2027 Instrumental Faculty
Click on the images for full biosFaculty Artists Subject To Change
Senior Division: Chamber Music Coaches | Violin | Viola | Cello
Junior Division: Chamber Music Coaches | Violin/Viola | Cello
Piano Faculty
Chamber Music Coaches – Senior Division
Shmuel Ashkenasi
Curtis Institute of Music; Bard College Conservatory
Ralph Kirshbaum
USC Thornton School of Music
Ara Gregorian
New England Conservatory
Yi Qun Xu
The Juilliard School Pre-College
Hye Jin Kim
East Carolina University; Cooperstown Quartet
Kim Kashkashian
New England Conservatory
Borromeo String Quartet
Chamber Music Coaches/Ensemble in Residence
New England Conservatory
Violin – Senior Division
Violin Studio I
Itamar Zorman
Indiana University; Jacobs School of Music
Grigory Kalinovsky
Indiana University; Jacobs School of Music
Bela Horvath
Manhattan School of Music – Precollege
Ani Kavafian
Yale School of Music
Ivan Chan
Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
Violin Studio II
Hye Jin Kim
East Carolina University; Cooperstown Quartet
Ara Gregorian
New England Conservatory
Judith Ingolfsson
Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University
Kyung Sun Lee
Seoul National University; Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University
Paul Biss
New England Conservatory
Violin Studio III
Nicholas Kitchen
New England Conservatory; Borromeo String Quartet
Danny Phillips
The Juilliard School; Orion Quartet
Colin Jacobson
Brooklyn Rider; The Knights; Silk Road Project
Ivan Chan
Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
Miriam Fried
New England Conservatory
Violin Studio IV
Irina Muresanu
University of Maryland
Patinka Kopec
Manhattan School of Music
Kyoko Takezawa
Toho Music School; Tokyo College of Music
Mark Kaplan
Jacobs School of Music; Indiana University
Viola – Senior Divison
Viola Studio I
Paul Neubauer
The Juilliard School; Mannes College
Michael Klotz
Florida International University; Amernet String Quartet
Nicholas Cords
New England Conservatory; Brooklyn Rider
Steven Tenenbom
The Juilliard School
Caroline Coade
University of Michigan School of Music
Viola Studio II
Atar Arad
Jacobs School of Music; Indiana University
Caeli Smith
Bard College & Conservatory; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Wenting Kang
New England Conservatory
Mai Motobuchi
New England Conservatory
Cello – Senior Division
Cello Studio I
Nick Canellakis
Curtis Institute of Music
Hannah Roberts
Royal Academy of Music, RNCM (Manchester)
Ralph Kirshbaum
USC Thornton School of Music
Julia Lichten
Manhattan School of Music
Raman Ramakrishnan
Bard Conservatory of Music
Cello Studio II
Steven Doane
Eastman School of Music
Rosemary Elliot
Eastman School of Music
Colin Carr
Stony Brook University
David Geber
Manhattan School of Music
Tommy Mesa
Manhattan School of Music
Chamber Music Coaches – Junior Division
Christian Tremblay
Sessions I & II
The Peabody Preparatory at Johns Hopkins University
Yezu Woo
Session I
The Overlook, Orchestra of St. Luke’s; Founder & Artistic Director: SoriDari, NYinCC Festival
Mai Motobuchi
Session II
New England Conservatory
Li-Mei Liang
Session II
New England Conservatory, NEC Preparatory School
Junior Division Violin & Viola
Chloé Kiffer
Violin Studio I (Session I)
Manhattan School of Music
Rebecca Henry
Violin Studio I (Session II)
Peabody Conservatory; Peabody Preparatory
Bela Horvath
Violin Studio II / Viola Studio I (Session I)
Manhattan School of Music – Precollege
Caeli Smith
Violin Studio II / Viola Studio I (Session II)
Bard College & Conservatory; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
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 Yang
Cello Studio I (Session I)
University of Oklahoma
Andrew Mark
Cello Studio I (Session II)
Boston Conservatory / New England Conservatory Preparatory Division
Eunghee Cho
Cello Studio II (Session I)
University of Houston Moores School of Music
Yi Qun Xu
Cello Studio II (Session II)
The Juilliard School Pre-College
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
Yadi Liang
Manhattan School of Music
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
Jeremiah Padilla
Coker University
Peipei Song
The Boston Conservatory at Berklee; New England Conservatory
Lorena Tecu
New England Conservatory
Dina Vainshtein
New England Conservatory; Walnut Hill School
Ting-Ting Yen
University of Virginia