Francesca Anderegg, violin (New York, NY), made her New York debut in 2007 with the Juilliard Orchestra. She has performed with Itzhak Perlman and the Perlman Music Program, and at Weill Recital Hall as a participant in Pamela and Claude Frank's Carnegie Hall Professional Training Workshop. She has participated in the Lucerne Festival Academy, the Perlman Music Program and at Tanglewood. She graduated from Harvard University in 2005, and is currently a C.V. Starr Doctoral Fellow at Juilliard. Past Yellow Barn participant (2009).

Ian Antonio (Loudonville, NY), is a member of Yarn/Wire, Zs, the WetInk Ensemble, and the Theatre of a Two-Headed Calf. He also frequently performs with the International Contemporary Ensemble, the Argento Chamber Ensemble, the S.E.M. Ensemble and the Albany Symphony. He is a former Tanglewood participant. Ian received his DMA from Stony Brook University. Past Yellow Barn participant (2009).

Emmanuelle Beaulieu Bergeron, cello (Montréal, Québec, Canada), won the Special Jury Prize in the Prix d'Europe Competition and a silver medal in the Fischoff Competition. She has played with the Kailas String Quartet and the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, and soloed with the National Arts Center Orchestra in Ottawa.Emmanuelle has attended the Aspen, Tanglewood and Sarasota festivals. She joined the Toronto Symphony in Fall 2009. She was faculty for the Yellow Barn's Young Artists Program, 2008 and 2009. She holds Masters degrees from Juilliard and from Rice University. Past Yellow Barn participant (2004, 2008-2009). Recipient, 2009 Sallie Hughes-Pit Scholarship to attend Yellow Barn.

Hamilton Berry, cello (Nashville, Tn.), has performed with the Macon Symphony Orchestra. As a participant in Carnegie Hall's Porous Borders of Music workshop, he performed Edgar Meyer's Cello-Bass Duo with the composer in Zankel Hall. A former member of the Cumberland Trio, in 2004 he won First Prize at the Columbia University Bach Society Concerto Competition. Festival appearances have included Killington, Sarasota, and Sewanee. B.A., Columbia. Recipient, 2007 Victoria Roth Scholarship to attend Yellow Barn. Past participant (2004, 2005, 2007).

Claire Bryant, cello (Camden, S.C.), has appeared as guest soloist with orchestras including the Kuopion Orchestieri of Finland, the National Symphony of Honduras, and the South Carolina Philharmonic. She is a founding member of the Tetras String Quartet and the founder, producer, and artistic director of With Strings Attached. She recently toured the U.S. and Japan with tap-dancer Savion Glover and performed in Carnegie's Zankel Hall as part of the Meredith Monk Workshop. Festival appearances have included Meadowmount and Spoleto, USA. B.M., San Francisco Conservatory; M.M., Juilliard. Recipient, 2007 George and Laura Heller Scholarship to attend Yellow Barn. Past participant (2001-2004, 2006- 2007).

Michael Bukhman, piano (Houston, TX), was named a medalist in the 2009 Hilton Head Piano Competition. Previously he won the 2005 National Jacob K. Javits Fellowship, first prize at the 2006 Corpus Christi International Competition,and was laureate of the 2006 Gina Bachauer Competition at Juilliard. He has performed in Israel, Turkey, and across North America, and was recently featured on WQXR-New York's McGraw-Hill Young Artists Showcase. He is a graduate of Oberlin and is now a student in the DMA program at Juilliard. Past Yellow Barn participant (2009).

Anna Burden, cello (Chicago, Ill.), was principal cellist of the New York String Orchestra Seminar in 2007 and has appeared as soloist with the Juilliard Orchestra, Northwestern University Orchestra, and Oak Park Symphony Orchestra. She is a winner of the Juilliard and Northwestern University Concerto Competitions and has been awarded prizes at the Stulberg International Strings Competition and WAMSC Young Artist Competition. Festival and workshop appearances have included Meadowmount, Music Academy of the West, National Arts Center Young Artists Program, and the Piatigorsky Seminar. B.M., Northwestern; M.M, Juilliard. Past Yellow Barn participant (2007).

Molly Carr, viola (Reno, NV), is a member of the Trovâo String Quartet. In 2007 she was a guest artist with the American String Quartet and performed with Itzhak Perlman at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She is the recipient of numerous scholarships, fellowships and awards and has been a soloist with the Reno Philharmonic Orchestra, the Young Musicians Forum, and the Carson City Symphony Orchestra. She has attended the Perlman Program and Music Academy of the West. B.M., the Juilliard School. Past Yellow Barn participant (2008).

Elissa Cassini, violin (Bouchemaine, France), has performed throughout the United States, Canada and Europe. Next season she will premiere a concerto written for her by Nicolas Bacri, S.A.C.E.M's 2006 Grand Prize winning composer. She hasperformed with Pierre Boulez, William Christie, Ivry Gitlis, Wynton Marsalis, and Sting as well as with ensembles including the Amsterdam Sinfonietta, the Argento New Music Project and the Sonora Quartet. Elissa has attended the Perlman Music Program, Ravinia, and OCM in England. Past Yellow Barn participant (2003, 2009). Recipient, 2009 Starling Foundation Scholarship to attend Yellow Barn.

Ga Hyun Cho, violin (Goyangshi, Korea), has appeared as a soloist with the Munich Radio Orchestra, the Seoul National Symphony Orchestra and the Germany Mannheim University Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, among others. She took second place in the Leopold Mozart International Violin Competition in 2006 and is the winner of eight other national and international competitions including the Seoul National Symphony Competition. B.M., Seoul National University; M.M., New England Conservatory. Past Yellow Barn participant (2008).

