2025 Instrumental Faculty
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Faculty Artists Subject To Change
Heifetz Chamber Music Seminar

Shmuel Ashkenasi
Curtis Institute of Music; Bard College Conservatory

Ralph Kirshbaum
USC Thornton School of Music

Borromeo String Quartet
Chamber Music Coaches/Ensemble in Residence
New England Conservatory
Chamber Music – Senior Division
Chamber Music Studio A

Nicholas Kitchen
New England Conservatory; Borromeo String Quartet

Michael Klotz
Florida International University; Amernet String Quartet

Kristopher Tong
New England Conservatory; Borromeo String Quartet

David Geber
Manhattan School of Music
Chamber Music Studio B

David Geber
Manhattan School of Music

Melissa Reardon
New England Conservatory; Borromeo Quartet

Yeesun Kim
New England Conservatory

Nicholas Kitchen
New England Conservatory; Borromeo String Quartet
Violin – Senior Division
Violin Studio I

Ilya Kaler
Cleveland Institute of Music / Tempest Trio

Judith Ingolfsson
Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University

Grigory Kalinovsky
Indiana University; Jacobs School of Music

Kristopher Tong
New England Conservatory; Borromeo String Quartet
Violin Studio II

Patinka Kopec
Manhattan School of Music

Danny Phillips
The Juilliard School; Orion Quartet

Ara Gregorian*
New England Conservatory

Nicholas Kitchen
New England Conservatory; Borromeo String Quartet
Violin Studio III

Kyung Sun Lee
Seoul National University; Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University

Ani Kavafian
Yale School of Music

Hagai Shaham
Buchman/Mehta Academy, Tel Aviv University; Stony Brook University

Ivan Chan
Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
Violin Studio IV

Kyoko Takezawa
Toho Music School; Tokyo College of Music

Mark Kaplan
Jacobs School of Music; Indiana University

Hye Jin Kim*
East Carolina University; Cooperstown Quartet

Itamar Zorman
Eastman School of Music
Viola – Senior Divison
Viola Studio I

Michael Klotz
Florida International University; Amernet String Quartet

Paul Neubauer
The Juilliard School; Mannes College

Mai Motobuchi
New England Conservatory

Nicholas Cords
New England Conservatory

Martha Strongin Katz
New England Conservatory
Viola Studio II

Atar Arad
Jacobs School of Music; Indiana University

Ettore Causa*
Yale School of Music

Melissa Reardon
New England Conservatory; Borromeo Quartet

Caeli Smith
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Caroline Coade
University of Michigan School of Music
Cello – Senior Division
Cello Studio I

Hannah Roberts
Royal Academy of Music, RNCM (Manchester)

Amit Peled
Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins

Hans Jensen
Bienen School of Music at Northwestern University

Ralph Kirshmaum
USC Thornton School of Music
Cello Studio II

Yeesun Kim
New England Conservatory

Zlatomir Fung*
The Juilliard School

Colin Carr
Stony Brook University

Rosemary Elliot
Eastman School of Music

Steven Doane
Eastman School of Music
Chamber Music – Junior Division

Luther Warren
Chamber Music Studio A (Sessions I & II)
Merrimack College

Christian Tremblay
Chamber Music Studio B (Session I)
The Peabody Preparatory at Johns Hopkins University

Li-Mei Liang
Chamber Music Studio B (Session II)
New England Conservatory, NEC Preparatory School
Violin/Viola – Junior Division

Chloé Kiffer
Violin Studio I (Session I)
Manhattan School of Music

Rebecca Henry
Violin Studio I (Session II)
Peabody Conservatory; Peabody Preparatory

Caeli Smith
Violin Studio II / Viola Studio I (Session I)
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Bela Horvath
Violin Studio II / Viola Studio I (Session II)
Manhattan School of Music – Precollege

Wanchi Huang
Violin Studio III (Session I & II)
James Madison University School of Music

Li-Mei Liang
Violin Studio IV (Session I)
New England Conservatory, NEC Preparatory School

Desirée Ruhstrat
Violin Studio IV (Session II)
Northwestern University Bienen School of Music; The Lincoln Trio
Cello – Junior Division

Julia Lichten
Cello Studio I (Session I)
Manhattan School of Music

Zlatomir Fung*
Cello Studio I (Session I)
The Juilliard School

Andrew Mark
Cello Studio I (Session II)
Boston Conservatory / New England Conservatory Preparatory Division

Yi Qun Xu
Cello Studio II (Session I & II)
The Juilliard School Pre-College
Collaborative Piano Faculty

Yandi Chen
New England Conservatory

Rohan De Silva
The Juilliard School

Allison Freeman
Peabody Conservatory; Artistic Director – Stretto Chamber Music Series

Beilin Han
Heifetz Institute Piano Faculty Coordinator; Artist Collaborator at the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University

Jamila Tekalli Hanner
Washington Musical Pathways Initiative

Elizabeth Hill
Meraki; Balance Campaign; Symphony Number One

Iris Hsu
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

Tae Kim
New England Conservatory

Sheng-Yuan Kuan
Lynn University Conservatory of Music

Yoon Lee
The Juilliard School; SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Music

Yadi Liang
New York Music School

Hsiao-Ying Lin
The Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University

Lynne Mackey
Mary Baldwin University

Jessica X. Osborne
Longy School of Music of Bard College; Third Street Music Settlement

Andrew Rosenblum
Haymarket Opera Company; Music of the Baroque Orchestra

Miki Sawada
Gather Hear Tour

Jingxuan Zhang
Duke University