Heifetz 2024 Student Roster
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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
* indicates Heifetz Institute alumni
Senior Division – Violin Studio I
Pei-Wu Derek Chen
Peabody Institute
Changhua, Taiwan
Jheng-Yue Chiu
Taichung Second Senior High School
Taipei
John Heo
Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
Northbrook, IL
Ellie Kennedy*
Texas Connections Academy at Houston
San Antonio, TX
Sophie Leung*
Colburn Academy
Hong Kong, China
Erica Lin
Eastman School of Music
Taipei, Taiwan
Angie Wang*
String Scholar Recipient
Colburn Music Academy
Taiwan
Abigail Yoon
Northwestern University
Tenafly, NJ
Senior Division – Violin Studio II
Cheuk Yin Fung
The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
Hong Kong
Josie Kelleher*
Noble and Greenough School
Brookline, MA
Grace Lau
Glenn Gould School
Tornto, ON – Canada
Nilufar Mukhiddinova*
String Scholar Recipient
Korea National University of Arts
Uzbekistan
Noelle Naito*
Chamber Music Seminar
Cleveland Institute of Music
Elkridge, MD
Clark Snavely
Chamber Music Seminar
Home School
New Berlin, WI
Yangxin Song
Bard College Conservatory of Music
Wuhan, China
Lily Sullivan*
Music Institute of Chicago Academy
Bloomington, IN
Senior Division – Violin Studio III
Hayoung Choi
Chamber Music Seminar
New England Conservatory
Daejeon, South Korea
Yeji Hwang
New England Conservatory
Daejeon, South Korea
Jisoo Kim
New England Conservatory
Seoul, South Korea
Evan Pyne
Cleveland Institute of Music
Toronto, Canada
Matthildur Traustadóttir
String Scholar Recipient
Oberlin Conservatory of Music
Reykjavík, Iceland
Chiung-Han (Irving) Tsai
New England Conservatory
Taipei, Taiwan
Dandan Jingfei Wang
Chamber Music Seminar
Changsha, China
Dindin Jingyi Wang
Chamber Music Seminar
Curtis Institute of Music
Changsha, China
Senior Division – Violin Studio IV
Theo Bockhorst*
String Scholar Recipient
Cleveland Institute of Music
St. Louis, MO
Zhenyi Jiang
Chamber Music Seminar
Curtis Institute of Music
China
SoHyun Ko*
Manhattan School of Music
New York, NY
Cheng Cian Li
Manhattan School of Music
Taiwan
Jane Lim*
The Brearley School / Manhattan School of Music Precollege
Forest Hills, NY
Joy Ni
Fort Mill High
Fort Mill, SC
Isabella Sun
New England Conservatory
Australia/China
Elina Yuma
Edmonton, Alberta
Senior Division – Viola Studio I
Steven Baloue*
Chamber Music Seminar
Chicago, IL
Addison Hightower
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN
Hayley Lau
Chamber Music Semniar
Manhattan School of Music
Sydney, New South Wales
Soren Lorentzen
Shepherd School of Music at Rice University
Medicine Hat, Alberta Canada
Evangeline Manalo
Chattanooga State Collegiate High
Ooltewah, TN
Harrison Yang Meng
Earl Haig Secondary School
Toronto, Canada
Stephen Adam Savage*
The Julliard School
Port Saint Lucie, FL
Kenneth Yao
Obra D. Tompkins High School
Katy, TX
Senior Division – Viola Studio II
Haobo Bi
New England Conservatory
Beijing, China
Nina Dawallu
New England Conservatory / Tufts University
Boulder, CO
Joy Hsieh*
New England Conservatory of Music
Doraville, GA
Eunha Kwon
New England Conservatory of Music
Busan, South Korea
Davin Mar
String Scholar Recipient
Curtis Institute of Music
Vancouver, BC – Canada
Callia Murray*
Adlai Stevenson High School
Lincolnshire, IL
Bowei Yang
Chamber Music Seminar
Indiana University
China
Andie Zhu
Lexington High School
Lexington, MA
Senior Division – Cello Studio I
Samuel Cao*
Davidson Academy Online
Philadelphia, PA
Seah Yu
Walnut Hill School for the Arts
Tokyo, Japan
Sara Flexer
Castilleja School
Palo Alto, CA
Jung ah Lee
New England Conservatory of Music
Gangnam-gu, Republic of Korea
Austin Topper
Chamber Music Seminar
New England Conservatory
Plano, TX
Ching-yu Tseng
New England Conservatory
Taiwan
Jui-En Charice Tung*
Wu-Ling Senior High school
Taiwan
Senior Division – Cello Studio II
Ariun-Enerel Gantumur
Eastman School of Music
Seattle, WA
Joie Kuo*
Bridgewater-Raritan High School, The Juilliard School Pre-College
USA/Taiwan
Elliot Lippy
