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< Back Previous Cooper Ly Next Pianist Gala at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall November 26, 2024 WATCH VIDEO Cooper began studying piano at the age of five with Dr. Ji Hyun Kim from the Bradley University Music Department. In 2023, he had the privilege to study under Professor Valerie Middleton at Vanderbilt University’s Blair School of Music. Cooper has won first-place honors in numerous international piano competitions and performed at prestigious venues including Carnegie Hall in New York, the Royal Albert Hall in London, and Beethoven-Haus in Bonn, Germany. He actively shares his music with the community through piano recitals at local retirement homes, annual Christmas shows, and fundraising events for organizations such as the Dream Center. In addition to piano, Cooper enjoys playing the guitar and singing. He is an avid swimmer and competes on his school swim team. His interests also extend to robotics, coding, and engineering through Vanderbilt University’s enrichment program for talented youth (SAVY). He enjoys reading and building Legos and robots in his free time. Notable Performance Venues International: Beethoven-Haus, Bonn, Germany (2023) Carnegie Hall, New York, NY (2022, 2023) Royal Albert Hall, London, England (2023) Domestic: The Heritage at Brentwood, Brentwood, TN (2024) Abe’s Garden Community, Nashville, TN (2024) Belmont University, Nashville, TN (2024) Liscomb University, Nashville, TN (2023, 2024) Turner Hall at Blair School of Music, Nashville, TN (2023) Edmondson Elementary School, Brentwood, TN (2023) Natchez Trace Church, Nashville, TN (2022) Betty Jayne Performance Center, Peoria, IL (2021) Lutheran Hillside Village, Peoria, IL (2021) Peoria Academy, Peoria, IL (2021) Peoria Art Guild CEFCU Stage (2021) Awards and Honors 06/01/2024: TMTA State Competition – Honorable Mention 03/02/2024: NAMTA Audition – Superior Rating 02/24/2024: NPAC Audition – Superior+ Rating 12/22/2023: Bonn Germany Grand Prize Virtuoso – First Prize 07/14/2023: Golden Classical International Music Competition – 1st Prize 05/23/2022: Gold Keys Festival, Carnegie Hall – Gold Prize 04/13/2022: London Grand Prize Virtuoso – First Prize

< Back Previous Ethan Zhao Next Pianist Gala at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall June 30, 2025 WATCH VIDEO Ethan Zhao is a fourteen-year-old pianist from Urbana Middle School in Maryland. He began studying piano at the age of seven under Mrs. San-Qing Lu Bennaman and has developed a deep passion for classical music. Ethan has won top prizes in prestigious competitions, including the MSMTA Spring Festival Piano Solo Competition, the Miriam Shields Gottlieb Competition, and the Washington Universal Piano Competition. He has also been recognized in international competitions such as the International Young Artists Piano Competition, the American Protégé International Piano and Strings Competition, and the Thomas F. Hulbert International Piano Competition. Beyond competitions, Ethan has been invited to perform at distinguished venues, including Carnegie Hall, the Bulgarian Embassy, and the Washington International Piano Festival. Passionate about sharing his music, he has spent the past three years performing at local senior centers, bringing joy and connection to his community. Outside of piano, Ethan enjoys swimming, reading, and running.

< Back Previous Alexander Farng Next Cellist Gala at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall February 20, 2025 WATCH VIDEO Alexander Farng is a seventh-grade student at Frontiers Academy Trilingual School. He began studying the cello in fourth grade under the guidance of Mr. Sangwon Cho. Since then, he has distinguished himself in numerous prestigious competitions, including CalASTA, SYMF, the Satori Music Festival, Musical Arts, the Charleston Music Competition, and the Global International Music Competition, among others. Alexander is also a member of the Amati Strings Orchestra, performing in museums, senior centers, amusement parks, and other venues where he helps bring classical music to the community. Beyond music, he is active in student government and enjoys playing AAU basketball with Pro’s Vision.

