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Daniel Dastoor
April 11, 2023
Known for his musical sensitivity and inspired performances, violinist Daniel Dastoor has emerged as one of Canada’s leading young artists. A native of Montreal and a frequent participant in competitions and festivals, Daniel is a winner of the Sylva Gelber Music Foundation Award and the Calgary Philharmonic’s Marley Rynd Performance Scholarship. As part ...
Daniel Dastoor
April 11, 2023
Known for his musical sensitivity and inspired performances, violinist Daniel Dastoor has emerged as one of Canada’s leading young artists. A native of Montreal and a frequent participant in competitions and festivals, Daniel is a winner of the Sylva Gelber Music Foundation Award and the Calgary Philharmonic’s Marley Rynd Performance Scholarship. As part ...
Jean Smith
April 11, 2023
Jean Marie Smith is a Los Angeles based horn player currently pursuing a Master of Music degree from the University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music, where she studies with Julie Landsman. Prior to Jean’s time at Thornton, she attended the University of Minnesota as a Chester E. and Marion D. Groth scholar and, under the tutelage of E ...
Daniel Dastoor
April 11, 2023
Known for his musical sensitivity and inspired performances, violinist Daniel Dastoor has emerged as one of Canada’s leading young artists. A native of Montreal and a frequent participant in competitions and festivals, Daniel is a winner of the Sylva Gelber Music Foundation Award and the Calgary Philharmonic’s Marley Rynd Performance Scholarship. As part ...
Jean Smith
April 11, 2023
Jean Marie Smith is a Los Angeles based horn player currently pursuing a Master of Music degree from the University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music, where she studies with Julie Landsman. Prior to Jean’s time at Thornton, she attended the University of Minnesota as a Chester E. and Marion D. Groth scholar and, under the tutelage of E ...
Alber Chien
April 11, 2023
Alber Chien is an award-winning pianist based in California, known for his work as a soloist, collaborator, and chamber musician. His performances have taken him to prestigious venues across the United States, including Carnegie’s Weill Hall, as well as to Taiwan and Germany. Among his many competition accolades are 2nd prize in the Los Angeles Liszt Inte ...
Daniel Dastoor
April 11, 2023
Known for his musical sensitivity and inspired performances, violinist Daniel Dastoor has emerged as one of Canada’s leading young artists. A native of Montreal and a frequent participant in competitions and festivals, Daniel is a winner of the Sylva Gelber Music Foundation Award and the Calgary Philharmonic’s Marley Rynd Performance Scholarship. As part ...
Jean Smith
April 11, 2023
Jean Marie Smith is a Los Angeles based horn player currently pursuing a Master of Music degree from the University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music, where she studies with Julie Landsman. Prior to Jean’s time at Thornton, she attended the University of Minnesota as a Chester E. and Marion D. Groth scholar and, under the tutelage of E ...
Alber Chien
April 11, 2023
Alber Chien is an award-winning pianist based in California, known for his work as a soloist, collaborator, and chamber musician. His performances have taken him to prestigious venues across the United States, including Carnegie’s Weill Hall, as well as to Taiwan and Germany. Among his many competition accolades are 2nd prize in the Los Angeles Liszt Inte ...
Kayla Bryan
April 11, 2023
Kayla Bryan, from Guilford, Connecticut, is a master’s degree student of Ilya Kaler at Cleveland Institute of Music. She completed her Bachelor of Music degree at Lynn University Conservatory of Music where she studied with Elmar Oliveira. She began studying at The Hartt School Community Division at age four with Donna Ngai. She was a prize winner at the D ...
Daniel Dastoor
April 11, 2023
Known for his musical sensitivity and inspired performances, violinist Daniel Dastoor has emerged as one of Canada’s leading young artists. A native of Montreal and a frequent participant in competitions and festivals, Daniel is a winner of the Sylva Gelber Music Foundation Award and the Calgary Philharmonic’s Marley Rynd Performance Scholarship. As part ...
