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#meetoutstudents Grace Huh is a 17 year old violinist who is currently studying with Ian Swensen at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music Pre-College Division and Eric Chin of the Telegraph Quartet. She made her solo debut at the age of twelve with the Palo...

#meetourstudents Haeun Honney Kim is a nineteen year old violinist who started learning the violin when she was four years old. She is currently pursuing her Bachelor’s degree at the New England Conservatory. Haeun won third prize at the Blount Slawson National...

#meetourstudents Hyojin Ellen Kim is a twenty-one year old from South Korea. She is currently pursuing her masters at The Juilliard School, where she studies with Hyo Kang and Adele Anthony. She made her solo orchestral debut earlier this year in New York with...

#meetourstudents Yeji Kim, age 23, began performing on international stages at the age of 8 and since then, has performed internationally in cities such as Prague, Salzburg, Shanghai, Beijing, Tokyo and Chicago. She is currently pursuing her master’s degree at...

#meetourstudents Phoebe Han, age 14, is currently a student of Toby Appel and Yu Jeong Lee and attends the Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School in New York City. She performed as soloist with the Queensboro Symphony Orchestra (2017) and the Sempre Music...

#meetourstudents Alexandra Andreyeva is a violist who currently resides in New York. She holds degrees from the Central Musical College of Arts (B.A.), Moscow State Conservatory (M.M.) and the Mannes School of Music at The New School in New York. Alexandra is...

#meetourstudents William Alfonso, a violinist and violist from Jacksonville, North Carolina, began his violin studies at the age of 11. He is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Music degree from East Carolina University, studying with Ara Gregorian and Hye-Jin...

#meetourstudents Leslie Ashworth, described by Toronto Concert Reviews as “a mature artist and a budding superstar”, is a Canadian violinist who has performed in France, Italy, Canada, and the United States. A Tim and Frances Price Scholarship recipient, she...

#meetourstudents Kali Bate, a 10th grader at Cary Academy, began playing the violin at the age of 4 and is a student of Ara Gregorian. She made her solo debut with the North Carolina Symphony in 2019 and in 2020 she won the Chapel Hill Philharmonia Young Artist...

#meetourstudents Laura Gamboa, age 25, is from Columbus, Ohio and has been studying the violin for 21 years. She also holds a Eurhythmics minor from Cleveland Institute of Music and received her Master of Music degree at the University of Michigan as a full...