Performances + Events
Master class
Master Class: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Piano
Williams Hall
This master class is made possible by Edith Michelson Milender in honor of her mother Mildred Levinson ‘29. Jean-Efflam Bavouzet is the 2025-26 Mildred Levinson Piano Artist-in-Residence. Award-winning pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet enjoys a prolific recording and international concert career, with his playing described as possessing “exquisite sensibilité, delivered with ...
Yura Lee Viola Master Class
Brown Hall
Yura Lee presents a master class featuring students from the NEC viola studios. Violinist/violist Yura Lee is a multifaceted musician, as a soloist and as a chamber musician, and one of the very few that is equally virtuosic on both violin and viola. Her career spans through various musical medium...
Jamie Baum Quintet Master Class
Eben Jordan Ensemble Room
NEC alum Jamie Baum brings her quintet — alto saxophonist Jaleel Shaw, pianist Julian Shore, drummer Jeff Hirschfield, bassist Sam Minae — to campus for a master class featuring music and conversation. ...
Sibbi Bernhardsson Chamber Music Master Class
Pierce Hall
Sibbi Bernhardsson hosts a master class featuring students from the NEC Chamber Music program. Icelandic violinist Sibbi Bernhardsson joined the Oberlin Conservatory faculty in 2017 after performing for the previous 17 years with the Pacifica Quartet, with which he won a Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance, Musical America Ensemble of the Year honors, and the Avery Fisher Car...
Ieva Jokubaviciute Chamber Music Master Class
Williams Hall
Ieva Jokubaviciute presents a master class featuring students from the NEC Chamber Music program. Lithuanian pianist Ieva Jokubaviciute’s powerfully and intricately crafted performances have earned her critical acclaim throughout North America and Europe. Her ability to communicate the essential substance of a work has led critics to describe her as possessing ‘razor-sharp in...
Michael Kannen Chamber Music Master Class
Williams Hall
Michael Kannen presents a master class featuring students from the NEC Chamber Music program. "I am Michael Kannen and I play cello. I have enjoyed a long, varied and extremely gratifying career in music. My joy comes from connecting to people through music and, happily, my career has afforded me abundant opportunity to do so. A pinnacle for me was my time in the Brentano Str...
Master Class: Hye-Jin Kim, Violin
Williams Hall
Violinist Hye-Jin Kim ’08 MM, ’10 GD presents a master class featuring students from the NEC violin studios. Hye-Jin Kim is renowned for her musical sensitivity and deeply engaging performances that transport audiences beyond technical virtuosity. Her distinguished career as a soloist...
Master Class: Nicholas Canellakis, Cello
Pierce Hall
Cellist Nicholas Canellakis presents a master class featuring students from the NEC cello studios. Nicholas Canellakis is one of today’s most sought-after and innovative cellists, whose career seamlessly blends traditional classical performance with boundary-pu...
Seth Knopp Chamber Music Master Class
Williams Hall
Seth Knopp hosts a master class featuring students from the NEC Chamber Music program. Seth Knopp, piano (Putney, VT), was a founding member of the award-winning Peabody Trio, winner of the 1989 Naumburg Award and the Peabody Institute’s Ensemble-in-Residence from 1987-2017. After making its Alice Tully Hall debut in 1990, the trio performed on the most important chamber ...
Master Class: Brian Hecht, Trombone
Brown Hall
Brian Hecht presents a master class featuring students from the NEC trumpet studios. This class precedes the annual NEC Brass Bash, taking place April 19 at 7:30 p.m. in Jordan Hall. ...
Master Class: Imani Winds, Chamber Music
Brown Hall
Imani Winds presents a master class featuring ensembles from the NEC Chamber Music program. Celebrating nearly three decades of transformative music-making, the Grammy-winning and four-time nominated Imani Winds has led both a revolution and an evolution of the wind quintet. Known for their d...
Lisa Batashvilli Violin Master Class
Williams Hall
Lisa Batashvilli hosts a master class featuring students from the NEC violin studios. “Batiashvili’s fearless playing is so tonally rich and technically immaculate.” (The Guardian)Lisa Batiashvili, the Georgian-born German violinist, is praised by audiences and fellow musicians for her virtuosity. An award-winning artist, she has developed long-standing relationsh...
Master Class: Jennifer Frautschi, Violin
Burnes Hall
Jennifer Frautschi presents a master class featuring students from the NEC violin studios. Two-time GRAMMY nominee and Avery Fisher career grant recipient Jennifer Frautschi has garnered worldwide acclaim as a deeply expressive, musically adventurous violinist with impeccable technique and a wide-ranging repertoire. Equally at home in the classic and contemporary repertoire, her re...