Jean Smith
April 11, 2023
Jean Marie Smith is a Los Angeles based horn player currently pursuing a Master of Music degree from the University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music, where she studies with Julie Landsman. Prior to Jean’s time at Thornton, she attended the University of Minnesota as a Chester E. and Marion D. Groth scholar and, under the tutelage of E ...
Alber Chien
April 11, 2023
Alber Chien is an award-winning pianist based in California, known for his work as a soloist, collaborator, and chamber musician. His performances have taken him to prestigious venues across the United States, including Carnegie’s Weill Hall, as well as to Taiwan and Germany. Among his many competition accolades are 2nd prize in the Los Angeles Liszt Inte ...
Kayla Bryan
April 11, 2023
Kayla Bryan, from Guilford, Connecticut, is a master’s degree student of Ilya Kaler at Cleveland Institute of Music. She completed her Bachelor of Music degree at Lynn University Conservatory of Music where she studied with Elmar Oliveira. She began studying at The Hartt School Community Division at age four with Donna Ngai. She was a prize winner at the D ...
Bennet Huang
April 11, 2023
Bennet Huang is currently a Masters of Music student studying cello performance with Paul Katz at the New England Conservatory. He received a Bachelor of Music Performance in 2021 from the University of Iowa studying under Anthony Arnone. Prior to college, Bennet studied with Dr. Vicky Wang for ten years. Bennet has participated in masterclasses with many no ...
Daniel Dastoor
April 11, 2023
Known for his musical sensitivity and inspired performances, violinist Daniel Dastoor has emerged as one of Canada’s leading young artists. A native of Montreal and a frequent participant in competitions and festivals, Daniel is a winner of the Sylva Gelber Music Foundation Award and the Calgary Philharmonic’s Marley Rynd Performance Scholarship. As part ...
Jean Smith
April 11, 2023
Jean Marie Smith is a Los Angeles based horn player currently pursuing a Master of Music degree from the University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music, where she studies with Julie Landsman. Prior to Jean’s time at Thornton, she attended the University of Minnesota as a Chester E. and Marion D. Groth scholar and, under the tutelage of E ...
Alber Chien
April 11, 2023
Alber Chien is an award-winning pianist based in California, known for his work as a soloist, collaborator, and chamber musician. His performances have taken him to prestigious venues across the United States, including Carnegie’s Weill Hall, as well as to Taiwan and Germany. Among his many competition accolades are 2nd prize in the Los Angeles Liszt Inte ...
Kayla Bryan
April 11, 2023
Kayla Bryan, from Guilford, Connecticut, is a master’s degree student of Ilya Kaler at Cleveland Institute of Music. She completed her Bachelor of Music degree at Lynn University Conservatory of Music where she studied with Elmar Oliveira. She began studying at The Hartt School Community Division at age four with Donna Ngai. She was a prize winner at the D ...
Bennet Huang
April 11, 2023
Bennet Huang is currently a Masters of Music student studying cello performance with Paul Katz at the New England Conservatory. He received a Bachelor of Music Performance in 2021 from the University of Iowa studying under Anthony Arnone. Prior to college, Bennet studied with Dr. Vicky Wang for ten years. Bennet has participated in masterclasses with many no ...
Zhiwei Ni
April 11, 2023
Zhiwei Ni started playing the clarinet at the age of 9 under clarinet educator Fan Lei. Zhiwei has studied with Emil Khudyev at Interlochen and with Yehuda Gilad at the Colburn Music Academy. He now attends the Eastman School of Music where he studies on full scholarship with professor Michael Wayne. In 2019 and 2020, Zhiwei was selected for the China Youth ...
Daniel Dastoor
April 11, 2023
Known for his musical sensitivity and inspired performances, violinist Daniel Dastoor has emerged as one of Canada’s leading young artists. A native of Montreal and a frequent participant in competitions and festivals, Daniel is a winner of the Sylva Gelber Music Foundation Award and the Calgary Philharmonic’s Marley Rynd Performance Scholarship. As part ...
