MM and BM, Mannes College of Music. Professional studies, Mannes College of Music. Piano studies with Nina Svetlanova, Edward Aldwell, Vladimir Feltsman, and Alexander Edelman. Analysis with Carl Schachter. Chamber music with Felix Galimir.
Soloist,
Atlanta Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Hudson Valley Philharmonic, New
York Symphony Orchestra, Virginia Symphony, Round Top Festival Orchestra,
Korean Broadcasting Symphony, Buchon Philharmonic, Taipei National
Philharmonic, Hudson Valley Philharmonic, and International Sejong Soloists.
Collaborations with conductors such as Yoel Levi, Heichiro Oyama, and Vladimir
Feltsman.
Recitals
at Alice Tully Hall, Carnegie Recital Hall, Merkin Concert Hall, the 92nd
Street Y, Amnesty International at Mannes, and in Kuala Lumpur, under the
auspices of his royal highness Sultan Salahuddin of Malysia. Appearances at
Aspen Music Festival, Taos Chamber Music Festival, Round-Top Festival, Shendlee
Music Festival, Merano Festival (Italy). Collaborations with pianists Oxana
Yablonskaya, Vladimir Feltsman and David Oei, violinists Kyung Wha Chung and
Victor Danchenko, cellist Suren Bagratuni, and regular concert partner of tenor
Nils Neubert.
First
prize, Virginia National Competition. Recipient, Artists International
Distinguished Artists Award and Uris Brothers Foundation award. Solo and
orchestral performances in the United States, Europe and Asia. Recorded for
Well-Tempered Productions (National Public Radio Award). TV appearances on Emmy
Award- and Peabody Award-winning feature on Channel 13’s City Arts and on NBC’s Today
Show, as well as concert broadcasts on KBS in Korea. Radio appearances on
NPR and WQXR, as well as in Korea, Malaysia and Russia. Keynote Speaker, 2009
Korea Daily News Education Symposium.
Taught
at the New Paltz Piano Institute, Special Music School of America, Summit Music
Festival, Festival de Musica Clasica in Puigcerda (Spain), Bizier Music
Festival (France), and Duxbury Music Festival. Faculty, International Academy
of Music (Italy and Russia), Burgos International Music Festival (Spain), and
the Beethoven Institute at Mannes.
MM
and BM, Mannes College of Music. Professional studies, Mannes College of Music.
Piano studies with Nina Svetlanova, Edward Aldwell, and Vladimir Feltsman.
Chamber music with Felix Galimir. Analysis with Carl Schachter. Faculty, Mannes
College since 1999.
