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Natalie Clarke
April 18, 2022
Natalie Clarke is a violist from the Chicago suburbs and is an active solo and chamber performer. She is currently in her fourth year of undergraduate studies at The Juilliard School studying with Heidi Castleman and Hsin-Yun Huang. She has received gold medals at the Fischoff National Chamber Competition and Rembrandt High School Music Competition. Her cha ...

Natalie Clarke
April 18, 2022
Natalie Clarke is a violist from the Chicago suburbs and is an active solo and chamber performer. She is currently in her fourth year of undergraduate studies at The Juilliard School studying with Heidi Castleman and Hsin-Yun Huang. She has received gold medals at the Fischoff National Chamber Competition and Rembrandt High School Music Competition. Her cha ...

Diane Park
April 15, 2022
Originally from Long Island, New York, Diane Park began her studies as a pianist from a young age at the Manhattan School of Music's Precollege, under notable teachers such as Solomon Mikowsky and Miyoko Lotto. She received a Bachelor's degree in Music Education with a primary in piano at the Eastman School of Music, with Professor Vincent Lenti. She then ...

Natalie Clarke
April 18, 2022
Natalie Clarke is a violist from the Chicago suburbs and is an active solo and chamber performer. She is currently in her fourth year of undergraduate studies at The Juilliard School studying with Heidi Castleman and Hsin-Yun Huang. She has received gold medals at the Fischoff National Chamber Competition and Rembrandt High School Music Competition. Her cha ...

Diane Park
April 15, 2022
Originally from Long Island, New York, Diane Park began her studies as a pianist from a young age at the Manhattan School of Music's Precollege, under notable teachers such as Solomon Mikowsky and Miyoko Lotto. She received a Bachelor's degree in Music Education with a primary in piano at the Eastman School of Music, with Professor Vincent Lenti. She then ...

Yunwen Chen
April 13, 2022
Born in NanJing, China, cellist Yunwen Chen is an active solo and chamber performer. She holds a Master’s Degree and Graduate Diploma from the New England Conservatory of Music, where she studied with Paul Katz. Yunwen is the first musician in her family. At age 16, her piano trio from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music embarked on an adventure to study t ...

Natalie Clarke
April 18, 2022
Natalie Clarke is a violist from the Chicago suburbs and is an active solo and chamber performer. She is currently in her fourth year of undergraduate studies at The Juilliard School studying with Heidi Castleman and Hsin-Yun Huang. She has received gold medals at the Fischoff National Chamber Competition and Rembrandt High School Music Competition. Her cha ...

Diane Park
April 15, 2022
Originally from Long Island, New York, Diane Park began her studies as a pianist from a young age at the Manhattan School of Music's Precollege, under notable teachers such as Solomon Mikowsky and Miyoko Lotto. She received a Bachelor's degree in Music Education with a primary in piano at the Eastman School of Music, with Professor Vincent Lenti. She then ...

Yunwen Chen
April 13, 2022
Born in NanJing, China, cellist Yunwen Chen is an active solo and chamber performer. She holds a Master’s Degree and Graduate Diploma from the New England Conservatory of Music, where she studied with Paul Katz. Yunwen is the first musician in her family. At age 16, her piano trio from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music embarked on an adventure to study t ...

Samuel Zacharia
April 11, 2022
Violist Samuel Zacharia (b. 1999) is the winner of the Parker Quartet Guest Artist Award and the American Viola Society Soloist Competition. He is a fifth-year student in the Harvard-New England Conservatory (NEC) dual degree program, graduating with a Bachelor’s in Economics from Harvard in 2021 and with a Master of Music degree from NEC in Spring of 2022 ...

Natalie Clarke
April 18, 2022
Natalie Clarke is a violist from the Chicago suburbs and is an active solo and chamber performer. She is currently in her fourth year of undergraduate studies at The Juilliard School studying with Heidi Castleman and Hsin-Yun Huang. She has received gold medals at the Fischoff National Chamber Competition and Rembrandt High School Music Competition. Her cha ...