Jean Smith
April 11, 2023
Jean Marie Smith is a Los Angeles based horn player currently pursuing a Master of Music degree from the University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music, where she studies with Julie Landsman. Prior to Jean’s time at Thornton, she attended the University of Minnesota as a Chester E. and Marion D. Groth scholar and, under the tutelage of E ...
Alber Chien
April 11, 2023
Alber Chien is an award-winning pianist based in California, known for his work as a soloist, collaborator, and chamber musician. His performances have taken him to prestigious venues across the United States, including Carnegie’s Weill Hall, as well as to Taiwan and Germany. Among his many competition accolades are 2nd prize in the Los Angeles Liszt Inte ...
Kayla Bryan
April 11, 2023
Kayla Bryan, from Guilford, Connecticut, is a master’s degree student of Ilya Kaler at Cleveland Institute of Music. She completed her Bachelor of Music degree at Lynn University Conservatory of Music where she studied with Elmar Oliveira. She began studying at The Hartt School Community Division at age four with Donna Ngai. She was a prize winner at the D ...
Bennet Huang
April 11, 2023
Bennet Huang is currently a Masters of Music student studying cello performance with Paul Katz at the New England Conservatory. He received a Bachelor of Music Performance in 2021 from the University of Iowa studying under Anthony Arnone. Prior to college, Bennet studied with Dr. Vicky Wang for ten years. Bennet has participated in masterclasses with many no ...
Zhiwei Ni
April 11, 2023
Zhiwei Ni started playing the clarinet at the age of 9 under clarinet educator Fan Lei. Zhiwei has studied with Emil Khudyev at Interlochen and with Yehuda Gilad at the Colburn Music Academy. He now attends the Eastman School of Music where he studies on full scholarship with professor Michael Wayne. In 2019 and 2020, Zhiwei was selected for the China Youth ...
Pualina Lim
April 11, 2023
Singaporean pianist Pualina Lim Mei En is a musician with a huge passion in collaborative music making. As an avid collaborative pianist, she has diverse experience in duo, chamber, orchestral, and choral settings and has played in lessons and masterclasses by Jonathan Feldman, Noah Bendix-Balgley, Soovin Kim, and Zlatomir Fung. In 2022, Pualina was invited ...
Daniel Dastoor
April 11, 2023
Known for his musical sensitivity and inspired performances, violinist Daniel Dastoor has emerged as one of Canada’s leading young artists. A native of Montreal and a frequent participant in competitions and festivals, Daniel is a winner of the Sylva Gelber Music Foundation Award and the Calgary Philharmonic’s Marley Rynd Performance Scholarship. As part ...
Jean Smith
April 11, 2023
Jean Marie Smith is a Los Angeles based horn player currently pursuing a Master of Music degree from the University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music, where she studies with Julie Landsman. Prior to Jean’s time at Thornton, she attended the University of Minnesota as a Chester E. and Marion D. Groth scholar and, under the tutelage of E ...
Alber Chien
April 11, 2023
Alber Chien is an award-winning pianist based in California, known for his work as a soloist, collaborator, and chamber musician. His performances have taken him to prestigious venues across the United States, including Carnegie’s Weill Hall, as well as to Taiwan and Germany. Among his many competition accolades are 2nd prize in the Los Angeles Liszt Inte ...
Kayla Bryan
April 11, 2023
Kayla Bryan, from Guilford, Connecticut, is a master’s degree student of Ilya Kaler at Cleveland Institute of Music. She completed her Bachelor of Music degree at Lynn University Conservatory of Music where she studied with Elmar Oliveira. She began studying at The Hartt School Community Division at age four with Donna Ngai. She was a prize winner at the D ...
Bennet Huang
April 11, 2023
Bennet Huang is currently a Masters of Music student studying cello performance with Paul Katz at the New England Conservatory. He received a Bachelor of Music Performance in 2021 from the University of Iowa studying under Anthony Arnone. Prior to college, Bennet studied with Dr. Vicky Wang for ten years. Bennet has participated in masterclasses with many no ...