Sookkyung Cho, piano (Baltimore, MD), has performed at Alice Tully Hall, Steinway Hall, and the Sarasota Opera House. She is a recipient of the John Erskine Prize at Juilliard, and won the Grace Clagett Ranney Prize in Chamber Music at Peabody, as well as prizes at the Harrison Winter Piano Competition and the International Beethoven Piano Sonata Competition. Sookkyung has been heard at the Norfolk, Sarasota, Bowdoin, and Orford festivals. Sookkyung is currently enrolled in the DMA program at Juilliard as a C.V. Starr Doctoral Fellow. She is a Masters graduate of the Peabody Conservatory. Past Yellow Barn participant (2009).

Estelle Choi, (Alberta, Canada) began her musical studies at the age of five. She won first prize as a soloist and a chamber musician in the Calgary Kiwanis Festival, the Alberta Provincial Music Festival, the Calgary Concerto Competition, and the Canadian Music Competition. Estelle has participated in Morningside Music Bridge in Calgary, Banff Centre, Great Mountains Music Festival in Korea and the PMF String Quartet Course in Japan. She completed her Certificate in Performance at Yale and now continues her studies at the Colburn School. Past Yellow Barn Participant (2009).

Jacqueline Choi, cello (Old Tappen, NJ), is the winner of several cello competitions including the Boston Symphony Competition in 2004. Her most recent concerto performances were with the Bucheon Symphony, Yemel Philharmonic and the New England Conservatory Chamber Orchestras. She performed chamber music at a Lincoln Center Gala concert in 2007. Her awards include the New England Conservatory Presidential Scholar and Merit Scholarship awards. She has attended Banff, Music at Menlo, and Apeldoorn. B.M., New England. Past Yellow Barn participant (2008).

Jonathan Chu, violin (Niskayuna, N.Y.), is a member of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra. A former member of the Santa Fe Opera Orchestra, he is also an alternate for the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. He is a past recipient of the C. V. Starr and Jerome C. Green scholarships at Juilliard. He received a three-year fellowship to the Aspen Music Festival and won the Saunderson Prize in 2004. B.M., Vanderbilt; M.M., Juilliard. Recipient, 2007 Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation Scholarship to attend Yellow Barn.Past participant (2006-2007).

Raquel Cortinas, violin (Valencia, Spain), is a member of the Orquesta de la Comunidad Valenciana and a former member of the Orquesta de Eustadi, Solisti di Praga, Cuarteto Haydn de Fundación Altadis, Quinteto Scarlatti de la Casa de la Moneda, and Cuarteto Cortinas. She is a past winner of the Fundación Carolina, Fundación Albeniz, Duft-Thorner Shiftung, Kanton Schwyz, Kiefer Hablitzel, and BrinoSchuler scholarships. Festival appearances have included Cursos de Veranoen, Krochlendorf & Lichtenberg, Meadowmount, Meisterkurse, Prag-Wien-Budapest, Santander, Schleswig-Holstein, and Sommeracademie. Teaching Diploma, Musikhochschule Zurich; Performing Diploma, Conservatory Prague; Performing Diploma, Escuela Sup. de Música. Past Yellow Barn participant (2007).

Stephanie Corwin, bassoon (Marietta, GA), was named inaugural winner of the Meg Quigley Vivaldi Bassoon Competition in 2005 and was a semifinalist in the 2007 Ima Hogg Young Artists Competition. She has also won prizes at the Fischoff, Coleman,Chesapeake and Yellow Springs national chamber music competitions. Stephanie holds a Masters degree from Yale and a SMA from Stony Brook University. She also plays historical bassoons and has studied with Michael McCraw at Indiana University's Early Music Institute. Past Yellow Barn participant (2009). Recipient, 2009 Margaret Everitt Scholarship to attend Yellow Barn.

Jennifer Curtis, violin ( Jamaica Plain, MA), has won the Artists International's 2009 outstanding alumni award, the Astral Artists 2006 National Auditions, the Millka/Astral grand prize for violin and the Juilliard Concerto Competition. She has appeared as soloist with the Simón Bolívar Orchestra in Venezuela and will give the American premiere of George Enescu's Fantasie Concertante in New York nextJanuary. Jennifer is the founder of Tres Americas Project, a member of the celebrated new music group ICE, plays mandolin, and is a composer. She holds a Masters degree from Juilliard. Past Yellow Barn participant (2005-2007, 2009).

Owen Dalby, violin (Astoria, NY), is currently a fellow at The Academy, a program of Carnegie Hall, the Juilliard School and the Weill Music Institute. He is the co-founder and artistic director of the Hindemith Ensemble, a founding member of the Dalby-Rabin Duo and was the concertmaster and soloist for the Yale Symphony Orchestra in 2005-2006. Owen won the junior division of the Fischoff Competition in 2001 and took third in the Lyon International Competition in 2007. He has attended Kneisel Hall, Norfolk and Aspen. B.A., M.M., Yale University. Past participant, Yellow Barn Young Artists Program, Yellow Barn participant (2008).

Sarah Darling, viola (Carlisle, Mass.), is a member of the Rosetta Trio and the Laurel Quartet, as well as the director of the Arcturus Chamber Ensemble. She is a former member of the Amaryllis Quartet and currently serves as a coach with the Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra. She is a past recipient of a Beebe Grant and DAAD Fellowship. Sarah has performed Schnittke's Viola Concerto with the New England Conservatory Philharmonia. Festival appearances have included Lucerne, Norfolk, Ravinia, Sarasota, Saito-Kinen, and Verbier. B.M., Harvard; B.M., Conservatorium van Amsterdam; Artist Diploma, Musikhochschule Freiburg; M.M. (in progress), New England Conservatory. Recipient, 2007 Peter Michael Sussman Memorial Scholarship to attend Yellow Barn. Past participant (2001, 2002, 2004, 2007).

James Michael Deitz, percussion (Lamoka Harbor, N.J.), is a member of the Yale Percussion Group and a former member of the Haddonfield Symphony and the Philadelphia Chamber Orchestra. Since 2004 he has taught undergraduate majors and non-majors at the Yale School of Music. He is a past recipient of the Presser Award and the Yale School of Music Dean's Prize. Last October he appeared at Carnegie's Zankel Hall with composer Steve Reich. Festival appearances have included Acanthes, Bowdoin, Manitoba, Norfolk, and Princeton. B.M., Curtis; M.M., Artist Diploma, Yale.Past Yellow Barn participant (2007).

