music, Seoul National University, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya in Spain, as well as Soochow University and Tainan University of the Arts in Taiwan. Jeremy Reynolds is a Buffet Group Performing Artist/Clinician and Lomax Classic Mouthpiece Performing Artist.

Vlastimil Mareš has shown his exceptional musical talent at international and national competitions. He is the winner of Prague Spring /1981/, won first prize in K. Krupinsky‘s Competiton /Poland, 1979/, and first prize at Markneurkierchen /Germany, 1980/, among others. He graduated from the Music Conservatory in Pilsen, studying in the class of Prof. Jiří Hlaváč. While in his second year at the Conservatory he became the winner and laureate of the international competition Concertino Praga. He later graduated from the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. Mareš is a member of The Prague Wind Quintet and the Five Star Quartet. Since 1985, he has been the first clarinet player of the Symphonic Orchestra FOK. He has led a busy soloist career, performing at prominent venues in most European countries as well as in the USA and Japan. He teaches at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, where he was appointed a professor in 2002. He currently serves as the Vice Dean of the Academy, taking care of study programs. Mareš’s recordings are also widely recognized. In 1996, he won the CD of The Year prize awarded by the Repertoir magazine in Paris. Other prizes include Grammy Asia 97 and Grammy Classic 93 for recordings of concerts by F. V. Kramář.

Irvin Venyš is by all means an outstanding artist of the young Czech generation. He gained top awards in the world most renoun international music competitions - Prague Spring, Pacem in Terris Bayreuth, EBU New Talent, Paris, Zurich, Madeira . He repeatedly proves these honours at the most prestigeous festivals in Europe – Pablo Casals Festival Prades, Festival Mitte Europa, Mozart der Europaer – Mannheim, Prague Spring – and podiums all over the world - Japan, Germany, France, Spain etc. Extraordinary is the range of his musical activities, reaching from classical repertoir through extremely demanding contemporary compositions – world and czech premiers - Osvaldo Golijov, Betty Oliveiro, Isang Yun, Jan Dušek -  Concerto for clarinet and orchestra, N-Tech etc.-  to traditional folklore. He has collaborated with the world leading artists - Heinz - Jörg Schellenberger, Radovan Vlatkovič, Zakhar Bron, Peter Czaba, Igor Ardašev, Sir Libor Pešek, Ralph Gothoni, Elina Vahala, Michel Lethiec, Hagai Shaham, Andre Cazalet or Jean - Louis Capezzali etc.  His musical education is also worth mentioning. He has graduated The Brno Conservatory - Prof. Břetislav Winkler- The Academy of performing arts in Prague – Prof. Vlastimil Mareš and Prof. Jiří Hlaváč (PhD), where he is an assistant professor now and currently serves as the Vice Dean of the Academy, taking care of science, research and forreign affairs. He also spent a year at Conservatoir National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris in the class of  professor Michel Arrignon. In the mean time he frequently records for Czech Radio and Czech Television, Mitteldeutsche Rundfunk, Arco Diva and NAXOS. His recordings on Compact discs contain music from classical clarinet repertoir to works inspired by folklore and jazz.

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Daniel Wiesner is a native of Prague. He graduated from the Music Conservatory, where he studied with Prof. Valentina Kameníková, then subsequently from the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, where he studied in the class of Prof. Peter Toperczer. In 1990 he won first prize at the Scottish International Piano Competition in Glasgow. Being both a soloist and chamber player, he has performed in most European countries, the USA, Japan, Jordan, Tunisia, and Nicaragua. Wiesner has recorded several CDs and continues recording for Czech Radio. Among other subjects, he focuses on interpretation of current music. Since 2013, he has taught in the Department of Piano Cooperation at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague.

Miloslava Machová is one of the most sought-after chamber musicians of our time, especially by woodwind players. She has collaborated with many Czech and European artists, with whom she has made several recordings for Czech Radio. She has been an accompanist at a number of International music competitions, such as the Prague Spring International Music Competition. Since 2006 she regularly participates in the summer masterclasses of the French-Czech Music Academy in Telč.

Currently, she works at the Faculty of Music of the Academy of Performing Arts as an assistant professor for piano cooperation and at the wind department of the Prague Conservatory.