Curtis Mentor Network Roster

Sarah Ioannides*
(Conducting ’98)
Conductor and music director of Symphony Tacoma

Rieko Aizawa*
(Piano ’94)
Founding member of the Horszowski Trio

Benjamin Hochman*
(Piano ’01)
International soloist and faculty at Bard College Conservatory of Music

Pallavi Mahidhara*
(Piano ’10)
Prize-winning soloist and chamber musician

Peter Miyamoto*
(Piano ’92)
Professor of piano and chamber music at the University of Missouri

Anna Polonsky
(Piano ’95)
International soloist and faculty at Vassar College

Amy Yang*
(Piano ’06)
Faculty at the Curtis Institute of Music and chamber music coach at the University of Pennsylvania

Natalie Zhu
(Piano ’97)
Avery Fisher Career Grant and Astral National Auditions winner

Michael Casimir
(Viola ’18)
Member of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra

Nikki Chooi*
(Violin ’12)
Concertmaster of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

Steven Copes
(Violin ’94)
Concertmaster of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

Ed Gazouleas
(Viola ’84)
Faculty member at the Curtis Institute of Music

Natalie Helm*
(Cello ’11)
Principal cello of the Sarasota Orchestra

Solomiya Ivakhiv*
(Violin ’03)
Head of strings at the University of Connecticut

Juliette Kang
(Violin ’91)
First associate concertmaster of the Philadelphia Orchestra

Dennis Kim
(Violin ’96)
Concertmaster of the Pacific Symphony
 

Jennifer Koh
(Violin ’02)
Artistic director and founder of arco collaborative

Julianne Lee*
(Violin ’05)
Assistant principal second violin of the Boston Symphony Orchestra

Teng Li*
(Viola ’05)
Principal viola of the Los Angeles Philharmonic

Susie Park*
(Violin ’04)
First associate concertmaster of the Minnesota Orchestra

Desirée Ruhstrat*
(Violin ’91)
Violinist of the Lincoln Trio and faculty at Northwestern University

Wilhelmina Smith*
(Cello ’90)
International solo and chamber musician

Melissa White
(Violin ’07)
Founding member of the Harlem Quartet

Tien-Hsin Cindy Wu*
(Violin ’08)
Artist in residence and artistic partner of the Da Camera Society

Stephen Wyrczynski*
(Viola ’91)
Faculty at the Jacobs School of Music

Jonathan Beyer*
(Opera ’07)
Opera, concert, and recital artist

Rhoslyn Jones*
(Opera ’06)
Faculty at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music

Alex Eastley
(Bassoon ’04)
Former acting second bassoon of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra

Gabriel Kovach*
(Horn ’99)
Principal horn of the Phoenix Symphony

Kathleen McLean*
(Bassoon ’85)
Faculty and woodwind chair at the Jacobs School of Music

Katherine Needleman*
(Oboe ’99)
Principal oboe of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

Rob Patterson
(Clarinet ’07)
Assistant professor of clarinet at Boston University

Denis Petrunin*
(Timpani and Percussion ’06)
Principal timpanist of the Augusta Symphony

Michael Rusinek*
(Clarinet ’92)
Principal clarinet of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

Sonora Slocum*
(Flute ’11)
Principal flute of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

Mimi Stillman
(Flute ’99)
Yamaha Performing Artist and artistic director of Dolce Suono Ensemble