Eliana Estrada is a Los Angeles-born baroque and modern violinist whose musical journey began at age four studying fiddle music. She holds degrees from Oberlin College and Conservatory (BM) and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (MM), where she won the 2023 and 2024 Baroque Concerto Competitions. She is currently pursuing baroque violin studies at the Juilliard School with Cynthia Roberts and Elizabeth Blumenstock. Eliana has performed at the Boston Early Music Festival, Musica Antiqua Bruges, and Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht. She has also worked with ensembles including Twelfth Night, Apollo’s Fire, and the Handel and Haydn Society, where she is a 2025–2027 Stone Fellow. She has participated in festivals such as the Carmel Bach Festival Baroque and Classical Academy, Oregon Bach Festival’s Berwick Academy, and the Oberlin Baroque Performance Institute. She has also appeared in venues including Carnegie Hall, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Severance Hall, and Symphony Hall. In addition to performing, Eliana is also a dedicated teacher who fosters healthy, tension-free technique while encouraging curiosity and individuality, creating a supportive and joyful learning environment for students of all ages. Beyond performing and teaching, she enjoys befriending stray cats, watching horror films, and curating vintage clothing for her online shop.
Fueled by a dedication to community building through music, Serbian-American violinist Ela Kodžas enjoys a dynamic career that spans the United States, Europe and Asia. Specializing in historical performance, she has won prizes at the Juilliard Historical Performance Concerto Competition, the Premio Bonporti (Italy), and the Mica Comberti Prize (UK). Kodžas has performed under renowned directors including Rachel Podger, Masaaki Suzuki, John Butt, William Christie, and Jakob Lehmann, and was featured as a soloist with Juilliard415 in Alice Tully Hall and on tour throughout China. Recent engagements include performances with Les Musiciens du Louvre, Vox Luminis, Insula Orchestra, Les Arts Florissants, Theotokos, and American Bach Soloists. She was appointed as a Mercury-Juilliard Fellow (Houston, TX) and is an inaugural Academist of the Insula Camerata (Paris, FR). As a founding member of period ensemble Quartet Novalis, she holds a deep fascination with classical and romantic performance practices. The quartet has performed at the Carmel Bach Festival and Boston and Utrecht Early Music Fringe Festivals. Most recently, they were selected as the Emerging Ensemble Residency Winner (Arizona Early Music) and the Pegasus Rising Artist (Pegasus Early Music), and invited to perform at Early Music America’s Emerging Artist Showcase. A native of Rochester, NY, Kodžas holds degrees from the Eastman School of Music, UCLA, The Juilliard School, and the Royal Academy of Music (London), whereshe was a recipient of the Christopher Hogwood Award. In her free time, she can be found avidly dog watching or searching for hidden treasures at flea markets.
Annemarie Schubert began her violin studies at the Musikschule “Johann Sebastian Bach” in Leipzig, Germany. Marie holds a Dual Degree from the Oberlin College and Conservatory in Violin Performance and Neuroscience, and Masters degrees from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and the Juilliard School, where she was awarded the Norman Benzaquen Grant. As concertmaster and soloist, Marie has appeared in prominent halls throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia. When she is not deliberating the merits of up vs down bow, Marie enjoys traversing the streets in search of the best pastries and coffee, scouring bookshelves to add new material to her reading list, or ambling through museums.
Cellist and violist da gamba Luka Stefanović has been described as having an “impressive track record” (Cleveland Classical) and providing “infectious performance(s)” and “terrific account(s)” (Baltimore Sun). Equally at home playing music from any era of the Western classical canon–pieces known and loved or yet to be discovered alike–he is dedicated to curating compelling programs and creating captivating interpretations on stage or in the community. Stefanović fell in love with maintaining a healthy balance of playing both modern and historically informed instruments throughout his studies at the Oberlin Conservatory and Royal Conservatoire The Hague, and now keeps this equilibrium in his international career by playing regularly with both the Netherlands Bach Society and Residentie Orkest Den Haag. In any time spent away from his instruments, Luka can usually be found running ultramarathons, backpacking in the mountains, and road cycling, all in futile attempts to put as much distance between him and the practice room as possible.