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Violin Masterclasses​

Our masterclasses give audiences a glimpse into our fellows’ journey to classical greatness. It’s an opportunity to observe a one-on-one teaching session between teaching artist and fellow.

Lead By:

  • Glenn Dicterow (Jun 13, Jul 3)
  • Bing Wang (Jun 20)
  • Sibbi Bernhardsson (Jun 27)
  • Martin Beaver (Jul 11, Jul 25)
  • Yoonshin Song (Jul 18)
  • Nathan Cole (Aug 1)

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Artists

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Glenn Dicterow

teaching artist

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Residency
Festival weeks 1-4

Violinist Glenn Dicterow has established himself worldwide as one of the most prominent American concert artists of his generation.

Mr. Dicterow has enjoyed a storied career. The concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic for 34 years, an all-time record in that major orchestral position, he became the first holder of the Robert Mann Chair in Strings and Chamber Music at the USC Thornton School of Music in 2013. He is also the Chairman of the Orchestral Performance Program at New York’s Manhattan School of Music. More than ever before, Dicterow performs as a soloist with orchestras around the nation and beyond, while participating in musical festivals and chamber music, teaching in musical academies and leading masterclasses around the world, while adjudicating competitions, among a plethora of musical assignments in a “second act” easily as active as his much lauded years with the Philharmonic.

Glenn Dicterow first came to prominence at the age of 11, making his solo debut in Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, where his father, Harold Dicterow, served as principal of the second violin section for 52 years. He first appeared with the New York Philharmonic in 1967, at the age of 18, performing the Tchaikovsky Concerto under the baton of André Kostelanetz.

Dicterow joined the Los Angeles Philharmonic as Associate Concertmaster in 1971, becoming Concertmaster there before turning 25. He came to New York as that orchestra’s Concertmaster in 1980, while soloing annually with the Philharmonic in each of his 34 years. In that time, he served as the orchestra’s “leader” (to use the British term) in collaboration with four very different music directors, Zubin Mehta, Kurt Masur, Lorin Maazel and Alan Gilbert

In a New York Philharmonic concert tour Dicterow was featured as the soloist in Leonard Bernstein’s Serenade After Plato’s Symposium, with Bernstein himself conducting. He performed the Waxman/Bizet Carmen Fantasy under Zubin Mehta as part of the New York Philharmonic’s “Live From Lincoln Center” telecast, and he was a soloist in the orchestra’s 1982 concert at the White House. Another career highlight was his performance of the Barber Violin Concerto at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China during the Philharmonic’s 1998 tour of Asia.

His shelf of recordings is endless, as the Philharmonic’s Concertmaster, in a large array of solo assignments, both of the great romantic concerti and of the 20th Century classics that he has championed, and in a wide range of chamber music. He has twice recorded Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade with the New York Philharmonic, once with Yuri Temirkanov conducting, once with Kurt Masur. He and his wife, violist Karen Dreyfus, have committed Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante to disc, alongside the Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra, led by Carl St.Clair. He has recorded violin sonatas by such heroes of American music as Ives, Copland, Bernstein, and John Corigliano.

“The Glenn Dicterow Collection,” a three-CD set on the New York Philharmonic label, surveys his career with the orchestra, in performances spanning thirty years, from 1982 - 2012, featuring his performances of concerti by Bruch, Bartok, Barber, Korngold, Prokofiev, Shostakovich and Szymanowski, plus the Bernstein Serenade, Kernis’s Lament and Prayer, and John Williams’s Theme From Schindler’s List, among many highlights.

As a sidelight, Dicterow has also provided the violin solos for numerous Hollywood films, including such modern classics as The Turning Point, The Untouchables, Altered States, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and Interview With the Vampire, among others.

A graduate of The Juilliard School, where he was a student of Ivan Galamian, he also studied with Joachim Chassman, Naoum Blinder, Manuel Compinsky, Erno Neufeld, Gerald Vinci, Eudice Shapiro, Jascha Heifetz and Henryk Szeryng.

Today, Dicterow is as committed to passing on the great musical legacy that spurred his own career as he once was in his orchestral duties. Beside his endowed chair at the USC-Thornton School and his innovative work in the Manhattan School’s orchestral program, he is the leader of the String Leadership Program at Santa Barbara’s Music Academy of the West, training new generations of concertmasters and principal second violinists.

