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Dear Friends, Perhaps the most challenging job at the Competition is reserved for our On behalf of the Stulberg Board of esteemed judges. We are grateful to Directors, it is my pleasure to welcome Cynthia Phelps, Mitchell Newman, and you to the 2021 Stulberg International Sara Sant’Ambrogio for their thoughtful String Competition. Since 1975, some evaluation and selection. of the most promising young string players have competed here and many Whether you are joining us from of today’s artists, Joshua Bell among Kalamazoo or from the other side of them, credit the Stulberg for launching the globe, today we come together to their careers. applaud twelve remarkable musicians.

This year’s twelve semifinalists were We celebrate you Christy, Yireh, chosen from a record number of Grace, Nayoun, Chelsie, Serin, Bobby, applicants. We are mindful of the special Evan, Keila, Lauren, Eena, and Sean. challenges these 226 young musicians Congratulations on making it to the have faced this past year and admire Stulberg. We will be watching you for their perseverance and devotion to years to come and cheering for you their art. along the way!

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President’s Welcome 6

History 10

Board of Directors and Staff 12

2021 Competition Statistics 13

Medalist History 14

Judge History 16

2021 Judge Biographies 17

2021 Semifinalist Biographies 20

Supporters 32

Special Thanks 36

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In 1920, Julius Stulberg was brought to when his parents emigrated from Kieselien, Poland. The family eventually settled in Marshall, Michigan. Julius received degrees from and taught at Michigan State University, where he also met his future wife, Esther Leiberman. The Stulberg bond with Kalamazoo was forged in 1941 when he accepted the post of conductor of the newly established Junior Symphony.

In 1945, the Stulberg family moved to Kalamazoo when Julius joined the faculty of Western Michigan University. Throughout his life, his wife Esther was his support and helpmate. Following Julius’ death at the age of 61 in 1974, she was the driving force behind the establishment of the Competition, which memorializes his life’s passions. After Esther’s death in 2001, a dedicated Board of Directors, a corps of volunteers and the Stulberg family assumed the mantle of responsibility for the competition.

Today, the Stulberg is one of the longest- standing string competitions in the country and is unique among music competitions due to its focus on young string musicians, its strong reputation, and high caliber of judges. Over the years, more than 2,500 musicians have participated in the Stulberg, and more than one hundred have been awarded a medal. Many have gone on to illustrious careers in the fields of music performance and education. Throughout its history, the Stulberg has attracted world- renowned musicians to Kalamazoo to serve as Competition judges and Master Class instructors. Through its Master Classes and Education Outreach, the Stulberg extends its impact by providing free learning opportunities for local musicians and audiences. 10

Stulberg Board of Directors OFFICERS

President President-Elect Secretary Treasurer Alisa Carrel Colleen McBride Naomi Siegel Kurt Voissem Morse BOARD MEMBERS

Sonya Bernard-Hollins Audrey Lipsey Sophié van der Westhuizen Linda Depta Mary McCormick Sakhi Vyas Pamela Enslen Derl Oberlin Ann Fergemann Camille Riley Executive Director - Kathleen Jones Anna Swank Bothwell Megan Yankee Thomas G. King

DIRECTORS EMERITI

Jeffrey Block Deb Faling Thomas Kasdorf* Elizabeth Start Josie Boucher Igor Fedotov Josh Koets Alan Stulberg Marilyn Brill Art Feinberg Renata Artman Knific Carolyn Stulberg Barbara Brose Grace Field Annie Leong Daniel Stulberg Ben Brot* Kenneth Fisher Kristine Lepley David Stulberg Robert Brown, Jr. Joyce Flavin* Roger Lepley Esther Stulberg* Herbert Butler* Martin Flavin Joy Light Joseph Stulberg Ellen Cha Zoe Forsleff* Linda Mah Midge Stulberg Joyce Chaplin Allyson Gall Erin Mapes Morris Stulberg* Daniel Christian Edward Gasaway Phil Mason Andrew Tang Charles Cowap Alice Gernant* Monica Nahm* James Thorne* Anders Dahlberg C.J. (Gus) Gianakaris Theresa Coty O’Neil Scott Tribby Celia Davidoff* Nan Harrison* Dolores Philp Elizabeth Upjohn Mason Robert Davis Robert Hegel Phyllis Rappeport* Terry Vantine Harold Decker Jane Hill Robert Ritsema Donna VanWestrienen* David Doan Bruce Hood Jane Rooks Ross William Venema Carl Doubleday Sandy Hunt* Thomas Rowe Sherie Veramay Helen Jo Emerson* David Johnson Karen Santamaria Mary von Schreiner* Gordon Eriksen* Jan Jones Greg Seiler Charles Wattles M.Dolores Estes Jayne Jones* Chris Shook Scott Estey Norman Jung Katherine Shook *Deceased James Falahee, Jr. Gail Kasdorf* Harvey Spivak

Cover Photo: John Lacko Photography The mission of the Julius & Esther Stulberg International String Competition is to promote excellence in string instrument performance by gifted young artists under the age of twenty.