< Back Dickran Atamian Pianist, artist manager Learn More Videos About Atamian’s career evolved from a highly-excitable young artist into the maturity of a statesman of the instrument where a prodigious technical prowess was fused with rare musical acumen to deliver electrifying performances and landmark recordings. In 1975, Atamian won 1st prize at the 50th Anniverary Naumburg Competitions at Carnegie Hall at the age of 19 – the youngest person along with William Kapell and Robert Mann , ever to win that competition. For most artists, a win at an international level competition changes their career; for Atamian it changed the music industry. The subsequent Carnegie Hall recital that followed featured a new solo piano transcription of Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring by New York composer Sam Raphling. This daring new work for the piano was met with such universal critical acclaim that RCA Red Seal immediately signed Atamian to record the new transcription and a host of other works for their first digital release. Recently re-released on Delos, noted music critic Allan Ulrich writing for the San Francisco Examiner proclaimed: “Twenty years later, these remain 31 of the most exciting minutes of piano playing ever recorded.” He incidentally performed the only triple world-premiere [Carnegie Hall, RCA and PBS] in musical history of any major musical cornerstone 20th century piano work. A tour of the Soviet Union and a series of nationally televised PBS specials followed including “ An Evening with Atamian ” which won ”Best of PBS” in 1981 and “ Atamian Salutes Kapell ”. (Both specials are available on YouTube.) William Kapell’s venerable career and tragic death inspired Atamian throughout much of his own tumultuous career. He included Kapell’s signature concerto, the Khachaturian Piano concerto in his repertoire and recorded the work with the Seattle Symphony. With a major competition win, a landmark recording, and a tour of the Soviet Union, Atamian quickly established himself as a force to reckon with in the piano world performing nearly 200 concerts with orchestras including performances with the Cleveland Orchestra under Lorin Maazel, the Detroit Symphony, the New York Philharmonic, the Boston Pops, the Phoenix Symphony, the Seattle Symphony, major orchestras in Poland, Russia, Mexico, and South Korea, and orchestra tours with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. He worked with some of the leading conductors in the industry including Gerard Schwarz, Erich Leinsdorf, Eduardo Mata, David Zinman, Sergio Comissiona, James DePreist, Gustav Meier, Victor Allessandro, Verner Torkanowsky, Jens Nygaard, Alan Hovanhess, Grzegorz Nowak, Enrique Batiz, Michael Morgan, and Joann Faletta. Adding to the list of orchestral appearances, Atamian performed on many leading recital series in the world’s great music capitols, among them Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall and Alice Tully Hall, the 92nd Street Y, Town Hall, Carnegie Hall in New York, Orchestra Hall in Chicago, the Kennedy Center and the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., the Academy of Music in Philadelphia, Symphony Hall in Boston, Grady Gammage Auditorium in Phoenix, Salle Gaveau in Paris, Bellas Artes in Mexico City, Victoria Hall in Geneva, Town Hall in Sidney and the Great Hall in Moscow. He has also performed at the Aspen, Marlboro, Chautauqua and Ravinia festivals. His other recordings include the Prokofiev Third and Khachaturian Piano Concertos with Gerard Schwarz and the Seattle Symphony on Delos, CDs of the Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition, selective works of Chopin and four Beethoven Sonatas. Atamian has emerged as manager Atamian and in that role he is known under the trade name Jack Price who is the founder of Price Attractions , a concert management headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma with affiliates in several cities. Atamian lives there where he is actively engaged in the careers of the artists he now represents and in the lives of his two children, Sean and Annarose. Previous Next

