For centuries the tradition was that children followed their parents into the same profession. We are musicians, our children study music. Now they are old enough for us to make music together. Sharing emotions, playing with partners who we know so well and who know us better than anybody, expressing our best feelings through music - so many elements that give life to our association.

S E R G U E I    M I L S T E I N,    piano
Born in Moscow to musician parents, Serguei Milstein began piano lessons at the age of five and, one year later, entered the Moscow Central Music School. In 1977 he enrolled in the class of his father, Jacob Milstein, at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory. He won second prize in the "Prague Spring" International Competition (1988), as well as third prize in the International Vercelli Competition (1991), culminating in first prize at the International Musical Tournament (1997, Rome). His soloist career has brought him to Czech Republic, Italy, France, Germany, Austria, England, the United States, Japan and, of course, Russia. He has also performed at numerous festivals, including the Prague Spring Festival, Moravian Autumn, the Moscow International Music Festival, and the Roque d'Antheron Festival. From 2003 to 2006, S.M. has been a visiting professor of piano in the Departement of Music, Kobe College, Japan. Sviatoslav Richter saw in Milstein a serious and introspective musician, a profoundly erudite and talented pianist. The press has rounded out the accolade, describing him as "a pianist with an electrifying and visionary style, capable of providing rare moments of musical joy that music lovers long to encounter, if only a few times, in their lives."

N A T A L I A    T O L S T A I A,    viola
Born in Moscow, N.T. studied in Gnessins Moscow Special Music School and Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatoire with Mikhail Terian, Yuri Bashmet and Mikhail Kopelman. She plays in Tchaikovsky Conservatoire Chamber Orchestra and performs as soloist with this orchestra in Moscow, St-Petersbourg and other cities of ex-URSS. After graduating from Conservatoire N.T. becomes professor in Gnessins Special Music School and principal viola in "Vivaldi" Chamber Orchestra in Moscow. During this period she performs a lot as a soloist and a chamber musician. From 1991 N.T. is viola solo in Lyon's National Opera orchestra (France). The same year she wins the first prize of Nicanor Zabaleta International Competition in Spain. N.T. plays in France, Italy, Russia, United States, Japan. Among her partners we can name S.Milstein, A.Kniazev, P.Csaba, O.Yanovich...

M A R I A   M I  L S T E I N,    violin
Born in 1985 in Moscow, Maria begins studying violin at the age of five with professor of Gnessin's Special Music School V.Korolkova. After emigration to France, she studies under her parents and meets V.Korolkova during masterclasses in France and Spain. In 1997, Maria is awarded the First Prize at the UFAM International Competition in Paris. From 2001 to 2004, she studies with P.Vernikov, I.Grubert and A.Vinnitski at the Scuola di Musica in Fiesole (Italy), where she is awarded a grant for brilliant performance. In 2004, Maria enters the Conservatory of Amsterdam in the class of I.Grubert, with whom she is currently studying. Maria Milstein has already played in halls such as the Recital Hall of the Concertgebouw, the Big Hall of The Muziekgebouw Aan't IJ (Amsterdam), the Main Hall of the Lyon's National Opera, de Doelen in Rotterdam, the Town Hall of Lyon and the Debussy Museum in Paris and performed during festivals in Champagne and Alsace (France); among her partners are Elizabeth Leonskaya, Liza and Dmitri Ferschtmann, Serguei Milstein, Alexandre Dmitriev... In December 2006, Maria is invited, after winning a Conservatory audition, to perform the Berg violin concerto with the Symphonic Orchestra of the CvA consucted by Reinhert de Leeuw. Maria Milstein plays on a Testore (1707) from the Amsterdam Conservatory's collection.