About us

Stephanie Lepp is following an extraordinary path with her expressive and masterful flute playing. She grew up in a musical home, as the daughter of composer Gunter Lepp. Music has always played a major role in her life. She won the national prize at the Jugend Musiziert competition and her subsequent classical flute studies at the Cologne University of Music and Dance with Prof. Robert Winn laid the technical foundations for her virtuosity. She was also a long-term scholarship holder of 'Yehudi Menuhin - Live Music Now Cologne'. This led her to Mario Caroli in Strasbourg, where she continued her studies. 
Stephanie continues to develop her skills in improvisation and composition to find a deeper musical expression of her own creativity. Her intensive study of the North Indian bamboo flute, the bansuri, with Dinesh Mishra, has enabled her to build a bridge between East and West with her flute playing. Numerous master classes with professionals such as Markus Stockhausen, Jorge Pardo, Randy Brecker, Trilok Gurtu, Hanif Khan and Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia have given her groundbreaking artistic impulses. Stephanie was nominated for the prestigious Gaudeamus Music Prize in Amsterdam with one of her compositions, including a solo performance. She founded the 'Duo Flying Tree' with cellist Levan Andria in 2019. Stephanie has performed in numerous concerts at home and abroad, touring across Europe. As well as performing at concerts, Stephanie shares her extensive experience by teaching the flute and giving lectures on improvisation. She is a soloist and composer in creative ensembles. Her playing style is unparalleled and audiences are always captivated.

Levan Andria is charting his own innovative course, with his creative cello playing serving as a testament to his talent as an explorer and adventurer. He grew up in a classical music family and started playing the cello at the age of seven. He later became solo cellist in the Baden-Württemberg State Youth Orchestra and won first prize several times in the 'Jugend musiziert' competition. 
From the age of 15 Levan studied, first as a pre-student and then as a student, at the Stuttgart University of Music and Performing Arts with Professor Conradin Brotbek, who became his most influential cello teacher and fully ignited his already blazing enthusiasm for music. From then on, this inner fire became his beacon, leading him to reach out beyond classical music to improvisation, which was his true passion. He immersed himself in various world music styles with Georgian guitarist Zaza Miminoshvili and attended inspiring master classes with Karl Berger and Randy Brecker, among others. Levan took lessons in improvisation and Indian classical music from the Indian flautist Dinesh Mishra for five years. His musical collaboration with trumpeter Markus Stockhausen, has also been very inspirational and he regularly plays as a guest in the 'Markus Stockhausen Ensemble'.
As a freelance creative cellist, composer and cello teacher Levan performs in his own projects, such as the 'Duo Flying Tree', SOUNDRISE QUARTET etc., as well as a soloist here and abroad. He has already taken his performances throughout Europe, Georgia and China. Levan Andria's cello is rooted in classical music, but today it moves fluidly between styles such as jazz and oriental music, constantly developing its own expression.

Marko Mrdja creates new and intense worlds of sound with his sensitive piano artistry. He brings the sound to life with every key stroke. He began his musical journey at the age of 7 with Serbian professor Zoran Petrovic, where he mastered the roots of Serbian folk music. At the age of nine, he composed his first piano works, inspired by Mozart. He then immersed himself in the classical repertoire, focusing especially on the works of Chopin and Debussy, under the guidance of Felix Romankiewicz. 
In 2016, he was awarded the national prize 'Jugend Komponiert' and his composition 'Bebelstraße 79' was premiered at the Musikhochschule Frankfurt. His studies with Prof. Marco Stroppa at the Stuttgart University of Music and Performing Arts deepened his understanding of composition and electronic music, while he expanded his improvisation skills through the academy of the renowned Georgian guitarist Zaza Miminoshvilli and deepened his knowledge with lecturers such as Markus Stockhausen, Randy Brecker and Dinesh Mishra. Mishra taught him improvisation and composition.
Alongside his classical training, Marko discovered electronic music production and founded the Predawn Records label with Laima Adelaide and Nils Edte. He releases electronic productions and performs live sets as TAMA, most recently as a prizewinner at the Expedition: POP & SOUNDS festival.

Marko is the pianist of the SOUNDRISE QUARTET. He combines south-east European melodies with contemporary sounds. His compositions are unmistakably defined by his origins, whose rhythmic-melodic style masterfully shapes his extraordinary sound language.