< Back Gretchen Greenfield Contralto, Vocal Coach Learn More Videos About "Greenfield was the standout among the soloists. Her energy and vaulting expressiveness caused a stir in the [Kennedy Center] audience, many of whom were hearing this young artist for the first time." - The Washington Times GRETCHEN GREENFIELD Artistic Consultant for VOCAL ARTISTS MANAGEMENT SERVICES VAMS is delighted to welcome distinguished contralto GRETCHEN GREENFIELD as its Artistic Consultant. With over 25 years professional experience, Ms. Greenfield contributes a wealth of expertise derived from her triumphs as a nationally and internationally acclaimed solo artist, as well as her successful teaching studio SingingAndYOU (link on the right) and her passion for mentoring musicians of all ages. Highlights of Ms. Greenfield's career as a contralto soloist include appearances in Mahler's Third Symphony with the Minnesota Orchestra, Charles Dutoit conducting; on tour with the Südwestfunk Orchestra of Baden-Baden, Helmuth Rilling conducting; on tour in Tokyo with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra in performances of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, Leonard Slatkin conducting; and encore performances of Shostakovich's songs From Jewish Folk Poetry with the National Symphony Orchestra at the John F. Kennedy Center, the New York Y Chamber Orchestra and the Hartford Symphony Orchestra, Maxim Shostakovich conducting, as well as with I Musici de Montreal, Yuli Turovsky conducting. Personal Website singingandyou.com SingingAndYOU SingingAndYou ⋆ How to Sing Better! How to Sing Better SingingAndYou is the resource for vocalists to advance singing technique, prepare for auditions, care for vocal health, and more. Gretchen Greenfield is an internationally acclaimed solo vocal artist, sharing her expertise with singers of all ages and levels of their vocal careers, through blog articles and singing lessons. Previous Next

< Back Emil Chudnovsky Violin Learn More Videos About Emil Israel Chudnovsky hearkens back to the grand romantic tradition of the golden age of violinists. His lush sound and inimitable ability to connect with audiences have garnered him accolades from listeners, presenters and critics alike. Recent seasons have been full of firsts, including his debut this season at the Seoul Arts Center in South Korea with the KammerSymphonie Berlin, and his recent inaugural recording with the St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra. Equally notable benchmarks include Chudnovsky’s debut with the Orquesta Filarmónica de Jalisco in Mexico, when he replaced an indisposed soloist for a previously unknown concerto on ten days’ notice. Other recent appearances included Chudnovsky’s recital debut in Auckland, New Zealand, and concert debuts with the Macon Symphony, the Palm Beach Symphony and the Orquesta de la Ciudad de los Reyes in Lima, Peru. On radio, Chudnovsky has been featured on NPR’s “Performance Today”, Boston’s WGBH and the UK’s BBC3. His chamber music activity has also been intense, with repeated festival appearances at the famed Newport Music Festival and at Germany’s Henselt Festival, as well as concerts at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, New York’s Merkin Hall and London’s Wigmore Hall. A veteran of the competition circuit, Chudnovsky is the winner of top prizes from nine international competitions. He holds 1st Prize from the XI International Curci Violin Competition (Naples), 1st Prize from the Young Artists Competition of the National Federation of Music Clubs and, most recently, 1st prize from the Valsesia-Musica International Violin Competition (Milan). Twice a laureate of the “Premio Paganini” International Competition, he also holds 2nd Prize from the D’Angelo International Competition, as well as awards from the Rodolfo Lipizer, Szeryng and Enescu international competitions. Chudnovsky has performed in Great Britain, Italy, Israel, Spain, Sweden, Denmark, Japan, Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, Chile, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. In the United States, he has played recitals and concerts with orchestra in Washington DC, Illinois, Ohio, Virginia, New York, South Dakota, Maryland, California and Florida, including multiple appearances at Carnegie Recital Hall, and a debut at the Encore Summer Festival in Ohio that gave him the unique distinction of being the only non-CIM student or alumnus invited to appear on the Festival’s Blue Ribbon series. Releasing his first solo album, “So, What Have You Done Lately?” in 2000, Chudnovsky followed it in 2002 with a live concert recording of the Bruch and Saint-Saens #3 violin concerti. His third CD – “The Golden Age” (JB Records) – was released in 