Strings

Sam Ou
Event
Sam Ou | Prep Faculty Cello Recital
NEC: Pierce Hall
David France closes his eyes and plays his violin, with dappled evening light in the background.
News
Sistema Fellow David France a WBUR ‘Change Agent’
Roxbury Youth Orchestra founder David France is an alumnus of the Sistema Fellows program at NEC.
Angela Qianwen Shen leans against a white wall. She is looking away from the camera. Her hair is styled in an updo and her hands rest on her hips.
News
Q&A with Angela Qianwen Shen ’14 MM, ’16 GD: On the Met Opera Orchestra
Angela Qianwen Shen ’14 MM, ’16 GD recently won a position in the first violin section of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.
Josephine Mages poses with her first prize
News
“Small Fry” Fiddle Champion
NEC Prep student Josephine Arnold Mages won first prize in the National Oldtime Fiddlers Contest Small Fry division (8 and under).
Alexander Hersh plays the cello
News
Cellist Alexander Hersh ’15, ’17 MM Wins National Federation of Music Clubs' Young Artist Competition
The National Federation of Music Clubs has announced the four 1st prize winners at its 2019 Young Artist Competition in Greenwood, Indiana, United States, including alumnus Alexander Hersh ’15, ’17 MM.
Jonah Ellsworth headshot - Jonah smiles with cello
News
Jonah Ellsworth a St. Botolph Club Foundation 2019 Emerging Artist
Cellist Jonah Ellsworth ’12 Prep, ’18, ’20 MM studies with Laurence Lesser.
Zlatomir Fung with Maestro Nikolai Alexeev at the 2019 Tchaikovsky Competition
News
Prep Alumnus Zlatomir Fung Wins First Prize at Tchaikovsky
Zlatomir Fung, age 20, has won first prize in the cello division of the XVI International Tchaikovsky Competition.
L-R: competition director Simon Pickel, competitors Joshua Brown, Karisa Chiu and Kaoru Oe, and competition artistic director Linus Roth.
News
Joshua Brown ’22 Wins Leopold Mozart International Violin Competition
Brown studies with Donald Weilerstein and joins a legacy of previous NEC first prize winners.
Donald Weilerstein holds his bow over his violin and smiles while teaching a student
News
Blue Sky Teaching with Donald Weilerstein
The Strad explores NEC violin faculty Donald Weilerstein's unique teaching methods in a profile of innovative string educators.
Tao Ni
Profile
Tao Ni

Tao Ni was born in Beng Bu, An Hui Province, China. He began his cello studies with his father at the age of eight and a year later he was enrolled in the Shanghai Conservatory Preparatory Division...