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Artist Diploma: Classical Instrumental
Musicians in the Institute for Concert Artists earn the Artist Diploma, NEC’s highest-level performance designation. Concert Artists deepen their artistry and broaden their musical perspectives with the support of NEC faculty and the ICA’s extensive resources.
The two-year Classical Instrumental program is distinctive for its combination of mentorship, study, and performance opportunities. Admitted candidates possess a distinctive talent and are emerging into a noteworthy professional career that will make a significant contribution to the musical landscape. The purpose of the ICA is to give them the tools, mentorship, and connections they need to move into that sphere.
AD students are awarded a full-tuition scholarship and an annual living stipend.
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Past Fellows: Classical Instrumental
Marilyn Olson AD ’49, Violin
Si Hon Ma AD ’52, Violin
Ayrton Adelino Teixeira Pinto AD ’57, Violin
Hiroko Abe AD ’64, Violin
Marietta Vogel Henny AD ’65, Violin
Fudeko Takahashi AD ’80, Violin
Takako Masame AD ’82, Violin
Joseph Scheer AD ’83, Violin
Ben Sayevich AD ’84, Violin
Karen Eunjung Lee AD ’93, Violin
Jennifer Shizuka Frautschi AD ’96, Violin
Kanako Ito AD ’96, Violin
Jason Horowitz AD ’96, Violin
Lara St. John AD ’96, Violin
Joanna Kurkowicz AD ’98, Violin
Bing Jing Yu AD ’98, Violin
Irina Muresanu AD ’98, Violin
Carolin Widmann AD ’99, Violin
Yura Lee AD ’05, Violin
Stefan Jackiw AD ’06, Violin
Susie Park AD ’06, Violin
Korbinian Altenberger AD ’07, Violin
Karen Gomyo AD ’07, Violin
Xiang Angelo Yu AD ’14, Violin
Yoojin Jang AD ’15, Violin
Alexi Kenney AD ’17, Violin
Inmo Yang AD ’19, Violin
Maria Ioudenitch AD ’22, Violin
Geneva Lewis AD ’22, Violin
Dimitri Murrath AD ’08, Viola
Beth Guterman AD ’09, Viola
Imke Heitmann AD ’65, Cello
Koji Yanagida AD ’80, Cello
Young Chang Cho AD ’80, Cello
Li Ke Chang AD ’81, Cello
Rebecca Seiver AD ’81, Cello
Satoshi Akitsu AD ’82, Cello
Kim Scholes AD ’85, Cello
Andres Diaz AD ’87, Cello
Christopher Costanza AD ’89, Cello
Hillel Zori AD ’89, Cello
Paul Marleyn AD ’89, Cello
Peter Stumpf AD ’90, Cello
Suren Bagratuni AD ’93, Cello
Rafael Popper-Keizer AD ’99, Cello
Alexei Romanenko AD ’00, Cello
Gavriel Lipkind AD ’01, Cello
Daniel Lee AD ’03, Cello
Min-Ji Kim AD ’05, Cello
Narek Hakhnazaryan AD ’11, Cello
Brannon Cho AD ’19, Cello
Timotheos Petrin AD ’21, Cello
Jonathan Swensen AD ’23, Cello
Leland Ko AD ’24, Cello
Noël Lee AD ’48, Piano
Takouhi Chorbajian AD ’50, Piano
Allen Barker AD ’52, Piano
Sarah Lombardi AD ’52, Piano
Mireya Arboleda AD ’53, Piano
Alain Bernheim AD ’53, Piano
Adriana “Tan” Crone AD ’55, Piano
Buckner Gamby AD ’56, Piano
Clara Lenuzza AD ’59, Piano
David Norton Beyer AD ’60, Piano
Reginald Hachey AD ’60, Piano
June Hopps AD ’60, Piano
David Tyler AD ’62, Piano
