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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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Audition for the Institute
Are you interested in becoming a Concert Artist? Connect with our admissions team for more information about the application process, audition requirements, and benefits of an NEC education.
Alumni
Our alumni have emerged as some of the brightest stars, performing on the world’s most prestigious stages—from the Berlin Philharmonic and BBC Proms to the Hollywood Bowl. They hold teaching positions at renowned institutions such as the New England Conservatory, Juilliard School, Seoul National, Indiana University and SUNY Stony Brook, and are active members of esteemed chamber ensembles as well as influential artistic leaders in the classical music world.
Marilyn Olson ’49 AD, Violin
Si Hon Ma ’52 AD, Violin
Ayrton Adelino Teixeira Pinto ’57 AD, Violin
Hiroko Abe ’64 AD, Violin
Marietta Vogel Henny ’65 AD, Violin
Fudeko Takahashi ’80 AD, Violin
Takako Masame ’82 AD, Violin
Joseph Scheer ’83 AD, Violin
Ben Sayevich ’84 AD, Violin
Karen Eunjung Lee ’93 AD, Violin
Jennifer Shizuka Frautschi ’96 AD, Violin
Kanako Ito ’96 AD, Violin
Jason Horowitz ’96 AD, Violin
Lara St. John ’96 AD, Violin
Joanna Kurkowicz ’98 AD, Violin
Bing Jing Yu ’98 AD, Violin
Irina Muresanu ’98 AD, Violin
Carolin Widmann ’99 AD, Violin
Yura Lee ’05 AD, Violin
Stefan Jackiw ’06 AD, Violin
Susie Park ’06 AD, Violin
Korbinian Altenberger ’07 AD, Violin
Karen Gomyo ’07 AD, Violin
Xiang Angelo Yu ’14 AD, Violin
Yoojin Jang ’15 AD, Violin
Alexi Kenney ’17 AD, Violin
Inmo Yang ’19 AD, Violin
Maria Ioudenitch ’22 AD, Violin
Geneva Lewis ’22 AD, Violin
Dimitri Murrath ’08 AD, Viola
Beth Guterman ’09 AD, Viola
Imke Heitmann ’65 AD, Cello
Koji Yanagida ’80 AD, Cello
Young Chang Cho ’80 AD, Cello
Li Ke Chang ’81 AD, Cello
Rebecca Seiver ’81 AD, Cello
Satoshi Akitsu ’82 AD, Cello
Kim Scholes ’85 AD, Cello
Andres Diaz ’87 AD, Cello
Christopher Costanza ’89 AD, Cello
Hillel Zori ’89 AD, Cello
Paul Marleyn ’89 AD, Cello
Peter Stumpf ’90 AD, Cello
Suren Bagratuni ’93 AD, Cello
Rafael Popper-Keizer ’99 AD, Cello
Alexei Romanenko ’00 AD, Cello
Gavriel Lipkind ’01 AD, Cello
Daniel Lee ’03 AD, Cello
Min-Ji Kim ’05 AD, Cello
Narek Hakhnazaryan ’11 AD, Cello
Brannon Cho ’19 AD, Cello
Timotheos Petrin ’21 AD, Cello
Jonathan Swensen ’23 AD, Cello
Leland Ko ’24 AD, Cello
Noël Lee ’48 AD, Piano
Takouhi Chorbajian ’50 AD, Piano
Allen Barker ’52 AD, Piano
Sarah Lombardi ’52 AD, Piano
Mireya Arboleda ’53 AD, Piano
Alain Bernheim ’53 AD, Piano
Adriana “Tan” Crone ’55 AD, Piano
Buckner Gamby ’56 AD, Piano
Clara Lenuzza ’59 AD, Piano
David Norton Beyer ’60 AD, Piano
Reginald Hachey ’60 AD, Piano
June Hopps ’60 AD, Piano
David Tyler ’62 AD, Piano
Yasuko Tsukamoto ’64 AD, Piano
John Willis ’64 AD, Piano
Sandra Thidemann ’67 AD, Piano
