iPalpiti Artists 2007

Pianists
Vassily Primakov /soloist, Jennie Jung

Violinists
Nabih Bulos, Catharina Chen, Aisha Dossumova, Vladimir Dyo, Juan Gonzalez,
Nora Hapca, Ellen Jung, Natalija Isakovic, Sayako Kusaka /soloist, Robert Kowalski,
Isabelle Lambelet, Maria Machowska, Mari-Liis Pakk, Peter Rainer, Yulia Sakharova, Aleksandr Snytkin, Daniel Turcina

Violists
Fumino Ando, Meng-Hsun Chuang, Rumen Cvetkov, Boris Rimmer, Sharon Wei, Thomas Weilbach

Violoncellists
Peter Anderegg, Kristaps Bergs, Nicholas Canellakis, Jason Calloway, Julie Jung, Evgeny Sakakuschev, Xian Zhuo

Double Bass
Daniel Nix, Kristoffer Saebo

The Jung Trio

Vassily Primakov made his New York concerto debut in May 2004 at Alice Tully Hall with Rachmaninoff's second piano concerto, and a New York Times review exclaimed that it was a "fiery performance…with bold, expressive phrasing and dramatic commitment that brought the audience to its feet."
Audience uproar has become a hallmark of Primakov performances, which incorporate dazzling, nearly superhuman passion with sensitive poetry. Vassily Primakov began his U.S. career after capturing First Prize in the 2002 Young Concert Artists International Auditions. His debut recitals in the Young Concert Artists Series in New York at the 92nd Street Y, in Kennedy Center, Washington D.C., and at Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, and Lincoln Center immediately brought him rave reviews.

 Winner of the Silver Medal and Audience Prize at the 2002 Gina Bachauer International Artists Piano Competition, Mr. Primakov was awarded many special prizes, including the Cleveland International Piano Competition (1999), and Susan W. Rose Career Grant. Today he performs widely across the U.S. in solo recital and with orchestra, and is invited for appearances in the festivals including La Jolla Chamber Music Society and International Laureates Festival in Los Angeles. In March 2007, he made his Carnegie Hall debut as a soloist with iPalpiti orchestra, performing Shostakovich Piano Concerto N 1.

 Born in Moscow in 1979, after early studies with his mother, he entered Moscow’s Central Special Music School at the age of 11.  At the age of 15, Vassily won First Prize in the Rachmaninoff International Young Pianist Competition in Russia and First Prize in the Tschaikovsky Young Artist Competition in Russia. He then studied at the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara.  He came to New York to study with Jerome Lowenthal at The Juilliard School at the age of 17, where he won the prestigious William Petschek Piano Recital Award, which presented his debut recital at Alice Tully Hall.  He received his Bachelor’s degree in 2002 and his Master’s degree in 2004, from Juilliard.  Mr. Primakov’s first CD, an all-Chopin recording, is available on Tavros Records through www.tavrosrecords.com  Mr. Primakov is under Columbia Artists Management.
Website: www.vassilyprimakov.com

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Recipient of the “Best Musician of the Year” Award from the Critic’s Association of Japan (2005), Sayako has captured top prizes in numerous prestigious international competitions.

She is the 1^st Prize winner at the 21^st Rodolfo Lipizer International Violin Competition in Italy, received Silver Medal at the Premio Paganini International Violin Competition in Italy (where she also won the Best Performer Caprice Award), and Third Prize at the 8th Jean Sibelius International Violin Competition in Finland. Other awards include 1st Prize at the Neaman International Violin Competition in 1995, top prize at the Michelangelo Abbado International Violin Competition, and 4th Prize at the 3rd Pablo de Sarasate International Violin Competition.  In her native Japan, she received a 1st Prize at the 69th Japan Music Competition, as well as numerous national awards. Sayako soloed internationally with Tokyo Symphony, Kirov Orchestra, Japan, Osaka and Kansai Philharmonics, with Geidai Symphony, and in recitals in St. Petersburg, Italy, Israel, Germany.

Born in 1979 in Japan, Sayako graduated from the Tokyo National Fine Arts University under Professor Takashi Shimizu, continued with Eduard Schmieder in Europe and USA, graduating from his class with Artist Certificate and Master Degree from the Meadows School of the Arts in Dallas, and with Rainer Kussmaul in Germany.

 In 2001 Sayako was selected by Young Artists International and since, was featured in its annual International Laureates Festival in Los Angeles as a soloist with iPalpiti Orchestral Ensemble of International Laureates under direction of Eduard Schmieder in 2001, 2002, in 2006 on tour in Israel, and in 2007, at the Carnegie Hall and at the Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. She also was a leader of chamber music concerts in Schubert’s String Quintet, Strauss Piano Quartet, and Dvorak Piano Quintet. Her 2001 recordings of Mendelssohn’ Double Concerto with Alex Slobodianik and iPalpiti, and Tchaikovsky’ Souvenir de Florence are available on YAI label at the Virgin Megastore.  In Japan, she is the concertmistress of the iPalpiti/Japan since 2002, leading and performing as soloist at Yokosuka Festival, Martha Argerich Festival in Beppu, and in Tokyo (Nikkei Hall).

Currently she resides in Berlin where she is a concertmaster of the Koncerthausorkester Berlin and  performs as a soloist.

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The Jung Trio
Ellen/violin, Julie/cello, Jennie/piano

Hailed for its soul-stirring performances, The Jung Trio - sisters Jennie, Ellen, and Julie -“a spectacular group with wonderful musicality at their fingertips,” has established its status as one of the notable rising young ensembles of today. The trio has appeared in concerts all across North America as well as around the world. Winners of theGrand Prize at the 2002 Yellow Springs Chamber Music Competition and the Bronze Medal at the 2002 Fischoff Competition, The Jung Trio has been featured in Strad, Strings, and Auditorium (Korea) magazines, in the Korea Times, as well as on the South Korean television program, A Classical Odyssey.

Born and raised in Toronto, they received their early music training at the Royal Conservatory of Music. In Canada, top prizes were won at the Canadian Music Competition, Kiwanis Music Festival, and the CIBC National Music Festival, with numerous performances throughout  the country, including the Banff Centre for the Arts, Orford Arts Festival, Debut-Young Concert Artist, Mooredale Concerts, Canadian Chamber Music Academy, and CBC’s Music Around Us series. Broadcast performances have included CBC Radio and Television, CJRT Radio, CFMT Television, TV Ontario, KBS Radio, and EBS Radio.