Diane Park
April 15, 2022
Originally from Long Island, New York, Diane Park began her studies as a pianist from a young age at the Manhattan School of Music's Precollege, under notable teachers such as Solomon Mikowsky and Miyoko Lotto. She received a Bachelor's degree in Music Education with a primary in piano at the Eastman School of Music, with Professor Vincent Lenti. She then ...

Yunwen Chen
April 13, 2022
Born in NanJing, China, cellist Yunwen Chen is an active solo and chamber performer. She holds a Master’s Degree and Graduate Diploma from the New England Conservatory of Music, where she studied with Paul Katz. Yunwen is the first musician in her family. At age 16, her piano trio from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music embarked on an adventure to study t ...

Samuel Zacharia
April 11, 2022
Violist Samuel Zacharia (b. 1999) is the winner of the Parker Quartet Guest Artist Award and the American Viola Society Soloist Competition. He is a fifth-year student in the Harvard-New England Conservatory (NEC) dual degree program, graduating with a Bachelor’s in Economics from Harvard in 2021 and with a Master of Music degree from NEC in Spring of 2022 ...

Elgin Lee
April 11, 2022
Elgin Lee is an active solo and collaborative pianist from Minnesota. From a young age he has participated in music festivals across the states and in China, where he has had the privilege of working with renowned faculty such as Boris Slutsky, Arie Vardi, Jerome Rose, Margo Garrett, Rita Sloan, etc., and has won top piano prizes in multiple competitions suc ...

Natalie Clarke
April 18, 2022
Natalie Clarke is a violist from the Chicago suburbs and is an active solo and chamber performer. She is currently in her fourth year of undergraduate studies at The Juilliard School studying with Heidi Castleman and Hsin-Yun Huang. She has received gold medals at the Fischoff National Chamber Competition and Rembrandt High School Music Competition. Her cha ...

Diane Park
April 15, 2022
Originally from Long Island, New York, Diane Park began her studies as a pianist from a young age at the Manhattan School of Music's Precollege, under notable teachers such as Solomon Mikowsky and Miyoko Lotto. She received a Bachelor's degree in Music Education with a primary in piano at the Eastman School of Music, with Professor Vincent Lenti. She then ...

Yunwen Chen
April 13, 2022
Born in NanJing, China, cellist Yunwen Chen is an active solo and chamber performer. She holds a Master’s Degree and Graduate Diploma from the New England Conservatory of Music, where she studied with Paul Katz. Yunwen is the first musician in her family. At age 16, her piano trio from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music embarked on an adventure to study t ...

Samuel Zacharia
April 11, 2022
Violist Samuel Zacharia (b. 1999) is the winner of the Parker Quartet Guest Artist Award and the American Viola Society Soloist Competition. He is a fifth-year student in the Harvard-New England Conservatory (NEC) dual degree program, graduating with a Bachelor’s in Economics from Harvard in 2021 and with a Master of Music degree from NEC in Spring of 2022 ...

Elgin Lee
April 11, 2022
Elgin Lee is an active solo and collaborative pianist from Minnesota. From a young age he has participated in music festivals across the states and in China, where he has had the privilege of working with renowned faculty such as Boris Slutsky, Arie Vardi, Jerome Rose, Margo Garrett, Rita Sloan, etc., and has won top piano prizes in multiple competitions suc ...

Balourdet Quartet
April 9, 2022
Angela Bae, Justin DeFilippis, violin • Benjamin Zannoni, viola • Russell Houston, cello The Balourdet Quartet, based in Boston, Massachusetts, is currently in residence at the New England Conservatory’s Professional String Quartet Program. The quartet received the Grand Prize at the 2021 Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition as well as t ...

Natalie Clarke
April 18, 2022
Natalie Clarke is a violist from the Chicago suburbs and is an active solo and chamber performer. She is currently in her fourth year of undergraduate studies at The Juilliard School studying with Heidi Castleman and Hsin-Yun Huang. She has received gold medals at the Fischoff National Chamber Competition and Rembrandt High School Music Competition. Her cha ...