Zhiwei Ni
April 11, 2023
Zhiwei Ni started playing the clarinet at the age of 9 under clarinet educator Fan Lei. Zhiwei has studied with Emil Khudyev at Interlochen and with Yehuda Gilad at the Colburn Music Academy. He now attends the Eastman School of Music where he studies on full scholarship with professor Michael Wayne. In 2019 and 2020, Zhiwei was selected for the China Youth ...
Pualina Lim
April 11, 2023
Singaporean pianist Pualina Lim Mei En is a musician with a huge passion in collaborative music making. As an avid collaborative pianist, she has diverse experience in duo, chamber, orchestral, and choral settings and has played in lessons and masterclasses by Jonathan Feldman, Noah Bendix-Balgley, Soovin Kim, and Zlatomir Fung. In 2022, Pualina was invited ...
Ting-Ting Yang
April 11, 2023
Ting-Ting Yang is a collaborative pianist and multi-genre composer whose musical journey began at a young age in Taiwan. Yang crafts her career both as a collaborative pianist and composer, and has collaborated with many orchestral musicians throughout Taiwan, Singapore, Thailand, and the United States. Yang pursued a Master’s degree in collaborative piano ...
Daniel Dastoor
April 11, 2023
Known for his musical sensitivity and inspired performances, violinist Daniel Dastoor has emerged as one of Canada’s leading young artists. A native of Montreal and a frequent participant in competitions and festivals, Daniel is a winner of the Sylva Gelber Music Foundation Award and the Calgary Philharmonic’s Marley Rynd Performance Scholarship. As part ...
Jean Smith
April 11, 2023
Jean Marie Smith is a Los Angeles based horn player currently pursuing a Master of Music degree from the University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music, where she studies with Julie Landsman. Prior to Jean’s time at Thornton, she attended the University of Minnesota as a Chester E. and Marion D. Groth scholar and, under the tutelage of E ...
Alber Chien
April 11, 2023
Alber Chien is an award-winning pianist based in California, known for his work as a soloist, collaborator, and chamber musician. His performances have taken him to prestigious venues across the United States, including Carnegie’s Weill Hall, as well as to Taiwan and Germany. Among his many competition accolades are 2nd prize in the Los Angeles Liszt Inte ...
Kayla Bryan
April 11, 2023
Kayla Bryan, from Guilford, Connecticut, is a master’s degree student of Ilya Kaler at Cleveland Institute of Music. She completed her Bachelor of Music degree at Lynn University Conservatory of Music where she studied with Elmar Oliveira. She began studying at The Hartt School Community Division at age four with Donna Ngai. She was a prize winner at the D ...
Bennet Huang
April 11, 2023
Bennet Huang is currently a Masters of Music student studying cello performance with Paul Katz at the New England Conservatory. He received a Bachelor of Music Performance in 2021 from the University of Iowa studying under Anthony Arnone. Prior to college, Bennet studied with Dr. Vicky Wang for ten years. Bennet has participated in masterclasses with many no ...
Zhiwei Ni
April 11, 2023
Zhiwei Ni started playing the clarinet at the age of 9 under clarinet educator Fan Lei. Zhiwei has studied with Emil Khudyev at Interlochen and with Yehuda Gilad at the Colburn Music Academy. He now attends the Eastman School of Music where he studies on full scholarship with professor Michael Wayne. In 2019 and 2020, Zhiwei was selected for the China Youth ...
Pualina Lim
April 11, 2023
Singaporean pianist Pualina Lim Mei En is a musician with a huge passion in collaborative music making. As an avid collaborative pianist, she has diverse experience in duo, chamber, orchestral, and choral settings and has played in lessons and masterclasses by Jonathan Feldman, Noah Bendix-Balgley, Soovin Kim, and Zlatomir Fung. In 2022, Pualina was invited ...
Ting-Ting Yang
April 11, 2023
Ting-Ting Yang is a collaborative pianist and multi-genre composer whose musical journey began at a young age in Taiwan. Yang crafts her career both as a collaborative pianist and composer, and has collaborated with many orchestral musicians throughout Taiwan, Singapore, Thailand, and the United States. Yang pursued a Master’s degree in collaborative piano ...
