Nick Eanet, violin
A native of Brooklyn, Nick Eanet has been the concertmaster of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra since 1999. He studied at The Juilliard School with Dorothy DeLay and Robert Mann. He has performed as soloist with the New York Philharmonic, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, the Minnesota orchestra, Orpheus, and others. He has been on the faculty of Harvard University, The Juilliard School and North Carolina School of the Arts. As former first violinist of The Juilliard String Quartet, Mr. Eanet has performed throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia, and was the recipient of a 2011 Grammy award for lifetime achievement.

Joshua Horowitz, tsimbl and 19th Century accordion
Joshua Horowitz received his Masters degree in Composition and Music Theory from the Academy of Music in Graz, Austria, where he taught Music Theory and served as Research Fellow and Director of the Klezmer Music Research Project for eight years. He is the founder and director of the ensemble Budowitz, a founding member of Veretski Pass and has performed with Rubin and Horowitz, Brave Old World, Adrienne Cooper and Ruth Yaakov. His music was recently featured in the British film, “Some of my best friends are... Jewish / Muslim”, awarded the Sandford St. Martin Trust Religious Broadcasting Award and is also featured in the new film by Jes Benstock, "The Holocaust Tourist".   Joshua taught Advanced Jazz Theory at Stanford University with the late saxophonist Stan Getz and is a regular teacher at  KlezKamp, The Albuquerque Academy and Klez Kanada. His musicological work is featured in four books, including The Sephardic Songbook with Aron Saltiel and The Ultimate Klezmer, and he has written numerous articles on the counterpoint of J.S. Bach. His recordings with Veretski Pass,  Budowitz, the Vienna Chamber Orchestra. Rubin & Horowitz and Alicia Svigals, have achieved international recognition and he is the recipient of more than 40 awards, including the Prize of Honor for his orchestral composition, Tenebrae, presented by the Austrian government. Beside his work as a musician, he led the first post-WWII music therapy group at the pioneering Beratungszentrum in Graz, Austria. He is currently working on a book of his essays for Scarecrow Press. Joshua lives in Madison, CT.

Kyu Young Kim, violin
Kyu-Young Kim is one of the most versatile and accomplished violinists of his generation.  Hailed by John von Rhein of the Chicago Tribune for his “flawless musical and technical command”, Kim is an active soloist and chamber musician.  Most recently he performed in Carnegie Hall and in the major halls of Europe, including the Musikverein (Vienna), the Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), the Philharmonie (Cologne, the Cité de la Musique (Paris), the Mozarteum (Salzburg), the Palais des Beaux Arts (Brussels), the Festpielhaus (Baden-Baden), and the Megaron (Athens).  As a founding member of the Daedalus Quartet, winners of the Grand Prize at the 2001 Banff International String Quartet Competition, he has toured throughout the U.S., Europe, Canada, Japan and Panama, and is now a member of Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s Chamber Music Two Program. He has appeared as soloist with the Korea Broadcasting System (KBS) Symphony Orchestra, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, of which he served as Associate Concertmaster for five years, the Amadeus Chamber Orchestra of Poland, and the Bloomington Symphony Orchestra. As a recitalist, he has performed throughout the U.S. and in Korea, Japan, Germany, and New Zealand.

Mr. Kim is a recipient of the 2007 Martin E. Segal Award from Lincoln Center in recognition of outstanding young artists from the Lincoln Center community.  As a former member of the Pacifica String Quartet, Mr. Kim won the prestigious Naumburg Chamber Music Award in 1998 and served as an artist-in-residence for National Public Radio’s “Performance Today.”  Mr. Kim’s other chamber music activities have included collaborations with pianist Gary Graffman and the Juilliard String Quartet, and performances with the Chicago Contemporary Players, the Aspen Contemporary Ensemble, the DaCapo Chamber Players, and the New Juilliard Ensemble. He has toured on four continents with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, and has performed with the Sejong Soloists.  Widely recognized for his teaching and musical outreach activities, Kim has served on the faculties of Columbia University, the University of Chicago, the Music Institute of Chicago, and the Interlochen Summer Festival, among others, and has given outreach concerts to young audiences throughout the United States.  Mr. Kim has received degrees from the Curtis Institute, the Juilliard School, and the Cleveland Institute of Music, and has studied with Donald Weilerstein, Robert Mann, Jaime Laredo, Yumi Scott and Shirley Givens. www.renegadeclassicproductions.com/soyulla.htm and www.daedalusquartet.com