David Crohan ’70 AD, Piano
Bang Sook Lee ’70 AD, Piano
Chang Hyun Nam ’70 AD, Piano
Prudence Choi ’70 AD, Piano
Pola Baytelman ’71 AD, Piano
Tibor Szász ’71 AD, Piano
Ronald Kmieć ’72 AD, Piano
Edward B. Wood ’72 AD, Piano
Guity Adjoodani ’73 AD, Piano
Yasuo Watanabe ’73 AD, Piano
Jack Gedzelman ’75 AD, Piano
Susan Elizabeth Lauck ’77 AD, Piano
Lois Shapiro ’79 AD, Piano
Dragana Bajalovic ’80 AD, Piano
Thomas Stumpf ’80 AD, Piano
Benjamin Pasternack ’81 AD, Piano
Stephen Lazarus ’81 AD, Piano
Christopher O’Riley ’81 AD, Piano
Carol Rankin ’81 AD, Piano
Randall Hodgkinson ’82 AD, Piano
Mihae Lee ’83 AD, Piano
William Lutes ’83 AD, Piano
Janice Li-Yen Lin ’84 AD, Piano
Sally Pinkas ’84 AD, Piano
Yang Wang ’85 AD, Piano
Stephen Drury ’85 AD, Piano
Norman Krieger ’86 AD, Piano
Hung-Kuan Chen ’88 AD, Piano
Kenneth Kelter ’90 AD, Piano
Sergey Schepkin ’92 AD, Piano
HaeSun Paik ’92 AD, Piano
Tian Ying ’93 AD, Piano
Ran Zemach ’93 AD, Piano
Rina Dokshitsky ’93 AD, Piano
Max Levinson ’95 AD, Piano
Soojin Park ’96 AD, Piano
Katherine Chi ’97 AD, Piano
Hee-Sung Joo ’99 AD, Piano
Jung Hee Shin ’99 AD, Piano
Juyeon Kang ’01 AD, Piano
Eduardo Monteiro ’02 AD, Piano
Roberto Poli ’02 AD, Piano
Ning An ’03 AD, Piano
Sonia S. Chan ’04 AD, Piano
Minsoo Sohn ’04 AD, Piano
Christopher Guzman ’07 AD, Piano
Lukáŝ Vondráček ’12 AD, Piano
Cristian Budu ’16 AD, Piano
George Li ’22 AD, Piano
Evren Ozel ’25 AD, Piano
Changyong Shin ’25 AD, Piano
Yutong Sun ’22 AD, Piano
Dorothy S. C. Wang ’82 AD, Harpsichord
Yuko Hayashi ’62 AD, Organ
Douglas Stuart Risner ’64 AD, Organ
Deane S. Place ’71 AD, Organ
James David Christie ’78 AD, Organ
Paul Tegels ’86 AD, Organ
Martin Hofmann ’93 AD, Organ
Hatsumi Miura ’97 AD, Organ
Lois Schaefer ’47 AD, Flute
Marion Valasek ’63 AD, Flute
Ildefonso Torres Lauron ’65 AD, Flute
Sadako Yokoyama ’69 AD, Flute
Linda Jane Burlingame ’71 AD, Flute
Trix Kout ’71 AD, Flute
Sharon Zuckerman ’77 AD, Flute
Akal Sharonne ’77 AD, Flute
William George Wrzesien ’66 AD, Clarinet
David D. Seaton ’71 AD, Clarinet
Daniel McKelway ’89 AD, Clarinet
Hee-Sun Lee ’83 AD, Oboe
Hu Li ’95 AD, Bassoon Performance
Jeffrey Work ’95 AD, Trumpet
Julie Josephson ’87 AD, Trombone
Evelia Romero ’65 AD, Harp
Alice Terlanday Norton ’71 AD, Harp
Adriana Anca ’72 AD, Harp
Franziska Huhn ’05, Harp
Luiz Carlos Mantovani ’02 AD, Guitar
Pasquale Lawrence Prencipe ’63 AD, Chamber Music
Edward J. III Humeston ’70 AD, Chamber Music
Yael Orbach ’70 AD, Chamber Music
Tibor Pusztai ’70 AD, Chamber Music
Kenneth Sarch ’70 AD, Chamber Music
Yeesun Kim ’92 AD, Chamber Music, Cello (The Borromeo Quartet)
En Sik Choi ’92 AD, Chamber Music, Viola (The Borromeo Quartet)
Nicholas Kitchen ’92 AD, Chamber Music, Violin (The Borromeo Quartet)
Ruggero Allifranchini ’92 AD, Chamber Music, Violin (The Borromeo Quartet)
Eiji Oue ’81 AD, Orchestral Conducting
Tristan Rais-Sherman ’21 AD, Orchestral Conducting