THE STULBERG INTERNATIONAL STRING COMPETITION The Epic Center | 359 South Kalamazoo Mall, Suite 14 | Kalamazoo, MI 49007 269-343-2776 | [email protected] | www.stulberg.org The Stulberg International String Competition is an equal origin, height, weight, religion, and physical disability as opportunity Corporation and is committed to equal protected by law, gender identity or sexual orientation. rights, equal opportunities, and equal protection under This policy applies to all aspects of the Corporation’s the law. The Corporation’s competition, all programs and business, including its use of contractors and consultants, the employment of personnel are conducted without its relationship with outside vendors and customers, and regard to race, creed, gender, marital status, national in its dealing with the general public. 2021 ApplicantINSTRUMENTS Statistics VIOLA DOUBLE BASS 125 18 79 4

COUNTRIES AND NATIONALITIES REPRESENTED , , , Taiwan, , South , Guam, Qatar, Australia, Hong Kong

SCHOOLS REPRESENTED Abbey Park High School, Academy of the Holy Angel, Adlai E. Stevenson Music Middle School Affiliated to Shanghai Conservatory of Music, High School, Affiliated Middle School of Zhejiang Conservatory of Naperville North High School, National Symphony Youth Fellowship Music, Archbishop Mitty High School, Arete Preparatory Academy, Program, New England Conservatory, New England Conservatory Arizona Virtual Academy, Ballard High School, BASIS Chandler, Beijing Preparatory School, Newton South High, Northern Valley Regional Sanyili Primary School, Brandeis High School, Buffalo Grove High High School at Old Tappan, Northwestern Bienen School of Music, School, Caddo Parish Magnet High School, Canyon Crest Academy, Oberlin Conservatory, Oregon Episcopal School, Pacific Academy, Carmel High School, Catlin Gabel School, CBe-Learn School, Centennial Palo Alto High School, Palos Verdes High School, Paramus High High School, Central Conservatory of Music, Central Conservatory School, Phil and Eli Taylor Performance Academy for Young Artists, of Music Middle School, Chamblee Charter High School, Cheongmok Phillips Academy, Plano West Senior High School, , Elementary School, Cleveland Institute of Music, Clovis West High Professional Children's School, Reedy High School, Rice University- The School, Colburn Conservatory of Music, College-Conservatory of Music , Richard Montgomery High School, River at the University of Cincinnati, Columbus State University, Concord Dell High School, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, San Francisco High School, Cottonwood High School, Crean Lutheran High School, Conservatory of Music Pre-College, Schwob School of Music, Seoul Arts Curtis Institute of Music, Diocesan Boys' School, Dublin High School, High School, Seven Lakes High School, Shaker Heights High School, Fairmeadow Elementary School, Fiorello H. LaGuardia of Music & Arts Spackenkill High School, St. John's School, St. Mark's School of Texas, and Performing Arts, Gear Up to Lead, Gifted Music School in SLC, Stoller Middle School, , Synapse School, Taipei Utah, Gilmour Academy, Golden Valley Charter School, Groton School, National University of the Art, Music Preparatory Halton District School Board Virtual School, Hanover High School, Division, Tenafly High School, Tesoro High School, The Affiliated , Harvard-Westlake School, Hawken School, Henry Senior High School of National Taiwan Normal University, The Colburn M. Jackson High School, Hope Christian School, Howard High School, Conservatory of Music, The Curtis Institute of Music, The Juilliard Pre- Huntington Middle School, iQ Academy - , College, The , The Phil and Eli Taylor Performance at , James B. Conant HS, Academy for Young Artists, The Seven Hills School, Townsend Harris John Hersey High School, Kirov Academy of Washington D.C., La High School, Trinity School, Tustin Connect High School, University Canada High School, LaGuardia High School, Laurel Springs Online of Alberta, University of Chicago Laboratory Schools, University High School, Learning Post Academy, Lewis & Clark College, Lincoln of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music, University of Mary High School, Lynbrook High School, Menlo School, Mercer Island High Washington, University of Michigan, Upper Canada College, Vanderbilt School, Middle School Affiliated to Central Conservatory of Music, University, West Windsor Plainsboro High School South, Weston High Middle School affiliated to Shanghai Conservatory of Music, Milton School, Weston Middle School, William Fremd High School, Wyoming Academy, Moreland Middle School, Mount Royal Conservatory of High School, , Yewon School Music, Music Institute of Chicago, Music Institute of Chicago Academy,