Kathryn Lockwood, viola
Kathryn Lockwood has been distinguished as a violist of exceptional talents in reviews around  the country. The Cleveland Plain Dealer proclaimed, “...Lockwood played the  vociferous viola cadenza with mahogany beauty and vivid character.” 2005 marked  the release of Kathryn’s solo recital CD of Viola Music by Inessa Zaretsky,  “Fireoptics”, which Strad declared “Lockwood is absolutely inside the music's  idiom finding appropriate tonal shadings”.  Kathryn is  a member of the internationally renowned Lark Quartet, and has  been guest artist with ensembles such as Trio Solisti, The Muir Quartet, and  Triple Helix, and has collaborated with artists Branford Marsalis, Cho-Liang  Lin, and the Bill T Jones Dance Company. A native of Australia ,  Kathryn moved to the US in 1991 and captured solo awards at the Primrose International Viola  Competition, and The Washington International Competition for Strings. As a  founding member of the Pacifica Quartet, she was heard live in residence on  National Public Radio's "Performance Today" and on the stages of Carnegie Hall,  Alice Tully Hall, and at The Ravinia Festival.  She has recorded for  Cedille records, including a collaboration with Guarneri String Quartet violist  Michael Tree and for Arabesque and Bribie Recordings.  Recent  faculty positions include University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Boston  University Tanglewood Institute, and in the past, Northwestern University ,University of Chicago ,  Interlochen Academy, Music Institute of Chicago, and National Music Camp in Australia .  She earned her master's degree with Donald McInnes at the University of Southern  California and her Bachelor of Music degree from the Queensland Conservatorium of Music  with Elizabeth Morgan.

Described by critics around the world for their “superb” and “extraordinary” musicianship, Kathryn Lockwood and Yousif Sheronick join forces in a rare combination of viola and percussion.  With heritages stretching as far as Australia, Lebanon and the United States, duoJalal is truly a duo of the world.  Drawing from their melting pot home of New York City, duoJalal has commissioned composers in the fields of Jazz, European Classical and World Traditions encompassing diverse and creative repertoire that is both aurally and visually alluring.  Along side the viola, the percussion batterie includes the durbahek (goblet drum) and riq (tambourine) from the Middle East as well as the West African djembe and frame drums from around the globe. www.larkquartet.com

Blair McMillen, piano
Blair McMillen has established himself as one of the most sought-after and versatile pianists today.  His repertoire spans from late-medieval keyboard manuscripts to the 21^st century.  Recent performances include solo appearances with the American Symphony Orchestra in Carnegie Hall, the Albany Symphony, Juilliard Orcehstra, Miller Theatre, the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Caramoor, CalArts, the Institute for Advanced Study, and “Music for the New Century” at Columbia University.  His first CD “Soundings;” featuring music of Debussy, Scriabin, Liszt, and Bolcom; was released to wide critical acclaim.  Other recent solo recordings include “Powerhouse Pianists” on Lumiere, “Concert Music of Fred Hersch” on Naxos, and “Multiplicities: Born in ‘38” on Centaur.   Mr. McMillen recently made his Carnegie Hall debut as soloist, under the baton of David Robertson. 

Dedicated to new and groundbreaking projects, Blair McMillen is intensely committed to performing the music of today.  He has premiered hundreds of pieces, and constantly works with both established and emerging composers in commissioning new works for the piano.  Pianist for the Naumburg Award-winning Da Capo Chamber Players, Mr. McMillen plays regularly with the downtown-NYC based Avian Orchestra, the Locrian Chamber Players, and the American Modern Ensemble, among others.  He is a graduate of the Juilliard School, Oberlin College, and the Manhattan School of Music. An active educator, improviser, and self-taught jazz pianist, he serves on the faculty at Bard College and Conservatory.   www.blairmcmillen.com

Joan Panetti, piano & composition
Joan Panetti, garnered first prizes at the Peabody Conservatory and the Conservatoire de Musique in Paris. She received her B.A. degree from Smith College before coming to the Yale School of Music, where she received the D.M.A. in 1974. Her principal mentors were Olivier Messiaen, Yvonne Loriod, Wilhelm Kempff, Alvin Etler, Mel Powell, and Donald Currier. She has toured extensively in the United States and Europe and performs frequently as a soloist and in chamber music ensembles. Most recently, she recorded a disc of works by Schumann, Schubert, Debussy, and Gershwin with her faculty colleague, violinist Syoko Aki, for the Epson label. Joan Panetti's recent compositions include three fantasies (violin and piano, oboe and piano, and cello and piano) as well as songs for mezzo-soprano and piano. In 2004-2005 she performed her piano quintet, In a Dark Time, the Eye Begins to See, with the Tokyo Quartet in Pasadena, San Francisco, at the College of Arts and Architecture at Penn State, and at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall in New York. The work, commissioned by Music Accord, received wide acclaim. Her piano trio, The Instant Gathers, commissioned by the St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble, was premiered in June 2006 at the Chelsea Art Museum with the composer at the piano. Her most recent composition, A gust inside the god, for chorus and chamber ensemble was commissioned by the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival for its centenary and premiered in August 2006. Ms. Panetti has served for the past thirty years on the faculties of Yale College and the Yale School of Music, where she has developed a nationally recognized course, Hearing, that emphasizes the interaction between performers and composers. She was also on the faculties of Swarthmore College and Princeton University. In January 2007, Ms. Panetti conducted an interactive workshop on Hearing at the Chamber Music America National Conference in New York. In May 2007, she also taught aspects of the Hearing program, coached chamber music, and gave composition classes at the Central Conservatory in Beijing, China. Ms. Panetti was director of the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival and The Yale Summer School of Music and Art from 1981 to 2003. She is the recipient of the Luise Voschergian Award for excellence in teaching from Harvard University, the Nadia Boulanger Award from the Longy School in Boston, and the Ian Mininberg Distinguished Alumni Award from the Yale School of Music. She was named the Sylvia and Leonard Marx, Jr. Professor of Music at Yale University in 2004.www.yale.edu/music/faculty.html (Musicianship)

