Lisa Liu is a Chinese-American violinist, entertainer and entrepreneur. She began her musical journey on the piano at the age of 3, then violin lessons at age 8. Like her mother, accomplished opera singer Li-Ping Hsieh, she attended The Juilliard School. While she was there, she studied with world-renowned pedagogue Dorothy DeLay and received her Pre-College Diploma, Bachelor’s, and Master’s degrees in violin performance.

In 2010, Lisa moved to Los Angeles to be closer to her family. She quickly jumped into the Hollywood music community, at first performing in the club circuit on Sunset, then eventually finding her way to performing for live TV shows and recording on scoring stages. She served as concertmaster for shows such as The Voice, X-Factor and American Idol. She is a sought-after studio violinist and has recorded on over 200 film and TV soundtracks including Star Wars: The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi, The Rise of Skywalker; A Star is Born, Toy Story 4, Star Trek: Discovery, Handmaid’s Tale, Family Guy, Umbrella Academy and Empire.

As an orchestral contractor, Lisa has hired hundreds of musicians across North America for tours and performances. She has worked closely with organizations such as the Zelda Symphony, National Geographic Symphony and EDM group Above & Beyond. Lisa has hired musicians for sold-out shows at The Hollywood Bowl and Disney Hall, and for performances at Coachella with Duran Duran and Gorillaz. She has also contracted for numerous TV shows and films, including America’s Got Talent, The Tonight Show, RBG and Homecoming Season 2.

Conductor and composer Christopher Rountree is the Artistic Director of Wild Up, curator of Darkness Sounding, and Music Director of Long Beach Opera. He has been artistic director of an interdisciplinary ambient series in an oak grove in LA, called SILENCE, curator of the LA Phil’s Fluxus Festival.

Regarded as one of the most iconoclastic conductors in the field, Rountree’s inimitable style has led to collaborations with: Björk, John Adams, Yoko Ono, David Lang, Scott Walker, La Monte Young, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Mica Levi, Alison Knowles, Patricia Kopatchinskja, John Luther Adams, Sigourney Weaver, Ted Hearne, Tyshawn Sorey, Ragnar Kjartansson, Missy Mazzoli, L’Rain, Caroline Shaw, Saul Williams, Ellen Reid, R.B. Schlather, James Darrah, Ryoji Ikeda, Du Yun, Yuval Sharon, and many of the planet’s greatest orchestras and ensembles including: the San Francisco Symphony, Chicago Symphony, Houston Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Opera national de Paris, the Washington National Opera, Los Angeles Opera, and the Martha Graham Dance Company. 

Nadia Sirota is a violist, conductor, and Peabody Award-winning producer and broadcaster. She is known for her “tenaciously good ear and her ability to throw herself bodily into the landscapes that composers bring to her.” (Pitchfork) 
In all branches of her artistic life, she aims to open classical music up to a broader audience.

As a soloist, Nadia has performed with acclaimed orchestras around the world, and released four albums of commissioned music. She is a member of the chamber sextet yMusic, and has lent her signature sound to a dizzying array of projects, appearing on albums and concert stages with such popular artists as The National, David Bowie, Björk, Paul Simon, Ben Folds and Anohni.



Nadia received a Peabody Award for her podcast Meet the Composer, which she co-created, co-produced, and hosted. She currently serves as creative associate at The Juilliard School and as artist-in-residence at UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance. Nadia is a member of Bedroom Community, a collective of musically diverse artists who work and collaborate at Reykjavik’s Greenhouse Studios.