Among his many honors, the Young Musicians Foundation, a Los Angeles institution which has spurred the careers of innumerable artists, honored Dicterow in February 2015 with its “Living the Legacy Award.” It should be noted that in his early teens, Dicterow, who is now on the YMF Advisory Board, won that organization’s Debut Concerto Competition in 1963.

Glenn Dicterow and his wife, Karen Dreyfus, are founding members of the Lyric Piano Quartet and the Amerigo Trio, performing, recording, teaching and proselytizing at leading festivals and musical institutions around the world.

He joined the Music Academy faculty in 2014.

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Bing Wang

teaching artist

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Residency
Festival weeks 1-3

Violinist Bing Wang joined the Los Angeles Philharmonic as Associate Concertmaster in 1994. She previously held the position of Principal Second Violin of the Cincinnati Symphony and has served on the faculty and as concertmaster at the Aspen Music Festival and School since 2003. Since 2009, she has also been Guest Concertmaster of her hometown orchestra, the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, where her tenure was highlighted by a televised New Year’s concert conducted by Riccardo Muti. 

As a soloist, Wang has won critical praise for her appearances with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. In September 1997, during the Philharmonic’s celebration of the Brahms anniversary year, she performed the composer’s Double Concerto with Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen at the Hollywood Bowl. She made her Walt Disney Concert Hall concerto debut in May of 2005 and appears annually as both concertmaster and soloist at the Hollywood Bowl under the baton of composer John Williams, performing his signature movie classics such as Schindler’s List and his arrangement of Fiddler on the Roof. Wang has appeared regularly with the American Youth Symphony since 1997, and she has also been featured as a soloist with the Cincinnati Symphony, the Manhattan Symphony, and other orchestras. In 2002, she gave her first performances in China since emigrating to the U.S., touring as a soloist with the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra. 

Active as a chamber musician, Wang has collaborated with such distinguished artists as Lang Lang, Yefim Bronfman, Emanuel Ax, and Jean-Yves Thibaudet, among others. Chamber music appearances include performances at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, and the Sanssouci Palace in Potsdam, Germany. She also performs regularly on the Philharmonic’s Green Umbrella and Chamber Music series. 

Bing Wang began studying the violin with her parents at the age of six. She entered the middle school of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, where she was concertmaster of the school orchestra, and graduated with highest honors. After coming to the U.S. to study with Berl Senofsky at the Peabody Conservatory, she received her master’s degree from the Manhattan School of Music under the tutelage of Glenn Dicterow. In 2012, Bing Wang was named an Adjunct Associate Professor at the USC Thornton School of Music. 

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Sibbi Bernhardsson

teaching artist

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Residency
Festival weeks 4-8

Icelandic violinist Sibbi Bernhardsson joined the Oberlin Conservatory faculty in 2017 after performing for the previous 17 years with the Pacifica Quartet, with which he won a Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance, Musical America Ensemble of the Year honors, and the Avery Fisher Career Grant.

As a member of the Pacifica Quartet, Bernhardsson appeared in more than 90 concerts worldwide each year, including engagements in Wigmore Hall (London), the Vienna Konzerthaus, Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), Suntory Hall (Tokyo), Alice Tully Hall and Carnegie Hall (New York), and other major venues. He has performed at the Edinburgh Festival, Ravinia, Music@Menlo, and the Reykjavík Arts Festival, and has collaborated with Menahem Pressler, Yo-Yo Ma, Jörg Widmann, Lynn Harrell, Leon Fleisher, the Emerson String Quartet, Johannes Moser, and members of the Guarneri and Cleveland quartets. His television appearances include The Tonight ShowSaturday Night Live, and the MTV Europe Music Awards with Icelandic artist Björk. He appears on 16 recordings with the Pacifica Quartet and has recorded the violin music of Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson and the sonatas for violin and piano by Franz Schubert.

Bernhardsson serves as director of the Cooper International Violin Competition at Oberlin and as artistic director of Iceland’s Harpa International Music Academy. He gives regular concerts and master classes in the United States, Europe, and Asia, and has appeared as a soloist with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, the Reykjavík Chamber Orchestra, CityMusic Cleveland, and other ensembles.

