Dai, the soprano, just concluded her contract with the Zurich Opera House in Switzerland, and hopes to shift the focus of her career to China this year. This was the second time she collaborated with SSO, after the Chinese opera Lu Xun premiered in September.

Eighteen-year-old violinist Chua is from Singapore and won a series of international competitions since she was 10. Her latest recording Mozart: Violin Concertos, released in July, topped the classical music chart on Apple Music.

Lin, the viola player, won the first prize of the sixth Tokyo International Viola Competition in June. She hopes to introduce the viola, a less famous member of the string instruments' family, to wider public.