David López Ibáñez - Violin
Mee-Hyun Esther Park - Violin
Edward Keenan - Viola
Wallis Power - Cello
David López Ibáñez is a Spanish violinist born in Castillo de Locubín, Jaén. At the age of 8, he began his elementary studies at the Pep Ventura Conservatory in Alcalá la Real. Four years later, he continued his studies in Granada, where he studied with Marc Paquin, Mariela Comesaña, and Ana Luque.
At the age of 19, he moved to London to study at the Royal College of Music. His teachers were Detlef Hahn and Radu Blidar. Always interested in historicist performance, he also studied Baroque violin and classical and romantic repertoire with Professor Lucy Russell. He obtained a Bachelor's, a Master's in Performance, and an Artist Diploma from the same institution with Distinction and Honours. From 2019 to 2021, he combined his studies with Professor Lorenza Borrani in Scuola de Musica di Fiesole, Florence.
His career is a rich combination of different musical fields. He has appeared as Principal Second with the London Philharmonia Orchestra and is a regular principal guest with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, the English Chamber Orchestra, the London Chamber Orchestra, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, The Hallé, and Le Cercle de l’Harmonie in France.
He is a member of the Brompton String Quartet and also a member of the contemporary music group Explore Ensemble and the Baroque group Apollo's Cabinet, with the latter of which he has won international awards such as the prestigious Van Wassener Competition (Netherlands) and the Royal Overseas League (Great Britain).
As a chamber musician, he has performed regularly in renowned London venues such as Wigmore Hall, Kings Place, the Royal Festival Hall, and Conway Hall, and with various orchestras in international venues such as the Musikverein, Concertgebouw, Elbphilharmonie, Carnegie Hall, and Tokyo Santori Hall, among others.
He has been invited as concertmaster by the Castilla y León Symphony Orchestra and the Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla in Spain.
He plays on a violin made by Marc Paquin in 2025.
South Korean violinist Mee-Hyun Esther Park has performed internationally around the UK and Europe. Recent highlights include winning 1st Prize at the Royal College of Music Violin Competition 2022, 2nd Prize of RCM Concerto Competition 2022, and performing with Maxim Vengerov and the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall. Esther has received guidance from internationally acclaimed artists such as Alina Ibragimova, Shmuel Ashkenasi and György Pauk.
Esther has performed in prestigious venues including the Wigmore Hall, Bridgewater Hall, the Elgar Room at the Royal Albert Hall, Korean Cultural Centre London, St James’s Piccadilly, and performed Shostakovich Violin Concerto No.1 with the RCM Symphony Orchestra for Maxim Vengerov at the RCM.
An avid chamber musician, Esther is a member of the Brompton Quartet, the winners of the St-Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Music Competition 2019 and RCM String Quartet Competition 2022.
Esther studied at the Yehudi Menuhin School in the UK and at the Royal College of Music, London with full scholarships for her Undergraduate and Postgraduate studies. She is currently pursuing an Artist Diploma degree at the RCM with Professor Radu Blidar with a full scholarship as an Orpheus Scholar supported by the Knights of the Round Table Award. Esther is also grateful for the support of the Help Musicians Postgraduate Award 2023.
Scottish violist Edward Keenan is currently based in London, and played violin for over a decade before starting the viola at sixteen. He studied at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland with Jane Atkins and at the Royal Academy of Music with Martin Outram, graduating with Distinction. At both institutes he won a variety of awards and prizes for solo and ensemble performances, including the Watson Forbes Viola Competition, the Mabel Glover String Quartet Competition and the James White Award.
Edward is a busy chamber musician and especially enjoys exploring the works of Beethoven. Since joining the Brompton Quartet in 2023 he has enjoyed residencies at Wye Valley and Greater Malvern, and masterclasses with Alfred Brendel, Catherine Manson, and David Waterman.
Edward is also the co-principal violist and a founding member of the Broen Ensemble. The group was ensemble in residence at the RCS from 2018-2020, a recipient of the Tunnel Trust Awards in 2020, and has toured across Scotland several times since 2021.
When not performing chamber music, Edward enjoys a busy freelance orchestral career across the UK. He plays with a variety of orchestras, including the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, London Mozart Players, English Chamber Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Scottish Ensemble and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
Wallis has built a multifaceted performing career both in her home city of London and internationally. Equally at home as a soloist, orchestral musician, and chamber player, she also enjoys teaching cellists of all ages. In July 2025, she became a member of the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Alongside this role, Wallis maintains a busy freelance career, regularly performing with leading orchestral and chamber ensembles including The Philharmonia, London Sinfonietta, 12 Ensemble, City of London Sinfonia, London Mozart Players, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Orchestra of the English National Opera, among others.
Wallis is a founding member of the Brompton String Quartet, with whom she won the St Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Music Competition in 2019. The quartet were Park Lane Artists from 2020–2021 and have performed for music societies across the UK, as well as at major venues including Wigmore Hall, Conway Hall, Kings Place, St Martin-in-the-Fields, The Red House Aldeburgh, and St James’s Piccadilly. They will be releasing their debut album, Constellations, on the Platoon label in early March.
In April 2022, Wallis made her concerto debut at the Easter Endellion Festival with a performance of Errollyn Wallen’s Cello Concerto. She has since appeared as a soloist with Her Ensemble as part of the CrossCurrents Festival in Birmingham, and later this year will perform the Bach Cello Suites at venues across London. Wallis plays a cello by William Forster Senior.
