Previous Next Katherine Lerner Lee VAP '23soprano Press photosBorn and raised in Brooklyn, NY, Katherine Lerner Lee enjoys a varied career singing opera, art song, chamber music and new works. She was named a winner of the 2021 Bard Conservatory Concerto Competition, and, as a member of Bard’s...
Ken Hakiiviola Press photosKen Hakii started playing the violin at the age of four. He studied violin at Tokyo University of the Arts, and viola at graduate school. He has won the Min-On Chamber Music Competition and the 1st Kirishima Music Festival Grand Prize, and received...
Hiromi Kikuchiviolin Press photosHiromi Kikuchi began learning the violin at the age of three and won the National Competition of Japan at the age of ten. She studied with Saschko Gawriloff, Henryk Szeryng, Nathan Milstein, and members of the Amadeus Quartet. After she won various international...
Previous Next Rosemary Nelis '17viola First photo by Dario Acosta Photography; second and third photos by Eva Ravel PhotographyPress photosViolist Rosemary Nelis has performed as chamber musician and soloist throughout the United States and Europe. She has spent her career as a champion of contemporary music, working with...
Previous Next Luosha Fang '10violin & viola First photo by Vanessa Briceño PhotographyPress photosViolinist and violist Luosha Fang has performed as a violin soloist with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Louisville Orchestra, and the American, Atlantic, West Virginia, and Bay-Atlantic Symphonies. She recorded George Tsontakis’s double violin concerto...
Previous Next Sun-Ly Pierce VAP '19mezzo-soprano First photo by Dario Acosta Photography Press photosDuring the 2022-23 season, Chinese-American mezzo-soprano Sun-Ly Pierce returns to Houston Grand Opera to sing the role of Jack and cover Thirza in Dame Ethel Smyth's opera The Wreckers. She will also make role and house...
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...