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OCTOBER 9, 2021 DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED…. Stulberg Silver Medalist with the Western Stulberg Gold Medalist with the Kalamazoo Michigan University Symphony Orchestra Symphony Orchestra

FEBRUARY 20, 2022 MAY 21, 2022 Stulberg Bronze Medalist with the 47th Stulberg International String Kalamazoo Junior Symphony Orchestra Competition 13 YEAR GOLDS SILVER BRONZE 2020 Dongyoungtulberg Jake Shim, violin Yeyeong Medalists Jin, violin Masha Lakisova, violin 2019 Daniel Rafimayeri, violin Nathan Le, cello Sory Park, violin 2018 Charlotte Marckx, violin La Li, cello Maya Anjali Buchanan, violin 2017 William McGregor, double bass Qing Yu Chen, violin Karisa Chiu, violin 2016 Daniel Hass, cello Zeyu Victor Li, violin Austin Haley Berman, violin 2015 Yaegy Park, violin Oliver Herbert, cello Hae Sue Lee, viola 2014 Zlatomir Fung, cello Emma Meinrenken, violin Charles Seo, cello 2013 Youjin Lee, violin Ariel Horowitz, violin Laura Park, violin 2012 Matthew Lipman, viola Brannon Cho, cello Vincent Meklis, violin 2011 Austin Huntington, cello Mayumi Kanagawa, violin Christine Lim, violin 2010 Richard Narroway, cello Benedicte Lauziere, violin Allan Steele, cello 2009 Nicholas Schwartz, double bass Ran Cheng, violin Tony Rymer, cello 2008 Matthew Allen, cello Ji-Won Song, violin Rebecca Anderson, violin 2007 Benjamin Beilman, violin Christel Lee, violin Yina Tong, cello 2006 Susan , violin Shannon Lee, violin Hiro Matsuo, cello 2005 Jinjoo Cho, violin Nikolaus Leopold, cello Bryan Lee, violin 2004 Amaury Coeytaux, violin Anna Burden, cello Miran Kim, violin 2003 Tien-Hsin Wu, violin Robin Scott, violin D. Joshua Roman, cello 2002 Emilie-Anne Gendron, violin Kathryn Eberle, violin Rachel Harding, violin 2001 Yuri Namkung, violin Nicole Kim Hanson, cello Karina Canellakis, violin 2000 Deanna Talens, cello Dylana Leung, violin Rachel Kim, violin 1999 Austin Hartman, violin Christine Kim, cello Misha Ovrutsky, violin 1998 Nicholas Crosa, violin Caroline Campbell, violin Zachary DePue, violin 1997 Madeline Adkins, violin Nicholas Crosa, violin Duke Lee, viola 1996 Corinne Chapelle, violin Sharon Roffman, violin Joel Noyes, cello 1995 Catherine Basrak, viola Soovin Kim, violin Ani Aznavoorian, cello 1994 Esther Noh, violin Ani Aznavoorian, cello Soovin Kim, violin 1993 Merrie Arnold, violin Catherine Basrak, violin Mona Knock, violin 1992 Jennifer Koh, violin Wei-Pin Kuo, violin Marjorie Bagley, violin 1991 Kirsten Johnson, viola Mona Knock, violin Brent Samuel, cello 1990 Wendy Warner, cello Jennifer Hyun-Jou Koh, violin Rachel Barton, violin 1989 Elizabeth (Lisa) Kim, violin Lisa Kim, violin Wendy Warner, cello 1988 Sang Mee Lee, violin Karen Lee, violin Joan Kwon, violin 1987 Sheryl Staples, violin Jennifer Clare Wion, violin Elizabeth Ann Larson, violin 1986 Elisa Barston, violin Rachel Barton, violin Sheryl Staples, violin 1985 Ivan Chan, violin David Perry, violin Desiree Ruhstart, violin 1984 Stephanie Arado, violin Lynne Richburg, viola Eunice Roh, violin 1983 Sarah Plum, violin Greg Sauer, cello Eunice Roh, violin 1982 Eunice Lee, violin Adela Pena, violin David Ying, cello 1981 Joshua Bell, violin Eric Kim, cello Se Yon Sandy Kim, violin 1980 Hae-Young Ham, violin Se Yon Sandy Kim, violin Joshua Bell, violin 1979 Anthony Ross, cello Hal Grossman, violin Susan Synnestvedt, violin 1978 Benny Kim, violin Susan Synnestvedt, violin Scott Woolweaver, viola 1977 Kari-Lise Ravnan, cello Cheryl House, cello Hee-Soo Kim, violin 1976 Lucia Lin, violin Cheryl House, cello Margaret Lang, viola 14 EXPLORE OUR DIGITAL PROGRAMS kalamazoomuseum.org/education

