Zhao Xiaoxiaguqin Press photosZhao Xiaoxia is a master teacher of guqin at the Central Conservatory of Music, visiting scholar at the Royal Danish Academy of Music, China, and visiting professor at Singapore Raffles Music College. Since 1995, she has studied under the guidance of Professor Li...
Patricia Westleysoprano Press photosNew Zealand-American soprano Patricia Westley recently made her debut at Teatro la Fenice as First Niece in the company’s premiere production of Peter Grimes and Amarillo Opera as Gretel in Hänsel und Gretel. This season she made her Charlotte Symphony debut as Soprano...
Stella Chenviolin Press photosAmerican violinist Stella Chen took first prize at the 2019 Queen Elizabeth International Violin Competition, followed by the 2020 Avery Fisher Career Grant and 2020 Lincoln Center Emerging Artist Award. Since then, she has appeared across North America and beyond in concerto, recital,...
Naomi Wooconductor Press photosNaomi Woo is a prominent young Canadian conductor and pianist. The current Assistant Conductor and Community Ambassador of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, she is a frequent guest conductor across Canada and is a finalist for the position of Artistic and Music Director of...
Le Bubass-baritone Press photosLe Bu is a bass-baritone from Yancheng, China currently in his first year in the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program at the Metropolitan Opera, and 2022 Grand Finals Winner of the Met’s Laffont Competition. This season, he made his Met debut as a...
Jonah Hoskinstenor Press photosHailing from Utah, tenor Jonah Hoskins is now in his third year as a member of the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program at the Metropolitan Opera. During the Met’s 2022–23 season, he sings Gastone in La Traviata and Nemorino in L’Elisir d’Amore. Early...
Cierra Byrdmezzo-soprano Press photosCierra Byrd is a mezzo-soprano from Ohio now in her third year in the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program at the Metropolitan Opera. During the 2021–22 season, she made her Met debut as Bertha in Terence Blanchard’s Fire Shut Up in My Bones....
Meigui Zhangsoprano Press photosMeigui Zhang will represent China in the 2023 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition. She makes debuts with the Los Angeles Opera as Zerlina in Don Giovanni and with the Boston Symphony at Tanglewood as Despina in Così fan tutte. She also...
Previous Next Evren Ozelpiano Press photosPianist Evren Ozel performs frequently throughout the United States as a soloist and chamber musician. His playing has earned him success in several major piano competitions, such as the Dublin Competition, the Cooper Competition, and the U.S. National Chopin Competition, the last of...
Previous Next Nikki Chooiviolin Photos by Den SweeneyPress photosViolinist Nikki Chooi is a recipient of prizes at the Queen Elizabeth and Tchaikovsky Competitions, and was awarded 1st Prize Winner of the Montreal Symphony's ManuLife Competition, the Klein International Strings Competition, and the Michael Hill International Violin Competition.Mr. Chooi...