Faculty

 

 

 

 

Piano

Chiu-ling Lin  "Great impact, not only with her exceptional virtuosity, but also with her ability to capture the intent of the composer" ... "great sense of style - emotional strength - impressive quality in performance..." This is how composers and critics described Chiu-Ling Lin - internationally renowned pianist and educator - after her tour of Peru, Argentina, and Brazil as the United States Information  ..... (read all)

Mitsuko Ichimura has concertized extensively throughout Japan and the US as a soloist and in collaboration with other artists on stage and on television. She is known for her huge coloristic range and lyricism. Ms. Ichimura is founder and director of the Ichimura Music School in Englewood Cliffs, NJ, where she produces strong performers and professional musicians from enthusiastic young pianists.  ..... (read all)

Ksenia Nosikova Called a pianist of “impressive musicianship” and “refined sensibility and exquisite pianism, fascinating to watch and hear” by the Boston Globe and New York Concert Reviews, Ksenia Nosikova has performed extensively as a solo pianist and chamber musician in Europe, Russia, United States, Asia, and South America. In the United States she appeared at numerous concert ... (read all)

Paul Wirth is a prominent figure in the musical community of the Midwest. His unique combination of masterful performing and teaching, along with an unassuming personality have made him a much sought-after featured artist in concerts, master classes, conventions, and lecture series. With BM, MM and DM degrees in Piano Performance from Temple University and Indiana University, he co-founded and is ..... (read all)

Veda Zuponcic  Veda Zuponcic made her formal European debut in 1971 as a recipient of the Martha Baird Rockefeller grant. Critics in London, Vienna, Amsterdam and Berlin noted her powerful and fluent technique, intelligent interpretations, and her natural affinity for Romantic composers. As a prizewinner in the Alfredo Casella Competition she toured Italy, and since then Miss Zuponcic has performed .... (read all)

Violin

Igor Petrushevski is a violin professor at the Royal Academy of Music - London. He is considered by many as one of the leading violin teachers in the UK. His students are winners of international competitions including: P. I. Tchaikovsky, N. Paganini, M. Long-Thibaud, Tibor Varga, Rodolfo Lipizer, Indianapolis, Tokyo, Wieniavsky, Cologne, Heifetz, Sion, Postacchini, Joachim, Britten, Caneti and Enescu. ... (read all)

Violin/Viola

Setsuko Nagata was invited to the US to study at the Juilliard School as a scholarship student of Dorothy DeLay and Ivan Galamian. Her musical gifts were quickly recognized, and she was awarded the Fritz Kreisler Award, the Naumburg Scholarship Award and prizes in the Hudson Valley Competition and the Tibor Varga International Competition. As soloist, Miss Nagata has performed with the North Carolina ..... (read all)

Cello

Viktor Uzur has appeared as a soloist and chamber musician in many countries in Europe, Asia and North America including important concerts and collaborations with composers such as Tikhon Khrennikov, Petris Vasks and Lewis Nielson. His engagement as the principal cellist and soloist with ARCO Moscow Chamber Orchestra brought him many CD releases and international tours and his performances, ..... (read all)
 

Double Bass

Marcos Machado Brazilian double bassist Marcos Machado enjoys an international career as a concert artist, teacher and chamber musician. Machado is faculty at the University of Southern Mississippi (Hattiesburg, USA). At USM, Machado teaches classical double bass and jazz studies and is the director of the Bass Symposium. He is also the principal bass of the Meridian Symphony. He has appeared as .... (read all)

Conductor

Alexander Timofeev is a prize-winning composer and pianist. His compositions have taken top prizes in competitions and festivals in England, Russia, Slovakia, Belarus, Romania, Moldova as well as in the United States. As a pianist, he won the Third Prize in the 2007 MTNA Competition held in Toronto, Canada. As the winner of the Eastman School Concerto Competition, Alexander performed .... (read all)


Theory

Sal Mazzocca

Accompanists

Alexander Timofeev, Ana Cristea, Alexei Ivanchenko,
Maria Sumareva, Alexei Ulitin

 

 

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