Bernhardsson is a 1995 graduate of Oberlin Conservatory. His teachers include Guðný Guðmundsdóttir, Almita and Roland Vamos, Mathias Tacke, and Shmuel Ashkenasi. He previously served on the faculty of the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University.

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Martin Beaver

teaching artist

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Residency
Festival weeks 1-2, 4-8

Canadian-born violinist Martin Beaver was First Violin of the world-renowned Tokyo String Quartet from June 2002 until its final concert in July 2013.  As such, he appeared to critical and public acclaim on the major stages of the world including New York’s Carnegie Hall, London’s Wigmore Hall, the Berliner Philharmonie, Tokyo’s Suntory Hall and the Sydney Opera House.

As a member of the Tokyo String Quartet, Mr. Beaver was privileged to perform on the 1727 Stradivarius violin from the “Paganini Quartet” set of instruments, on generous loan to the quartet from the Nippon Music Foundation.  Recordings of the Tokyo String Quartet during his tenure notably include the complete Beethoven string quartets on the Harmonia Mundi label.

Mr. Beaver’s concerto and recital appearances span four continents with orchestras such as the San Francisco Symphony, the Toronto Symphony, l’Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège and the Sapporo Symphony Orchestra and under the batons of Kazuyoshi Akiyama, Raymond Leppard, Gilbert Varga and Yannick Nézet-Séguin among others.  Chamber music performances include collaborations with such eminent artists as Leon Fleisher, Pinchas Zukerman, Lynn Harrell, Sabine Meyer and Yefim Bronfman.

Mr. Beaver is a regular guest at prominent festivals in North America and abroad. Among these are: the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Chamber Music Northwest, La Jolla SummerFest, the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, the Edinburgh Festival (U.K.) and Pacific Music Festival (Japan).  Additionally, he was a founding member of several notable chamber ensembles including Triskelion and the Montrose Trio.

Mr. Beaver’s discography includes concerti, sonatas and chamber music on the Harmonia Mundi USA, Biddulph, Naim Audio, René Gailly, Musica Viva, SM 5000, Toccata Classics and Naxos labels.  His recorded repertoire ranges from Bach, Beethoven and Brahms to the music of 21st century composers Alexina Louie, Gerard Schurmann and Joan Tower.

Following his early studies with Claude Letourneau and Carlisle Wilson, Mr. Beaver was a pupil of Victor Danchenko, Josef Gingold and Henryk Szeryng.  He is a laureate of the Queen Elisabeth, Montreal and Indianapolis competitions. Subsequently, he has served on the juries of major international competitions including the Queen Elisabeth and Montreal violin competitions, the Osaka International Chamber Music Competition and the Banff International String Quartet Competition.

Over the course of his career, Mr. Beaver has been the grateful recipient of generous support from the Canada Council for the Arts.  This includes Arts Grants for his studies at Indiana University, Career Development Grants and the 1993 Virginia-Parker Prize.  In 1998, through the generosity of an anonymous donor, the Canada Council awarded Mr. Beaver the loan of the 1729 “ex-Heath” Guarnerius del Gesù violin for a four-year period.

A devoted educator, Mr. Beaver has conducted masterclasses throughout North and South America, Europe, Asia and Australia.  He has held teaching positions at the Royal Conservatory of Music, the University of British Columbia and the Peabody Conservatory.  More recently, he served on the faculty of New York University and as Artist in Residence at the Yale School of Music, where he was awarded its highest honor - the Sanford Medal.

Mr. Beaver joined the faculty of the Colburn School in Los Angeles in August 2013 where he is currently Professor of Violin and Chamber Music.

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Messiah Ahmed

Violin

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Fellow
2024
Age
23
Birthplace
Dallas, Texas
School
The Juilliard School
Compeers
Barbara and Albert Lindemann
Scholarship
Mercedes Millington and Jack Mithun Scholarship

Messiah is earning his master’s degree from The Juilliard School, where he studies with Laurie Smucker. He placed first in the Friedlander Concerto Competition and Fuchs Chamber Competition. Additionally, Messiah has performed with the Juilliard Orchestra in Carnegie Hall. and with the PUQI String Quartet at Array Juilliard Crossover.

