Rūta Lipinaitytė
studied at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre. Studies in Lithuania were combined with studies at the Malmö Academy of Music in Sweden with Prof. Alexander Fischer on violin and later at the Paris Conservatory of Music and Dance in the violin class of Boris Garlitzky. As a soloist, she has appeared with numerous orchestras including Dresden, Brno and Qatar Philharmonic, Croatian Radio Symphony, Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, and with Kremerata Baltica, Lithuanian, St. Christopher, Tallinn, Klaipėda, VDU, Šiauliai and Arkhangelsk Chamber Orchestras, Accademia d’Archi Arrigoni Chamber Orchestra and Moscow Chamber orchestra “The Seasons”, to name a few. Although the repertoire of Rūta Lipinaitytė is versatile and diverse, Lithuanian contemporary music remains at the heart of the violinist. Lipinaitytė has released several music albums with Lithuanian music. Rūta Lipinaitytė was a member of the Grammy-winning Kremerata Baltica orchestra, established and headed by Gidon Kremer, since its foundation from 1998 to 2014. During 2004–09 the violinist was a member of the Kremerata Baltica Sextet.

Asta Krikščiūnaitė
The beauty and clarity of Asta Krikščiūnaitė’s voice were noticed at a very early stage – she was awarded a Diploma at L. Pavarotti International Voice Competition in Philadelphia (USA); later she furthered her professional skills in the USA, where she studied under the tutelage of famous vocal teachers. During her professional career, she has performed operas, oratorios, chamber music, Lied, and contemporary works, among others. Krikščiūnaitė frequently collaborates with Lithuanian and foreign symphonic and chamber orchestras, and has performed in prestigious concert halls and at European music festivals.

St. Christopher Chamber Orchestra
is a collective known for its versatility, professionalism, and artistic imagination. The orchestra is a welcome guest not only in the prestigious concert halls of Lithuania but also abroad, such as the Paris Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Reykjavik Harpa, Berwaldhallen in Stockholm, the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, the Royal Palace of Warsaw, St. Petersburg’s Glinka Hall, Moscow’s Tchaikovsky Conservatory, to name a few. The orchestra was formed in Vilnius in 1994 by the initiative of prof. Donatas Katkus.

Modestas Barkauskas
is one of the most accomplished and well-known young Lithuanian conductors. In 2006–2013 he studied orchestral conducting with professor Juozas Domarkas. Modestas Barkauskas is artistic director and conductor of the Vilnius St. Christopher Chamber Orchestra and Vilnius B. Dvarionas Youth Symphony Orchestra. He lectures at the Conducting and Choir conducting Departments at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre. In recent years, Barkauskas has presented many critically acclaimed programs with the Lithuanian National Symphony, Lithuanian Chamber and Latvian National Symphony Orchestras, Hamburger Camerata, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, to name a few.