Pitnarry Shin, ‘cello
Pitnarry Shin is a dynamic soloist and chamber musician and has been praised in Strad magazine for her beautiful tone and passionate interpretations in her New York debut recital at Weill Hall, Carnegie Hall.  She has toured throughout the United States, Europe, and her native Korea.  Ms. Shin has performed as soloist with the Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) Symphony Orchestra, the Yale Symphony Orchestra, the Springfield Symphony Orchestra, the Queens Symphony Orchestra, and the Bloomington Symphony Orchestra.  She has also appeared at many of the leading international festivals including the Ravinia Festival, the Edinburgh and Dartington Festivals (England), Colmar and Evian Festivals (France), Banff Festival (Canada), and the Piatigorsky Seminar. Ms. Shin was the recipient of a Fulbright Grant to Germany, which allowed her to participate and perform in several European festivals such as the Manchester Festival, the Kronberg Festival, and the Ensemble InterContemporain Summer Festival, where she played solo cello under Pierre Boulez.  As a chamber musician, Ms. Shin has toured throughout South Korea with the Chung Trio.  She is a recipient of the Lincoln Center Chamber Music Prize and is a founding member of the Soyulla Duo, along with her husband, violinist Kyu-Young Kim. The Soyulla Duo won the prestigious McKnight Fellowship in 2002 and has toured throughout the United States and Korea.

Ms. Shin can be heard on the Grammy nominated recording of Dominick Argento’s music on the Gothic label as well as Koch and New World Records.  Ms. Shin’s other projects have included collaborations with Yo Yo Ma at the Tanglewood Festival on the Silk Road Project, the American premiere of Paul McCartney’s production of  “A Garland For Linda” to help raise money for cancer research, and touring with the Mark Morris Dance Company as solo cellist.  Ms. Shin has served as co-principal cellist with the London Symphony Orchestra and as acting principal of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra.  She has also played with the New York Philharmonic, most recently on their historic North Korea tour, and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.  She was a member of the Minnesota Orchestra from 2001-2006. She received her musical education at the Curtis Institute of Music, Yale University Music School, where she received the Aldo Parisot-Yo Yo Ma Prize upon graduation, and the Juilliard School of Music. www.cnyclassicalcds.com/soyulla.htm

Wei-Yi Yang, piano
Internationally acclaimed pianist Wei-Yi Yang enjoys a flourishing concert career, appearing before audiences in North and Central Americas, Asia, Europe, and Australia in solo recitals, chamber music concerts and with symphony orchestras. Most recently, Mr. Yang was praised by the New York Times as the soloist in a “Sensational” performance of Messiaen's Turangalîla-Symphonie at Carnegie Hall. Winner of the Gold medal and Grand Prize in the Fifth San Antonio International Piano Competition, Mr. Yang has performed in such prestigious venues as Lincoln Center, Steinway Hall, Merkin Hall in New York, the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., the Kumho Art Hall in Seoul, South Korea, the Royal Scottish Academy of Music in Glasgow, Scotland, the Great Hall in Leeds, England, the Royal Dublin Society in Dublin, Ireland, and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in Sydney, among many other major concert stages around the world.  An avid chamber musician, Mr. Yang has performed with members of some of the world's finest ensembles, including the New York Philharmonic, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, Chicago Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, the Minnesota Orchestra, Orpheus and Saint Paul Chamber Orchestras, the London Symphony, Singapore Symphony, Orquestra do Estado de Sao Paulo, and Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society.  Born in Taiwan of Chinese and Japanese heritage, Mr. Yang was first educated in the United Kingdom, then as a scholarship recipient under the tutelage of Russian pianist Arkady Aronov at New York City's Manhattan School of Music. Additionally, Mr. Yang has worked with such artists as Claude Frank, Peter Frankl, Vera Gornostaeva, Byron Janis, Murray Perahia, and the late Hans Graf. Under the guidance of Boris Berman, Mr. Yang was awarded a doctorate in musical arts by Yale University in 2004.  Mr. Yang's performances have been featured around the globe via international television, radio, and web broadcasting medias, and he has appeared at festivals in Novi Sad (Serbia), Monterrey (Mexico), Kotor (Montenegro), Norfolk (Connecticut), Napa Valley and La Jolla (California). Wei-Yi Yang joined the faculty at Yale University in 2005. www.yale.edu/music/faculty.html