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Natalie Boberg

Violin

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Fellow
2024
Age
24
Birthplace
Sierra Madre, California
School
San Francisco Conservatory of Music
Compeers
Celeste Davis
Scholarship
Jeanne C. Thayer Endowed Scholarship

Natalie is earning her master’s degree from San Francisco Conservatory, where she studies with Simon James. She won the grand prize at the Utah Symphony Salute to Youth Competition. She is the founder and CEO of the Magari Ensemble and has performed alongside the Utah Symphony.

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Vincent Cart-Sanders

Violin

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Fellow
2024
Age
21
Birthplace
Sài Gòn, Vietnam
School
Park University International Center for Music
Compeers
Maribeth and Scott Claassen
Scholarship
John Percival and Mary C. Jefferson Endowed Scholarship

Vincent is earning his bachelor’s degree from Park University as a student of Ben Sayevich. Additional instructors have included Shmuel Ashkenasi and Rudolf Koelman. Vincent earned the first-place prize at the 2019 Bryn Athyn Young Artist Competition. He has performed with the Münchner Philharmoniker and ZHdK Strings. In 2021, he attended the Verbier Festival in Switzerland.

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Anthony Chan

Violin

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Fellow
2024
Age
25
Birthplace
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
School
The Juilliard School
Compeers
Maribeth and Scott Claassen
Scholarship
Miriam E. Schwab Memorial Scholarship

Anthony is currently earning his master’s degree from the Juilliard School, where he studies with Daniel Phillips and Kenneth Renshaw and is a recipient of the of the Morse Teaching Fellowship. He is the winner of the Barbara Robinson Prize in the 2016 New South Wales Secondary Schools Concerto Competition, and the 3rd place winner in the 2014 Wenkart Foundation Violin Competition. He has performed with the Korngold Violin Concerto and the Ku-ring-gai Philharmonic Orchestra. Anthony is a founding member of the Prometheus Quartet, with whom he has performed in Juilliard's ChamberFest.

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Qian Chang

Violin

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Fellow
2024
Age
23
Birthplace
Yiyang, Hunan, China
School
Rice University
Compeers
Beth Sullivan; Leasha Barry
Scholarship
Zvi Zeitlin Endowed Scholarship

Qian Chang 21, born in Yiyang, Hunan, China, is earning her master’s degree from Rice University Shepherd School of Music in the studio of Cho-Liang Lin. In 2023, she participated in the International Violin Competition. She also placed second in the 2020 Yong Siew Toh Conservatory Concerto Competition.

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Cameron Chase

Violin

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Fellow
2024
Age
24
Birthplace
Stratford, Connecticut
School
The Juilliard School
Compeers
Byron Wu; Martha Fling
Scholarship
Mercedes Millington and Jack Mithun Scholarship

Cameron recently completed his degree at The Juilliard School, studying with Joseph Lin and Areta Zhulla. He is the winner of the 2017 Norwalk Symphony Concerto Competition and the 2019 Bridgeport Symphony Concerto Competition. He has made appearances with the Princeton Orchestra and is a member of the the Greenwich Choral Society Orchestra. He has also performed with the String Orchestra of New York City.

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Sumin Cho

Violin

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Fellow
2024
Age
24
Birthplace
Seoul, South Korea
School
Korea National University of Arts
Compeers
Rad Schreiber
Scholarship
Elenore and Thomas Hugunin Endowed Scholarship

Sumin is earning her master’s degree from the Korea National University of Arts in the studio of Hyunmi Kim. She has performed as first violinist with the Orchester der Deutsche Oper Berlin and with the Korea National University of Arts Symphony Orchestra as part of the Warsawa Beethoven Easter Festival Opening Concert. In 2018, she won the Espoir Prize at the Osaka International Music Competition. Sumin is a member of the Luce Piano Quartet.

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Chieh-Yu Jessica Chung

Violin

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Fellow
2024
Age
19
Birthplace
Taoyuan, Taiwan
School
The Juilliard School
Compeers
Wendi Hunter
Scholarship
Patricia Latham Endowed Scholarship

Chieh-Yu is earning a bachelor’s degree at The Juilliard School as a student of Masao Kawasaki. Awards include a gold medal from the 2021 Singapore Raffles International Music Festival and third prize at the Shu-De Li International Violin Competition. As winner of the Bratsche International Music Competition, she was featured in the competition's winner's concert. Chieh-Yu has participated in programs such as the Heifetz Virtual Institute, Bard College Summer Music Academy, Aspen Music Festival, and Summa Cum Laude Youth Music Festival.