In 2003, Jung Trio was invited by the Kumho Cultural Foundation to give a recital tour of Kenya and Mauritius, the first musical group ever to perform at the United Nations (UNEP) in Nairobi. Highlights from the past seasons include performances of the Beethoven Triple Concerto with the State Symphony Orchestra of Tatarstan in Kazan, Russia, in Los Angeles with the Korean Symphony Orchestra, and in Toronto with the Korean-Canadian Symphony Orchestra, engagements in Korea, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, and Toronto. The Jung Trio has appeared at numerous festivals including the Great Lakes, Norfolk, and Orford Chamber Music Festivals, Songfest, and the Banff Centre for the Arts, where they served as Trio-in-Residence in 1998.

The sisters are equally at home performing individually as they are as an ensemble. Pianist Jennie Jung is currently a Doctor of Musical Arts candidate at the Juilliard School. She received a Master of Music and Artist Diploma at Yale University’s School of Music (under Claude Franck). Jennie made her debut with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra at the age of eleven and has since performed as a soloist and chamber musician. Performances include concerto appearances with numerous orchestras on the east coast, as well as recitals in Alice Tully, Roy Thomson Hall, North York Performing Arts Centre, and the Auditorium du Louvre. In 2004, she was awarded the Sheen Fellowship in Collaborative Piano at the Music Academy of the West, Santa Barbara. She was the recipient of the Steven S. Kang Young Artists and Scholars Award in Chicago for three consecutive years from 2001. Jennie has shared her talent in various capacities: as a teaching assistant at both Juilliard and Yale; piano teacher; collaborative pianist at Juilliard, Aspen Music Festival, Yale, Piatigorsky Cello Seminar, and Banff Centre for the Arts; and assistant vocal coach for the 20th Century Opera and Song program at the Banff Centre for the Arts.

Violinist Ellen Jung has been featured as a soloist with the Korean-Canadian Symphony, North York Symphony, and University of Toronto Symphony and Chamber Orchestras, to name a few. As a frequent performer of new music, Ellen performed the world premiere of the Trio for Horn, Piano, and Violin by Norwegian composer Trygve Madsen at the International Horn Summit in Banff. She also premiered a work of Canadian composer Lusiana Lukman' “A” for Solo Violin, which was written for her in 1998. She completed received Bachelor of Music at University of Toronto (under Lorand Fenyves and David Zafer ) and Master of Music and Artist Diploma from Yale School of Music. In 2000, she was the recipient of a Chalmers Award from the Ontario Arts Council. She has taught at the Classical Conservatory of Music in Toronto, Yale School of Music, and the Bethwood Suzuki School in Connecticut. and currently teaches both privately, and at Opus119 - The School of Music in Irvine, CA.

Cellist Julie Jung has performed as a soloist with the Toronto Symphony, Canadian Chamber Academy, and the Taejon Symphony Orchestras, to name a few. In 2000, she was a prize winner of the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition with the NEC Honors String Quartet, with whom she made her Jordan Hall debut. Extensive list of chamber music performances includes appearances at the Verbier (Switzerland) and Manchester (England) festivals, and a tour of Germany with the NEC Chamber Orchestra. Julie graduated with a Bachelor or Music degree from University of Toronto, and Master of Music from New England Conservatory of Music (with professor Laurence Lesser) before joining her sisters at Yale School of Music, where she completed the Artist Diploma as a student of Aldo Parisot. Julie enjoys teaching: prior teaching posts have included Yale School of Music and Classical Music Conservatory in Toronto; she currently holds a faculty position at the Opus 119 Music School in Irvine and the Claremont Community Music School in Claremont, California.

Website: http://www.jungtrio.com

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Violinists               

Nabih Bulos, Jordan

Nabih Bulos has performed with artists such as Daniel Barenboim, Leon Fleisher, and Ivry Gitlis. He was selected to perform as a soloist at Carnegie Hall with Yo-Yo Ma, Pinchas Zukerman, Jaime Laredo, and Bono in December 2003, and with Grammy-award-winning Youssou N'Dour in 2005. A student of Choong-Jin Chang, Nabih completed his Master’s Degree at Temple University, where he held the position of Concertmaster of the Temple Symphony Orchestra.

Nabih received his Graduate Performance Diploma from the Peabody Conservatory, where he studied with Violaine Melancon, Herbert Greenberg, and Michael Kannen. He received his Bachelor's Degree in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania. Active as an orchestral player, chamber musician, and soloist, Nabih is a member of the Haddonfield Symphony and continues to teach and perform in his native Jordan.

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Catharina Chen, Norway

Catharina Chen was born in Oslo, Norway in 1985 and started playing violin at the age of 5 with her father. She continued her studies with Alf Richard Kraggerud and, since 1997, with Stephan Barratt-Due. A soloist since the age of 8, she has soloed with all major orchestras in Norway, and in 2004 and 2005 with the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra.

A Grand Prize winner in the third International Gnessin Violin Competition in Moscow, Russia, Catharina is the recipient of numerous awards in Norway, including the Prize of Honor from the Norwegian Music Publisher Union in 2002 and the Karoline Prize in 2003, as well as awards in national violin competitions in Norway from 1996 to 2002 and Sparre Olsen competitions in 1997, 1998, and 2002. Catharina was the youngest musician in Norway ever to be awarded the highly respected and prestigious Oslo City Culture Prize (2004). Most recent award is the 2^nd Prize at the Jeuness Musicale International Violin Competition in Bucharest, Romania (2007).

Well known to Norwegians through television and radio broadcast programs, in 2003 she was the youngest winner on the Norwegian National Television program Great Opportunity–Live, a competition for selected young artists from around the country.

As participant in different international arts festivals she has given solo and chamber concerts in Norway, Italy, China, Malaysia, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, France, and South Africa. This season she performed the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto with the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra and has been invited back to solo with the Beethoven Concerto next season. Currently she works with Professor Eduard Schmieder in the Artist Certificate Program at the Temple University in Philadelphia.

