Heifetz 2023 Student Roster

Chamber Music Fellow:
A tuition-free program of intense and highly focused study of masterworks of chamber music literature with some of the most renowned instructors in the field.
String Scholarship Fellow:
There are expanded audition requirements to be considered a String Scholar, as well as additional outreach and community service requirements during the summer

Violin Studio I

Ji Hyun Baik

Chamber Music Seminar Fellow

The Juilliard School
South Korea (Republic of Korea)

Madeline Goh

String Scholar Fellow

Mozarteum University Salzburg (Pre-College)
Singapore

Ellie Kennedy

Smithson Valley High School
New Braunfels, TX

Audrey Kim

Conestoga High School
Chesterbrook, PA

Eunha Kim

Chamber Music Seminar Fellow; Alumna

New England Conservatory of Music
Campbell, CA

Hyejin Kim

String Scholar Fellow; Alumna

Indiana University Jacobs School of Music South
Korea (Republic of Korea)

Hyun Ji Lee

Chamber Music Seminar Fellow

New England Conservatory of Music
South Korea (Republic of Korea)

Hairui Lei

String Scholar Fellow

Curtis Institute of Music
China

Violin Studio II

Vincent Cart-Sanders

Lynn University
Vietnam/USA (Collingswood, NJ)

Wei-Lin Chen

Colburn Conservatory
Taiwan

Lingxiao Feng

Cleveland Institute of Music
China

Samuel Garcia

String Scholar Fellow; Alumnus

Homeschool
Monroe, LA

Josie Kelleher

Alumna

Noble and Greenough School
Brookline, MA

Steven Lu

Alumnus

Plano West Senior High School
Plano, TX

Noelle Naito

String Scholar Fellow; Alumna

Cleveland Institute of Music
Elkridge, MD

Meng-Ping Tsai

String Scholar Fellow; Alumna

National Taiwan Normal University
Taiwan

Violin Studio III

Maya Budzinski

Alumna

University of Toronto
Edmonton, Alberta

Ian Cheung

Indiana University – Jacobs School of Music
Hong Kong

Esther Kim

Alumna

Indiana University – Jacobs School of Music
Wilmington, DE

Anna Junghyun Lee

New England Conservatory of Music
New Zealand

Marina Alba Lopez

String Scholar Fellow

Indiana University – Jacobs School of Music
Spain

Nilufar Mukhiddinova

Korea National University of Arts
Uzbekistan

Charlotte Woo

Alumna

Diocesan Girls’ School, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
Hong Kong

Ching Shan Helen Yu

Chamber Music Seminar Fellow

New England Conservatory of Music
Hong Kong

Violin Studio IV

Logan Lee

Hunter College High School
New York, NY

Sophie Hingfei Leung

Alumna

Colburn School Music Academy
Hong Kong

Jane Lim

Alumna

The Brearley School / Manhattan School of Music Pre-College
Forest Hills, NY

Giada Lin

Alumna

Greenwich High School
Riverside, CT

Cecilia Martin

Manhattan School of Music
Bexley, OH

Ilkhom Mukhiddinov

Chamber Music Seminar Fellow; Alumnus

Park University
Uzbekistan

Daniel Rafimayeri

Alumnus

The Juilliard School
New York, NY

Dongyoung Jake Shim

Chamber Music Seminar Fellow; Alumnus

Curtis Institute of Music
South Korea (Republic of Korea)

Viola Studio I

Robert Fornos

String Scholar Fellow; Alumnus

Columbia University / The Juilliard School
Miami, FL

Joy Hsieh

New England Conservatory of Music
Doraville, GA

Peter Jablokow

New England Conservatory of Music
Landsale, PA

Adrian Jackson

Eastman School of Music
Austin, TX

Jiwon Kim

Chamber Music Seminar Fellow; Alumna

Curtis Institute of Music
South Korea (Republic of Korea)

Sachin Shukla

New England Conservatory
Manlius, NY

Rebekah Sung

Fremont Christian School
Fremont, CA

Carlos Walker

String Scholar Fellow

Robert McDuffie Center for Strings
St. Petersburg, FL

Viola Studio II

Gabriella Alvarez

Florida International University
Colombia

Arielle Fentress

Chamber Music Seminar Fellow

Cleveland institute of Music
Cleveland, OH

Bram Fisher

String Scholar Fellow

New England Conservatory of Music
West Stockbridge, MA

Aidan Garrison

Alumnus

New England Conservatory of Music
Holladay, UT

Yuxuan Jin

Alumna

Mannes School of Music – The New School
China

Veronica Lee

Centennial Secondary School Canada
Coquitlam, British Columbia

Stephen "Adam" Savage

Chamber Music Seminar Fellow; Alumnus

The Juilliard School
Port Saint Lucie, FL

Vivian Van de Sype

Cucu University School of Milwaukee / The Academy at the Music Institute of Chicago
Milwaukee, WI