Diane Park
April 15, 2022
Originally from Long Island, New York, Diane Park began her studies as a pianist from a young age at the Manhattan School of Music's Precollege, under notable teachers such as Solomon Mikowsky and Miyoko Lotto. She received a Bachelor's degree in Music Education with a primary in piano at the Eastman School of Music, with Professor Vincent Lenti. She then ...

Yunwen Chen
April 13, 2022
Born in NanJing, China, cellist Yunwen Chen is an active solo and chamber performer. She holds a Master’s Degree and Graduate Diploma from the New England Conservatory of Music, where she studied with Paul Katz. Yunwen is the first musician in her family. At age 16, her piano trio from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music embarked on an adventure to study t ...

Samuel Zacharia
April 11, 2022
Violist Samuel Zacharia (b. 1999) is the winner of the Parker Quartet Guest Artist Award and the American Viola Society Soloist Competition. He is a fifth-year student in the Harvard-New England Conservatory (NEC) dual degree program, graduating with a Bachelor’s in Economics from Harvard in 2021 and with a Master of Music degree from NEC in Spring of 2022 ...

Elgin Lee
April 11, 2022
Elgin Lee is an active solo and collaborative pianist from Minnesota. From a young age he has participated in music festivals across the states and in China, where he has had the privilege of working with renowned faculty such as Boris Slutsky, Arie Vardi, Jerome Rose, Margo Garrett, Rita Sloan, etc., and has won top piano prizes in multiple competitions suc ...

Balourdet Quartet
April 9, 2022
Angela Bae, Justin DeFilippis, violin • Benjamin Zannoni, viola • Russell Houston, cello The Balourdet Quartet, based in Boston, Massachusetts, is currently in residence at the New England Conservatory’s Professional String Quartet Program. The quartet received the Grand Prize at the 2021 Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition as well as t ...

Susannah Greenslit
April 9, 2022
Susannah Greenslit is a horn player based in Los Angeles, California. She is currently pursuing a Master of Music degree from the University of Southern California, where she studies with Julie Landsman. She completed her undergraduate studies at the Cleveland Institute of Music under the instruction of Richard King and graduated with academic honors. Susann ...

Natalie Clarke
April 18, 2022
Natalie Clarke is a violist from the Chicago suburbs and is an active solo and chamber performer. She is currently in her fourth year of undergraduate studies at The Juilliard School studying with Heidi Castleman and Hsin-Yun Huang. She has received gold medals at the Fischoff National Chamber Competition and Rembrandt High School Music Competition. Her cha ...

Diane Park
April 15, 2022
Originally from Long Island, New York, Diane Park began her studies as a pianist from a young age at the Manhattan School of Music's Precollege, under notable teachers such as Solomon Mikowsky and Miyoko Lotto. She received a Bachelor's degree in Music Education with a primary in piano at the Eastman School of Music, with Professor Vincent Lenti. She then ...

Yunwen Chen
April 13, 2022
Born in NanJing, China, cellist Yunwen Chen is an active solo and chamber performer. She holds a Master’s Degree and Graduate Diploma from the New England Conservatory of Music, where she studied with Paul Katz. Yunwen is the first musician in her family. At age 16, her piano trio from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music embarked on an adventure to study t ...

Samuel Zacharia
April 11, 2022
Violist Samuel Zacharia (b. 1999) is the winner of the Parker Quartet Guest Artist Award and the American Viola Society Soloist Competition. He is a fifth-year student in the Harvard-New England Conservatory (NEC) dual degree program, graduating with a Bachelor’s in Economics from Harvard in 2021 and with a Master of Music degree from NEC in Spring of 2022 ...

Elgin Lee
April 11, 2022
Elgin Lee is an active solo and collaborative pianist from Minnesota. From a young age he has participated in music festivals across the states and in China, where he has had the privilege of working with renowned faculty such as Boris Slutsky, Arie Vardi, Jerome Rose, Margo Garrett, Rita Sloan, etc., and has won top piano prizes in multiple competitions suc ...

