Gallery of 2025 Performers

Since completing his Master’s degree at The Juilliard School, clarinetist Alec Manasse has enjoyed a lively and varied professional life. Alec plays regularly with many of New York City’s top ensembles, including the Metropolitan Opera, American Ballet Theater,...

Brook Speltz, a Los Angeles native, has earned acclaim for his expressive sound and technical prowess. Known for his versatility as a performer, he is a member of the internationally acclaimed Escher String Quartet and an artist with the Chamber Music Society of...

Abi Fayette, violin Karla Donehew Perez, violin Paul Laraia, viola Karlos Rodriguez, cello Hailed by the New York Times at its Carnegie Hall debut as “invariably energetic and finely burnished… playing with earthy vigor,” the GRAMMY® Award-winning Catalyst Quartet was...

Emily Bruskin, violin Julia Bruskin, cello Sophiko Simsive, piano Lauded as “one of America’s finest young chamber groups” (Strad Magazine), the Claremont Trio is sought after for its thrillingly virtuosic and richly communicative performances. First winners of the...

Cynde Iverson is recognized as one of the finest bassoonists today. She is principal bassoonist with the Stamford Symphony and New Haven Symphony and a member of the American Ballet Theater Orchestra. She performs with many of New York’s most prestigious ensembles,...

Principal violist of the Cape Symphony, Danielle Farina has performed extensively in North America and Europe, at prestigious venues and festivals including Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, Library of Congress, Smithsonian Institution, Schleswig Holstein Festival and...

Alana Vegter aka Freedom Barbie Danielle Kuhlmann aka Velvet Barbie Julie Thayer aka Tiger Barbie Rachel Drehmann aka Attila the Horn Genghis Barbie, the leading post post-feminist feminist pop French Horn experience, is the most innovative and energizing chamber...

Grace Park is a violinist celebrated for her artistry, passion, and virtuosity. Praised by the San Francisco Chronicle as “fresh, different and exhilarating” and by Strings Magazine for her “intensely wrought and burnished” sound, she captivates audiences worldwide. A...

Inbal Segev is “a cellist with something to say” (Gramophone). Combining rich tone and technical mastery with rare dedication and intelligence, she has appeared with orchestras including the Baltimore Symphony, Bamberg Symphony, Berlin Philharmonic, Dallas Symphony,...

Dan Block, clarinetA native of St Louis, Dan Block took up the saxophone just short of his 14th birthday, trumpet soon after, and clarinet the following year. An indelible memory was hearing Eubie Blake at the St Louis Ragtime Festival and being exposed to John...

Two-time GRAMMY® nominee and Avery Fisher career grant recipient violinist Jennifer Frautschi has appeared as soloist with innumerable orchestras including the Cincinnati Symphony, Chicago Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Milwaukee Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra,...

Among the most distinguished classical artists of his generation, clarinetist Jon Manasse is internationally recognized for his inspiring artistry, uniquely glorious sound and charismatic performing style. Recent season highlights include return performances with the...

A Remarkable Career Still going strong Now in his third decade of touring worldwide, American pianist Jon Nakamatsu continues to draw critical and public acclaim for his intensity, elegance and electrifying solo, concerto and chamber music performances. Catapulted to...

Kevin Newton is a GRAMMY® Award-winning hornist, chamber musician and educator based in Manhattan. He is the horn player of Imani Winds and is an active freelancer in the greater New York area. While growing up in Virginia, his first music teacher, his mother,...

Israeli violinist Kobi Malkin is making his mark as both an exciting soloist and a perceptive chamber musician. He was praised by the New York Times for his "aptly traversed palette of emotions, from languid introspection to fevered intensity with gorgeous tone and an...

Daniel Chong, violin Ken Hamao, violin Jessica Bodner, viola Kee-Hyun Kim, cello Internationally recognized for their “fearless, yet probingly beautiful” (The Strad) performances, the GRAMMY® Award-winning Parker Quartet has distinguished itself as one of the...

Pawel Knapik, a Polish-American double bassist and composer hailed by the top contemporary artists as “an outstanding instrumentalist” and “an extraordinary double bass player” is a recipient of numerous international awards, grants, and scholarships, including from...