Keats Dieffenbach, violin (Wilmington, NC), is a founding member of the Tetras Quartet, which recently performed in Zankel Hall as part of Carnegie Hall's Steve Reich at 70 series. She is a member of the Second Instrumental Unit and the American Contemporary Music Ensemble. A past concertmistress of the Juilliard Orchestra, Keats was Wilmington Symphony Orchestra's 2006-2007 artist-in-residence, and appeared on "Saturday Night Live". Festival appearances have included BargeMusic, the FOCUS! Festival at Lincoln Center, Sarasota, and Taos. Keats served as assistant faculty at Yellow Barn's Young Artists Program, 2008. B.M., M.M., the Juilliard School; Graduate Diploma (in progress), New England Conservatory. Past Yellow Barn participant (2004, 2005, 2007, 2008).

Song-Ie Do, cello (Seoul, Korea), is a member of the Laurel String Quartet and the New England Conservatory Chamber Orchestra. She has appeared as soloist with the Seoul Symphony and Millennium Chamber Orchestras. She is a former recipient of a Piatigorsky Presidential Scholarship and winner of the Best Bach Performance at the Corpus Christi Competition. Festival appearances have included Gunther Schuller, Musicorda, and the Perlman Music Program. B.M., New England Conservatory. Past participant (2005-2007).

Margaret Dyer, viola (Fresno, CA), has performed at New York's Merkin Hall andCarnegie Hall, at Jordan Hall in Boston, and at numerous venues abroad. This season she appeared with St. Paul Chamber Orchestra and Ikarus Chamber Players, among others, and served as principal with the Brooklyn and Long Island Philharmonics. She was featured by the Brooklyn Philharmonic with the Tres Americas Ensembleduring their Nuevo Latino Festival. Margaret is a founding member of the self directed string orchestra, A Far Cry. She was faculty at Yellow Barn's Young Artists Program, 2009. Past Yellow Barn participant (2005-2007, 2009). Recipient, 2009 Emily Kunreuther Scholarship to attend Yellow Barn.

Julio Elizalde, piano (Walnut Creek, CA), is a C.V. Starr Doctoral Fellow at Juilliard. He performs with the N-E-W Trio, which was the grand prize winner at the 2008 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition and the 2007 Coleman National Chamber Music Competition. He has attended festivals including Taos, Kneisel Halland Music Academy of the West. Julio served as faculty at Yellow Barn'sYoung Artists Program in 2008 and 2009. He holds a Masters degree from Juilliard. Past Yellow Barn participant (2008-2009). Recipient, 2009 Peter and Teddy Berg Scholarship to attend Yellow Barn.

Isabelle Engels, violin (Kologne, Germany), is the winner of the New England Conservatory's Honors Competition in Chamber Music 2007 and the Deutschen Musikinstrumentenfonds from 2005-2008, as well as numerous other competitions. She has soloed and performed chamber music at Carnegie Hall, Berliner Konzerthaus, and Tonhalle Düsseldorf and has attended Prussia Cove, Lucerne Festival and the Casals Festival, among others. Graduate Diploma (in progress), New England Conservatory. Past Yellow Barn participant (2008).

Amit Even-Tov, cello ( Jerusalem, Israel), has performed as a soloist with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra. As a member of the Ariel Quartet, she has appeared at festivals including Ravinia, the Perlman Music Program, Great Lakes, Amadeus and ProQuartet.The Ariel Quartet won the Grand Prize in the Fischoff Competition in 2006. Amit is now pursuing her Master's degree as part of the Professional String Quartet Program at the New England Conservatory. Past Yellow Barn participant (2008-2009).

Jeannette H. Fang, piano (Bridgewater, N.J.), has performed on the "Rising Stars" concert series at the Silvermine School of Music, on the BargeMusic series, at New York's Trinity Church, and at Alice Tully Hall. She has also appeared on the nationally syndicated radio show "From the Top." Jeannette is a former winner of the Music Teachers National Association Young Artist Competition. She was named a Presidential Scholar in the Arts and is a past winner of the Chiang-Weh International Young Artists and Juilliard Pre-College Concerto Competitions. Festival and workshop appearances have included Northern Lights, PianoFest, and the Van Cliburn Institute. B.M., Juilliard. Past participant (2006-2007)

Stephanie Fong, viola (Brookline, MA), is a member of the Portland Symphony Orchestra and the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra. She has performed with the Kailas Quartet, the Aspen Music Festival Quartet, at the Kennedy Center, and at summer festivals at Aspen, Tanglewood and Kneisel Hall. She won the Fischoff Competition in 2006. While completing her bachelor's degree at the San Francisco Conservatory she taught viola at Pacific Academy. B.M., San Francisco Conservatory; M.M., graduate diploma, New England Conservatory. Recipient, 2008 Barry and Elsa Waxman Scholarship to attend Yellow Barn. Past Yellow Barn participant (2002, 2008).

Jason Fisher, viola (Shoreline, Wash.), is a founding member of the Riverdell String Quartet. As a Carnegie Hall Fellow, he toured Kazakhstan and the Kyrgyz Republic, and as a Peabody Singapore Fellow, he appeared as soloist with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra. He is also a founding member of A Far Cry, a new collectively directed, conductorless chamber orchestra based in Boston. Jason has received a Peabody Merit Scholarship, the Sidney Friedberg Prize for Excellence in Chamber Music, and the Ruth Blaustein Rosenberg Scholarship. Festival and workshop appearances have included Domaine Forget, Miro Quartet Seminar, Norfolk, and Prussia Cove. B.M., Peabody Conservatory; M.M. (in progress), Longy. Recipient, 2007 David C. Oswald Scholarship to attend Yellow Barn. Past participant (2005-2007).