Cello Studio I

Jonathan Fuller

New England Conservatory of Music
Atlanta, GA

Yu-Ting Hsueh

The Affiliated Senior High School of National Taiwan Normal University
Taiwan

Amy Jong

Orange County School of the Arts
Diamond Bar, CA

Ga-Yeon Kim

New England Conservatory of Music
South Korea (Republic of Korea)

Elliott Kim

Chamber Music Seminar Fellow

Archbishop Mitty High School, Young Chamber Musicians (Chamber Program)
Los Altos, CA

Sophie Lyman

University of North Carolina School of the Arts
Cary, NC

Karim Maggio

Cleveland Institute of Music
Herndon, VA

Zeyu Zhu

Chamber Music Seminar Fellow

National University of Singapore, Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music
China

Cello Studio II

Hun Choi

String Scholar Fellow

Curtis Institute of Music
South Korea (Republic of Korea)

Benjamin Doane

Chamber Music Seminar Fellow; Alumnus

The Juilliard School
Rochester, NY

William Johnson

Alumnus

Northwestern University
Issaquah, WA

Mira Kardan

Alumna

Colburn School Music Academy
Los Angeles, CA

Joie Kuo

Alumna

Bridgewater-Raritan High School; The Juilliard School Pre-College
Bridgewater, NJ

Alexandra Lukashuk

The Juilliard School
Annandale, VA

Jui-En Tung

Wu-Ling Senior High School
Taiwan

Nicholas Wong

Alumnus

Homeschool
Houston, TX

Violin Studio I – Junior Division

Kai Isoke Ali-Landing

Homeschool
Melbourne, FL

Laziza Azimova

Manhattan School of Music Pre-College
Uzbekistan

Christie Cheung

The Phil and Eli Taylor Performance Academy for Young Artists Canada
Toronto, Ontario

Charlotte Jeong

Alumna

Mount Pisgah Christian School
Duluth, GA

Kazuki Kyo

King’s College School Cambridge
United Kingdom (Cambridge, Cambridgeshire)

Isabella Lai

The Winsor School
Newton Highlands, MA

Channa Lee

Gladwyne Elementary School
Bryn Mawr, PA

Anna Li

Chinese International School in Hong Kong
China

Oliver Malkin

Alumnus

Georgetown Day School
Bethesda, MD

Kaylee Nah

Tumwater Middle School
Portland, OR

Hana Okamoto

Alumna

The Calhoun School
Japan

James Post

Alumnus

Sidwell Friends School
Arlington, VA

Adelle Sullivan Cozza

Alumna

Las Americas Aspira Academy
Hockessin, DE

Lynn Sung

Deerfield Academy
South Korea (Republic of Korea)

Chiara Thendean

Harvest Park Middle School
Indonesia / USA (Pleasanton, CA)

Beatrice Valenzuela

New Music School
Wilmette, IL

Sasha Varchenko

Chapel Hill, NC

Yanzhen (Annabelle) Wu

Phillips Academy Andover
China

Violin Studio II / Viola – Junior Division

Mia Arima

Alumna

Stuyvesant High School / Manhattan School of Music Precollege
Japan/USA (New York, NY)

Valerie Bai

Dexter Southfield
Needham, MA

Spencer Chu

Montessori Academy of London
London, Ontario

Rebecca Chung

92nd Street Y Music School
New York, NY

Paloma Furst Chavira

Homeschool

Park Forest, IL

Jina Han

Union Middle School
San Jose, CA

Victor Hsu

Bergen County Academies
Taiwan/USA (Cresskill, NJ)

BangBang (Wenjing) Hu

Alumnus

China

Lisa Jin

Jericho High School
Jericho, NY

Ria Kang

Laurel Springs School
Tenafly, NJ

Mason Lee

Hackley School
Tarrytown, NY

Alston Leung

Alumnus

Hong Kong International School
Hong Kong/USA

Halle Leung

Alumna

Hong Kong International School
Hong Kong/USA

Ilaya Levy Schwartz

Special Music School
New York, NY

Katie Liu

Westview High School
Portland, OR

Josephine (Josie) Mee

The Windward School
The Bronx, NY

Callia Murray

Daniel Wright Jr. High School
Lincolnshire, IL

Lisa Saito

Fairmeadow Elementary School
Japan/USA (Palo Alto, CA)

Mia Turakhia

The Nueva School/San Francisco Conservatory of Music Pre-College
Hillsborough, CA

