Anders Muskens is a Canadian fortepianist, harpsichordist, and ensemble director specializing in historical keyboard performance and musicology. Performing across Europe and North America, he is known for vivid interpretations of 18th- and early 19th-century music. He studied fortepiano at the Royal Conservatoire of The Hague with Bart van Oort and Petra Somlai and is currently completing a PhD in Musicology at Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, researching rhetorical acting and early modern theatre practices in performance. He is the founder and director of Das Neue Mannheimer Orchester, dedicated to reviving the music of the Mannheim Court. The ensemble has appeared at major festivals including the Schwetzinger SWR Festspiele and has recorded for Etcetera Records and Naxos. His discography includes Beethoven: Waldstein & Appassionata Sonatas (2023), Vogler: Travel Souvenirs for Keyboard (2025), and Louise Farrenc: Complete Works for Violin and Fortepiano (2023). Praised for his stylistic imagination and expressive command, Muskens’ performances have been described as “not only vital and exciting, but new and revolutionary” (Early Music America), with playing that “unleashed a true firework of sounds” (Stadt Walldorf Review). His Beethoven has been lauded for its “technically impeccable” execution, rhetorical flair, and bold use of historical instruments, while his ensemble and chamber work has been noted for “nuance and temperament,” with “passagework well executed without sounding like an etude” (Early Music America).

He has performed solo recitals at Het Concertgebouw Amsterdam, the Utrecht Early Music Festival, and Salle Bourgie, Montreal. Muskens is a recipient of the Early Music Young Ensemble Competition First Prize (London, 2018), the Sir James Lougheed Award of Distinction (2024), and was a 2024 stipend holder of the Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg. He is represented by Sonus Artist Agency.

Rachael Beesley is an internationally renowned Australian/British violinist, conductor, concertmaster, and educator specialising in the field of historically informed performance. She has performed with Europe's most distinguished HIP ensembles and orchestras as a guest concertmaster, including Anima Eterna Brugge, La Petite Bande, and the New Dutch Academy and as a guest director/concertmaster of the Das Neue Mannheimer Orchestra in Netherlands/Germany, Les Muffatti in Belgium and NZBarok in New Zealand, she has performed in festivals and concert halls worldwide. In Australia, Rachael is the co-artistic director, conductor, and concertmaster of the Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra and its youth orchestra, the Young Mannheim Symphonists. She is invited as guest concertmaster with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Pinchgut Opera, Opera Australia, and Victorian Opera, and as guest director of modern orchestras including the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne Chamber Orchestra, and Adelaide Chamber Players. Recent engagements include primo violino e capo d’orchestra with Teatro Nuovo New York and guest director of the Canberra Symphony and Adelaide Baroque Orchestras. Rachael features on over 50 album recordings and has appeared in numerous radio and television broadcasts. She is in high demand as a chamber musician and soloist, regularly collaborating with contemporary Australian composers and exploring repertoire from the 17th to the 21st centuries on period instruments. As a highly regarded educator and mentor, Rachael teaches and lectures at the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague, the Netherlands, as well as at the Melbourne and Sydney Conservatoriums of Music, and the School of Music at Monash University. Rachael has been awarded an Ian Potter Cultural Trust grant and is listed in the Who's Who of Australian Women.

Federico Forla received his Master’s degree in Oboe after studying with A. Ogrintchouk (Concertgeboworkest) and K. Schoofs (Rotterdam Philharmonic) at the Royal Conservatoire of The Hague. He would continue his studies with Baroque and Classical Oboes with F. de Bruine (Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century). Federico performed with several orchestras including the Academy of Ancient Music, Concerto D’Amsterdam, Bremer Barockorchester, Concerto Bremen and Cappella Regia Praha. Since 2017, Federico has been the principal oboist of DNMO. F‘ association.

Elia Celegato, born in Padova, Italy, started clarinet studies with Stefano Righetto at the Conservatorio of Padova “Cesare Pollini” and graduated with Luca Lucchetta in 2017. From 2018, he would start his Masters in Historical Clarinet at the Royal Conservatoire of The Hague under the tutelage of Eric Hoeprich, and would graduate in 2020, during which he performed Schubert’s “Great” and “Unfinished” symphonies with the Orchestra of the Eighteenth-Century conducted by Sir. Roger Norrington. In 2020, Elia was selected for the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Academy in London, conducted by Margaret Faultless.

Mojca Gal is a historical violinist and baroque dancer. After her first musical diploma in her home country of Slovenia, Mojca moved to Switzerland, where she completed a Master of Arts at the HKB Bern and at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Basel, specializing in various historical styles on period violins. Mojca is performing internationally in various ensembles, notably with Ensemble Ad Fontes, leading a concert cycle in Basel. With Ensemble Ad Fontes, she released “Pregon del cantante vagabundo” (ARS Production) and “Secret Charms” (Coviello Classics). Mojca is also a professional dancer, specializing in eighteenth-century ballet.