What do four youngsters from Poland, Iraq, Russia and China respectively have in common? Apart from belonging in the same age bracket (17-19), all of them have been playing the guitar for a decade and are part of a quartet named 4nations, which was founded in Germany in 2010. Alumni of the municipal Music School of the City Of Leverkusen, the quartet was set up by musical director and vice principal Matthias Fromageot after he felt the need to handpick these four youngsters — Adam Wasiak, Salam Babak, David Stroh and Steven Truong — who had won several prestigious music competitions such as the Young Musicians, guitar quartet and the International Youth Competition Gevelsberg and form this group. 

Adam Wasiak, Salam Babak, David Stroh and Steven Truong with a student from Kolkata