2005, making him the first American violinist to record in China for a Chinese label. As a frequent soloist with the Israeli chamber orchestra "The King David String Ensemble," Chudnovsky has also toured in Belgium, Turkey, Thailand, Singapore, the Philippines, Burma, and Japan. Chudnovsky began concertizing at the age of eleven with a solo performance on Uruguayan television and in concert with the Montevideo Chamber Orchestra. The same year, he was featured in a series of live radio broadcasts from the Mostly Mozart Festival in Grahamstown, South Africa. Since then, Chudnovsky has performed to great critical acclaim all over the world, having toured extensively in Europe, Asia, North and South America. Emil Chudnovsky was born in Moscow, Russia to renowned violinist Nina Beilina and the late eminent opera conductor, Maestro Israel Chudnovsky. After immigrating to the United States, Chudnovsky began violin studies at the Mannes College of Music pre-college division. Having studied at The Juilliard School and the Manhattan School of Music, he holds degrees from the Mannes College of Music and Yale University. Chudnovsky plays on a copy of the ex-Joachim del Gesu made for him in July 2010 by Howard Needham. Previous Next

< Back Oscar De Elía Piano Learn More Videos About Oscar Edgardo De Elía is a Senior Piano Professor graduated from the Old Beethoven Conservatory of Buenos Aires. He studied harmony with teachers Lito Valle and Salvador Grecco. Pianist, arranger and composer, he began his professional career in 1985. In 1986 he joined the Héctor Vernier Typical Orchestra, in which he spent five years. During that period, he alternated this activity with works as a soloist and accompanist for singers in nightclubs in Buenos Aires. In 1990 he formed his first ensemble, the Oscar De Elía Trio, and it served as the basis for the formation of the Quinteto del Plata, in 1994, debuting on a tour to San Pablo, Brazil. In 1991 he was summoned by Ernesto Baffa to join his trio and his orchestra. He remains in the same 3 years, acting in Berretín and Café Homero. With him he recorded the C.D. "Calavereando" and travels, in 1992, to France, performing in Paris, Rennes, and at the Festival of Argentine Tango and Culture in Nantes. In 1992 he is part of the group of founding musicians of the Municipal Tango Orchestra of Moreno, under the direction of maestro Eduardo Cortti. In 1994 he occupied the piano of the Carlos Galván Trio, with which he performed in nightclubs and festivals throughout the country, and participated for two years as a pianist and arranger in the television series "Crónica de los sábados" (Crónica TV) and "The night with friends" (ATC - Channel 7). Since 1994 and to date he is a pianist in the Osvaldo Piro orchestra. In it he records the C.D. "Timeless Tango" and "Min-On Tango", and takes part in the tour to Japan in 1997. Stable pianist from 1994 to 2023, the date of his retirement, of the Argentine National Music Orchestra "Juan de Dios Filiberto", dependent on the Ministry of Culture of the Nation, with which he performed throughout the country, and an important tour to Japan, as well as Chile, Paraguay, France and Sweden. In 1997, he was appointed Sub-Director of the same by the teacher Osvaldo Piro, holding the position until May 2000. He is again appointed to the same position in 2007, collaborating with teachers Atilio Stampone and Luis Gorelik, until 2018. In 1995 he joined the Alberto Di Paulo Orchestra, traveling to Japan and performing in 18 cities. He remains in it until 1997 inclusive. In 1998 and 1999 he directs and participates with his trio in the cycle "Las Voces del Tango", organized by the then Secretary of Culture of the Nation, where the most relevant singers of the country participate in addition to promoting the presentation of new figures. In 1997 he formed, together with Rafael Gíntoli, the Gíntoli-De Elía duo, performing at musical institutions in the Capital and in the interior of the country. Together with maestro Gíntoli he traveled to Taiwan in 2006, where he performed as soloist, conductor and arranger at the head of the Kaohsiung City Symphony Orchestra, in Kaohsiung and Taipei. The same show is performed in 2009 in front of the Santiago de Chile Symphony Orchestra. They form, also with Rafael Gíntoli, in 1999, the Grand Tangó Quartet. With this quartet and the voice of Hugo Marcel, they toured the entire country for four years under the auspices of