Tony Flynt, double bass (Alexandria, Va.), is principal bassist with Opera Pacific and the Colburn Conservatory Orchestra and has performed with the Houston and San Diego Symphonies. Festival appearances have included Music Academy of the West, Sarasota, Verbier, Domaine Forget, and Youth Orchestra of the Americas. B.A., B.M., Rice; Professional Studies Certificate, Colburn. Past participant (2001, 2007).

Gershon Gerchikov, violin ( Jerusalem, Israel), was a prize winner in the violinists composers competition in St. Petersburg, Russia. As a member of the Ariel Quartet, he has appeared festivals including Ravinia, the Perlman Music Program, Great Lakes, Amadeus and ProQuartet. The Ariels won the Grand Prize in the Fischoff Competition. Gershon is now pursuing his Master's degree as part of the Professional String Quartet Program at the New England Conservatory. Past Yellow Barn participant (2008-2009).

Michael Haas, cello (Milford, CT), is a founding member of the Tessera Quartet. He is a member of the New Haven Symphony and has been principal cellist of the Curtis Symphony and the Juilliard Orchestra, participating in its tour of China in 2008. He has performed at the summer music festivals at Taos, Tanglewood, and Aspen. With a Masters from Juilliard, he will begin the DMA program at the CUNY Graduate Center this fall. Past Yellow Barn participant (2008-2009).

Mariko Hara, viola (Tokyo, Japan), was a second place winner of the 13th International Brahms Competition, and first place winner of the fifth Toshiya-Eto Competition. She has performed with the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra and the Orchestra de Geneva. As a member of the Jupiter Quartet Japan, she has concertized across Japan, the U.S. and Switzerland. Festival appearances include Verbier Academy, IMS Prussia Cove and Norfolk. Mariko is a recipient of the Hugo de Senger Foundation award in Geneva and the Rome Music Foundation award in Japan. She studies at the Geneva Conservatory. Past Yellow Barn participant (2009).

Kate Haynes, cello (Belmont, Mass.), is a member of the Rosetta Trio, the Arcturus Chamber Ensemble, Boston Hausmusik, Clarion Music Society, Arcadia Ensemble, and the Handel & Haydn Society. She has acted as chamber music coach at Apple Hill, sectional coach for the Spencer Brook Youth Orchestra, and assistant coach for the Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra. In 2002 she appeared as soloist with Bobby McFerrin and the Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra. Festival appearances have included Kneisel Hall, Musicorda, Norfolk, Sarasota, and Taos, among others. A.B., Harvard; M.M., New England Conservatory; Baroque Cello Performance, Royal Conservatory of the Hague. Past participant (2001, 2002, 2007).

Sophie Heaton, viola (New York, NY), is an elementary-level special education teacher in the New York public schools. She was formerly a member of the then Colorado-based Vinca Quartet, which studied with the Takács Quartet at the University of Colorado, Boulder. She served as principal with the Oberlin Orchestra,and the Brown University Orchestra. She has attended the Greenwood and Kneisel Hall festivals. She is enrolled in a Masters of Urban Education Program at Mercy College. Past Yellow Barn participant (2004, 2006, 2009). Recipient, 2009 George and Laura Heller Scholarship to attend Yellow Barn.

Kai-Yin Huang, piano (Taipei, Taiwan), has appeared in many international competitions and was awarded "The Most Promising Artist" prize at Hamamatsu Inernational Piano Academy in Japan, as well as third prize at the Chopin International Piano Competition in Taipei. Summer festival appearances include Bowdoin and Music Academy of the West. B.M., the Juilliard School; M.M., Yale School of Music; Graduate Diploma, the Juilliard School. Past Yellow Barn participant (2005, 2008).

Kuan-Chen Huang, viola (Pingtung, Taiwan), has appeared several times as soloist with the Taiwan National Orchestra and has performed with several members of the SUNY Stony Brook faculty in their chamber music recitals. She is a past winner of the National Taiwan Viola Competition and the Elite Music Competition. Festival appearances have included Académie Internationale d'Été de Nice (France), Accademia Musicale Chigiana (Italy), and Sarasota. B.M., National Taiwan Normal University; M.M., Juilliard; D.M.A., SUNY Stony Brook. Past Yellow Barn participant (2007).

Katie Hyun, violin (Sunnyvale, CA), has performed with the Koryo Quartet, the Curtis Institute Orchestra and the Aspen Festival Orchestra. She was a 2004 winner of the Stony Brook Concerto Competition. She has performed in music festivals at Menlo, Aspen, Taos, Music Academy of the West, Kniesel Hall and Encore. B.M., Curtis Institute; M.M., SUNY at Stony Brook; Artist Diploma, Yale School of Music. Past Yellow Barn participant (2008).

Ayano Kataoka, percussion (Yachiyo, Japan), has appeared with Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble at Carnegie Hall, and performed at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, where she is the first percussionist to be chosen for a 3-season residency for emerging artists. She toured Japan with her Latin percussion group, "Marimba Tropicana," broadcast live on NHK-radio, and released two recordings on Respect Records. She has attended Norfolk and other summer festivals. B.M., Tokyo National University of Fine Arts; M.M., Peabody Conservatory; Artist Diploma, Yale School of Music. Recipient, 2008 John Michael McKenzie Scholarship to attend Yellow Barn. Past Yellow Barn participant (2008).

Alexandra Kazovsky, violin ( Jerusalem, Israel), has performed with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and the Yad Harif Chamber Orchestra and as soloist with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra. She won second prize in the Kol ha MusicaYoung Artists Competition. As a member of the Ariel Quartet, she has appeared at the Ravinia, the Perlman Music Program, Great Lakes, Amadeus and ProQuartet festivals.The Ariels won the Grand Prize in the Fischoff Competition in 2006. Alexandra isnow pursuing her Master's degree as part of the Professional String Quartet Program at the New England Conservatory. Past Yellow Barn participant (2008-2009).