Yasuko Tsukamoto AD ’64, Piano
John Willis AD ’64, Piano
Sandra Thidemann AD ’67, Piano
David Crohan AD ’70, Piano
Bang Sook Lee AD ’70, Piano
Chang Hyun Nam AD ’70, Piano
Prudence Choi AD ’70, Piano
Pola Baytelman AD ’71, Piano
Tibor Szász AD ’71, Piano
Ronald Kmieć AD ’72, Piano
Edward B. Wood AD ’72, Piano
Guity Adjoodani AD ’73, Piano
Yasuo Watanabe AD ’73, Piano
Jack Gedzelman AD ’75, Piano
Susan Elizabeth Lauck AD ’77, Piano
Lois Shapiro AD ’79, Piano
Dragana Bajalovic AD ’80, Piano
Thomas Stumpf AD ’80, Piano
Benjamin Pasternack AD ’81, Piano
Stephen Lazarus AD ’81, Piano
Christopher O’Riley AD ’81, Piano
Carol Rankin AD ’81, Piano
Randall Hodgkinson AD ’82, Piano
Mihae Lee AD ’83, Piano
William Lutes AD ’83, Piano
Janice Li-Yen Lin AD ’84, Piano
Sally Pinkas AD ’84, Piano
Yang Wang AD ’85, Piano
Stephen Drury AD ’85, Piano
Norman Krieger AD ’86, Piano
Hung-Kuan Chen AD ’88, Piano
Kenneth Kelter AD ’90, Piano
Sergey Schepkin AD ’92, Piano
HaeSun Paik AD ’92, Piano
Tian Ying AD ’93, Piano
Ran Zemach AD ’93, Piano
Rina Dokshitsky AD ’93, Piano
Max Levinson AD ’95, Piano
Soojin Park AD ’96, Piano
Katherine Chi AD ’97, Piano
Hee-Sung Joo AD ’99, Piano
Jung Hee Shin AD ’99, Piano
Juyeon Kang AD ’01, Piano
Eduardo Monteiro AD ’02, Piano
Roberto Poli AD ’02, Piano
Ning An AD ’03, Piano
Sonia S. Chan AD ’04, Piano
Minsoo Sohn AD ’04, Piano
Christopher Guzman AD ’07, Piano
Lukáŝ Vondráček AD ’12, Piano
Cristian Budu AD ’16, Piano
George Li AD ’22, Piano
Dorothy S. C. Wang AD ’82, Harpsichord
Yuko Hayashi AD ’62, Organ
Douglas Stuart Risner AD ’64, Organ
Deane S. Place AD ’71, Organ
James David Christie AD ’78, Organ
Paul Tegels AD ’86, Organ
Martin Hofmann AD ’93, Organ
Hatsumi Miura AD ’97, Organ
Lois Schaefer AD ’47, Flute
Marion Valasek AD ’63, Flute
Ildefonso Torres Lauron AD ’65, Flute
Sadako Yokoyama AD ’69, Flute
Linda Jane Burlingame AD ’71, Flute
Trix Kout AD ’71, Flute
Sharon Zuckerman AD ’77, Flute
Akal Sharonne AD ’77, Flute
William George Wrzesien AD ’66, Clarinet
David D. Seaton AD ’71, Clarinet
Daniel McKelway AD ’89, Clarinet
Hee-Sun Lee AD ’83, Oboe
Hu Li AD ’95, Bassoon Performance
Jeffrey Work AD ’95, Trumpet
Julie Josephson AD ’87, Trombone
Evelia Romero AD ’65, Harp
Alice Terlanday Norton AD ’71, Harp
Adriana Anca AD ’72, Harp
Franziska Huhn AD ’05, Harp
Luiz Carlos Mantovani AD ’02, Guitar
Pasquale Lawrence Prencipe AD ’63, Chamber Music
Edward J. III Humeston AD ’70, Chamber Music
Yael Orbach AD ’70, Chamber Music
Tibor Pusztai AD ’70, Chamber Music
Kenneth Sarch AD ’70, Chamber Music
Yeesun Kim AD ’92, Chamber Music, Cello (The Borromeo Quartet)
En Sik Choi AD ’92, Chamber Music, Viola (The Borromeo Quartet)
Nicholas Kitchen AD ’92, Chamber Music, Violin (The Borromeo Quartet)
Ruggero Allifranchini AD ’92, Chamber Music, Violin (The Borromeo Quartet)
Eiji Oue AD ’81, Orchestral Conducting
Tristan Rais-Sherman AD ’21, Orchestral Conducting