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CYNTHIA PHELPS

Violist Cynthia Phelps’s versatile career includes appearances as chamber musician, soloist, and as principal violist of the Philharmonic. She has appeared as soloist on major stages across the globe with the NY Phil, performing an extensive repertoire including specially commissioned by and Julia Adolphe. Other solo appearances include the Minnesota Orchestra, Shanghai, Vermont, and San Diego symphonies, Orquesta Sinfonica de Bilbao, and Hong Kong Philharmonic.

She has collaborated internationally with such artists as , Emanuel Ax, , , Yo-Yo Ma, , and . A much sought-after chamber musician, she performs regularly with the Boston Society, Chamber Music Society of , and at New York’s Tisch Center for the Arts at the 92nd Street Y, as well as with ensembles including the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio, and the American and Brentano string quartets.

She is a frequent guest at the Marlboro, SummerFest La Jolla, Bridgehampton, Vail, Mostly Mozart, Santa Fe, Cremona, and Schleswig-Holstein Festivals and is a founding member of Les Amies, a flute-harp-viola trio. Ms. Phelps many honors include first prize in both the Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition and the Washington National Competition, and she is a recipient of the Pro Musicis International Award. Her most recent recording, Air, was nominated for a Grammy Award, and her recordings of Harold in Italy and Unearth, Release, written for her, with the are available on iTunes.

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MITCHELL NEWMAN

Mitchell Newman is a regular participant on the LA Phil’s Chamber Music and Green Umbrella Series. He has had the opportunity to play the Mendelssohn Octet with Joshua Bell and the Thomas Ades Piano Quintet with the composer playing piano. Mr. Newman can be heard on Grammy-winning Southwest Chamber Music’s recording of the 1st and 3rd String Quartets of Carlos Chavez. He as also recorded the music of Eric Zeisl for Harmonia Mundi and Stories from My Life by Los Angeles composer Russell Steinberg. In recognition of his producing fundraising chamber music concerts for Mental Health America Long Beach he was named a Mental Health Hero by the California State Senate in 2010

Currently, Mr. Newman teaches privately and conducts the Los Angeles Children’s Chamber Orchestra in South Pasadena at the Pascale Music Institute. Each year he produces a concert for the Philharmonic featuring YOLA students and Philharmonic members playing together. He also is a volunteer for People Assisting the Homeless and Street Symphony and Street Symphony, scheduling small ensemble concerts at apartment buildings run by PATH. He is thrilled to have found and encouraged musical talent in the PATH community and has performed music by it’s residents. He also travels occasionally to work with young people at the Benning Academy, a program providing instruments and lessons to children of all backgrounds in Ensenada, Mexico.

Mr. Newman plays an Eric Benning violin made in 2016. He lives with his wife, Tricia and their crazy Border Collie, Reese.

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SARA SANT’AMBROGIO

Grammy Award-winning cellist Sara Sant’Ambrogio first leapt to international attention when she was a winner at the International Tchaikovsky Violoncello Competition in Moscow, Russia. As a result of her medal, invited Ms. Sant’Ambrogio to perform a recital that was filmed by CBS News as part of a profile about her, which was televised nationally. described Ms. Sant’Ambrogio’s New York recital debut as “sheer pleasure,” saying “There was an irresistible warmth in everything Miss Sant’Ambrogio did.”

Ms. Sant’Ambrogio has appeared as soloist with such orchestras as the Atlanta, Beijing Philharmonic, Boston, Budapest, Chicago, , Moscow State Philharmonic, Prague Chamber Orchestra, Century Orchestra (Japan), Royal Philharmonic, St. Louis, San Francisco, Seattle and Vienna Symphony; she has performed thousands of concerts on six continents at the world’s major music centers and festivals including Aspen, in , Bowl, Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, Konzert Huset in Stockholm, Marlboro, Muiskverein in Vienna, Ravinia, Orchard and Suntory Halls in Tokyo and Great Mountain Festival in Korea. Ms. Sant’Ambrogio is particularly excited to have finally performed in all 50 United States last season when she performed at the Juneau and Classics Festival in Alaska!!