Guest Artist Ensembles

duoJalal
Acclaimed chamber musicians, violist Kathryn Lockwood and percussionist Yousif Sheronick perform together as duoJalal, dazzling audiences around the world with their artistry and synergy. Known for their work with LARK Quartet and Ethos Percussion Group, duoJalal explores musical traditions that cross the globe. The true depth of their virtuosity and musical versatility is revealed as they weave classical and world traditions into western chamber music sensibilities. Recent performances include venues and festivals throughout the US and Australia.

This remarkable blend of melody and rhythm creates a musical conversation unlike any other. The viola is augmented with the sounds of the durbakeh (goblet drum) and riq (tambourine) from the Middle East, the West African djembe, and numerous frame drums from around the globe. From Philip Glass, to Derek Bermel to John Patitucci, composers are eager to contribute to duoJalal’s repertoire as their view of the musical world is all-encompassing. duoJalal’s name is inspired by the 13th century poet Jalal Rumi, whose visions, words, and life teach the world how to reach inner peace and happiness and that people of all religions and backgrounds can live together in peace and harmony.

The Horowitz-Segelstein Duo
The Horowitz-Segelstein Duo offers a unique and exciting combination of virtuosic musicianship and raw energy that has excited concertgoers across the world. Playing in an unbound, energetic village style, this veteran duo plays Jewish Instrumental music of historical Eastern Europe; melodies from Ukraine, Carpathian-Ruthenia, Bessarabia and Rumania. Much of this rare music has been gleaned from field recordings gathered by the musicians themselves in over 14 countries spanning over 20 years. With its colorful instrumentation, unique arrangements and compositions, this seminal duo carries on the ancient tradition of klezmer musicians, playing music of all kinds, but with a recognizably Jewish sound.

Their music has won numerous awards, among them BBC’s Critics Circle award for best CD, the Belgian Gandalf Award for Best Concert and The Viennese Fritz Spielmann Award. They have twice been chosen as ambassadors representing traditional Jewish Music of Eastern Europe for the German World Exhibition of Klezmer History (Klezmerwelten) and have headlined the Jewish Music Festival of the University of London. They have been featured in concerts worldwide at the most prestigious venues, such as the Amsterdam Concertgebeouw and the Vienna Concert Hall and their CDs have repeatedly been on the 10-best recordings lists of journalists. Cookie’s unique Jewish violin style was featured for the Jewish wedding scene on HBO’s “Sex and the City” and Josh's compositons provided the music for Jes Benstock's award-winning  film “The Holocaust Tourist." As well as for the German TV series, "Berlin, Berlin."

 Soyulla Ensemble
At the core of the Soyulla Ensemble, a chamber music group with a unique and dynamic approach to the performance of ensemble repertoire, are three distinctively diverse and versatile musicians: a musical couple, Kyu-Young Kim (former Associate Concertmaster of Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, current first violin of the Daedalus Quartet) and Pitnarry Shin (former cellist with the Minnesota Orchestra, regular cellist with the New York Philharmonic), and Wei-Yi Yang (Associate Professor of Piano, Yale University).  Founded in 2001, the Soyulla Ensemble's singular approach to programming is what makes this chamber music ensemble distinct.  In addition to studying and performing the traditional chamber music repertory, from duo and trio materials to quartet and sextet repertoire, the Ensemble focuses on exploring contemporary and lesser known chamber music.  Collaborating with some of today's finest musicians ranging from key performers of major orchestras in the United States to renowned solo artists, the Soyulla Ensemble has gained recognition and support from audiences across the States.  The musicians of Soyulla have been awarded the prestigious McKnight Fellowship (2002) in Minnesota, and perform regularly on chamber music series in the Twin Cities, as well as the “Music in the Vineyards” Festival in Napa Valley, California.  The Soyulla Ensemble's dedication and intensity have prompted the support of Minnesota Public Radio (MPR), which has regularly recorded and broadcasted the Ensemble's performances.  The Soyulla Ensemble's projects have included the commissioning and premiering of a new work by Jonathan Cole, one of England's most acclaimed young composers, and performances during the opening week celebration at the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Center in September 2004.  The Soyulla Ensemble recently made its New York debut at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall, in addition to making its debut tour of South Korea.  The Ensemble has also performed at Yale University, and has given master classes throughout the United States and Korea.