Balourdet Quartet
April 9, 2022
Angela Bae, Justin DeFilippis, violin • Benjamin Zannoni, viola • Russell Houston, cello The Balourdet Quartet, based in Boston, Massachusetts, is currently in residence at the New England Conservatory’s Professional String Quartet Program. The quartet received the Grand Prize at the 2021 Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition as well as t ...

Susannah Greenslit
April 9, 2022
Susannah Greenslit is a horn player based in Los Angeles, California. She is currently pursuing a Master of Music degree from the University of Southern California, where she studies with Julie Landsman. She completed her undergraduate studies at the Cleveland Institute of Music under the instruction of Richard King and graduated with academic honors. Susann ...

Claire Kim
April 9, 2022
South Korean cellist Claire Deokyong Kim earned her Bachelor of Music degree at New England Conservatory in the studio of Lluis Claret and is now pursuing the master’s program in the studio of Laurence Lesser. Kim previously studied with Myungwha Chung for 4 years prior to studies at NEC. As a first-year undergraduate, Kim won the NEC Lower String Compe ...

Natalie Clarke
April 18, 2022
Natalie Clarke is a violist from the Chicago suburbs and is an active solo and chamber performer. She is currently in her fourth year of undergraduate studies at The Juilliard School studying with Heidi Castleman and Hsin-Yun Huang. She has received gold medals at the Fischoff National Chamber Competition and Rembrandt High School Music Competition. Her cha ...

Diane Park
April 15, 2022
Originally from Long Island, New York, Diane Park began her studies as a pianist from a young age at the Manhattan School of Music's Precollege, under notable teachers such as Solomon Mikowsky and Miyoko Lotto. She received a Bachelor's degree in Music Education with a primary in piano at the Eastman School of Music, with Professor Vincent Lenti. She then ...

Yunwen Chen
April 13, 2022
Born in NanJing, China, cellist Yunwen Chen is an active solo and chamber performer. She holds a Master’s Degree and Graduate Diploma from the New England Conservatory of Music, where she studied with Paul Katz. Yunwen is the first musician in her family. At age 16, her piano trio from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music embarked on an adventure to study t ...

Samuel Zacharia
April 11, 2022
Violist Samuel Zacharia (b. 1999) is the winner of the Parker Quartet Guest Artist Award and the American Viola Society Soloist Competition. He is a fifth-year student in the Harvard-New England Conservatory (NEC) dual degree program, graduating with a Bachelor’s in Economics from Harvard in 2021 and with a Master of Music degree from NEC in Spring of 2022 ...

Elgin Lee
April 11, 2022
Elgin Lee is an active solo and collaborative pianist from Minnesota. From a young age he has participated in music festivals across the states and in China, where he has had the privilege of working with renowned faculty such as Boris Slutsky, Arie Vardi, Jerome Rose, Margo Garrett, Rita Sloan, etc., and has won top piano prizes in multiple competitions suc ...

Balourdet Quartet
April 9, 2022
Angela Bae, Justin DeFilippis, violin • Benjamin Zannoni, viola • Russell Houston, cello The Balourdet Quartet, based in Boston, Massachusetts, is currently in residence at the New England Conservatory’s Professional String Quartet Program. The quartet received the Grand Prize at the 2021 Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition as well as t ...

Susannah Greenslit
April 9, 2022
Susannah Greenslit is a horn player based in Los Angeles, California. She is currently pursuing a Master of Music degree from the University of Southern California, where she studies with Julie Landsman. She completed her undergraduate studies at the Cleveland Institute of Music under the instruction of Richard King and graduated with academic honors. Susann ...

Claire Kim
April 9, 2022
South Korean cellist Claire Deokyong Kim earned her Bachelor of Music degree at New England Conservatory in the studio of Lluis Claret and is now pursuing the master’s program in the studio of Laurence Lesser. Kim previously studied with Myungwha Chung for 4 years prior to studies at NEC. As a first-year undergraduate, Kim won the NEC Lower String Compe ...

