Gyurim Kwak (she/her) - violin, South Korea
Fuga Miwatashi (she/her/ - violin, Japan
Simon Rosier (he/him) - viola, the Netherlands
Tzu-Shao Chao (he/him) - Cello, Taiwan

The Quartett HANA was founded in 2019 at the Munich University of Music and Performing Arts (HMTM). The name of the quartet reflects the home countries of its members: "HANA" means "flower" in Japanese and "unity" in Korean.

They are prize winner at multiple competitions, such as the Geneva International Music Competition 2023, where they received the 2nd prize. Furthermore, they won the 3rd prize at the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition in Berlin. In 2024 they took part at the Trondheim International Chamber Music Competition Academy.

The quartet has performed with many renowned artists, including Itamar Golan, Sarah McElravy, Francois Kieffer, Margarita Hohenrieder and Michael Enres. Recent performances have been, among others, at the Mozartfest Wurzburg and the Groba Festival in Spain and at the Heidelberger Fruling Streighquartettfest in 2025.

The quartet has been studying with Prof. Raphael Meriln and the Quatuor Ebene at the HMTM since 2021 and with Prof. Heime Muller at the Musikhochschule Lubeck since 2024. They work regularly with Prof. Eberhard Feltz and Prof. Dirk Mommertz (Fauré Quartett). Furthermore, they have participated in masterclasses by Prof. Oliver Wille and Prof. William Coleman (Kuss Quartett), Prof. Gunter Pichler (Alban Berg Quartett) and Quatuor Voce.

The two violinists Gyurim Kwak and Fuga Miwatashi alternate in the role of primaria.

Juli Mirzoev (she/her) - violin, Canada
Russell Iceberg (he/him) - violin, USA
Cynthia Blanchon (she/her) - viola, France
Braden McConnell (he/him) - cello, USA

The Myriade Quartet was formed at McGill University and is based on Montreal. With members hailing from Canada, the United States and France, the Myriade Quartet was recently selected to take part in the Trondheim and Wigmore Hall international competitions. As artists-in-residence at the Prince Edward County Festival, the quartet has presented lecture-recitals followed by concerts in 2022 in collaboration with Charles Richard-Hamelin, Scott St-John, Angela Park and Sharon Wei of the New Orford Quartet. In their last season, they performed at Kin Musique, the Baptême series, as part of a residency at the Colorado Music Festival and the Unionville Music Academy, and as a senior quartet at the McGill International String Quartet Academy (MISQA).

The Myriade Quartet was formed under the tutelage of André Roy's, while also receiving valuable guidance from the Danish Quartet, Jerusalem Quartet and Mathieu Herzog, Mark Steinberg, Peter Oundjian, Philip Setzer, Ralph de Souza, Petr Prause, Jeffrey Myers, Richard O'Neill and Ani Kavafian. In the coming months, the Myriade Quartet will record Bartók's Quartet no.2 and Haydn's Quartet op. 74 no.1 with the invaluable support of the Toronto Arts & Letters Club, and perform at Concerts aux Îles du Bic, St Joseph's Church in Montreal and St Bride's Church in London, a concert organized by the Wigmore Hall Competition.