Violin Studio III – Junior Division

Audrey Ang

Alumna

Homeschool
New York, NY

Lillian Arnold Mages

Homeschool
Waltham, MA

Guillem Baviera Fuste

Conservatorio Profesional de Música de Torrent
Spain

Jiles Defosse

Alumnus

Wiley H. Bates Middle School
Annapolis, MD

Lauren Yejin Kang

Homeschool
Vestavia Hills, AL

Jayden King

The Juilliard School Pre-College
Franklin Lakes, NJ

Yixuan Li

Alumnus

Takoma Park Middle School
Rockville, MD

Natalie Oh

Alumna

River Dell High School / The Juilliard School Pre-College
Oradell, NJ

Katherine Schaufenbuel

Kennedy Junior High School
Naperville, IL

Alan Stoupel

Friends School of Baltimore
Baltimore, MD

Daphne Wen

Alumna

Montgomery Blair High School
North Potomac, MD

Anna Yin

Archbishop Macdonald High School
Edmonton, Alberta

Violin Studio IV – Junior Division

Elliot Anderson

Alumnus

Friends Select School, Temple University Center for Gifted Young Musicians
Philadelphia, PA

Mia Arima

Alumna

Stuyvesant High School / Manhattan School of Music Precollege
Japan/USA (New York, NY)

Lucille Cheng

Alumna

Newark Academy
Basking Ridge, NJ

Mia Gao

Charles E Brown Middle School
Waban, MA

Le-Yu Ho

Taipei Fushing Private Elementary School
Taiwan

Alice Hu

The Elisabeth Morrow School
Englewood Cliffs, NJ

Bill Jang

Alumnus

United Nations International School
New York, NY

Lauren Kang

Plainview Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School
Plainview, NY

Khaos Kook

Lakeside School
Shoreline, WA

Amelia Lee

Homeschool
Oakland, NJ

Claire Lee

The Juilliard School Pre-College
Demarest, NJ

Jaden Lim

De La Salle Academy / Manhattan School of Music Pre-College
Forest Hills, NY

Evelyn Liu

Westwood High School
Austin, TX

Ein Na

Somerville House
Korea / Australia (Brisbane, Queensland)

Jeanne Park

Skyline High School
Sammamish, WA

Alette Williams

Suzuki Institute of Dallas
Keller, TX

Elana Zhang

Alumna

Argyll Centre
Edmonton, Alberta

Cello Studio I – Junior Division

Jackson Bai

Horace Mann School
New York, NY

Samuel Cao

Alumnus

Davidson Academy Online
Philadelphia, PA

Seigo Iwata

Princeton High School
Princeton, NJ

William Kim

British International School of New York
New York, NY

Justin Kijun Lee

Mosaic Elementary School
Vienna, VA

Joshua Lee

Alumnus

Portledge School
Great Neck, NJ

Serena Li

Alumna

Scarsdale Middle School
Scarsdale, NY

Ethan Lo

Walton High School
Marietta, GA

Benjamin Mandigo

Horace Mann
New York, NY

Cameron Renshaw

Nickels Intermediate School
Byron Center, MI

Elizabeth Shen

Riverdale Country School / Manhattan School of Music Pre-College
Scarsdale, NY

Sophia Slott

Diegueno Middle School
Encinitas, CA

Kealia Grace Smith

MATES Academy
Manahawkin, NJ

Sophie Tsao

Trinity School / Manhattan School of Music Pre-College
New York, NY

Richard Wang

Riverdale Country Day School
New York, NY

Alexander Yang

Cockeysville Middle School
Cockeysville, MD

Cello Studio II – Junior Division

Zoie Chu

Thomas W. Pyle Middle School
Bethesda, MD

Samuel Cotta

Saratoga High School
Saratoga, CA

Alexander Diefenbach

Alumnus

Allen Stevenson School
New York, NY

Clark Fan

Charlotte Latin School
Charlotte, NC

Le-Yen Ho

Taipei Fushing Private Elementary School
Taiwan

Philip Jeong

North Gwinnett Middle School
Suwanee, GA

Jasper Ji

Cabot Elementary School
Newton, MA

Cole Katz

Day Middle
West Newton, MA

Brianna Kim

The Academy of Holy Angels, Demarest
Cresskill, NJ

Aiden Kim

Alumnus

Valley Christian Junior High School
San Jose, CA

Elie Kuan

Central Jersey College Prep Charter School
Somerset, NJ

Andraya Levy Schwartz

Special Music School
New York, NY

Kwanyun Loo

Alumnus

Rosa International Middle School
Cherry Hill, NJ

Brian Mandigo

Horace Mann
New York, NY

Benjamin Reed

Homeschool
Newport News, VA

Annie Rhew

Westview High School
Portland, OR

Harry Tao

Middlebrook School
Wilton, CT

Daniel Yoo

Montgomery Township Lower Middle School
Skillman, NJ