Ms. Sant’Ambrogio has won numerous international competitions, including The Whitaker, The Dealey, Artists International, Palm Beach Awards and the Naumburg Award with her ensemble the Eroica Trio. Ms. Sant’Ambrogio won a Grammy Award for her performance of Bernstein’s Arias and Barcarolles and a NPR Best Debut Recording with Eroica for their Debut recording. She has been profiled in Strings, Glamour, Gramophone, Vogue, Strad, Elle, Bon Appetit, In Fashion, Travel and Leisure, Detour, Fanfare magazines as well as The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and on CBS, ABC, PBS, USA and CNN networks. Ms. Sant’Ambrogio is the subject of a feature length documentary, which has had hundreds of airings nationwide on PBS and international networks 19 Semifinalists CHRISTY CHOI Christy Choi, 18, was born in São Paulo, Brazil and began cello at the age of 6. As a soloist, she has played with many orchestras such as the Piracicaba State Orchestra, the São Paulo State Experimental Orchestra, the Institute Fukuda Orchestra and the São Paulo State University Orchestra. She has performed in some of the biggest halls, including Sala São Paulo, Teatro Municipal, Teatro Engenho de Piracicaba, Carnegie Hall, Bruno Walter Auditorium at Lincoln Center, Alice Tully Hall, and the Peter Jay Sharp Theatre at The Juilliard School. She received numerous awards in competitions, such as the Paulo Bosísio International String Competition in Brazil, Lyra Music Competition, and NY International Competition, International Grande Music Competition, and the Suburban Music Study Club Scholarship Competition, where she gave a recital in Spring Lake, NJ as the 2019 winner. She also won the Camarata Artists International Competition in 2019 and performed with the CNJ Orchestra in the in . She was named a 2020 YoungArts Foundation winner and a 2021 recipient of the Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist Award. She has served as principal cellist in the Juilliard Pre College Symphony, Juilliard Pre College Orchestra, the AMIS European Orchestra in Amsterdam, and the New York Classical Youth Ensemble. In the summer, she has attended the Perlman Music Program, Meadowmount School of Music, The Heifetz International Music Institute and the Festival Internacional de Música Erudita de Piracicaba. She currently studies in the Juilliard Pre College division with Clara Minhye Kim.

YIREH CHOI Yireh Choi, 15, started playing the cello at the age of 8 and was accepted into The Juilliard School Pre-College Division at age 12, where she began her studies with Clara Minhye Kim. She is the winner of numerous competitions including the Junior Division of the Adelphi Young Artists Competition, the Camerata Artists International Competition, the Lyra Music Competition, the SMSC Young Artist Scholarship Competition, and the Enkor International Music Competition.

She has participated in master classes with cellist Jeffrey Zeigler, Zlatomir Fung, and Fred Sherry. In the summer of 2019, Yireh was awarded a scholarship to the HeifetzPEG program of the Heifetz International Music Institute in Staunton, Virginia.

This summer, she will be participating in the Morningside Music Bridge summer festival, a full- scholarship program at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Massachusetts.

Yireh also won many awards with the Sorella consisting of her sister and best friend. They made it to the Quarter-Finalist Round of the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition and was selected to appear on NPR’s From The Top in 2020 with host Peter Dugan. She was also recently selected as a finalist for From The Top for solo performance.

When she isn’t practicing, Yireh enjoys spending time with her sister, listening to music, and eating Korean food. 20 Semifinalists GRACE HUH Grace Huh, 18, is a senior at Lynbrook High School in San Jose, California. She currently studies with Ian Swensen at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music Pre-College Division.

Grace has won numerous competitions internationally and across the nation. She is a 2021 YoungArts Finalist of the National YoungArts Foundation and participated in YoungArts Week this January, where she was also awarded the Silver Award and nominated as a U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts Candidate. Other awards include Semi-Finalist in the 2020 Kosciuszko Foundation Wieniawski Violin Competition, 2020 National YoungArts Merit Winner, First Place and the DVC Philharmonic Award at the 2018 DVC/HNU Young Artist String Competition, and First Place at the 2018 Pacific Musical Society Scholarship Competition.

