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Trio Eris Reaches Finals at Naumburg Competition

December 10, 2025

Trio Eris Reaches Finals at Naumburg Competition

Trio Eris, NEC’s Piano Trio in Residence, reached the finals of the Walter W. Naumburg Foundation’s 2025 Chamber Music Competition. The trio — violinist K.J. McDonald ’25 GD, ’26 MM, cellist Annie SeEun Hyung ’26 MM, and pianist Andrew Jun Chen ’24 MM, ’26 GD — is mentored at NEC by pianist Vivian Hornik Weilerstein, who directs the Professional Piano Trio program.

The Terra Quartet, which includes two NEC alumni — violinist Harriet Langley ’17 and cellist Audrey Chen ’19 Harvard/NEC won the competition.

Last year, the Naumburg Foundation held its International Cello Competition. The winner, NEC alumnus Leland Ko ’24 AD, will perform a recital presented by the foundation in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall on Thursday, December 11. 

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