2026 Instrumental Faculty
Click on the images for full biosFaculty Artists Subject To Change
Senior Division: Chamber Music Seminar | Chamber Music Coaches | Violin | Viola | Cello
Junior Division: Chamber Music Coaches | Violin/Viola | Cello
*indicates Heifetz Alumni
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 Coaches – Senior Division
Michael Klotz
Florida International University; Amernet String Quartet
Bela Horvath
Manhattan School of Music – Precollege
Ralph Kirshbaum
USC Thornton School of Music
Nicholas Kitchen
New England Conservatory; Borromeo String Quartet
Kristopher Tong
New England Conservatory; Borromeo String Quartet
Melissa Reardon
New England Conservatory; Borromeo Quartet
Yeesun Kim
New England Conservatory
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
Hye Jin Kim
East Carolina University; Cooperstown Quartet
Violin Studio II
Patinka Kopec
Manhattan School of Music
Danny Phillips
The Juilliard School; Orion Quartet
Nicholas Kitchen
New England Conservatory; Borromeo String Quartet
Ara Gregorian
New England Conservatory
Violin Studio III
Ani Kavafian
Yale School of Music
Kyung Sun Lee
Seoul National University; Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University
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
Kristopher Tong
New England Conservatory; Borromeo String Quartet
Nicholas Kitchen
New England Conservatory; Borromeo String Quartet
Viola – Senior Divison
Viola Studio I
Marcus Thompson
New England Conservatory
Paul Neubauer
The Juilliard School; Mannes College
Mai Motobuchi
New England Conservatory
Caroline Coade
University of Michigan School of Music
Viola Studio II
Atar Arad
Jacobs School of Music; Indiana University
Patinka Kopec
Manhattan School of Music
Melissa Reardon
New England Conservatory; Borromeo Quartet
Lawrence Dutton
Stony Brook University; Mercer University
Cello – Senior Division
Cello Studio I
Hannah Roberts
Royal Academy of Music, RNCM (Manchester)
Thomas Mesa*
Manhattan School of Music
Amit Peled
Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins
Ralph Kirshbaum
USC Thornton School of Music
Cello Studio II
Steven Doane
Eastman School of Music
Rosemary Elliot
Eastman School of Music
Colin Carr
Stony Brook University
Peter Stumpf
Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
Chamber Music Coaches – Junior Division
Luther Warren
Junior Division Chamber Music Director (Session I)
Merrimack College
Nicholas Kitchen
(Session I)
New England Conservatory; Borromeo String Quartet
Christian Tremblay
(Sessions I & II)
The Peabody Preparatory at Johns Hopkins University
Yi Qun Xu*
(Session II)
The Juilliard School Pre-College
Violin Studio I – Junior Division
Chloé Kiffer*
Violin Studio I (Session I)
Manhattan School of Music
Rebecca Henry
Violin Studio I (Session II)
Peabody Conservatory; Peabody Preparatory
Violin II / Viola – Junior Division
Caeli Smith*
Violin Studio II / Viola Studio I (Session I)
Bard College & Conservatory; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Bela Horvath
Violin Studio II / Viola Studio I (Session II)
Manhattan School of Music – Precollege
Violin Studio III – Junior Division
Wanchi Huang
Violin Studio III (Session I & II)
James Madison University School of Music
Violin Studio IV – Junior Division
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
Cello Studio I – Junior Division
Eunghee Cho*
Cello Studio I (Session I)
University of Houston Moores School of Music
Andrew Mark
Cello Studio I (Session II)
Boston Conservatory / New England Conservatory Preparatory Division
Cello Studio II – Junior Division
Yi Qun Xu*
Cello Studio II (Session I)
The Juilliard School Pre-College
Thomas Mesa*
Cello Studio II (Session II)
Manhattan School of Music
Collaborative Piano Faculty
Miki Aoki
Arizona State University
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
Elizabeth Hill
Meraki; Balance Campaign; Symphony Number One
Tae Kim
Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University; Baltimore School of the Arts
Sheng-Yuan Kuan
Lynn University Conservatory of Music
Minji Lee
Shenandoah University
Seonmi Lee
Colburn School; USC Thornton School of Music
Yoon Lee
The Juilliard School; SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Music
Yadi Liang
Manhattan School of Music
Hsiao-Ying Lin
The Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University
Lynne Mackey
Mary Baldwin University
Kyle Orth
New England Conservtaory
Jessica X. Osborne
Longy School of Music of Bard College; Third Street Music Settlement
Jeremiah Padilla
Coker University
Peipei Song
The Boston Conservatory at Berklee; New England Conservatory
Lorena Tecu
New England Conservatory
Ting-Ting Yen
University of Virginia