She made her solo debut at the age of twelve with the Palo Alto Philharmonic Orchestra and has since then soloed with the California Youth Symphony Senior Orchestra, Diablo Valley College Philharmonic Orchestra, KAMSA Youth Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Chamber Orchestra, and the Golden State Youth Orchestra. As the Yen Liang Young Artist Competition First Place winner, she will perform with the Diablo Symphony Orchestra.

Grace has had the privilege to perform in masterclasses and work with acclaimed artists such as James Ehnes, Midori Goto, Ning Feng, Noah Bendix-Balgley, Joseph Swensen, Miriam Fried, Ani Kavafian, and William van der Sloot. Previously, she has attended the New York String Orchestra Seminar and YellowBarn Young Artists Program.

This summer, Grace will return to Morningside Music Bridge as a full scholarship recipient.

For the Stulberg’s 2021 competition, Grace plays on a made c1710, loaned from Bryan Campbell.

Nayoun was born in and began playing violin at the age of four. She was admitted to the Yewon Arts Middle School before she got admitted into the Pre-college division of The Juilliard School at the age of twelve where she currently studies with Professor Li Lin.

She was awarded both the first and grand prize of for the CAI International Competition (2021), winner for the Juilliard Pre-College Concerto Competition (2019), finalist for From the Top, and also won a 5th Hong Kong International Violin Competition when she was eight years old. 21 NAYOUN BLAIRESemifinalists KIM Nayoun Blaire Kim has also won a number of National Competitions while she was living in Korea including getting featured on the Korean Educational Program as the violin prodigy when she was 9 with her mentor/ professor Ik-Hwan Bae, and Korean Youth Newspaper as the grand-prize winner of their competition, resulting a scholarship.

Nayoun has performed in variety of places. She has toured internationally with orchestras such as An Die Musik Philharmonia and the Philharmonic Orchestra in Korea and the . She was a performer for the Young Tchaikovsky International Violin Competition’s opening ceremony in Seoul, South Korea.

Nayoun was selected as one of twelve in Crans-Montana Summer Camp hosted by Maestro at the age of 12 and she is planning to attend the Perlman Music Program starting this summer 2021.

Nayoun is currently a junior in Academy of the Holy Angels, Demarest .

CHELSIE LIM Chelsie Lim, 16, was born in Australia. She moved to the United States at the age of 3, and began learning cello from her mother at 8. She was accepted into the Pre-College program at the Juilliard School of Music in 2015 at 10, where she began her studies with Clara Kim.

Chelsie was a semi-finalist of the 10th International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians in Astana, Kazakhstan (2017). She was awarded a scholarship to the HeifetzPEG program of the Heifetz International Music Institute in Staunton, Virginia (2017), and was chosen to perform in their “Stars of Tomorrow” concert series.

Chelsie was a Gold Medalist of the Bravura Philharmonic’s 10th annual Young Artists Concerto Competition (2018). She was the 1st place winner of Lyra Music Competition (2019), and a gold medalist with high distinction in the 3rd Berliner International Music Competition (2019). Chelsie was named a YoungArts Honorable Mention Winner in 2020 and a YoungArts Finalist for the 2021 season. She is also a recipient of the Grace Gimbel scholarship (2020). She was the first place winner of the Caprio Young Artists Competition (2020). Chelsie was a participant of the Morningside Music Bridge summer festival, a full- scholarship program, in , Poland (2018). She is now a participant of the Perlman Music Program, led by Toby and Itzhak Perlman.

Chelsie has studied and participated in master classes with cellists Laurence Lesser, Colin Carr, Steven Doane, Yu Wei, Kirill Rodin, Zvi Plesser, and Astrid Schween. She is also a founding member of Ponticelli Music, a nonprofit organization dedicated to sharing music and creating a difference in the community. Her string quartet at Juilliard Pre-College was invited to perform in the 19th annual Juilliard ChamberFest 2020. Orchestrally, she was a principal cellist of the Pre-College Symphony at the Juilliard School of Music in 2018 and 2019. 22 SERIN PARKSemifinalists Born in New York City, Serin Isabelle Park is a seventeen-year- old violinist. She has performed in prestigious halls throughout New York, Virginia, , Germany, and Switzerland. Solo appearances include performances with Allentown Symphony Orchestra with conductor Diane Wittry, Orchestra of Camerata, Concert Festival Orchestra, Juilliard Pre College String Ensemble with conductor Radu Paponiu, Ensemble 212, New York International Chamber Orchestra, and Park Avenue Chamber Symphony with maestros David Bernard and Alex Wen.

Serin was featured in NPR’s From The Top Radio Show 378, won top prizes at the Singapore Violin Festival and Blount Slawson Young Artist Competition, and was recently accepted into NYO-USA.