Adelle-Akiko Kearns, cello (San Francisco, CA), was the assistant principal for the Tokyo Symphony from 2005-07. She has also performed with the DaCapo Chamber Players and the Monterey Symphony. Festival appearances include Saito Kinen, Spoleto, Tanglewood, Schleswig-Holstein and Aspen. B.M., M.M., San Francisco Conservatory; Graduate Diploma, the Juilliard School. Past Yellow Barn participant (2008).

Sooyun Kim, flute (Leonia, NJ), made her debut at age ten with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, and has since won awards including the 2007 Georg Solti Foundation Career Grant. She has appeared with the New Jersey and New Amsterdam Symphony Orchestras, and the Boston Pops. She will join the ChamberMusic Society of Lincoln Center's CMS TWO program for young artists during the2009-10 seasons. She attended the Spoleto Festival USA and served as the youngest Artist-Faculty member at the 2008 Music@Menlo Festival. Sooyun Kim holds Graduate Diploma and Masters degrees from the New England Conservatory. Past Yellow Barn participant (2009). Recipient, 2009 Charles and Jessie Price Scholarship to attend Yellow Barn.

Aleksey Klyushnik, double bass (Dnepropetrovk, Ukraine), moved to the United States in the spring of 1999. He was a finalist in the 2004 ASTA National Competition (Junior division) and first prize winner of the 2005 California State ASTA Competition (Senior division). In 2008 he won the Parness Young Artists Concerto Competition and will be featured as a soloist with the Culver City Symphony in the 2009-2010 season. Aleksey holds an Artists Diploma from the Colburn School. He has been a participant of the Pacific Music Festival and Verbier. Past Yellow Barn participant (2009). Recipient, 2009 Mike McKenzie Scholarship to attend Yellow Barn.

Paul Laraia, viola (Sewall, NJ), has performed with the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra, Anne Newman Advanced Study String Quartet, Temple Honors String Quartet and the Bela String Quartet. He received a silver medal in the Fischoff Competition in 2007. Paul is a 2007-08 member of the New England Conservatory honors quartet. Summer festivals include Rowan International Music Festival, ASTA Strings, Kimmel Center Chamber Music and Strings International. B.M. (in progress), New England Conservatory.Past Yellow Barn participant (2008).

Yvonne Lam, violin (Los Angeles, Calif.), has appeared as soloist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Auckland (New Zealand) Philharmonia, St. Petersburg (Russia) Orchestra, and Pacific Symphony. She has given solo recitals throughout the U.S. as well as in Russia and Israel. Yvonne has taken second prize in the Michael Hill World Violin Competition, Holland-America Music Society Competition, and Liana Issakadze International Violin Competition. Festival appearances have included Music from Angel Fire, Ravinia, Verbier, and Taos. B.M., Curtis; M.M., Juilliard. Recipient, 2007 Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation Scholarship to attend Yellow Barn. Past Yellow Barn participant (2006-2007).

Tessa Lark, violin (Richmond, KY), has won awards including first prize in the 2006 Johansen International Competition for Young String Players and first prize in the2008 Irving Klein International Competition. She has attended the Quartet Program, Aspen, the Great Wall International Music Academy, and Ravinia. Tessa currently studies at the New England Conservatory. She plays a Euginio Degani violin, dated 1897, on generous loan to her from Ravinia. Past Yellow Barn participant (2009).

Alicia Lee, clarinet (New York, NY), is associate principal of the Santa Barbara Symphony and is currently a fellow in the Academy Program (ACJW) at Carnegie Hall. In 2005 and 2006, she appeared in Carnegie Hall workshops with David Robertson and John Adams. Festival appearances have included Lucerne, New York String Orchestra Seminar, Norfolk, and Spoleto, Italy. She has a Masters degree from the University of California and a Professional Studies Certificate from the Colburn School. Past Yellow Barn participant (2007-2009).

Rachel Lee, violin (Scarsdale, N.Y.), has performed with the Saint Louis Symphony and the Colorado Springs and Rochester Philarmonic Orchestras. She has appeared with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center, on the "Stars of Tomorrow" series. Internationally, she has appeared in Korea with the KBS Symphony and the Seoul Philharmonic, as well as with Staatskapelle Berlin and the State Symphony Cappella of Russia. Festival and workshop appearances have included Aspen and the Perlman Music Program. Undergraduate, Harvard. Past Yellow Barn participant (2007).

Jonathan Lewis, cello (Georgetown, KY), has appeared as soloist with the Louisville and Allentown Symphony Orchestras and has performed in Carnegie's Zankel Hall and Boston's Jordan Hall. He has won top prizes in competitions including the Society of American Musicians and Holland-America Music Society Competitions, and grandprize in the Schadt International Competition. He has been recognized for outstanding achievement by the Kentucky State Senate. His festival appearances have included Aspen, Kent-Blossom, Kneisel Hall, Meadowmount, and Ravinia. Jonathan is pursuing his DMA at the New England Conservatory. Past Yellow Barn participant (2007-2009). Recipient, 2009 Jackie Meinick Scholarship to attend Yellow Barn.

Yiyin Li, viola (Beijing, China), is working on his graduate diploma at the New England Conservatory where he plays with the NEC chamber orchestra, and NEC philharmonic orchestra. He was invited three times to participate and serve as principal viola in the Pacific Music Festival Orchestra of Japan. He attended the Saito Kinen Music Festival for two years. He has achieved top rankings at many viola and chamber music competitions and is the recipient of a Presser award. B.M., Central Conservatory of Music; Graduate Diploma (in progress), New England Conservatory. Past Yellow Barn participant (2008).

Conor Nelson, flute (Caledon, Ontario), is a member of the Conor and Ayano Duo and was formerly the flutist for Intrada Winds. He has appeared as soloist with the Toronto Symphony and the Banff Festival Orchestra. In 2006 he performed with Claude Frank in the Schneider Series. He is a former winner of the Fischoff and Coleman National Competitions, among others. Festival appearances have included Aspen, Banff, Brevard, OK Mozart, and Norfolk. B.M., Manhattan School of Music; M.M., Yale; D.M.A., SUNY Stony Brook. He is currently an assistant professor of flute at Oklahoma State University. Recipient, 2008 George and Laura Heller Scholarship to attend Yellow Barn. Past Yellow Barn participant (2007, 2008).