the Banco de la Nación Argentina. In 2005 they traveled with the quartet and the dance couple Paula and Cristian to the island of Sardinia, where they made a tour of 10 presentations. He is successively appointed Academician of the Academia Porteña del Lunfardo and then a member of the Academia Nacional del Tango. In said Academy he was in charge of the Piano Tango and Conjunto Practice classes, in the Conservatory of Tango Styles “Argentino Galván”, founded and sponsored by the same Academy. In 2006 he represented the Conservatory at the World Tango Summit in Seville, Spain, carrying out a series of clinics together with maestro Osvaldo Montes. He published in 2009 and in collaboration with maestro Juan Trepiana, his "Progressive method of piano-tango", Editorial AltaVoz. He participates from the piano in innumerable record records as solo and accompanying various singers, and as a session player for the orchestras led by Osvaldo Piro, Ernesto Baffa, Carlos Galván, Alberto Di Paulo, Salvador Grecco, Edgardo Acuña, Ricardo Domínguez, Jorge Retamoza and Gabriel SenanesP, among others. Previous Next

< Back Michelle Kim Violin/Electric Violin Learn More Videos About Music is my life path. Each person has the power and responsibility to use their talent and skills to help others. Through music, I hope to unite and inspire people to understand and improve the world that we all live in. I was born in Seoul, South Korea and started piano lessons when I was five before switching to violin. My family moved to southern California and I made my solo orchestra debut at age 10, playing Vivaldi's Violin Concerto with the Los Angeles Youth Orchestra. Throughout my high school years, I studied music at the Colburn School and, in the summers, at Idyllwild Arts. But I promised my family – and myself – that I’d give up the violin for something more practical. I majored in Statistics at the University of California at Berkeley, but continued violin lessons with San Francisco Symphony members. I played in the UC Berkeley Symphony for four years and won the music department’s concerto competition twice. And I received the Alfred Hertz Memorial Scholarship to study music independently. I realized that I could not give up my passion for music. I decided to give my everything to becoming a professional musician. After my Berkeley graduation, I moved to New York to study on scholarship for two years at the Manhattan School of Music with Laurie Carney of the American String Quartet. Immediately after graduating with a Master’s Degree, I won the first violin section position at the Washington National Opera Orchestra under Placido Domingo at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. My dream was coming true. Since choosing my path, I’ve attended the Aspen Music Festival, the Salzburg Mozarteum Academy Festival, Music and Sound at the Banff Centre, and the New York String Quartet Seminar. In 2015, I gave a recital at the In Spiritum International Festival in Porto, Portugal. As a member of Musica Aperta , I’ve introduced and taught classical music to young students in the DC Public Schools. I have also given private lessons at the Holton Arms School in Bethesda, Maryland. In 2016, I spoke on “Everything is a Remix of Creativity and Innovation” to a Social Entrepreneurship class at George Washington University, and in 2017 gave a chamber music master class at Georgetown University. At Carnegie Hall, I was guest concertmaster of the New England Symphonic Ensemble in the world premiere performance of Oh My Son . In 2012, I played with visiting musicians from Tunisia to commemorate the Jasmine Revolution in their country. This inspired me to start Culture Saves , a humanitarian organization that restores hope and promotes peace in troubled areas through the arts. In 2014, I performed for then Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and then South Korean Defense Minister Han Min-koo at the US Institute of Peace. Working closely with world-renowned tenor Placido Domingo, my mentor who was Director of the Washington National Opera, and with world-class musicians at the Kennedy Center further inspired me to grow as a musician and to find my own voice. I started to compose and arrange music and got my first electric violin in 2013. Playing the electric violin and creating my own sounds have transformed me. I’ve performed at the International Monetary Fund Annual Meetings, at the National Association