As an iPalpiti member with Young Artists International, Catharina toured Slovenia and Carinthia, performed at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, and in Carnegie Hall, New York. In the summer of 2005 she was a soloist with the Beverly Hills Symphony Orchestra.

Website: www.catharinachen.net

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Aisha Dossumova, Kazakhstan

Aisha Dossumova was born in 1980 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. She started studying violin in 1987 at K. Baiseitova under Professor Alma Abatova. From 1998 to 2002 she continued her studies at the Kazakh National Academy of Music, where she studied with Professor Aiman Mussakhodjayeva. She continued her studies in the Artist Diploma Program at the Meadows School of the Arts in Dallas in the class of Dr. Eduard Schmieder, graduating in the spring of 2006. In 2002 Aisha won second prize in the Michelangelo Abbado International Violin Competition in Italy, and first prize in the Shabyt International Competition in Kazakhstan. In 2002 she received a diploma in the W.A. Mozart International Competition (Austria).

From 1998 until 1999 she was the principal with the Kazakh National Symphony Orchestra and with the Kazakh Chamber Orchestra Academy of Soloists from 2000 to 2002. She soloed with Kazakh National Symphony Orchestra, with the Academy of Soloists, conducted by Robert Canetti (Israel). Aisha is an avid chamber musician and has also participated in summer festivals at the Mozarteum Summer Academy Salzburg, the Ost-West Musikfest (Austria), Musica in Laguna (Italy), and the International Laureates Festival in Taos, NM and Los Angeles.

As soloist with orchestras and as recitalist she performed in Austria, Italy, France, England, Russia, and Kazakhstan.

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Vladimir Dyo, Kazakhstan

Vladimir Dyo has won awards in numerous competitions, including First Prize in the Michelangelo Abbado International Competition in Milan, Grand Prize in the International Violin Competition in Astana, Kazakhstan, Second Prize in the International Yampolsky Competition in Russia.

Born in Almaty, Kazakhstan, he began studying violin at the age of 7 at the State’s Special Music School for gifted children, and at the age of 14 won first prize in the National Competition of Kazakhstan, where he was the youngest participant. Vladimir was a recipient of a President’s stipend awarded by the State Secretary of the Republic of Kazakhstan, awards from the New Names International Program and Dubna’s Foundation of Arts for “sincere and artistic” performance. He has participated in various international music festivals as a soloist and chamber musician, including the Graduates of the Moscow Conservatory, Ost-West Musikfest, Prague-Wienna-Budapest, Mozarteum and the Cliburn Institute, and has been invited to give master classes and perform in the International Music Festival in Seoul, Korea.

As a soloist and the concertmaster of the Kazakh State Chamber Orchestra, the Academy of Soloists, Vladimir has toured and performed in many countries including Austria, Italy, France, England, Japan, South Korea, Poland, Russia and U.S.A. After graduation from Kazakh National Academy of Music in Astana, Kazakhstan, Vladimir continued at the Meadows School of the Arts in Dallas with Professor Eduard Schmieder, receiving  Artist Certificate Diploma in 2006.

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Juan Gonzalez, Venezuela

Juan began violin and chamber music studies in at the Conservatory of the Youth Orchestra of the federal state Sucre, Venezuela with Camilo Acosta, Ernesto Diaz  in 1986.  From 1995-1997 Juan was a Leader of the Youth Orchestra of the federal state and of the chamber orchestra of the ‘Universidad del Oriente.’  In 1998 he  graduated with a Diploma from the ‘Conservatorio Superior Simón Bolivar’ in Caracas, Venezuela, with Raimondas Butvila (graduate of the famed Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory), followed by a two-year violin course at the Beracasa Foundation with Virginie Robillard (graduate of the Juilliard School with Dorothy DeLay and laureate of the International violin competition Jacques Thibaud).  During this time he served as Assistant Principal second violins of the Venezuelan Symphonic Orchestra, Leader of the Municipal Orchestra Valencia, Venezuela, and performed regularly with the National Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2000, he founded and was a first violinist of the string quartet ‘Cuarteto Reveron’, performing throughout Venezuela.

From 2003-2006 he continued his education in London with Yossi Zivoni at the Royal College of Music, and at the Royal Academy of Music, also holding a position of Assistant Concertmaster of the Opéra de Baugé, France.  Juan currently divides his professional life between Germany and Great Britain, as a 1st violinist in chamber orchestra Britten Sinfonia, KammerAkademie Potsdam and Esemble Oriol Berlin. From 2003  he is a Member of the quartet ‘Bolivar Soloists.’

Nora Hapca, Romania

Nora Hapca has won awards in 20 national and international competitions, including second Grand Prize at the “Remember Enescu” International Competition in 2003 and the Special Artist Prize from Young Artists International in 2004 and 2005.  As a soloist, Nora has soloed with numerous Romanian orchestras, and has given concerts and recitals in Belgium, Bulgaria, Italy, and Romania, and in France. In May 2006, she was invited to represent her country in the “National Music Students Festival” in Kyoto, Japan.
Born in Romania in 1986, she began playing violin at the age of 6, at the Music Highschool in Baia Mare, under Prof. Ludovic Gebe. From 2000 – 2004 she continued at the “George Enescu” Music Highschool in Bucharest, with Prof. Mihaela Tomescu. Currently enrolled at the National Music University in Bucharest, for the academic year of 2006 - 2007 Nora is studying with Prof. Mihaela Martin as “Erasmus” award recipient at the Hochschule für Musik Koeln. Nora took part in master classes of Liviu Ghitea, Sherban Lupu, Semion Yaroshevich and Alexandru Tomescu.
As an iPalpiti member with Young Artists International since 2004, Nora toured the USA, Slovenia, Austria and Israel, performing in prestigious concert halls of Mozarteum in Salzburg, YMCA in Jerusalem, Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, and Carnegie Hall in New York.

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Natalija Isakovic, Serbia

Born in Belgrad in 1988, Natalija began playing violin at the early age in the Music School Sabac, graduating in 2005. Since 2005, she continues at the Belgrade Academy of Music with Professor Vesna Stankovic-Moffat.

Winner of national competitions in Serbia since 1996, she has performed over twenty solo concerts in major halls in the country. In 2006, she received a First Grand Prize at the Petar Toskov International Competition, and Second prize at the Remember Enescu International Violin Competition in Romania.  As the recipient of the Special Artist Prize from Young Artists International, she will be a member of iPalpiti on tour in Poland and in the International Laureates Festival in Los Angeles.