Chamber Music Seminar
The Juilliard School
Colorado Springs, CO
Kwanyun Loo*
String Scholar Recipient
Cherry Hill, NJ
Jiayi Lu
Northview High School
Johns Creek, GA
Olivia Marckx
Chamber Music Seminar
University of Southern California
Bellevue, WA
Nicholas Wong*
String Scholar Recipient
Home School
Houston, TX
Catalina Wooldridge*
Eastman School of Music
Pultneyville, NY
Junior Division – Violin Studio I
Rebecca Chung*
Manhattan School of Music Precollege Program
New York, NY
Session I
Lauren Chung
Academy of Holy Angels in Demarest
Closter, NJ
Session I
Ellie Kyoung
Brisbane State High School
Brisbane, Queensland – Australia
Session I & II
Florence Lau
Pasadena Conservatory of Music
Los Angeles, CA
Session I
Audrey Lee
Beacon Park School
Irvine, CA
Session I
Jaden Lim*
De La Salle Academy / Manhattan School of Music Precollege
Forest Hills, NY
Session I
Rena Ryu
Cresskill High School
Cresskill, NJ
Jessie Shang
San Francisco Conservatory of Music
San Jose, CA
Caitlin Wang
California Institute of Music
San Diego,CA
Session I
Kaitlyn Xie
Homeschool
Abbotsford, Canada
Session I
Mari Kang
Jonas Clarke Middle School / New England Conservatory Prep School
Lexington, MA
Session II
Lauren Kang*
Plainview Old-Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School
New York, NY
Session II
Esther Koo
Homeschool
Fort Worth, TX
Session II
Grace Lee
Diocesan Girls’ School
Hong Kong
Session II
Roa Lee
Yewon School
Seoul, Republic of Korea
Session II
Arabella Levitov
The Bryn Mawr School/Peabody Institute Preparatory
Baltimore, MD
Session II
Stephanie Oh
River Dell Middle School
Oradell, NJ
Session II
Jonah Shi
Knox Grammar School
Sydney, Australia
Session II
Natalie Tsai
Taipei Heping Experimental Elementary School
Taipei, Taiwan
Session II
Vann Lee
Episcopal Collegiate
Little Rock, AR
Session I
Junior Division – Violin Studio II / Viola
Aurelie Anderson
Glenfield Middle School
Montclair, NJ
Session I
Ora Avila
River Valley Waldorf School
Chalfont, PA
Session I
Aisha Bhansali
Mehli Mehta Music Foundation
Mumba, India
Session I
Vann Lee
Episcopal Collegiate
Little Rock, AR
Session I
Jayden Kim
Orange County School of the Arts
Irvine, CA
Session I
Lauren Kim
Northvale Public School
Northvale, NJ
Session I
Mikaela Kovach
Downingtown Middle School
Downingtown, PA
Session I
Dennis Lim
Plainview Old-Bethpage JFK Highschool
Plainview, NY
Session I
Laurily Merzatta
Brooklawn Middle School
Mount Tabor, NJ
Session I & II
Alvin Wang
California Institute of Music
San Diego, CA
Session I
Freya Chen
River Edge, NJ
Session II
Caleb Choi*
Mount Hebron High School
Ellicott City, MD
Session II
Spencer Chu*
Montessori Academy of London,
London, Ontario – Canada
Session II
Megumi Martin*
Noe Middle School/Louisville Academy of Music
Louisville, KY
Session II
Sunjoo Lucas Park
Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan
Old Tappan, NJ
Session II
Elim Wong
Schimelpfenig Middle School
Plano, TX
Session II
Gisele Zhu
French International School/Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts
Hong Kong
Session II
Ilaya Levy Schwartz*
Special Music School
New York, NY
Session II
llana Aranovich
Franklin Regional Middle School
Murrysville, PA
Session I & II
Junior Division – Violin Studio III
Jack Dorsey
The Park School of Baltimore / The Peabody Institute
Baltimore, MD
Session I
Sherry Gao
Cantiague Elementary School
Jericho, NY
Session I
Viola He
Oklahoma Road Middle School
Eldersburg, MD
Session I
Bill Jang*
Regis High School
New York, NY
Session I
Sophia Kong
EAC Montessori School of Ithaca
Ithaca, NY
Session I
Amelia Lee*
Homeschool
Oakland, NJ
Session I
Katherine Schaufenbuel*
Kennedy Junior High School
Naperville, IL
Session I & II
Christopher Yun
Chevy Chase Elementary School
Bethesda, MD
Session I
Ilaya Levy Schwartz*
Special Music School
New York, NY
Session I
Tor Cohen
Lucy Moses School at Kaufman Music Center
New York, NY
Session II
Louisa Cordes
Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein,
Germany
Session II
Katja Naegele
Conservatory of Amsterdam
Utrecht, Netherlands