In light of the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election, Serin performed as concertmaster at the premiere of the “Voter’s Broadcast” conducted and composed by Lisa Bielawa to encourage voter participation and political awareness. Additionally, Serin was part of the collaborative album “Transformation” with Grammy-nominated Nathalie Joachim, in which Serin’s sample was broadcasted on BBC News in July 2020.

A recipient of the President’s Award for Academic Excellence and an award from the U.S. Senate for contributions to the Artistic Value, Serin is Co-President of Special Music School High School’s student government and Scholastic Art and Writing Award Gold Key winner. Serin currently studies with Catherine Cho in her seventh year at the Juilliard Pre-College. BOBBY BOOGYEOM PARK Bobby Park, 15 (Seoul, Korea) moved to the United States in 2017 to study violin with Ms. Catherine Cho at Juilliard Pre-College. He began also studying with Mr. Donald Weilerstein in 2017.

Bobby began playing the violin at the age of 7. He has been a guest soloist at international concerts and festivals including the Shanghai International Arts Festival at Oriental Art Center in Shanghai.

He has also performed with the Russian Symphony Orchestra in Moscow and New Shanghai Orchestra. He won first prize at the 14th IRRCMC Competition in Moscow. He won first prize at the 8th New York International Music Competition (Lincoln Center) and first prize and Judge’s Distinction Award at the American Protégé International Competition (Carnegie Hall).

As first-prize winner at the NYCP Orchestra Concerto Competition, he performed with the NYCP Orchestra twice (Liederkranz Hall, Carnegie Hall). Bobby was the first-place winner of the Juilliard Pre-College Concerto Competition. He was awarded both the first and grand prize for the CAI Competition and performed with the CNJ Orchestra (Merkin Hall).

Bobby was featured in the Stars of Tomorrow concert twice at the Heifetz Institute. He is a member of CIM and regularly performs. Bobby was featured on the NPR radio program “From the Top” with violinist Tessa Lark. He was selected as a student in Dorothy DeLay Master Class Series with . Bobby is also scheduled to perform with and five other Pre-College students collaborating with the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra in Carnegie Hall this upcoming June. 23 Semifinalists

EVAN TSAI Evan Tsai, 18, grew up in Taipei, Taiwan, and moved to Baton Rouge, Louisiana in his childhood. Currently, he is a senior and Oscar Tang Scholar at Phillips Academy Andover. Evan began his musical training on piano and cello when he was 4 years old with his mother, Taiwanese- American bassist Yung-Chiao Wei. He started playing the double bass when he was 13 years old and made his debut performance with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra as a winner of the LPO’s Young Artist Concerto Competition after only playing the bass for 10 months. His awards include 3rd Prize Winner of the 2017 International Society of Bassist Solo Competition Age 14 and Under, Finalist and Honorable Mention of the 2019 ISB Solo Competition Age 15-18, winner of the National YoungArts Foundation (2018-2020), 2018 Monroe Symphony League Emerging Artists 3rd Prize, 1st Prize Winner of the 2018 Louisiana Bass Fest Age 18 and Under, Silver Medal Recipient in the 4th Manhattan International Music Competition String division, and the 2019 New Taipei City Music Stars Competition, which resulted a solo recital in the New Taipei City Arts Center sponsored by the New Taipei City Government and the New Taipei City Department of Culture Affairs.

In 2020, Evan was awarded the 3rd Prize at the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s Young Artists Concerto Competition, 3rd prize in the Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s Lynn Harrell Concerto Competition and was selected to participate in NYO-USA. His piano trio, the Phillips Trio, was awarded the Gold Medal in the 2020 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition in the Junior Strings Division. He was also recently selected as a 2021 U.S. Presidential Scholars candidate.

Evan was invited to participate in the 2018 YoungArts Miami Conference, which culminated in a concert in the Miami Theater. He also toured throughout Taiwan that year, ending in his debut at the National Concert Hall in Taipei, Taiwan. In 2019, he performed solo recitals in the New Taipei City Arts Center and debuted in the National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, Weiwuying.

As an orchestral musician, Evan was the principal bassist of the Louisiana Youth Orchestra from 2017-2018 and the Phillips Academy Chamber Orchestra and Symphony Orchestra in 2018-2019. He joined the Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra in 2018 under Maestro Benjamin Zander, and is currently the principal cellist of the Phillips Academy Orchestras. He is currently studying double bass with Lawrence Wolfe and Yung-chiao Wei, and cello with Jan Müller-Szeraws. 24 Semifinalists KEILA WAKAO Keila Wakao was born in 2006 and began playing the violin at the age of three. The late Mr. Joseph Silverstein accepted Keila as a student when she was six years old. She currently studies with Donald Weilerstein and Soovin Kim from the New England Conservatory of Music.