of Health Underwriters Annual Conference, as well as at a Dewey Beach, Maryland dance party playing Electronic Dance Music with a DJ. At the Italian Embassy in Washington, I’ve played in three annual Becky's Fund Walk This Way Fashion Shows raising $440,000 to stop domestic violence. In 2017, I performed my own piece Con Spero at the United Nations in New York. Later that year, I founded and now lead Electric Fantasy, a six-piece instrumental band with multi-genre musicians from the Washington National Opera. Since its inception, Electric Fantasy has performed twice at the Kennedy Center, and has been the featured solo band with the Miami Music Festival Orchestra for the 2018 July 4th Pops Concert in Florida and the Londontowne Symphony Orchestra for the 2019 - 2020 Season Opening Night Celebration Concert in Annapolis. In 2020, I’ll be performing the Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 with the Mclean Symphony Orchestra. My journey continues…. Previous Next

Kang < Back Ria Kang Jan 30 at 10:00am EST (10 and under/11-14) Joseph Haydn - Concerto No. 2 in G Major, 1st Mvt Ria Kang began taking violin lessons at the age of four. She currently resides in Pennsylvania and studies at Temple Music Prep: Center for Gifted Young Musicians. Ria loves all things related to music. Previous Next

< Back Annie Chang-Center Viola/Piano Learn More Videos About Violist and pianist, Annie Chang-Center started performing as a pianist in her native Taiwan for foreign dignitaries when she was six years old. Since she came to the U.S. at thirteen, Annie has performed in Europe, Asia and the U.S. as a soloist, chamber, and orchestral musician. Annie has performed as a piano soloist with major symphony orchestras, including the San Francisco Symphony, the Hong Kong Philharmonic and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. As a violist, she was a prize winner of the Irving Klein International String Competition, and has performed at the Marlboro, Ravinia, Olympic, Utah, Prague, Red Rocks, and Music In The Mountains Festivals where she has collaborated with members of the Juilliard, Guarneri, Emerson, Cleveland and Philadelphia string quartets. When living in Arizona, she was the assistant principal violist of the Phoenix Symphony, the principal violist of the Phoenix Symphony Sinfonietta and the Arizona Chamber Orchestra for which she performed regularly as a viola soloist. She was also the pianist of the Concorda Trio with cellist Michael Center and violinist Dana Pasley. Currently, Annie plays in the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra. In recent years, she has also performed in the Arizona Musicfest Orchestra in Scottsdale, AZ, the Black Pearl Orchestra in Philadelphia, PA, South Florida Symphony in Key West, FL, and the Seattle Opera. An arts administrator, teacher and visual artist, Annie Chang-Center is a string coach for the Seattle public schools, Cornish Summer Music, Summer Sounds, Bellevue Youth Symphony and Seattle Chamber Music Society’s ‘Music In The Classroom’ Program. Annie Chang-Center was the marketing and artistic director for the Academy Of Music Northwest for five years. She has created multimedia presentations for live concerts for numerous orchestras and created promotional videos for Intercultural Journeys and Red Rocks Music Festival. Annie is also a writer for the International Rescue Committee (IRC) newsletters and is passionate about organizing and performing in concerts to benefit organizations that provide assistance to homeless people, refugees and victims of natural disasters. Previous Next

< Back Donna Weng Friedman Piano Learn More Videos About Award winning pianist Donna Weng Friedman enjoys a varied career as a soloist, chamber musician, educator, curator, producer and app developer. Her album Heritage and Harmony: Silver Linings , featuring exclusively AAPI/BIPOC artists, aims to promote understanding and tolerance and combat racism, with all proceeds donated to an organization that supports the AAPI community and fights against racism. Recorded and released during the pandemic, the album has won two SIlver Medals from Global Music Awards- one for Outstanding Concept and the other for Outstanding Instrumentalists. This season, Donna is thrilled to be collaborating with Ariel Rivka Dance as Artistic Advisor to share stories of heritage and harmony through music and dance. In collaboration with WQXR, Ms. Weng Friedman