NUME Academy brings together world-renowned artists and professors, united by the desire to share their art and vision with the next generation.
At the heart of this project is a core group of musicians who embody its spirit: Vlad Stanculeasa (violinist and founder), Ettore Causa (violist and co-founder), Stella Chen (violinist), and Andreas Brantelid (cellist).
Together, they share a common passion and a belief in music as both a gift and a mission, contributing with dedication and sensitivity to the growth of an Academy that has become a symbol of excellence and inspiration within Italy’s cultural landscape.
Violin | Juilliard School
American violinist Stella Chen garnered worldwide attention with her first-prize win at the 2019 Queen Elizabeth International Violin Competition, followed by the 2020 Avery Fisher Career Grant and 2020 Lincoln Center Emerging Artist Award.
She received her doctorate from the Juilliard School where she serves as teaching assistant to her longtime mentor Li Lin. Stella plays the 1700 ex-Petri Stradivarius.
Violin | ESMUC Barcelona
Vlad Stănculeasa is a prominent Romanian-Swedish violinist active as soloist, concertmaster, and chamber musician. He has collaborated with internationally acclaimed artists such as Maxim Vengerov, Viktoria Mullova, and Jeremy Menuhin, and has appeared with prestigious orchestras including the Gothenburg Symphony, the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, and the George Enescu Philharmonic.
He has served as concertmaster of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and the Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya, and from 2025 holds concertmaster positions with both the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and the Bochumer Symphoniker. He studied at the International Menuhin Music Academy in Gstaad with Alberto Lysy and Liviu Prunaru, and at the Conservatoire de Lausanne with Pierre Amoyal. He currently teaches violin at the Higher Conservatory of Music in Barcelona.
Viola | Yale School of Music
Awarded both the “P. Schidlof Prize” and the “J. Barbirolli Prize” for “the most beautiful sound” at the prestigious Lionel Tertis International Viola competition in England in 2000, Italian-born violist Ettore Causa is praised for his exceptional artistry, passionate intelligence and complete musicianship.
His highly praised recordings include several Claves CDs, among those his transcription of romantic pieces, which was awarded a prestigious “5 Diapasons” by the French magazin
Cello | The Royal Danish Academy
Andreas is one of the most sought-after performing artists from Scandinavia, winning worldwide critical acclaim for his ability to make the music not only sound, but both speak, dance and sing.
Andreas won first prizes in the 2006 Eurovison Young Musicians Competition, the 2007 International Paulo Cello Competition and, in subsequent years, received music awards and fewllowships including the Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship in 2008, the BBC’s New Generation Artist 2008-2011, The European Concert Hall Organisation “Rising Star” tour in the 2008/09 season. In 2015 he received the Carl Nielsen Prize in Copenhagen and since 2022 Andreas has been teaching as visiting professor at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki
Andreas plays the 1707 ‘Boni-Hegar’ Stradivarius.
Was selected by Lord Yehudi Menuhin to be the pianist of the International Menuhin Music Academy in Switzerland where she performed concerts and tours. Tecu has recorded together with violinist Alberto Lysy “Romantic pieces for violin and piano. Lorena is a staff pianist at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston and the Boston University College of Fine Arts.
She has collaborated as piano accompanist in masterclasses and musical courses, in Italy, the United States, Spain, Switzerland and Belgium held by renowned teachers such as Ilya Grubert, Pavel Vernikov, Gli Shaham, Natalia Gutman and many others. She works as a pianist collaborator at the "Maderna" Conservatory of Cesena, the higher Institute for musical studies "Peri" of Reggio Emilia and "Vecchi-"Tonelli" of Modena, as well as for the violin advanced training courses held by the the Portogruaro Music School.