Jessica Oudin, viola (Houston, TX), is principal violist of the City Music Cleveland Chamber Orchestra and has served as principal with the Juilliard Orchestra. She is a former member of the Kashii String Quartet and has served on the chamber music faculty of the Innsbruck Music Festival. She is currently a teaching assistant to Heidi Castleman. Jessica is a past winner of the Darius Milhaud Award and the Horace & Marie Arnold Award for Viola Performance. Festival appearances have included Aspen, Music at Menlo, Musicorda, and the Perlman Program. Jessica served as assistant faculty at Yellow Barn's Young Artists Program, 2008. B.M., Cleveland Institute of Music; M.M., the Juilliard School. Recipient, 2008 Gennifer Sussman Scholarship to attend Yellow Barn. Past Yellow Barn participant (2006-2008).

Grace Park, violin (Los Angeles, CA), has performed actively as a soloist and chamber musician throughout the world, including at the Walt Disney Hall, DvoˆrákHall in Prague, the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., Carnegie Hall in NewYork and Jordan Hall in Boston. Grace has participated in festivals including the Perlman Music Program, Music@Menlo and the IMS Prussia Cove. She currently attends the New England Conservatory. She performs on a 1745 Vincenzo Panormo violin, graciously on loan from the Mandell Collection. Recipient, 2009 Starling Foundation Scholarship to attend Yellow Barn. Past Yellow Barn participant (2009).

Hye Yeon Park, piano (Seoul, Korea), was a soloist this year with the Korean National University of Arts Orchestra, and with the Seoul Symphony and Seoul Philharmonic Orchestras. She was the recipient of a Special Prize in the Maria Canals International Piano Competition and took awards at the Amadeo, Ettingen and Oberlin competitions. Festival appearances include the Festival Encuentro de Musica Academica de Santander, Ishikawa Academy, and the Salzburg Mozarteum. B.M., Korean National University of Arts; M.M., Artist Diploma, Yale School of Music; D.M.A. (in progress), Peabody Conservatory. Past Yellow Barn participant (2006, 2008).

Ilya Poletaev, piano (Toronto, Canada), has appeared as soloist with the Toronto and Hartford Symphony Orchestras. Between 2005 and 2007 he served on the faculty of the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, and this fall he will begin serving as Lecturer in the Yale Department of Music. A former winner of the International Southeastern Historical Keyboard Society Competition, he has received the Ontario Chalmers Training Grant as a pianist and the Early Music America Scholarship for harpsichord. Festival and workshop appearances have included Banff, Caramoor, Moab, Norfolk, Orford, Sarasota, and Stratford. G.M., University of Toronto; M.M., D.M.A., Yale. Recipient, 2007 John Michael McKenzie Scholarship to attend Yellow Barn.Past participant (2003, 2007).

Marie-Ève Poupart, violin (St. Jean Sue Richelieu, Quebec, Canada), has been featured as a soloist with orchestras including the Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal, Orchestre Symphonique de Trois-Rivières and Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal. In May of 2008 and 2009, she performed at the Montreal Chamber Music Festival. She won several first prizes at the provincial and national level and was awarded the Lieutenant-General's Prize in 2004 and the Peter Mendell prize in 2008. Past Yellow Barn participant (2009).

Annie Rabbat, violin (Mt. Prospect, Ill.), is a member of the Laurel String Quartet, an honors ensemble at New England Conservatory. She is concertmaster of the Gardner Museum Chamber Orchestra and performs with Walden Chamber Players. Annie toured with Musicians from Ravinia's Steans Institute and recently performed at the Virginia Arts Festival, Concord Chamber Music Festival, and Caramoor Festival. A past winner of the Kuttner Quartet Award, she has participated in the Juilliard String Quartet Seminar and appeared at the Prussia Cove, Ravinia, Kneisel Hall, and Norfolk festivals. B.M., Indiana; M.M., Juilliard; Graduate Diploma (in progress), New England Conservatory. Recipient, 2007 Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation Scholarship to attend Yellow Barn.Past participant (2005-2007).

Itamar Ringel, viola (Jerusalem, Israel), has performed with the Verbier Orchestra and the Tel-Aviv Soloists Ensemble. He appeared at Tanglewood and Carnegie Hall with Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Ensemble. Itamar is a past winner of an America-Israel Cultural Foundation Scholarship and the Accademia Chigiana Scholarship. Festival and workshop appearances have included the Perlman Music Program, Prussia Cove, Ravinia, and Verbier. B.M., Jerusalem Academy of Music; M.M., D.M.A. (in progress), New England Conservatory.Past Yellow Barn participant (2007).

Teddy Robie, piano (Newport, NC), is a past recipient of the Gina Bachauer Scholarship and was a second prize winner in the 1999 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition. Festival appearances have included Music Academy of the West, PianoFest, and Taos. He has earned a Masters degree from Juilliard and has a DMA in progress at Stony Brook University. Past Yellow Barn participant (2006-2009). Recipient, 2009 Nathan Schwartz Scholarship Fund Scholarship to attend Yellow Barn.

Itamar Ringel, viola ( Jerusalem, Israel), has performed as a soloist with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra and the New Chamber Orchestra of Potsdam, Germany. He collaborated with "Chamber Music Connects the World" in Kronberg, Germanyand has appeared at Tanglewood and Carnegie Hall with Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Ensemble. Itamar is a past winner of scholarships from the AICF, DAAD, theDan David Prize, and Accademia Chigiana. Festival appearances have included thePerlman Music Program, IMS Prussia Cove, Ravinia, and Verbier. He is pursuing a DMA degree at the New England Conservatory. Past Yellow Barn participant (2007, 2009).