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Angelina Dong

Violin

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Fellow
2024
Age
21
Birthplace
Macon, Illinois
School
Cleveland Institute of Music
Compeers
Byron Wu; Martha Fling
Scholarship
Miriam E. Schwab Memorial Scholarship

Angelina is currently earning her bachelor's degree at the Cleveland Institute of Music, studying with Jaime Laredo and Jessica Lee. She won the first prize in the 2019 New Jersey Music Teacher's Association. Angelina was a principal in the Cleveland Institute of Music's orchestra, and has performed with the Akron Symphony and the Elysian Quartet.

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Rinat Erlichman

Violin

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Fellow
2024
Age
28
Birthplace
Be’er Sheva, Negev desert, Israel
School
University of Colorado, Boulder
Compeers
Kathleen and Jerry Eberhardt
Scholarship
Kathleen and Jerry Eberhardt Scholarship

Rinat is earning her artist diploma from the University of Colorado, Boulder in the studio of Harumi Rhodes. In 2024, she won the 2024 Bruce Ekstrand Memorial Graduate Competition and the Boulder School of Music Concerto Competition. She was a first violinist with the Boulder Philharmonic in the 2023-2024 season and performed in the 2022-2023 season of the Sarasota Orchestra.

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Miyabi Henriksen

Violin

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Fellow
2024
Age
20
Birthplace
Baltimore, Maryland
School
Rice University
Compeers
Rad Schreiber
Scholarship
Mercedes Millington and Jack Mithun Scholarship

Miyabi is earning her bachelor’s degree from Rice University Shepherd School of Music in the studio of Paul Kantor. She has placed first in the 2019 Londontowne Symphony Orchestra Young Artist Competition, the 2019 Peabody Youth Orchestra Concerto Competition and the 2020 Columbia Orchestra Young Artist Competition. Additionally, Miyabi has performed as assistant principal second violin with the Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra. In the summer of 2023, she was a fellow and violin teacher with the Aspen Music Festival.

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Miles Huang

Violin

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Fellow
2024
Age
22
Birthplace
San Jose, California
School
Cleveland Institute of Music
Compeers
Teri and Pat Guillies; Holden and Hannah Guillies
Scholarship
Miriam E. Schwab Memorial Scholarship

Miles is earning a master’s degree at the Cleveland Institute of Music as a student of Jaime Laredo and Malcolm Lowe. He is the current Assistant Concertmaster of the Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra and former member of the Monterey Symphony and Modesto Symphony. In 2023, he placed third in the Lewisville Lake International Competition for Strings and Harp and Participated in the New York String Institute Seminar. Miles also performed as principal second violin with the 2022 Roundtop Festival Institute.

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Harin Kang

Violin

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Fellow
2018, 2023, 2024
Age
27
Birthplace
Suwon, South Korea
School
New England Conservatory
Compeers
Margaret Rose
Scholarship
John and Linda Seiter Scholarship

Harin earned her master’s degree from the New England Conservatory and studies with Kristopher Tong, Duekwoo Kim, and Choonsoo Chung. Awards for the multi-year Music Academy alum include 1st Prize in the 2019 Hwasung National Music Competition and 2nd place in the 2014 Sung Jung Competition.

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Clara Kim

Violin

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Fellow
2024
Age
20
Birthplace
Grand Rapids, Michigan
School
Cleveland Institute of Music
Compeers
Marina Gutierrez
Scholarship
John Percival and Mary C. Jefferson Endowed Scholarship

Clara is currently earning her bachelor’s degree at The Cleveland Institute of Music, studying with Jaime Laredo and Malcolm Lowe. She was a competitor at the 2022 Louis Spohr International Violin Competition, and a laureate of the 2021 Chicago International Violin Competition. She has performed under the baton of Leonard Slatkin, JoAnn Falletta, and Anthony Parnther during the 2022-2023 season with the CIM Orchestra. She is a member of the Trio Ecclesia, a piano trio.

