Meet the 2023 String Faculty
Senior Division: Chamber Music Seminar | Chamber Music Coaches | Violin | Viola | Cello
Junior Division: Chamber Music Coaches | Violin/Viola | Cello
*indicates new Faculty Member for 2023
Heifetz Chamber Music Seminar
Shmuel Ashkenasi
Curtis Institute of Music; Bard College Conservatory
Borromeo String Quartet
Ensemble In Residence
Nicholas Kitchen, Kristopher Tong, violins; Melissa Reardon, viola; Yeesun Kim, cello (New England Conservatory)
Chamber Music – Senior Division
David Geber
Cello
Manhattan School of Music
Martha Strongin Katz
Viola
New England Conservatory
Borromeo String Quartet
Ensemble In Residence
Nicholas Kitchen, Kristopher Tong, violins; Melissa Reardon, viola; Yeesun Kim, cello (New England Conservatory)
Violin – Senior Division
Nicholas Kitchen
Violin Studio I & III
New England Conservatory / Borromeo String Quartet
Ani Kavafian
Violin Studio I
Yale University School of Music; Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Mark Kaplan
Violin Studio I
Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University
Ivan Chan
Violin Studio I
Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
Ilya Kaler
Violin Studio II
Cleveland Institute of Music / Tempest Trio
Kyung Sun Lee
Violin Studio II
Seoul National University
Francesca de Pasquale
Violin Studio II
Oberlin Conservatory; Juilliard Pre-College
Kyoko Takezawa*
Violin Studio II
Toho Music School; Tokyo College of Music
Itamar Zorman*
Violin Studio II
Eastman School of Music
Danny Phillips
Violin Studio III
The Juilliard School; Orion Quartet
Grigory Kalinovsky
Violin Studio III
Indiana University, Jacobs School of Music
Kristopher Tong
Violin Studio III
New England Conservatory / Borromeo String Quartet
Yoo Jin Jang*
Violin Studio III
Eastman School of Music
Patinka Kopec
Violin Studio IV
Manhattan School of Music
Hagai Shaham
Violin Studio IV
Buchman/Mehta Academy, Tel Aviv University; Stony Brook University
Judith Ingolfsson*
Violin Studio IV
Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University
Viola – Senior Divison
Atar Arad
Viola Studio I
Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University
Juan-Miguel Hernandez*
Viola Studio I
Montreal University
Michael Klotz
Viola Studio I & II
Florida International University / Amernet String Quartet
Mai Motobuchi
Viola Studio I & II
New England Conservatory
Barbara Westphal
Viola Studio I & II
Musikhochschule Lübeck
Dimitri Murrath*
Viola Studio I
San Francisco Conservatory of Music
Paul Neubauer
Viola Studio II
The Juilliard School; Mannes College
Nicholas Cords
Viola Studio II
New England Conservatory
Melissa Reardon*
Viola Studio II
New England Conservatory; Borromeo Quartet
Cello – Senior Division
Astrid Schween
Cello Studio I
The Juilliard School; Juilliard String Quartet
Antonio Lysy
Cello Studio I
Herb Alpert School of Music at UCLA
Yeesun Kim
Cello Studio I
New England Conservatory
Steven Doane
Cello Studio I
Eastman School of Music
Rosemary Elliot
Cello Studio I
Eastman School of Music
Peter Stumpf
Cello Studio I
Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
Hannah Roberts
Cello Studio II
Royal Academy of Music, RNCM (Manchester)
Clara Kim
Cello Studio II
Columbia University / Juilliard School
Amit Peled
Cello Studio II
Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins
Hans Jørgen Jensen
Cello Studio II
Northwestern University Bienen School of Music
Colin Carr
Cello Studio II
Stony Brook University
Chamber Music – Junior Division
Christian Tremblay*
Chamber Music Studio A
The Peabody Preparatory at Johns Hopkins University
Michael Casimir*
Chamber Music Studio A
Principal Viola, Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Noémie Raymond-Friset
Chamber Music Studio B
Duo Cavatine
Eunghee Cho*
Chamber Music Studio B
University of Houston Moores School of Music
Yi Qun Xu*
Chamber Music Studio C
The Juilliard School Pre-College
Violin/Viola – Junior Division
Chloé Kiffer
Violin Studio I (Session I)
Manhattan School of Music; University of North Texas
Desirée Ruhstrat
Violin Studio I (Session II)
Northwestern University Bienen School of Music; The Lincoln Trio
Caeli Smith
Violin Studio II / Viola Studio I (Session I)
University of North Carolina School of the Arts
Bela Horvath
Violin Studio II / Viola Studio I (Session II); Violin Studio IV (Session I)
Manhattan School of Music – Precollege
Francesca de Pasquale
Violin Studio III (Session I)
Oberlin Conservatory; Juilliard Pre-College
Rebecca Henry
Violin Studio III (Session II)
Peabody Conservatory; Peabody Preparatory
Magedelena Richter*
Violin Studio IV (Session II)
Chairman – New England Conservatory Preparatory School String Department
Cello – Junior Division
Julia Lichten*
Cello Studio I (Session I)
Manhattan School of Music
Thomas Mesa
Cello Studio I (Session II)
Conservatory of Music, SUNY Purchase
Andrew Mark
Cello Studio II (Sessions I & II)
Boston Conservatory / New England Conservatory Preparatory Division
Special Guest Artists
Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas*
Collaborative Piano Faculty
To be announced