Mei Rui, piano (Shanghai, China), studied at the Shanghai Conservatory. Her awards include the Van Gelder Memorial Award and the McDermott Scholarship and prizes in the Kingsville International and Kosciusko Competitions. She won the 2001 Manhattan School of Music Concerto Competition. While at Yale University studying for an undergraduate degree in Molecular Physics and Biochemistry, she won the Yale William Waite Concerto Competition, the Yale Undergraduate Recital Competition, and the Joseph Selden Memorial award for excellence in the arts, along with a Sheffield Scientific Scholarship. Festival attendance includes Norfolk, Taos and Music Academy of the West. B.S., Yale University; M.M., A.D., Yale School of Music. Recipient, 2008 David Oswald Scholarship to attend Yellow Barn. Past Yellow Barn participant (2008).

Elizabeth Jeanne Schumann, piano (Blacksburg, Va.), is a former member of Neo Camerata, a new music piano quintet, and has appeared as soloist with the Kalamazoo Symphony and the Colburn Orchestra. In 2005, she gave a recital in Ravinia's "Rising Stars" series, and in 2006, she made her Carnegie Hall debut. She is a former winner of the Bösendorfer International Piano Competition, third prize winner of the Hilton Head International Piano Competition, and Baroque Prize winner of the Cleveland International Piano Competition. Festival appearances have included Aspen and Music Academy of the West. B.M., M.M., Cleveland Institute of Music; Artist Diploma (in progress), Colburn. Recipient, 2007 Nathan Schwartz Memorial Scholarship to attend Yellow Barn. Past Yellow Barn participant (2007).

Robin Scott, violin (Indianapolis, IN), has performed at the Kennedy Center, the Library of Congress, Jordan Hall in Boston, and Carnegie's Weill Hall. He has had concerto appearances with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and the Orchestre National de Lille. Prizes include second places at the Menuhin, Klein, and Stulberg International Competitions. He has attended Ravinia, Kneisel Hall, and the Maine Chamber Music Festival. He holds an Artists Diploma from Indiana University. Past Yellow Barn Participant (2008-2009). Recipient, 2009 Starling Foundation Scholarship to attend Yellow Barn.

Andrea Segar, violin (Davis, CA), won first prize in the 2009 Washington International String Competition and the 2007 ASTA National Solo Competition.She has appeared as soloist with the Oakland East Bay Symphony, among others, and will appear with the Avanti Orchestra in Washington DC in November, 2009. Festival appearances have included IMS Prussia Cove, Jigsaw Players and Bedford Chamber Music Festival in the UK, Festival de San Miguel de Allende in Mexico, Music Academyof the West, and Music at Menlo. She is working toward her Masters degree at the New England Conservatory. Past Yellow Barn participant (2006-2009). Recipient, 2009 Starling Foundation Scholarship to attend Yellow Barn.

Lisa Steltenpohl, viola (North Barrington, IL), recently became a member of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. She has served as principal of the Curtis Institute Symphony Orchestra and the Haddonfield Symphony Orchestra and was a member of the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia. She is a substitute with the Philadelphia Orchestra. Festival appearances include the Pacific Music Festival, Schleswig-HolsteinMüsik Festival, Kneisel Hall and Aspen. She has a Masters Degree from Juilliard. Past Yellow Barn participant (2008-2009).

Megumi Stohs, violin (Portland, Or.), is a founding member of the award-winning Brando and Chabrier String Quartets and a member of Boston Modern Orchestra Project. She has appeared as soloist with the Brockton, Columbia, and Olympia Symphonies and the Sapporo (Japan) Philharmonic. Festival and workshop appearances have included Aspen, Kneisel Hall, Miro Quartet Seminar, Takács Quartet Seminar, and Taos. B.M., San Francisco Conservatory; M.M., Graduate Diploma, New England Conservatory. Recipient, 2007 Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation Scholarship to attend Yellow Barn.Past participant (2006-2007).

Svetoslav Stoyanov, percussion (Bulgaria), originally from Bulgaria, has performed as soloist in Carnegie Hall's Isaac Stern Auditorium and at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center. As a co-soloist, he premiered the Philip Glass Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists and Orchestra. In 2003, he won the Concert Artists Guild International Competition. He has collaborated with Pierre Boulez, Oliver Knussen, James Conlon, John Adams, Robert van Sice, Leon Fleisher, and Donald Sutherland. Festival and workshop appearances have included Arizona Friends Chamber Music Fetival, Carnegie Hall Professional Workshops, Emilia Romagna, Norfolk, and the Percussive Arts Society International Conventions. B.M., Peabody Conservatory; M.M., Yale. Past Yellow Barn participant (2007).

Arnaud Sussmann, violin (Nile, France), is a member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center II and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. He has appeared as soloist with the El Savador, Nice, Monaco, Tanglewood Music Center, and Pays de la Loire Orchestras. He has given recitals around the world, including at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. and the Louvre in Paris. He is currently a teaching assistant to Itzhak Perlman at Juilliard. Arnaud is a past recipient of a Salon de Virtuosi Fellowship Grant and the Daviol Gritz Violin Award at Tanglewood. Festival and workshop appearances have included the Perlman Music Program, Ravinia, Tanglewood, and the Virginia Arts Festival. B.M., M.M., Juilliard. Recipient, 2007 James S. Marcus Scholarship to attend Yellow Barn. Past Yellow Barn participant (2007).

Young-Ah Tak, piano (New York, N.Y.), made her New York debut at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall with the Juilliard Symphony and has performed with orchestras including the Filharmonia Pomorska (Poland), the Oltenia Philharmonic (Romania), and the Korean Symphony. She has won top prizes in the San Antonio, Valsesia-Musica, and Hilton Head Piano Competitions, among others. Her recording of Judith Zaimont's Wizards (2003) was released by Albany Records in 2005. Festival appearances have included Ravinia, Aspen, Banff, Music@Menlo, and Sarasota. Earlier this summer Young-Ah served as an assistant faculty member in Yellow Barn's Young Artists Program. B.M, Juilliard; M.M., Graduate Diploma, New England Conservatory; D.M.A. (in progress), Peabody Conservatory. Recipient, 2007 Theodore Banning Memorial Scholarship to attend Yellow Barn. Past Yellow Barn participant (2007).