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Robert Kowalski was born in Gdansk, Poland in 1985. He began his music education at the age of 7. In 2003 he graduated from the Academy, and continues at the Mannheim University of Music and Performing Arts, also participating in master courses with renowned violin instructors.

As a soloist, Robert is a winner of numerous awards and scholarships from regional and national competitions such as the Alexander Tansman International Competition in Lódź, Poland (2004), First Prize winner of the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage’s Young Artist and Scientist Award, and has received support from the government-sponsored National Foundation for Gifted Children throughout the years.

At home and abroad, he gives recitals and has performed with orchestras such as the Capella Gedaniensis and the Baltic States Opera House, at music festivals in Switzerland and Italy, and has made numerous recordings for television and radio. Winner of the First Prize in the International Contessa Tina Orsi Anguissola Scotti Chamber Music Competition in Italy (2005), Robert has played chamber music with such artists as Bernard Greenhouse, Michael Flaksman, Joshua Epstein, and Jose Gallardo. 2007 highlights include solo appearance with Kurpfalzisches Kammerorchester in Zagreb which was live-broadcasted by Croatian Radio, and a recording of his debut CD in Poland. Selected by Young Artists International in 2004, he was featured in chamber ensembles, and performed with iPalpiti on tours to Israel and Austria, at Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, and Carnegie Hall in New York.

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Isabelle Lambelet, Switzerland

Born in Lausanne in 1981, Isabelle Lambelet began violin lessons at the age of 4. At the age of 13 she was accepted in Tibor Varga’s class in the Ecole Supérieure de Musique de Sion. From 2000 to 2004 she studied in Hamburg with Professor Kolja Blacher and then with Professor Christoph Poppen in Munich where she received her “Meissterklassenpodium” in February 2007. She participated in master classes with Yehudi Menuhin and Herman Krebbers. First Prize winner in the Swiss Youth Competition (1996), she also received prizes from Migros Cultural Foundation, Concours des Jeunes Interprètes in France (1999), and the First Prize in the Elise Meyer competition in Hamburg (2004).
In 1999 she created the Trio l’Académie Varga, which received a prize in the Chamber Music Competition of the Migros Cultural Foundation, giving numerous concerts after. Since 2001 she has been a violinist in the Trio Zéphyr, which is supported by the Yehudi Menuhin Foundation, and won First Prize at the 2003 Charles Hennen International Music Competition in Holland, and performed in numerous festivals through Europe as part of the trio and in chamber ensembles.
As a soloist, Isabelle has performed with many orchestras, including the Budapest Chamber Orchestra, the Sir Georg Solti Chamber Orchestra, the Sinfonietta LaU.S.A.nne, and the Neues Orchester Basel. She performed the world premiere of Laurent Mettraux’s Second Concerto, which was dedicated to her, and has made many television and radio broadcasts. Selected as an iPalpiti soloist in 2004, Isabelle was featured in solo and chamber ensembles, and performed with iPalpiti on tours to Israel and Austria, at Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, and Carnegie Hall in New York. Isabelle is currently a member of the Academy of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.

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Maria Machowska, Poland

Maria Machowska was born in 1987 in Warsaw, Poland. A daughter of famous Polish actor Ignacy Machowski, she began playing a violin at the age of 6. Currentley she is a pupil at Z. Brzewski Music School in Warsaw, in the class of Professor Kulka.

As an 8-year-old Maria gave a concert in the Vatican, playing for Pope John Paul II. A photographer took a picture of a little girl with a violin embracing the Holy Father. It became recognizable round the world, and this event initiated numerous engagements. Maria has played in famous halls in Japan, Canada, Switzerland, France, Austria, Sweden, Germany, Yugoslavia, Russia, and Poland. She has made many recordings for Polish radio and television, as well as for German and Swiss television.

Winner of numerous national competitions, in 2003 Maria received third prize in the Ninth H. Wieniawski International Young Violinist’s Competition, and most recently became a laureate of the Wieniawski International Violin Competition. Maria is a holder of grants from the National Fund for Children and the Talent Promoting Foundation of Ewa Czeszejko-Sochacka, and the recipient of a scholarship from the Ministry of Culture and Art. In 2005 she was selected as a finalist in the Mozarteum Festival in Salzburg. She has been a member of iPalpiti since 2004.

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Mari-Liis Pakk, Estonia

Born in Tartu, Estonia in 1984, Mari-Liis Pakk began violin lessons at the age of 4. In 2003 she graduated Tallinn Music High School and came to the U.S.A. to study with Professor Eduard Schmieder at the Meadows School of the Arts in Dallas, currently continuing with him at the Temple University in Philadelphia.

Mari-Liis has participated in many national and international competitions. As the First Prize winner in the European String Teachers Association competition (2003), she was invited to perform a solo program in the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique in Paris during the ESTA conference. She is a two-time winner of a full scholarship from International Holland Music Sessions. She has performed solo with orchestras in Estonia, and with the Meadows Symphony in Dallas as the winner of the concerto competition. As a soloist and chamber musician, Mari-Liis has performed in Finland, Germany, Holland, Austria, France, Israel, and the U.S. As a member of iPalpiti since 2006, she took part in the first International Chamber Music Festival in Eilat, and performed in Disney Hall in Los Angeles, and Carnegie Hall in New York.

Peter Rainer, Germany (Concertmaster)

A concertmaster of the Kammerakademie Potsdam since 2000, Peter Rainer has developed an active career as a chamber musician, soloist, and teacher in his native Germany. He is the founder and leader of the popular Persius Ensemble, focusing mainly on a repertoire written for the classical nonet and releasing two CDs. With this group of mixed string and wind players he is touring throughout Europe. He was also a concertmaster of the Berlin Chamber Orchestra, Deutsches Kammerorchester, and Kurpfälzisches Kammerorchester Mannheim and has appeared with these ensembles as a soloist.