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Joshua Kim

Violin

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Fellow
2024
Age
23
Birthplace
College Station, Texas
School
The Juilliard School
Compeers
Clay Tedeschi
Scholarship
William Hymanson Endowed Concertmaster Scholarship

Joshua is currently earning his degree from The Juilliard School, studying with Li Lin. In 2020, he was the recipient of a YoungArts Foundation honorable mention. He has performed at Julliard’s graduation recital and Colorado College’s Summer Music Festival.

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Freya Liu

Violin

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Fellow
2023, 2024
Age
25
Birthplace
San Jose, California
Position
Civic Orchestra of Chicago
Compeers
Teri and Pat Guillies; Holden and Hannah Guillies
Scholarship
Pamela and Russ Strobel Scholarship

Freya is a violin fellow with the Civic Orchestra of Chicago. She was the winner of Boston University’s 2021 Concerto Competition and was a violin finalist for the Lyric Opera of Chicago. She is a returning Music Academy alum.

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Maya Masaoka

Violin

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Fellow
2024
Age
21
Birthplace
Torrance, California
School
University of Southern California
Compeers
Valerie Burns; Heejung Kim and David Sherman
Scholarship
Miriam E. Schwab Memorial Scholarship

Maya is earning her bachelor’s degree from University of Southern California Thornton School of Music in the studio of Lina Bahn. In 2018, she won the Callie D. McGrath Competition. Maya recently attended the 2023 Aspen Music Festival as fellow.

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Julie Minn

Violin

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Fellow
2024
Age
20
Birthplace
Aurora, Colorado
School
The Juilliard School
Compeers
Beth Sullivan; Leasha Barry
Scholarship
Sandra Karol Seymour and Philip Seymour Endowed Scholarship

Julie is currently earning her bachelor’s degree at the Juilliard School, where she studies with Daniel Phillips and is a Pre-College Orchestra Mentor. She is the winner of the Lakewood Symphony Orchestra Young Artists Competition, and the Broomfield Symphony Orchestra Young Artists Competition. She performed as the first chair in the New York String Orchestra Seminar under conducter Jaime Laredo, and is associate concertmaster in the Julliard Chamber Orchestra. Julie is a member of the European American Musical Alliance.

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Ilkhom Mukhiddinov

Violin

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Fellow
2024
Age
22
Birthplace
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
School
Park University International Center for Music
Compeers
Barbara and Albert Lindemann
Scholarship
William Hymanson Endowed Concertmaster Scholarship

Ilkhom is earning a graduate certificate at Park University in the studio of Ben Sayevich. He is the current concertmaster of the ICM Chamber Orchestra, first violinist of the Park Quintet, and former member of the Heifetz Chamber Seminar Quartet. As a soloist, Ilkhom has been featured alongside the Springfield Symphony Orchestra, ICM Chamber Orchestra, and Mozart Sinfornia Concertante. In 2022, he placed first at the Hellam Young Artist Competition.

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Ruoying Pan

Violin

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Fellow
2024
Age
27
Birthplace
Ürümqi, Xinjiang, China
School
Stony Brook University
Compeers
Irene Stone
Scholarship
William Hymanson Endowed Concertmaster Scholarship

Ruoying is currently earning her doctorate at Stony Brook University, studying with Hagai Shaham and Arnaud Sussmann. In 2020 she won first place in the Marbury Violin Competition. She is a member of the Proust String Quartet and has performed with the Emerson Quartet. She has also taught violin at the Long Island Conservatory.

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Abigail Park

Violin

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Fellow
2024
Age
20
Birthplace
Chicago, Illinois
School
University of Southern California
Compeers
Marina Gutierrez
Scholarship
John and Peggy Maximus Endowed Scholarship

Abigail is earning her bachelor’s degree at USC Thornton School of Music where she studies with Lina Bahn and teaches community music classes. Awards include semifinalist in the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition (2022-22) and Silver Medalist in the 2022 Saint Paul National String Quartet Competition.

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Daniel Park

Violin

ABOUT
Fellow
2024
Age
21
Birthplace
Tampa, Florida
School
Indiana University
Compeers
Thiep Cung; Chris Fredericks
Scholarship
Miriam E. Schwab Memorial Scholarship

Daniel is currently earning his bachelor’s degree at Indiana University, studying with Kevork Mardirossian and Cyrus Forough. In 2024, he won first prize at the Indianapolis Matinee Musicale Competition. He is the associate concertmaster of Indiana University’s Chamber Orchestra.