created and produced Heritage and Harmony , a virtual concert video series in celebration of Asian Pacific Heritage Month. She is the co-creator and co-host of HER/MUSIC;HER/STORY, a mini-series on WQXR as well as a concert series that shines a light on women composers, past and present. She was the guest speaker on TEDx Santa Barbara’s series Making Waves: Conversations with Influencers and Disruptors. In January and April 2021, Donna was the featured guest artist on the National Women’s History Museum’s series NWHM Presents: Sundays@Home, honoring women whose activism and talents serve to inspire others. On March 8th, 2022, she is launching a new education program in collaboration with the National Women’s History Museum called Heritage and Harmony: Her Art, Her Voice , featuring leading female BIPOC role models in the arts who share their stories of heritage, their challenges and their triumphs, as they seek to inspire and empower future generations of groundbreaking young women. Donna has performed in concert halls worldwide, including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center and the 92nd St. Y and appeared as soloist with major symphony orchestras, including the Atlanta, Philadelphia and Shanghai Symphony Orchestras. An avid chamber musician, she has collaborated with St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble, Carter Brey, Ani Kavafian, David Shifrin, Elizabeth Mann, Kelly Hall-Tompkins and Anthony McGill. She has conducted master classes at the Shanghai and Beijing conservatories and is on the faculty of the Mannes School of Music. The curator of the Donna Weng Friedman '80 Master Class Series at Princeton University, she is also a member of Princeton University Music Department’s Advisory Council as well as the board of directors of Friends of Thirteen and WNET. Ms. Weng Friedman received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Princeton University where she was a University Scholar and a Master of Music Degree from the Juilliard School, under the tutelage of Adele Marcus, where she was awarded the prestigious Gina Bachauer Award as well as the William Petschek Full Scholarship Award. She has had the privilege of working with the great composer/teacher Nadia Boulanger as well as pianist Radu Lupu. She was the music supervisor and recording artist for the award-winning film documentary “Frames of Life” as well as for the documentaries “Living Liberty” and “Morris Engle: The Independent”. Ms. Weng Friedman created “The Music Bee Club” interactive classical music app series for children ages 2-8 featuring world class musicians, such as cellist Carter Brey and flutist Elizabeth Mann, produced by nineteen-time Grammy Award winner David Frost. https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/donnawengfriedman/heritage-and-harmony-silver-linings https://www.wqxr.org/story/heritage-harmony/ https://www.wqxr.org/shows/her-music-her-story/ RADIO WQXR: Heritage and Harmony A video series that spotlights the stories and music of leading classical musicians of Asian descent WQXR: HER MUSIC/HER STORY: A four-part mini-series that shines a light on the stories and music of overlooked women composers, past and present WNYC’s Morning Edition with Michael Hill and John Schaefer ARTICLES All Arts:Heritage and Harmony: Her Art, Her Voice All Arts: Heritage and Harmony Classical Archives:Heritage and Harmony National Women’s History Museum “Empower” Magazine: A Q&A with award-winning pianist Donna Weng Friedman I Care if You Listen: Quiet Poems Video Premiere I Care If You Listen: 5 Questions to Donna Weng Friedman Sharps and Flatirons: Music as a Unifying Power Persimmon Tree Magazine: Stories from the Piano New York Magazine, Pianist Cecile Chaminade Rediscovered, by Justin Davidson Previous Next

Alexander Kirby < Back Alexander Kirby Previous Next Alexander Kirby 🇺🇸 USA CELLIST Alex Kirby is a high school junior enrolled in a STEM curriculum. His ongoing passion with cello began with lessons at age 3 ½. He has performed with The Capital Symphonic Youth Orchestra, McLean Youth Orchestra, class recitals, charity events, cello choirs, and church functions. He has been invited to return to the U. of Tennessee, to perform in a master class and perform at the 2023 cello competition. Alex enjoys playing the Euphonium with his school band and was selected for the Fairfax County 12th All District Band. Alex also plays on the varsity lacrosse team.