Peter studied violin in the U.S. with Professor Eduard Schmieder at the Meadows School of the Arts, where he received his Artist Certificate in 1994 and his Master of Violin Performance degree in 1995. Upon his return to Germany, he was concertmaster of the Brandenburgische Philharmonie in Potsdam from 1996 to 2000. He has been a faculty member at the Universitat Potsdam since 1997 and has worked as the assistant to Professor Schmieder at the Holland Music Sessions and at the Southern Methodist University in Dallas. Peter has been a member and leader of iPalpiti since 1994. In 2005 he received a commendation from the City of Los Angeles for his leadership of iPalpiti and his contributions to the culture.

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Yulia Sakharova, Moldova

Yulia Sakharova made her solo orchestral debut with the Moldavian Symphony Orchestra at the age of 8. Her early career included several concert tours representing the Vladimir Spivakov Charity Foundation, as well as solo performances with many orchestras. She has performed on tours throughout Russia, Austria, France, Germany, Slovenia, Italy, Japan, Switzerland, and Venezuela.
Graduate of the Central Special Music School at the famed Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow, Yulia attended Oberlin College’s Conservatory of Music where she served as concertmaster of the Oberlin Orchestra. She was a founding member and first violinist of the Erato String Quartet, winning First Prize in the 2001 Coleman Chamber Ensemble Competition. Recipient of the Louis Kaufman Prize for Outstanding Performance in Chamber Music three years in a row, she  was  a First Prize winner in the International Competition for the Music of Eastern and Central Europe, Top Prize in the Olga Koussevitzky Competition for Strings, and a Laureate of the Jeunesses Musicales Montreal International Competition.

While attending the Juilliard School (graduating with Masters Degree in 2006), she soloed with numerous orchestras and performed in recitals, including Alice Tully Hall, the Bösendorfer New York Show Room, Steinway Hall.  She is featured on the 2005 Naxos release Left at the Fork in the Road of world-premieres by award-winning composer Sean Hickey, who in 2006 composed “Ampersand” for violin and piano dedicated to her. She also recorded Rachmaninoff’s Elegiaque Piano Trios on Tavros Records. Currently she mentors with Glenn Dicterow at the Manhattan School of Music and is on the violin faculty at the Newark School of the Arts.

Member of iPalpiti since 2004, Yulia has been featured in broadcasts on WQXR, KMZT, and Cleveland’s WCLV and has appeared at such festivals as the Music Academy of the West, Festival International de Colmar, the Verbier, Keshet Eilon, Kneisel Hall Chamber Music, and Bowdoin.

The October 2003 issue of Strad commented on the “conviction and intensity” of her performance, as well as the “pleasing delicacy of [her] phrasing.” The French L’Alsace noted her “incredible temperament” and her “very fine sensitivity and remarkable colors.”

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Aleksandr Snytkin, Lithuania

Aleksandr Snytkin received his Bachelor and Master degrees in violin performance, chamber music and teaching from the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, and at Malmö Music Academy in Sweden. In 2001 Aleksandr came to the U.S. to pursue a doctoral degree at the University of Kansas, and continued at the Meadows School of the Arts in Dallas in Artist Certificate program, in the class of Professor Eduard Schmieder. In 2005 he was awarded a special diploma from the mayor of Vilnius for spreading the Lithuanian musical heritage all over the world. He was invited by the famous Lithuanian conductor Saulius Sondeckis to the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra’s tour in Germany with actor Peter Ustinov, and soloed with several chamber orchestras in his native country. Alexandr performed at festivals in France, Sweden, Holland, Italy, Czech Republic, and the U.S., and was a guest artist with Quartet Accorda. Most recently Aleksandr won the Naftzger Young Artist Competition and a special prize in the International Swedish Duo Competition. ISince 2005, he toured with iPalpiti in Slovenia, Austria, Israel, and the U.S., including concerts at the Mozarteum Grosse Hall, Salzburg, Disney Hall, Los Angeles, and Carnegie Zankel Hall in New York.

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Born in 1983 in Dolny Kubin in the north of Slovakia, Daniel started taking violin lessons at the age of 7, and soon received a Gold Medal at the Children´s Interpretation Contest of Slovakia, and became a Laureate at the International Kocian Violin Competition in Usti n. Orlici, Czech Republic.  Since 1997, Daniel continued violin studies at the State Conservatory of Music in Bratislava. As a prize-winner in the Slovak Conservatories Students competition and the National Violin “Award of Karol Dobias“ competition he soloed with the Symphony Orchestra of Conservatory in Bratislava, and with the Bohdan Warchal Slovak Chamber Orchestra.

In 2003, Daniel joined the faculty of the Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Bratislava. From 2003 to 2005, he was a member of the prestigious Bohdan Warchal Slovak Chamber Orchestra. In 2006 he was invited to join Capella Istropolitana in Bratislava for several concert performances and recording projects in Slovakia and abroad.  Daniel regularly performs solo and ensembles in music festivals and special events in Slovakia, and featured as a soloist with the State Philharmonic Orchestra of Kosice and State Chamber Orchestra.

Furthering his international education, Daniel was accepted to the class of R. Kuchla at the University of Music and Dramatic Arts in Vienna, Austria (2005), participated in international master courses in Netherlands and Austria, and in January 2007 was accepted in the class of Professor Schmieder at the Temple University in Philadelphia.  Concurrently, he is a member of the Bratislava Chamber Soloists and the Solistes Europeens, Luxemburg.

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Fumino Ando, Japan

iPalpiti alumni violinist/violist Fumino Ando is a member of the Oregon  Symphony since 2002. Born in Japan, she began studying violin at the age of 4, and graduated from Toho Gakuen University of Music in Tokyo (professor Koichiro Harada), and Meadows School of the Arts (professor Eduard Schmieder) in Dallas. In 1992 Fumino became a member of the Bettina String Quartet and performed throughout Japan and in the Santa Fe and La Jolla chamber music festivals. Fumino received a fellowship at the Tanglewood music festival and was given a chamber music "Diploma Honor Prize" at the Chigiana Music Academy in Italy. In the Netherlands, Fumino was a winner of the Donemus Performance Prize for her performance of Dutch contemporary music, and had a concert in the Concertgebouw Hall, Amsterdam. In the U.S. she was selected to join iPalpiti in 1998. After completing her studies in the Artist Certificate Program at Meadows School of Arts in Dallas, she joined the New World Symphony Orchestra in Miami. She performed on that orchestra's San Francisco tour with the artistic director, Michael Tilson Thomas, and in chamber music performances in Miami, Boston and Los Angeles.