Keila has won numerous competitions since the age of seven, including the NEC Prep Concerto Competition, the New England Philharmonic Young Artist Competition and the Junior Division of the Adelphi Orchestra Young Artist Competition as well as second place overall among others. Keila gave her first solo performance with an orchestra at nine years old.

Since then, she has performed solos and recitals throughout Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Japan, and Germany. In 2017, Keila was invited to speak and perform at TEDxBeaconStreet. During the summers of 2018 and 2019, she was the youngest participant in the Perlman Music Program.

LAUREN YOON Violinist, Lauren Yoon, 12, is studying with Professor Masao Kawasaki at the Juilliard School Pre-College Division. Prior to attending Juilliard, Lauren studied with Paul Arnold of the and with Nicolette Solomon of Suzuki Music Institute in Dallas.

Lauren is a first prize winner in many competitions including the 2021 Camerata Artists International Concerto Competition, the 2020 International Grande Music Competition, the 2020 Bravura Young Artist Concerto Competition, the 2018 Southeastern Symphony Orchestra Young Artist Competition, the 2016 AADGT International Young Gifted Musicians Festival, and the 2016 American Protégé International Concerto Competition.

She made her first orchestral debut at the age of 8 with the New York Concerti Sinfonietta at the Carnegie Weill Hall. She also performed with the Capital Philharmonic Orchestra and the Southeastern Pennsylvania Symphony Orchestra.

In addition to solo performances, Lauren enjoys playing chamber and orchestral music. She was the youngest violinist of the Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra 2016-2017 and also the Philadelphia Young Artist Orchestra 2018-2019. 25 EENA YOONSemifinalists Eena Yoon was brought into the musical life at the age of 3 where she began playing the piano and fueled her melodic passion. Within a few years, she would bring herself to the tutelage of Ashley Choi where she uncovered her innate love for the cello. Currently, at the age of 17, Eena is studying under the guidance of David Hetherington, and Andres Diaz through the Royal Conservatory’s Phil and Eli Taylor Performance Academy of Young Artists.

Eena was given the opportunity to study at many prestigious festivals including Meadowmount, and Morningside Music Bridge, while learning with many incredible musicians such as Alisa Weilerstien, Joseph Jonhson, Zvi Plesser, Colin Carr, and Hans Jorgen Jensen.

Her first solo debut was at the age of 15 with the Greater Toronto Philharmonic Orchestra, where she is now a recurring artist. She has also had the honor of performing with the Symphony on Bay Orchestra and the Scarborough Philharmonic Orchestra.

SEAN YU Sean Yu is a 16-year-old cellist, who was accepted into the Juilliard School Pre-College division at the young age of 9 and has been studying with Minhye Clara Kim ever since.

Sean won 4th prize at the 10th International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians in Astana, Kazakhstan and performed as a soloist with the Eurasian Symphony Orchestra of KazNUA at the Kazakhstan Central Concert Hall at the age of 12.

Sean was invited to Moscow under the Spivakov Foundation and performed at Bolshoi Theatre in 2019. Additionally, Sean was a Semi-Finalist of the Stulberg International String Competition in 2020 and the Grand Prize winner of 2021 Enkor International Music Competition. Furthermore, Sean was a winner of the 2020 National YoungArts Competition and at the 2020 MTNA(Music Teacher National Association) National Strings Competition.

Sean has also been featured as soloist with the New York International Chamber Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, the Sinfonietta Nova Orchestra, the New York Chamber Players Orchestra, Camerata Orchestra, and St. Thomas Orchestra as result of winning numerous competitions. He is also scheduled to perform with the Bravura Philharmonic Orchestra and the American Chamber Orchestra this spring. Selected to appear on National Public Radio’s “From the Top” with Host Christopher O’Riley, he also performed at NEC’s Jordan Hall in 2016.

At the age of 12, Sean was accepted into the Perlman Music Program, where he has since been spending 7 weeks every summer intensively studying chamber music, solo performance, and orchestral music under the tutelage of Itzhak Perlman, Merry Peckham, Areta Zhulla, Astrid Schween, and Zvi Plesser. In addition, Sean participated at the Interlaken Classics in Switzerland and studied under Professor David Geringas in 2019. 26

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