Sergey Tarashchansky, viola ( Jerusalem, Israel), began his musical studies at the age of six in his native Ukraine. He has performed with Itzhak Perlman and Yo-Yo Ma. As a member of the Ariel Quartet, he has appeared at the Ravinia, the Perlman Music Program, Great Lakes, Amadeus and ProQuartet festivals. The Ariels won the Grand Prize in the Fischoff Competition in 2006 as well as numerous other awards.Currently Sergey is pursuing a Masters degree at the New England Conservatory as part of its Professional String Quartet program. Past Yellow Barn participant (2008-2009).

Kathrin ten Hagen, violin (Steinfurt, Germany), is a member of the Sinus and the ten Hagen Quartets. She has performed at the Zermatt Festival Switzerland, the BeethovenFestival Sutri/Rom and the Festspiele Mecklenburg Vorpommern, and has appearedwith the Deutsches Sinfonieorchester Berlin, the Nurenberger Symphoniker and the Hamburger Symphoniker. Kathrin won first prizes at the California International Young Artists Competition, the International Wolfgang Marschner Competition andthe Ibolyka Gyarfas Competition. She was faculty at Yellow Barn's Young Artists Program, 2009. She is a member of Live Music Now and is completing a Mastersprogram at the New England Conservatory. Past Yellow Barn participant (2008-2009).Recipient, 2009 Starling Foundation Scholarship to attend Yellow Barn.

Danbi Um, violin (Philadelphia, PA), has appeared with the Dartmouth Symphony and toured with the Vermont Symphony Orchestra. She took second place at the Menuhin International Competition, junior division. She was featured in the "Rising Stars" series in Korea, and has performed at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall. Festival appearances include Encore, the Perlman Music Program, Aria, and Holland Music Sessions. B.M., Curtis Institute of Music. Past Yellow Barn participant (2006-2008).

Thomas Van Dyck, double bass (Philadelphia, PA), is a substitute with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Detroit Symphony and the San Diego Symphony and has been a member of the New World Symphony. He is the recipient of the Maurice Schwarz Prize by Marion E. Dubbs from Tanglewood. His festival appearances include Lucerne, Tanglewood, Sarasota, Domaine Forget, and Aspen. B.M., Rice University; M.M., Boston University. Recipient, 2008 George and Ginger Elvin Scholarship to attend Yellow Barn. Past Yellow Barn participant (2005-2006, 2008).

Roseminna Watson, violin (San Francisco, CA), holds a Bachelors degree in Graphic Design from Yale University and a Masters in Violin Performance from Stony Brook University. She has been a featured artist at the International Festival of Arts & Ideas.As a winner of the Stony Brook 2008-2009 Concerto Competition, Roseminna gave a performance with the Stony Brook Symphony Orchestra this past February. She is currently earning an Artist's Certificate in Chamber Music from the San Francisco Conservatory. Past Yellow Barn participant (2009).

Erica Wise, cello (Saint Louis, MO), is a founding member of the Scheherazade Trio. She has performed with the Iris Chamber Orchestra and the New World Symphony and appeared as soloist with the Aspen Sinfonia, New England Conservatory Symphony Orchestra, and Hudson Valley Philharmonic. She is a past winner of the Nakamichi Cello Competition. Festival appearances have included Great Lakes, Kneisel Hall, and Tanglewood. Recipient, 2007 Barry and Elsa Waxman Scholarship to Yellow Barn. B.M., Peabody Conservatory; M.M., New England Conservatory. Recipient, 2008 John Burt Scholarship to attend Yellow Barn. Past Yellow Barn participant (2000-2002, 2007-2008).

Hui Wu, piano (Guangzhou, China), has won top prizes at numerous competitions and has performed frequently in the United States, Germany, and China. Honors include first prize in the Kosciusko Chopin Competition in New York and third prizein the Young Artists Concerto Competition in Fort Worth, Texas. She has appeared with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra and the New Juilliard Ensemble, and was the only solo pianist invited to perform as part of the 50th Anniversary of the Xing Hai Conservatory in China. Hui studies piano and composition at Juilliard. Past Yellow Barn participant (2009). Recipient, 2009 Victoria Roth Scholarship to attend Yellow Barn.

Ying Xue, violin (Beijing, China), is a member of the Laurel String Quartet and former concertmaster of the New England Conservatory Sinfonietta, China Youth Symphony, and China Youth Chamber Orchestras. She has taken Second Prize at the Hudson Valley Strings Competition and Third Prize at the China Violin and String Quartet Competitions. Festival appearances have included Morningside Music Bridge. Undergraduate, New England Conservatory. Recipient, 2007 Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation Scholarship to attend Yellow Barn.Past participant (2006-2007).

Sunny Yang, cello (South Africa), is currently a Masters candidate at the Thornton School of Music. Performance highlights include the opening recital of the Manchester International Cello Festival, Open Chamber Music at the IMS Prussia Cove, and the London String Quartet Symposium, among others. Sunny has performed with the Tokyo String Quartet and at last season's Music at Menlo. Sheis a first prize winner of the Kenneth Loveland Gift in the UK, the Beeld Pretoria-Eisteddfod and ABSA National Youth Music Competitions in South Africa, and two concerto competitions at the Eastman School. Past Yellow Barn participant (2009).

Yoon-Jung Yang, violin (Seoul, Korea), has performed with the Curtis Symphony Orchestra and the Haddonfield Symphony Orchestra. She has collaborated on chamber works with Seymour Lipkin, Ralph Kirshbaum and others. Her festival appearances include Kneisel Hall, Summit, Music Academy of the West, Festival Music Alp, Sarasota and Ravinia. B.M., Curtis Institute of Music; M.M. (in progress), New England Conservatory. Past Yellow Barn participant (2008).

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