Elijah Smith
April 11, 2023
Praised by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra as a “rising star,” composer Elijah Daniel Smith is quickly establishing himself as one of today’s leading young composers. His music, which has been described as “gnashing and relentless” (Chicago Tribune), and as “an ingenious study in clarity and distortion” (San Francisco Classical Voice), ranges fr ...
Daniel Dastoor
April 11, 2023
Known for his musical sensitivity and inspired performances, violinist Daniel Dastoor has emerged as one of Canada’s leading young artists. A native of Montreal and a frequent participant in competitions and festivals, Daniel is a winner of the Sylva Gelber Music Foundation Award and the Calgary Philharmonic’s Marley Rynd Performance Scholarship. As part ...
Jean Smith
April 11, 2023
Jean Marie Smith is a Los Angeles based horn player currently pursuing a Master of Music degree from the University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music, where she studies with Julie Landsman. Prior to Jean’s time at Thornton, she attended the University of Minnesota as a Chester E. and Marion D. Groth scholar and, under the tutelage of E ...
Alber Chien
April 11, 2023
Alber Chien is an award-winning pianist based in California, known for his work as a soloist, collaborator, and chamber musician. His performances have taken him to prestigious venues across the United States, including Carnegie’s Weill Hall, as well as to Taiwan and Germany. Among his many competition accolades are 2nd prize in the Los Angeles Liszt Inte ...
Kayla Bryan
April 11, 2023
Kayla Bryan, from Guilford, Connecticut, is a master’s degree student of Ilya Kaler at Cleveland Institute of Music. She completed her Bachelor of Music degree at Lynn University Conservatory of Music where she studied with Elmar Oliveira. She began studying at The Hartt School Community Division at age four with Donna Ngai. She was a prize winner at the D ...
Bennet Huang
April 11, 2023
Bennet Huang is currently a Masters of Music student studying cello performance with Paul Katz at the New England Conservatory. He received a Bachelor of Music Performance in 2021 from the University of Iowa studying under Anthony Arnone. Prior to college, Bennet studied with Dr. Vicky Wang for ten years. Bennet has participated in masterclasses with many no ...
Zhiwei Ni
April 11, 2023
Zhiwei Ni started playing the clarinet at the age of 9 under clarinet educator Fan Lei. Zhiwei has studied with Emil Khudyev at Interlochen and with Yehuda Gilad at the Colburn Music Academy. He now attends the Eastman School of Music where he studies on full scholarship with professor Michael Wayne. In 2019 and 2020, Zhiwei was selected for the China Youth ...
Pualina Lim
April 11, 2023
Singaporean pianist Pualina Lim Mei En is a musician with a huge passion in collaborative music making. As an avid collaborative pianist, she has diverse experience in duo, chamber, orchestral, and choral settings and has played in lessons and masterclasses by Jonathan Feldman, Noah Bendix-Balgley, Soovin Kim, and Zlatomir Fung. In 2022, Pualina was invited ...
Ting-Ting Yang
April 11, 2023
Ting-Ting Yang is a collaborative pianist and multi-genre composer whose musical journey began at a young age in Taiwan. Yang crafts her career both as a collaborative pianist and composer, and has collaborated with many orchestral musicians throughout Taiwan, Singapore, Thailand, and the United States. Yang pursued a Master’s degree in collaborative piano ...
Elijah Smith
April 11, 2023
Praised by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra as a “rising star,” composer Elijah Daniel Smith is quickly establishing himself as one of today’s leading young composers. His music, which has been described as “gnashing and relentless” (Chicago Tribune), and as “an ingenious study in clarity and distortion” (San Francisco Classical Voice), ranges fr ...
Graeme Sugden
April 11, 2023
Flutist Graeme Sugden currently serves as the Piccoloist of the Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra, and appears regularly with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, and Sarasota Orchestra. He has spent past summers performing at the Miami Music Festival Orchestral Institute, Marina Piccinini International Masterclass, Detroit Symph ...