Michael Stricharz, Violin, Germany – a student of the legendary violin virtuoso Henryk Szeryngo. He was the concertmaster of the Cologne Rheinisches Kammerorchester and the Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra European Soloist, a long-time professor at the Hamburg Conservatory-Academy of Music, an honoris causa professor and an honoris causa doctor of music academies and universities in Ukraine, the Republic of Kazakhstan and Russia. Jury member of important international music competitions in Germany, Poland, Portugal, Ukraine, Italy, Mexico, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Russia and other countries. Numerous master classes in several countries. President of the Michael Stricharz Foundation Dall'Arco Hamburg, whose numerus competition for young musicians (violin, cello, piano, string quartet and opera singers) was held in Ukraine and the Republic of Kazakhstan. Awarded high state and cultural orders of Germany, Poland, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Turkey and Russia.