While studying for her Masters of Music at the University of Oklahoma, Fumino was selected as the Assistant Concertmaster of the Oklahoma City Philharmonic Orchestra in 2001 and 2002 and became a member of the Crouse String Quartet. She joined the Oregon Symphony in 2002. As a soloist, she was an invited guest artist in the classical series of the Fort Smith Symphony Orchestra in Arkansas. In Portland, Oregon, where she lives, she often performs on violin with the Sakura-Koto Ensemble, who play traditional Japanese instruments. Fumino practices Ashtanga Yoga daily.

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In his native Taiwan, Meng-Hsun Chuang was the youngest first prize winner in the Taiwan National Viola Competition. His early interest in chamber music manifested itself in his founding the Morning Glory Duo and winning the Taiwan National String Quartet Competition. His receiving first prize in the International Chamber Music Competition of the Chamber Music Foundation of New England led to his performance in Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall. In 2006 he was a winner of the Taiwan National Theater and National Concert Hall Young Artists Award and was invited to present a recital at the Taiwan National Concert Hall.

A recipient of the prestigious E. and W. Naumburg Scholarship, Citibank Scholarship, Gruenfeld-Katz, and E. and J. Brenner Scholarships, Meng-Hsun has participated and performed at the Verbier Festival, the Ravinia Festival, the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, the Academia Chigiana in Siena, Italy, and many others. As a chamber musician, he has performed with the Tokyo String Quartet, the Vermeer Quartet, Timothy Eddy, and Frans Helmerson.

Meng-Hsun was awarded the highest honor in both academics and performance upon his graduation from the New England Conservatory in 2000. During his pursuit of a Masters Degree at Juilliard, he worked as a teaching assistant of Professor Karen Tuttle. Currently he studies with Kim Kashkashian at the New England Conservatory of Music as a doctoral candidate. In master classes he worked with Yuri Bashmet, Nobuko Imai, Samuel Rhodes, Roberto Diaz, and Heidi Castleman.

Since his solo debut at age of eight, Bulgarian-born violist Rumen Cvetkov has performed throughout Europe, Asia, the Middle-East, South America, and the United States. As a soloist and as member of many chamber ensembles, he has appeared at venues such as the Bulgaria Concert Hall, the Walt Disney Concert Hall (LA),Carnegie Zankel Hall (NY), Palacio de Bellas Artes (Mexico City), St.Micheli Cathedral (Brussels), Desingel Concert Hall (Antwerp), and has collaborated with prominent artists including Jose Feghali and members of Borromeo and Kronos Quartets. His festival appearances include Red Sea Festival, iPalpiti, Mimir, Bruman, Athens, as well as the “Music in the Old City” Festival and “European Culture Month.” He has been a guest artist for the Van Cliburn Institute and most recently, he was invited to become a faculty member of the Chamber Music Roundup in Fort Worth.

Highlights for the next season include recitals in Europe and the USA; performances of Harold in Italy and Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante; performance with legendary Bernard Greenhouse in Manheim among many other chamber music appearances.

Educated in both Bulgaria and the United States, Mr. Cvetkov was one of the few students of the late professor Georgy Naidenoff, pupil of renowned Feodor Druzhinin. Later, he studied with Misha Galaganov (an iPalpiti alumnus), Roger Chase, and Shmuel Ashkenasi. He resides in Chicago where he serves as Co-Principal Violist of Chicago Civic Orchestra under the directorship of Bernard Haitink.  Mr. Cvetkov performs on a rare viola made by Simon Schodler in 1785 and named, “The Time.”

Website: www.rumencvetkov.com

Boris Rimmer, Israel

Boris Rimmer, born in 1977 in Almaty, Kazakhstan, began his studies on violin in 1984 at Republic Conservatory of Music with Professor Raissa Mussakhodjaeva. During his studies Boris was a prize-winner of The Competition of all Republic Conservatories in 1990, International competition of Middle Asia republics in Ashgabad 1994, Dyagilev International Competition in Ekaterinburg, Russia, and  invited to perform in festivals in Altenburg and Johannesburg. He also played solo with Kazakh Philharmonic Orchestra.

In 1997, after graduating from conservatory, Boris immigrated to Israel  and began his service in Israel Army as a member of military ensemble. He continued his studies at the Tel-Aviv Rubin Academy of Music with professors Yaroshevich, Etigon, and Irina Svetlova, and received Bachelor of Music in 2004. That year he changed to viola and was appointed as principal violist in University Symphony Orchestra under chief conductor Zubin Mehta.

In 2005 he took position of Principal viola in Raanana Chamber Orchestra, and from 2006 he plays both Viola & Violin in Israel Chamber Orchestra and Ensemble of orchestra soloists.

Sharon Wei, Canada

A National Scholar and Canadian Merit Scholar at the University of Western Ontario under the tutelage of the late Lorand Fenvyes, Sharon completed her studies at the Curtis Institute ( with Roberto Diaz and Karen Tuttle) and graduated from Yale with the Viola prize in 2006 studying with Jesse Levine.  She has won top prizes at the London Scholarship Competition and Washington International Competition and studied on grants from the Chalmers Foundation and Canada Council for the Arts.

As soloist with orchestras and recitalist she has performed in the U.S., Canada, and Europe. As a chamber musician, she has performed at the Ravinia Festival, Banff Centre for the Arts, Sarasota, Norfolk Chamber Music and the Verbier Festival, including two tours of France with Joseph Silverstein, Claude Frank, and has collaborated with artists such as James Levine, Lynn Harrell and Gary Hoffman.   Sharon is a regular artist for Mooredale Concerts in Toronto and the Philadelphia Viola Society Concert Series.

Next season includes two tours of Canada with her award-winning piano quartet "Made in Canada," including master classes for local students. She will appear as soloist with orchestras in Utah, Connecticut, in Canada, and give concerts in Korea, Mexico and record for CBC radio in Canada.  Sharon has coached chamber music at ScotiaFest, Silver Creek at the University of Toronto, and in the Yale undergraduate department.   As an outreach co-ordinator at Yale for three years, she has programmed over 70 concerts. Sharon plays on a viola kindly on loan to her from the Banff Centre.

