2010 YOUNG ARTISTS PROGRAM FACULTY & GUEST ARTISTS
FACULTY
Michael Bukhman, piano
Michael Bukhman, piano, is working towards his Doctor of Musical Arts at the Juilliard School, while working as a collaborative pianist at Bard College with Dawn Upshaw and the Graduate Vocal Arts Program. Bukhman studies with Robert McDonald and is a past Yellow Barn participant (2009).
Stephen Coxe, composer
Stephen Coxe, composer, is a recipient of ASCAP and Aaron Copland Awards and a BAEF Fellowship.
Kirsten Doctor, viola
Kirsten Doctor, viola, is a member of the Naumburg Award-winning Cavani String Quartet, and serves on the faculty at the Cleveland Institute of Music..
Mimi Hwang, cello
Mimi Hwang, cello, is co-Artistic Director of the Young Artists Program. She serves on the chamber music faculty of the Eastman School of Music and is a former member of the Franciscan String Quartet, winner of the Banff International String Quartet Competition..
Seth Knopp, piano
Seth Knopp, piano, Artistic Director of Yellow Barn Music School & Festival, is co-Artistic Director and founder of the Young Artists Program. He is a founding member of the Peabody Trio and is on the Piano and Chamber Music faculty of the Peabody Conservatory.
Violaine Melançon, violin
Violaine Melançon, violin, is a founding member of the Peabody Trio and the Knopp-Melançon Duo. She serves on the faculty of the Peabody Conservatory.
Itamar Ringel, viola
Itamar Ringel, viola, is attending HFM “Hanns Eisler” in Berlin, Germany. Ringel currently studies with Tabea Zimmermann and Lars Anders Tomter and is a past Yellow Barn participant (2007, 2009).
Kathrin ten Hagen, violin
Kathrin ten Hagen, violin, is a member of the Sinus and ten Hagen Quartets. Kathrin won first prizes at the California International Young Artists Competition, the International Wolfgang Marschner Competition and the Ibolyka Gyarfas Competition. She is a past Yellow Barn participant (2008).
Sunny Yang, cello
Sunny Yang, cello, is working towards her Master of Music at the University of Southern California. Yang currently studies with Ralph Kirshbaum and is a past Yellow Barn participant (2009).
VISITING ARTISTS
Natasha Brofsky, cello
Natasha Brofsky, cello, is a member of the Peabody Trio and serves on the faculty of the New England Conservatory.
Martha Strongin Katz, viola
Martha Strongin Katz, viola, was the founding member of the Cleveland Quartet and serves on the faculty of the New England Conservatory.
Soovin Kim, violin
Soovin Kim, violin, is a member of the Johannes Quartet and serves on the faculty of Stony Brook University and Bard College.
Steven Mackey, composer
Steven Mackey, composer, is the recipient of numerous awards and has composed for some of the worlds greatest orchestras and soloists. He teaches at Princeton University.
Victor Rosenbaum, piano
Victor Rosenbaum, piano, performs widely as a soloist and chamber musician. Formerly President of the Longy School of Music, he is on the faculty of New England Conservatory and the Mannes College of Music.
Chris Theofanidis, composer
Chris Theofanidis, composer, was a 2007 Grammy nominee, has been Composer of the Year residence with the Pittsburgh Symphony, and is on the faculty at Yale University.
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