Piano

Jonathan Biss

Performances with NY Philarmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw, Toronto Symphony, NHK Orchestra; recitals in Carnegie Hall, 92nd street Y, Wigmore Hall, Mozarteum (Salzburg); recordings for EMI; 2002 Gilmore Artist.

Yuri Kim

Performances with conductors Levi, Oyama and with Atlanta, Virginia, KBS Symphonies, Sejong Soloists; recitals in Weill, Merkin, Alice Tully Halls; festivals include Merano (Italy), Round Top, Summer Piano Institute at New Paltz; faculty, Mannes.

Robert McDonald

Gold Medal, Busoni Competition; performances with San Francisco, Baltimore Symphonies; festivals include Marlboro, Caramoor, Aldeburgh, Salzburg; collaborations with Juilliard, Takacs, American, Brentano, Muir Quartets; faculty, Curtis and Juilliard.

Thomas Sauer

Performances in Carnegie, Alice Tully Halls, Library of Congress, Berlin Philharmonie, Wigmore Hall; collaborations with Midori, Colin Carr, Brentano Quartet; festivals include Marlboro, Chamber Music Northwest, Caramoor, Music@Menlo, Portland, Seattle, Taos; Faculty, Mannes, Vassar College.

J.Y. Song

Winner, Petschek, Christel, Pro Musicis Awards; Diapason d'Or for recording of Debussy Etudes on Pro Piano label; recitals in Alice Tully Hall, National Gallery, and throughout North America and Asia; Director, Classics Abroad Piano Program, Ecole Normale de Musique (Paris); faculty, Mannes.

Brantano String Quartet

Mark Steinberg

Founding member, Brentano String Quartet; performances with L.A. Philharmonic; collaborations with Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Richard Goode, Mitsuko Uchida; festivals include Marlboro, Caramoor, Edinburgh, Kuhmo; recordings for Philipps, Aeon; faculty, Mannes and Princeton.

 

Serena Canin

Winner, Naumburg Chamber Music and Cleveland Quartet Awards; founding member, Brentano String Quartet; performances at Carnegie Alice Tully, and Wigmore Halls, Cite de la Musique; collaborations with Peter Serkin, Mitsuko Uchida; festivals include Caramoor, Edinburgh, Marlboro; faculty, Princeton.

 

Misha Amory

Winner, 1991 Naumburg Viola Award, Naumberg Chamber Music and Cleveland Quartet Awards; recitals, Alice Tully Hall, L.A. Ambassador Series, Houston da Camera; founding member, Brentano String Quartet; fetivals include Caramoor, Edinburgh, Marlboro; recordings for MHS, Aeon; faculty, Curtis, Juilliard Princeton.

 

Nina Lee

Cellist, Brentano String Quartet; performances in Carnegie Hall, 92nd Street Y, Wigmore and Suntory Halls; collaborations with Richard Goode, Peter Serkin, Mitsuko Uchida; festivals include Marlboro, Kuhmo, Taos; faculty, Princeton.

 

Michael Kannen

Member, Appolo Trio and Context; winner Cleveland Quartet Awards; collaborations with Steven Isserlis, Robert Levin, Donald Weilerstein; festivals include Chamber Music Northwest, Taos, Yellow Barn; Director of Chamber Music, Peabody.