Bernstein Trio

The Bernstein Trio was founded in 2022 and consists of Roman Tulchynsky (violin), Marei Schibilsky (cello), and Julia Stephan (piano). The musicians met at the Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Music Gymnasium in Berlin and are now studying at the University of the Arts Berlin and the Hanns Eisler School of Music Berlin. As an ensemble, they receive coaching from Jonathan Aner.

The Bernstein Trio has attended various masterclasses in Germany, France, and Switzerland, working with artists such as Antoine Tamestit, Valentin Erben, Dirk Mommertz, the Artemis Quartet, the Vogler Quartet, and others.It debuted in the summer of 2023 at the Rheingau Music Festival and was awarded the HA Hessen Agentur GmbH Young Artist Award. In the 2024 German Music Competition, the trio was awarded a scholarship and included in the Concert Promotion of the German Music Competition, as well as receiving a special prize from the Friends of Young Musicians Meerbusch Düsseldorf e.V. At the 2025 Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition, the trio won the 1st prize, the special prize for the interpretation of the commissioned work, and the Friends of Young Musicians Prize.

Since 2022, the Bernstein Trio has been a member of the Yehudi Menuhin Live Music Now Berlin association. All members of the ensemble are scholarship holders of the German National Academic Foundation.