Session II
Serafina Oliva
Western Canada High
Calgary, AB – Canada
Session II
Jonah Raychev
Central Heights High School
Nacogdoches, TX
Session II
Alan Stoupel*
Friends School of Baltimore
Baltimore, MD
Session II
Sophia Zhang
Tenafly High School
Tenafly, NJ
Session II
Junior Division – Violin Studio IV
Soleil Lam
Lexington, MA
Session I
Ayla Lam
Lexington, MA
Session I
Lilia Li
Ridgely Middle School
Baltimore, MD
Session I
Xiaoxi (Amy) Meng
Indian Mountain School
Shanghai, China
Session I
Alexander Moon
Vienna Elementary
Vienna, VA
Session I
Leah Sze Yuen Pang
Cooper Middle School
Great Falls, VA
Session I
James Post*
Sidwell Friends School
Arlington, VA
Session I
Mia Arima*
Stuyvesant High School
New York, NY
Session II
Benjamina Bolger
Homeschool
Great Falls, VA
Session II
Mia Gao*
Charles E Brown Middle School
Waban, MA
Session II
Aisha Bhansali
Mehli Mehta Music Foundation
Mumba, India
Session I
Alice Hu*
The Elisabeth Morrow School
Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Session II
Thomas Hok Shing Hui
Sydney Grammar School
Sydney NSW Australia
Session II
Melody Jian
Washington School
Short Hills, NJ
Session II
Lauren Yejin Kang*
The Juilliard School Pre-College
Vestavia Hills, AL
Session II
Nanane Sawada
Jefferson Junior High
Naperville, IL
Session II
Philip Yim
Diamond Middle School
Lexington, MA
Session II
Jihye Yun
McCall Middle School
Winchester, MA
Session II
Yubeen Choi
Korea National Institute for the Gifted in Arts (KNIGA)
Seoul, South Korea
Session II
Junior Division – Cello Studio I
Clark Fan*
Charlotte Latin School
Charlotte, NC
Session I
Matthew Hong
Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle School
Palo Alto, CA
Session I
Ariella Lee
Homeschool
Oakland, NJ
Session I
Andraya Levy Schwartz*
Special Music School
New York, NY
Session I & II
Kealia Grace Smith*
MATES Academy
Manahawkin, NJ
Session I & II
Isabella Tan
Belle Mead, NJ
Session I & II
Woojin (Justin) Oh
Pioneer Heritage Middle School
Frisco, TX
Session I
Richard Wang*
Riverdale Country Day School
New York, NY
Session I
Amy Wei
The Chapin School, Precollege Division at Manhattan School of Music
New York, NY
Session I
Melanie Chang*
Special Music School
New York, NY
Session II
Jasper Ji*
Cabot Elementary School
Newton, MA
Session II
Anthony Jung
Rice Middle School
Plano, TX
Session II
Junsu Na
Rangitoto College
Auckland, NZ
Session II
Dylan Oh
Riverdale Country School
New York, NY
Session II
Sophie Shih
Westminster School
Atlanta, GA
Session II
Anni Tian
Colburn School of Music
China
Session II
Junior Division – Cello Studio II
Yu Hsuan Chiang
Dulwich College Suzhou
Suzhou, China
Session I
Daniel Ivansco
The Westminster Schools
Atlanta, GA
Session I
Jongsam Kim
Hunter College High School
Maspeth, NY
Session I
Benjamin Li
Princeton Charter School
Princeton, NJ
Session I
Grace Liu
Horace Mann
New York, NY
Session I
Yijun Sophie Shao
Manhattan School of Music
Stamford, CT
Session I
Alexis Shih
Westminster School
Atlanta, GA
Session I
Emma Spence
Le Lycee Francais de San Francsico
Los Altos, CA
Session I
Alyssa Sugiyama
Buckley Country Day School/Manhattan School of Music Precollege Division
Kew Gardens, NY
Session I
Ryan Yan
Princeton Charter School
Princeton, NJ
Session I
Yuna Chae
Savannah County Day School
Pooler, GA
Session II
Imogen Levitov
The Bryn Mawr School/Peabody Institute Preparatory
Baltimore, MD
Session II
Brian Mandigo*
Horace Mann
New York, NY
Session II
Charlie May
Grisham Middle School
Round Rock, TX
Session II
Rinon Sawada
Mill Street Elementary School
Naperville, IL
Session II
Naomi Schnarch
Tenafly Middle School & Thurnauer School of Music
Tenafly, NJ
Session II
Charles Sunie
Webber Academy
Calgary, AB Canada
Session II
Ken Tabuchi-Yang
Roscoe Middle School / Hononegah High School
Rockton, IL
Session II
Zixuan Wang
The Tianjin Juilliard School Pre-college
Beijing, China
Session II
Kate Xu
St Cuthbert’s college
Auckland, New Zealand
Session II
Zoie Chu
Thomas W. Pyle Middle School
Bethesda, MD
Session I
Henry Xi
Jericho Middle school
Jericho, NY
Session I