Dallas String Quartet, also referred to as DSQ or DSQ Electric, is a #1 Billboard charting American Classical Crossover ensemble founded in 2007 by composer and violist Ion Zanca. With over 700 million streams on streaming platforms, DSQ has been referred to as “Bach meets Bon Jovi” and is compared to artists like Lindsey Stirling, Vitamin String Quartet, Brooklyn Duo and 2Cellos. DSQ has performed for Presidents Obama and Bush, with superstars like Ed Sheeran, Luke Combs, Jason Aldean and Ashley McBryde, at the Academy of Country Music Awards (ACM Awards), for NBA and NFL organizations and their cover of Katy Perry’s “Firework” was featured on American Idol.

The London Symphony Orchestra was established in 1904, as one of the first orchestras shaped by its musicians. Since then, generations of remarkable talents have built the LSO’s reputation for uncompromising quality, and inspirational repertoires. The LSO is the Resident Orchestra at the Barbican in the City of London, and reaches international audiences through touring, residencies and digital partnerships. In 1999, the LSO formed its own recording label, LSO Live, and revolutionized how live orchestral music is recorded, with over 150 recordings released so far. Overall, the LSO has made more recordings than any other orchestra, with 2,500 recordings to its name. In addition to entertaining and inspiring millions of listeners, the LSO’s performances have been decorated with multiple honors from the Grammys, Oscars, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and BRITs, not to mention three Mercury Music Prize album nominations.

Ion Zanca is the principal and founder of the Dallas String Quartet. Since moving to the U.S. from Romania in 2002, DSQ has become a household name to many. DSQ’s latest album, “Love Always” debuted at #2 on the Billboard Chart for both Classical Album and Classical Crossover Album. Under Zanca’s tutelage, the group has played for multiple sitting U.S. presidents, the NFL, the NBA, performed at the wedding of music legends Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton, released a collaboration with The Piano Guys and acquired over 700 million streams on streaming platforms. Zanca himself has earned a reputation nationwide as a prolific performer, composer, and producer. His talents as a versatile violist have been celebrated on the classical stage as well as on the jazz and contemporary music scene. Hailing from a long lineage of musicians, he is a voting member of The Recording Academy and holds a graduate degree in Music Performance from Southern Methodist University where he studied with former principal of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Ellen Rose.  Instagram

LONNIE PARK is an American musician, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer based in Freeville New York. In addition to TV, film score, and Billboard charting appearances, his catalog of works includes decades of multi-genre work from jazz, new age, global, gospel, country, classical and folk, to progressive metal. Lonnie’s work has received three Grammy®  Awards, and four Grammy®Nominations, the Global Peace Song Award, Global Music Award, multiple SAMMY Awards, and the United Nations Action Award.

Award-Winning Music Producer, Arranger, Songwriter, Film/TV composer, and Keyboardist, Vahagn Stepanyan, a Billboard #5 charting artist, has collaborated with some of the biggest names in the music industry. Notable collaborations include Platinum-selling artist Dave Koz, Eric Moore, Greg Howe, Nathan East, Mark Lettieri (Snarky Puppy), Eric Marienthal, Sheila E, Ida Nielsen (Prince), Melvin Lee Davis (Chaka Khan), Cleverson Silva, Henrik Linder (Dirty Loops), Aaron Lindsey, Chris Payton (Beyoncé), and many other remarkable artists and engineers. In 2023, the album “An Adoption Story“ by Kitt Wakeley, featuring Starr Parodi & The London Symphony, won the GRAMMY® Award for Best Classical Compendium Category, with Vahagn credited as the featured keyboardist and additional engineer. Stepanyan has recently garnered over 35 international awards, including recognition from the Hollywood Independent Music Awards (HIMA), Global Music Awards, The USA Songwriting Competition, UK Songwriting Contest, and Cannes World Film Festival for Best Soundtrack, among others. 

Michael Romanowski is a 9-time nominee, and 5-time Grammy winning mastering engineer based in Berkeley, California. He is the owner and chief mastering engineer of Coast Mastering, and co-founder of the analog tape label The Tape Project. Michael is a current Trustee of the Recording Academy and the co-chair of the National Awards and Nominations committee, co-chair of the P&E Immersive Committee, and serves on the National Advisory Council to the Producers & Engineers Wing. He is the former chair of the Planning and Governance Committee and the National Presidents council, and serves on the National Advisory Council to the Producers & Engineers Wing; where quality, credits, Hi resolution audio, Immersive audio and hearing education initiatives have been a particular focus.

Eric Schilling has recorded live shows for broadcast by various artists such as SZA, Jennifer Lopez, Coldplay, Joe Walsh, Weather Report, Taj Mahal, and John Prine. He’s engineered for The Outlaws, Dion and Gloria Estefan at Bill Szymczyk’s Bayshore Studios in Miami, and Gloria Estefan (for whom he has been involved in several Top Ten singles and many Multi-Platinum albums). Most recently, Eric earned  his 7th Grammy Award (total) for Best Immersive Audio Album, The Diary of Alicia Keys.  In 2023, Eric won Best Immersive Audio Album for Divine Tides by Ricky Kej and Stewart Copeland.  
In January of 2024, Eric earned his 8th Emmy for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety Series or Special as the Music Mixer for Elton John Live:  Farewell From Dodger Stadium.

Over a decade spent in-house at AIR, Adam perfected his craft on feature films and classical records, games, and major stadium shows, working with the best and most innovative in the industry. With a diverse and expansive portfolio, Adam’s significant contributions include, recording and mixing Bobby Krlic’s captivating score for Ari Aster’s unsettling horror film Midsommar and more recently the collaborative score of the 2024 hit nostalgic romantic comedy series One Day, for Anne Nikitin, Jess Jones, and Tim Morrish. Mix projects include Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch’s ominous score for Prano Bailey-Bond’s critically acclaimed 2021 Sundance debut, Censor as well as hit comedy Everyone Else Burns for Thomas Ross Fitzsimons. His long-term collaboration with composer Peter Gregson has included recording and mixing his Deutsche Grammophon debut Recomposed by Peter Gregson: Bach – The Cello Suites, as well as co-producing Gregson’s album Patina. More recently, he engineered and mixed Gregson’s BBC drama Lost Boys and Fairies.