TianYi Li
April 9, 2022
A native of Shenzhen, China, TianYi Li traveled to New York in his early teens to pursue his love of piano. Within six years, he had finished his high school and undergraduate curricula, graduating cum laude from New York University Steinhardt, where he worked with Eduardus Halim, the last pupil of Vladimir Horowitz. Following the completion of his Master of ...

Natalie Clarke
April 18, 2022
Natalie Clarke is a violist from the Chicago suburbs and is an active solo and chamber performer. She is currently in her fourth year of undergraduate studies at The Juilliard School studying with Heidi Castleman and Hsin-Yun Huang. She has received gold medals at the Fischoff National Chamber Competition and Rembrandt High School Music Competition. Her cha ...

Diane Park
April 15, 2022
Originally from Long Island, New York, Diane Park began her studies as a pianist from a young age at the Manhattan School of Music's Precollege, under notable teachers such as Solomon Mikowsky and Miyoko Lotto. She received a Bachelor's degree in Music Education with a primary in piano at the Eastman School of Music, with Professor Vincent Lenti. She then ...

Yunwen Chen
April 13, 2022
Born in NanJing, China, cellist Yunwen Chen is an active solo and chamber performer. She holds a Master’s Degree and Graduate Diploma from the New England Conservatory of Music, where she studied with Paul Katz. Yunwen is the first musician in her family. At age 16, her piano trio from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music embarked on an adventure to study t ...

Samuel Zacharia
April 11, 2022
Violist Samuel Zacharia (b. 1999) is the winner of the Parker Quartet Guest Artist Award and the American Viola Society Soloist Competition. He is a fifth-year student in the Harvard-New England Conservatory (NEC) dual degree program, graduating with a Bachelor’s in Economics from Harvard in 2021 and with a Master of Music degree from NEC in Spring of 2022 ...

Elgin Lee
April 11, 2022
Elgin Lee is an active solo and collaborative pianist from Minnesota. From a young age he has participated in music festivals across the states and in China, where he has had the privilege of working with renowned faculty such as Boris Slutsky, Arie Vardi, Jerome Rose, Margo Garrett, Rita Sloan, etc., and has won top piano prizes in multiple competitions suc ...

Balourdet Quartet
April 9, 2022
Angela Bae, Justin DeFilippis, violin • Benjamin Zannoni, viola • Russell Houston, cello The Balourdet Quartet, based in Boston, Massachusetts, is currently in residence at the New England Conservatory’s Professional String Quartet Program. The quartet received the Grand Prize at the 2021 Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition as well as t ...

Susannah Greenslit
April 9, 2022
Susannah Greenslit is a horn player based in Los Angeles, California. She is currently pursuing a Master of Music degree from the University of Southern California, where she studies with Julie Landsman. She completed her undergraduate studies at the Cleveland Institute of Music under the instruction of Richard King and graduated with academic honors. Susann ...

Claire Kim
April 9, 2022
South Korean cellist Claire Deokyong Kim earned her Bachelor of Music degree at New England Conservatory in the studio of Lluis Claret and is now pursuing the master’s program in the studio of Laurence Lesser. Kim previously studied with Myungwha Chung for 4 years prior to studies at NEC. As a first-year undergraduate, Kim won the NEC Lower String Compe ...

TianYi Li
April 9, 2022
A native of Shenzhen, China, TianYi Li traveled to New York in his early teens to pursue his love of piano. Within six years, he had finished his high school and undergraduate curricula, graduating cum laude from New York University Steinhardt, where he worked with Eduardus Halim, the last pupil of Vladimir Horowitz. Following the completion of his Master of ...

Aditi Prakash
April 9, 2022
Originally from the Chicagoland area, violist Aditi Prakash is an avid performer of musical styles across cultures and time and a scholar of a diverse range of subjects, including public health, economic anthropology, and linguistic anthropology. She received her undergraduate degrees in performance at the Eastman School of Music and in anthropology at the U ...