Alexandra Mackenzie
is internationally recognised as an outstanding performer and educator, has appeared at Carnegie Hall, Weill Hall and Alice Tully and played concerts in 43 of America’s 50 States. She has been a guest artist at Banff Centre for the Arts, a Fellow at Tanglewood, and has performed across the globe. Alexandra teaches at the junior department of the Royal Academy of Music and was elected an ARAM in 2011.

Ingrid Sawers
A graduate of the University of Edinburgh, accomplished pianist and chamber musician Ingrid Sawers is equally at home collaborating in instrumental and vocal repertoire, and has performed widely at venues throughout the UK, Europe and in Canada. She has partnered many fine musicians either in concert or live BBC broadcast, including Nicky Spence, Lorna Anderson, Janis Kelly, Iestyn Davies and Nicholas Mulroy. She is a passionate advocate for new music, having premiered works by composers including Judith Bingham, Graham Fitkin, Martin Butler, and Thomas Adès but equally delights in established repertoire and rediscovering pieces from archive research. She has a thriving teaching practice, travels worldwide as an examiner and coaches at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.