Thomas Weilbach received his Diploma of Arts at the Munich College of Music and participated in international master classes of solo and chamber music. In 2003, he founded the Preysing String Quartet and has been playing with the group as first violin at numerous venues.  He performs with the Amati Ensemble Munich and the Augsburg Chamber Soloists, and often freelances with the Munich Chamber Orchestra. Thomas is focused on his career as a chamber and orchestral musician, as well as on being a teacher of violin & viola. Mr. Weilbach has taught violin since 2001 at the Erding School of Music. In November 2003, he received a university teaching position in the Augsburg College of Music. In 2006 he performed the Bartók Concerto for Viola and the Mozart Sinfonia Concertante. He has been a violist in iPalpiti since 2004.

Violoncellists

Peter Anderegg, USA

Peter Anderegg, 24, is a professional chamber musician and orchestral cellist based in New York City. He is a permanent member of the Boston-based Arcturus Chamber Ensemble and the Springfield (MA) Symphony Orchestra. Other ensemble appearances in 2006 included concerts in Europe and Asia with the Verbier Festival Orchestra, performances at the Kennedy Center and at Lorin Maazel’s Chateauville Foundation in Virginia, as principal of the Juilliard Chamber Orchestra at Weill Recital Hall, and throughout the U.S. with the Juilliard Orchestra.

Peter recently appeared in duo recitals in New York with his twin sister Francesca, a violinist, and performed piano trio and quartet concerts in venues ranging from Alice Tully Hall to Mountain Lake in Florida. He has been an orchestral fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center and the Aspen Music Festival.

Actively involved in contemporary music, Peter has premiered ensemble works in the Museum of Modern Art’s “Summergarden” series and with the Cornell Contemporary Chamber Players, and has premiered cello works by composers such as Anthony Cheung and Ricardo Romaneiro. As a soloist, Peter has been heard with the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra as their 2003 concerto competition winner and in frequent appearances with the Cambridge-based Bach Society Orchestra.

Peter received his M.M. from the Juilliard School, where he studied with Joel Krosnick; his previous major teachers include Norman Fischer, Yehuda Hanani, and Lynn Harrell. He received a B.A. in mathematics from Harvard University, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and performed in and managed the Brattle Street Chamber Players, a string chamber orchestra.

Born in Riga, Latvia, Kristaps Bergs studied cello at the E. Darzins Music School in Latvia from 1995 to 2002. He continued his studies with Professor Eleonora Testelec and graduated in 2006. He has attended master classes given by Mstislav Rostropovich and David Geringas, among others, and currently,  continues his studies at the Vienna Conservatory.
Top prize-winner in several national competitions in his home country,  in his first international competition experience, Kristaps was the semi-finalist in the 5th International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians in Japan in 2004. Later that year became a first prize winner in the Karl Davidoff International Cello Competition.
As a soloist, Kristaps has appeared with the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra and the Vidzeme Chamber Orchestra, as well as having performed regularly as a member of various chamber ensembles. Kristaps was selected as a member of iPalpiti in 2005 and went on tour the following year to Israel, performing solo and with iPalpiti at the Red Sea Eilat Chamber Music Festival in Jerusalem. In 2006, Kristaps was a featured soloist with iPalpiti at  Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles.

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Jason Calloway, USA

Cellist Jason Calloway has performed throughout North America, the Caribbean, Europe, and the Middle East as a soloist and chamber musician. He has appeared at festivals internationally, including the Lucerne Festival with Pierre Boulez and the Ensemble Intercontemporain. He has collaborated in chamber music with members of the Curtis, Juilliard, Miami, and Amernet String Quartets and has appeared across the U.S. as a member of Animato!, a duo with pianist Christopher Weldon. He gave a debut recital at Carnegie Hall under the auspices of Artists International. As a soloist, he has performed with the Casals Festival Orchestra in Puerto Rico’s Centro de Bellas Artes, as well as with various orchestras throughout the northeast. He has appeared live on WQXR in NYC, on WFLN in Philadelphia, and on RAI Television in Italy.

A devoted advocate of new music, Jason has performed with leading ensembles on both coasts and with the New Juilliard Ensemble both in New York City and abroad. Among the hundreds of premieres he has presented are solo and ensemble works by Berio, Knussen, and Lachenmann, and he has collaborated with some of today’s most important composers including Birtwistle, Carter, Davidovsky, Dusapin, Henze, Husa, Franke, and Rihm. He also appears in Darmstadt and Vienna and returns to Spoleto USA, where he gives the premiere of Yanov-Yanovsky’s “Hearing Solutions” for cello and ensemble performances.

Nicholas Canellakis, USA

Nicholas Canellakis graduated from the Curtis Institute of Music with a Bachelor’s Degree in 2006 (with Peter Wiley and Orlando Cole), and currently is pursuing a Master’s Degree at the New England Conservatory under professor Paul Katz. While at Curtis, Nicholas served as principal cello of the Curtis Symphony Orchestra as well as the Curtis Chamber Orchestra on a tour of Japan. He was also principal cellist of the Haddonfield Symphony for three years and was invited to be principal of the New York String Orchestra Seminar in Carnegie Hall in 2004. As a member of the Vertigo Quartet, formed at Curtis, he won first prize in the Musicatri International European Competition in June 2006 and gave a series of concerts in Italy and Spain. The group recently received a Barrymore Award from the Theatre Alliance of Philadelphia for the production of the acclaimed play Opus. The quartet’s concert at Curtis last May, along with Nicholas’ solo graduation recital have been chosen for televised broadcasts in Philadelphia.

His recent performances have taken him to the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival and Music from Angel Fire in New Mexico, Music@Menlo in California, the Sarasota Chamber Music Festival, and the Verbier Festival and Academy in Switzerland. He is a regular performer at Bargemusic in New York City, and has concertized in venues such as Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall, the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., and Jordan Hall in Boston.

He was a top prize winner in the Johansen International Competition in Washington, D.C., a winner of the Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society’s Young Musicians Competition, and the recipient of an orchestral fellowship to the Aspen Music Festival for three summers. Brother of iPalpiti’  alumni violinist Karina Canellakis, this is Nicholas first season with iPalpiti.

