Artist in Residence at The Soraya and at USC's Brain and Creativity Institute, Etienne is a French-Hungarian graduate of the New England Conservatory, and ended his student career of more than 11 years at USC with Midori Goto. Since then, he enjoys concertizing internationally and gathering artists from different backgrounds around creative projects, and goes skydiving when he runs out of ideas. His dearest memories, beside the time spent with Delirium Musicum musicians, are from playing under the baton of John Adams with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and recording his debut album on a 1714 Stradivarius. His strongest trait of character: French.

Evan Hjort is a Seattle-based violinist who recently returned to his native Washington after several years in Boston. As a passionate composer and interpreter of new music, Evan has premiered pieces by Ryuichi Sakamoto, Caroline Shaw, Tan Dun, and Wayne Shorter, among others. When not flying down to LA to perform with his delirious friends, Evan enjoys curating for a film studies group, drinking beers while hiking in the great PNW, and constructing elaborate Halloween costumes. Evan is slated to release his first full-length album of original music in 2024.

As a quiet introvert girl, Sheng-Ching wanted to be a musician when she realized it is a way to communicate without actually speaking. Born and raised in Taiwan, S-C earned all her degrees in New York (Mannes, Juilliard and Stony Brook) and moved to Los Angeles after performing Lincoln Center Stage on cruise ships all over the world for a few years. During the pandemic, “S-C Sidewalk Performance” brought weekly live music to the street corners of West LA. The performances brought comfort and hope to many people during the time of isolation, and were featured on KTTV Fox 11 Los Angeles. S-C enjoys baking, organizing, and drinking coffee. She shows her delirious love to her DM colleagues by baking one thing for them every cycle.

Originally from South Korea, YuEun Gemma Kim is an award-winning violinist who concertizes internationally as a soloist and chamber musician on both modern and baroque instruments. When she’s not dazzling audiences across Europe, Asia, or the U.S. — or racking up millions of views on YouTube (her Chopin Nocturne has over 20 million!) — she’s skydiving to shake off the pressure, hanging out with her French husband, or plotting her next thrill: bungee jumping.

Canadian violinist Dr. Sophia Szokolay graduated from Juilliard and serves on faculty at Brandeis University. Based in Boston, she performs widely with ensembles such as A Far Cry, the Portland String Quartet, and the MahlerFest Orchestra, and is deeply invested in new music through commissioning projects. Once known for cycling to engagements through New England winters, she now (sensibly) owns a car. She is happiest playing with Delirium in Los Angeles, where the weather is kinder and training for the Boston Marathon is far more pleasant.

Misha Vayman is a professional violinist, educator, and dog lover. He has performed in a wide variety of contexts, from opening for Dorian Electra to soloing with various orchestras in the United States, Mexico, Russia, and China. With his genre hopping band Astral Mixtape, Misha has been featured at a variety of venues across Los Angeles and at multiple international music festivals. After 10 years of school at the USC Thornton School of Music, Colburn Conservatory, and the Cleveland Institute of Music, Misha is good, and doesn’t need to practice at all. Animals have been known to enjoy his playing, as do some people.

Violinist Yezu Woo debuted at Carnegie Hall at age 16, becoming the youngest performer to play all 24 of Paganini’s Caprices for solo violin. Winner of the Korean national award, "Outstanding International Musician of the Year" by the Arts Critics Association, Yezu was appointed as Honorary Ambassador of the City of Chuncheon, where she is currently serving as the Artistic Director of the New York in Chuncheon Music Festival. Yezu is a recipient of the Fulbright Scholarship in Germany, where she was a member of the Ensemble Modern Academy and a researcher at the Isang-Yun-Haus in Berlin. She received a degree from virtually all of the best music schools in New York, while finding time to enjoy watching movies and reading during her free time. Yezu has recently been obsessed with salsa dancing!

Violist Nao Kubota is an active chamber and orchestral musician in the Bay Area and Los Angeles. Nao frequently performs in several chamber music series, including the Chamber Music Society of SF and Benicia Chamber Players. As an orchestral musician, Nao plays with several Bay Area orchestras, including the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra, Santa Rosa Symphony, and Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera. Nao is a graduate of NEC and USC, and is a supposedly rare “purebred” violist who has never played the violin. Aside from music, Nao enjoys eating, traveling, and exploring cute cafes and bakeries.

Sung Jin Lee, of South Korea, is an avid chamber musician and soloist, having collaborated with artists including Gidon Kremer, Steven Isserlis, Nobuko Imai and many others. She graduated from Curtis and Juilliard, and now she is pursuing a DMA at StonyBrook. She has appeared with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Sejong soloists and many other groups. When not playing viola, Sung Jin loves to cook all kinds of pasta and watches Italian chefs cooking pasta, even though she does not understand Italian.

Originally from South Korea and raised in the UK, Stella made her solo debut at the Royal Albert Hall, London at the age of fifteen. She was selected as one of the Holland Music Sessions’ “New Masters on Tour”, which took her to the Royal Concertgebouw for a solo recital, and concertizes on 3 continents. As a kid, Stella started piano and cello with the same teacher. She is now known for her super-power as a living GPS – she can point you to any restaurant at anytime, anywhere – which probably made her pick cello over piano, so she could fulfill her destiny to be the anchor of any ensemble she plays with.

Born in Madrid, Spain, Javier has lived in the United States since 2010. He studied at the Peabody Conservatory, New England Conservatory, and a Doctorate in Musical Arts at USC with Ralph Kirshbaum. His love for chamber music is only matched by his passion for soccer, which he enjoys both watching and playing. Outside of music and sports, he believes in the healing powers of good Spanish food followed by a siesta. Javier is the official paella chef of Delirium Musicum and also the cello professor at Pepperdine University

Born and raised in Waco, TX, Ryan moved to Los Angeles in 2011. He loves his adoptive city, but Tex-Mex and proper barbecue will always hold a special place in his heart. A 2019 recipient of a doctorate in bass performance (DMA) from USC, Ryan sees himself as consistent and persistent, in the most self-effacing sense. Ryan performs all around Southern California in orchestras, recordings, chamber ensembles, and as an educator. Though he is enthusiastic about wearing these many hats, he gets profound satisfaction from playing with his friends in Delirium Musicum. When he is not playing music, Ryan is also an avid ultramarathon runner. The craziest distance he's run so far is 100km.

Born in Los Angeles, Nathan Ben-Yehuda completed his masters degree at Juilliard. Passionate about new music and embracing a variety of keyboard traditions, Nathan especially enjoys the open mindedness and risk taking that playing in Delirium Musicum encourages in himself, and all its entities. He’s been lucky to work closely with some of the leading composers of our time, like Thomas Ades, Kaija Saariaho, George Lewis and Oliver Knussen. A connoisseur of funky synth bass grooves, he often experiments with electronic soundscapes, and is a member of classical-crossover band Astral Mixtape. Catch Nathan after a Delirium show and he might make you extra delirious with a whisky based cocktail.