Anders Lundegård was born and bred in Växjö, Sweden. Besides performing his own works for saxophone and piano, Anders performs extensively the chamber music repertoire originally written for flute, clarinet, violin and cello. His own adaptations for saxophone include works by the great composers such as Brahms, Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin and Rachmaninoff. His previous recordings include all of Bach’s unaccompanied suites for cello, performed on various saxophones. Among his many solo appearances, he has appeared at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, and as a soloist with the renowned Swedish string orchestra Musica Vitae.
Yimeng Xu, pianist is currently studying under the instruction of Rita Sloan as a second-year graduate student majoring in collaborative piano at the University of Maryland. Yimeng holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Nebraska Omaha. She has won various concerto competitions in college, including the Puerto Rico International Collaborative Piano Competition, Charleston International Classical Music Competition, and UNO Piano Day Competition.