In early February, two headliners of the NB Chamber group team, pianist Roman Lopatinsky and cellist Artyom Poludenny and Kharkov resident Alexei Shadrin (cello) honed their skills at the annual Masterclasses Schaffhausen in Switzerland. Master classes are held for the 16th time.

This year Maestro J. Menuhin (piano), V. Sokolov (violin), Wen-Sinn Yang (cello) and composer, pianist Werner Bärtschi shared their skills.