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An accomplished chamber musician, Evgeni has appeared in  concerts throughout Austria, Germany, and Italy with such partners as Dora Schwarzberg, Bruno Guiranna, and Michael Hasel. He has won international prizes, including first prize in the National Competition and second prizes in the Sv. Obretenov in Bulgaria and the Mendelssohn Competition in Berlin, as well as receiving scholarships from Wilheim-Muller-Stiftung, Mannheim, and the Oscar u. Vera-Riffer-Stiftung, Hamburg. In 1998 he won the special prize of the Bulgarian label Balkanton.

Evgeni has trained in Vienna and Mannheim with Professor Michael Flaksman and taken master classes with such teachers as Ivan Monighetti, Victoria Yaglin, and Eleonore Schoenfeld. He was a special guest at the International Music Festival Estate Musicale a Porguguaro in Italy and participated in the Ravinia Festival in Chicago. This is his seventh season with iPalpiti. He was selected to participate in iPalpiti/Japan and also in the Taos Festival, a continuation of the International Laureates Music Festival.  Evgeny was a principal soloist with the Malaga Symphony Orchestra, Spain. Currently residing in Madrid, he is on the faculty at Kronberg Academy, Germany, and is artistic director of the Musikfest Schloss Wonfurt in Switzerland.

Xian Zhuo, China

Born in Xiamen, China, Xian received his professional education at the Shanghai Conservatory, Royal Northern College,Yale University, and University of Southern California. He studied with prominent artist teachers such as Nathaniel Rosen, Ralph Kirshbaum, Aldo Parisot, and took master classes with Yo-Yo Ma, Trüls Mørk, and Mstislav Rostropovich.

Xian participated in international music festivals in Canada, Norway, and China and performed in concerts in England, Germany, South Korea, China, and the United States.

First Prize Winner in the Fourth China National Cello Competition (2000), Xian’s talent was recognized early, and he was selected by the state to participate in the “Music Bridge”, a music exchange program for distinguished young students in violin viola, cello and piano, where the finest young Chinese and Canadian musicians gathered in Mount Royal College at Calgary, Canada in July of 1999 and 2000. In 2000 he also was sent to take part in the China-Germany culture exchange program held in Germany. The recording of his performance was distributed to many music conservatories around the world. Xian was one of the few teen musicians invited to 2001 Shanghai International Music Festival - a high profiled music event in China - where he received Excellent Performance Award, and praised by China Music Weekly Review, a professional music commentary magazine.

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Maksim Velichkin, Uzbekistan

Maksim has been active as a solo performer, chamber and orchestral collaborator, both locally and internationally. As a soloist he has appeared with orchestras in his native Uzbekistan and in the United States. Mr. Velichkin’s performances have been featured on Radio Swiss Romande, WQED FM in Pittsburgh, National Radio and Television of Uzbekistan. A member of the Verbier Chamber and Verbier Festival Symphony Orchestras, he has toured extensively to Europe, Asia, North and South America with such conductors as James Levine, Kurt Masur, Charles Dutoit, Yuri Temirkanov, Wolfgang Sawallish, Herbert Blomstedt, Christoph von Dohnanyi, Neemi and Paavo Yarvi.

Maksim has begun his musical education at the Special Music School for Gifted Children in Tashkent, Uzbekistan which he graduated with Gold Medal in 1995.  In 1996 he was awarded a full scholarship to pursue Bachelor of Music degree in cello performance at the Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, which led to his move to the United States, and has graduated with honors, Magna cum Laude, in 2000. In 2006 he earned his Master’s Degree, Magna cum Laude at the University of Southern California at the studio of the renowned professor E. Shoenfeld. Future engagements include a performance with Dmitry Sitkovetsky in Monaco, a recording project with Maxim Vengerov for EMI, an international tour with Verbier Fesival Orchestra where, he also will perform Saint-Saens' Carnival of the Animals as a pianist, as well as numerous local recitals and chamber music concerts.

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Double Bassists

Daniel Nix, Canada

Daniel Nix, acclaimed as “a true rising star of the solo double bass,” resides in British Columbia, where he is the only private pupil and protégé of the world famous soloist Gary Karr. He has appeared as orchestral soloist and recitalist in the US and Canada. In an effort to awaken the minds of youth to classical music, Daniel has given a series of concerts for thoU.S.A.nds of elementary and junior high students. Having studied violin from the age of 10, Daniel was persuaded to make this switch of instruments at 14, to accommodate the needs of the orchestra of his high school in Dallas. Upon hearing famed bassist Karr in concert, Daniel realized the enormous potential of the instrument, and began to experiment and learn how to produce what he considered “a gorgeous sound” with which he could convey strong emotional messages similar to those he had heard in the Karr concert. In 2003 he attended KarrKamp, an intensive course in double bass studies, and had the chance to play for his mentor. Concurrently, Daniel attends the University of Victoria to major in music performance and studies with Mary Rannie, principal bassist of the Victoria Symphony.

Website: www.danielnix.com

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Kristoffer Saebo, USA/Australia

Bassist Kristoffer Saebo is a versatile soloist, bass guitarist, chamber and orchestral musician.  He performs regularly with The Chris Norman Ensemble, Grammy Award-Winner Paul Halley; Kilterclash; and the Alaskan Native Band Pamuya, with whom he showcased at the 45th Annual Grammy Awards. Since 2005, he is a member of iPalpiti Orchestral Ensemble of International Laureates, with whom he toured Slovenia, Austria, the U.S., and Israel, including concerts at the Mozarteum Grosse Hall, Salzburg; Disney Hall, Los Angeles; and Carnegie Hall, New York. Mr. Saebo has performed contemporary music with such groups as Alarm Will Sound, Argento Chamber Ensemble, and Anechoic Chamber Ensemble.  Also an active composer, Kristoffer most recently completed a short cue for Sesame Street.  His work has also been featured in the motion picture Sir John Soane: An English Architect, An American Legacy (Checkerboard Film Foundation), as well as in the short firm The Projectionist (Director Michael Bates, Foreign Exchange Film and Music Festival).   Born in Australia, Mr. Saebo has lived most of his life in the United States. He received his Master of Music Degree from the Juilliard School in 2006 as a student of Orin O'Brien and his Bachelor of Music degree from The Juilliard School in 2004 as a student of Homer Mensch. Kris is an inaugural fellow of The Academy – A Program of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School and The Weill Music Institute; a performance fellowship for outstanding post-graduate musicians, and is featured in chamber music concerts in Carnegie Hall.

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