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Emily Shehi

Violin

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Fellow
2024
Age
25
Birthplace
Olathe, Kansas
School
The Colburn School
Compeers
Colleen and Aron Stein
Scholarship
William Hymanson Endowed Concertmaster Scholarship

Emily is currently earning her artist's diploma at The Colburn School, studying with Martin Beaver. She was a semi-finalist in the 2023 Angel Munetsugu Violin Competition, and a semi-finalist and commissioned work prize winner in the Yehudi Menuhin International Violin Competition.

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Hanchi Shi

Violin

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Fellow
2024
Age
21
Birthplace
Jingjiang, Jiangsu, China
School
The Juilliard School
Compeers
Jadzia and Emmett McDonough
Scholarship
Stephanie and Fred Shuman Scholarship

Hanchi is earning her bachelor’s degree from The Juilliard School, where she studies with Masao Kawasaki. She performed as concertmaster in The Juilliard School’s Pre-College Orchestra. In 2018, she participated in the Menuhin Competition.

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Steven Song

Violin

ABOUT
Fellow
2023, 2024
Age
25
Birthplace
Naperville, Illinois
School
Yale University
Compeers
Thiep Cung; Chris Fredericks
Scholarship
William Hymanson Endowed Concertmaster Scholarship

Returning fellow Steven Song is earning his master’s degree at Yale School of Music where he studies with Tai Murray. 2023 awards include semifinalist in the Lipinski International Violin Competition, and quarterfinalist in the Shanghai Isaac Stern Competition. He appeared as soloist with the Colburn Orchestra.

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Leyang Tang

Violin

ABOUT
Fellow
2024
Age
23
Birthplace
Quanzhou, Fujian, China
School
Universitat der Kunste
Compeers
Irene Stone
Scholarship
Eileen Sheridan and Roger Wilde Endowed Scholarship

Leyang is earning her master’s degree at the University of Arts Berlin, where she studies with Latika Honda Rosenburg and Erika Geldetzer. She placed first in the 2023 Vienna International Music Competition. She also was a semifinalist in the 2024 ARSCLASSICA International Competition, the 2023 Henri Marteau International Competition, and 2023 Mirecourt International Violin Competition. Leyang performed as principal second violinist in the Santander Music Festival Orchestra and has performed in a number of piano quintets, trios, and string quartets.

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Muyan Yang

Violin

ABOUT
Fellow
2024
Age
23
Birthplace
Lanzhou, Gansu, China
School
The Colburn School
Compeers
Colleen and Aron Stein
Scholarship
Colburn Foundation Scholarship

Muyan is is currently earning her master’s degree from The Colburn School., studying with Martin Beaver. She was the third prize winner in the 2023 Ysaye International Music Competition, and has also won first prize in the 2022 International Mozart Competition in Vienna. In 2022 she performed at the Keshet Eilon Gala Concert in New York City. She is a Jumpstart Teaching fellow at the Colburn School.

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Jisu Youn

Violin

ABOUT
Fellow
2024
Age
24
Birthplace
Seoul, South Korea
School
Indiana University
Compeers
Clay Tedeschi
Scholarship
William Hymanson Endowed Concertmaster Scholarship

Jisu recently earned her master’s degree from Indiana University, where she studied with Alexander Kerr. She has performed in the Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra as principal second violin, Owensboro Symphony Orchestra, and New World Symphony Orchestra. In South Korea, she placed first in the 2019 Korea Brahms Competition and second in the 2020 Korea Chamber Orchestra Competition.

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Ellen Zhou

Violin

ABOUT
Fellow
2024
Age
19
Birthplace
Sugar Land, Texas
School
The Colburn School
Compeers
Wendi Hunter
Scholarship
Ellen and Peter Johnson Scholarship

Ellen is earning her bachelor’s degree from the Colburn Conservatory in the studio of Music Academy teaching artist Martin Beaver. She has been featured alongside the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and Madison Symphony Orchestra. In 2023, she earned the junior division silver medal at the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition and the gold medal at the St. Paul String Quartet Competition.

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