Oboe Studio Recital

Nabeel Ansari, from Ottawa, Ontario, studying oboe with Katherine Needleman and Philippe Tondre, is the Gephart Family Fellow and entered Curtis in 2024.

Izaiah Cheeran, from Apple Valley, Minn., studying oboe with Katherine Needleman and Philippe Tondre, is the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Fellow and entered Curtis in 2022.

Eric Davidson, from Edmonton, Alberta, studying oboe with Katherine Needleman and Philippe Tondre, is a Curtis Institute of Music Fellow and entered Curtis in 2025.

Fátima Landa Velázquez, from Xalapa, Mexico, studying oboe with Philippe Tondre, is the Bob and Caro Rock Fellow and entered Curtis in 2024.

Ben Price, from Portland, Ore., studying oboe with Katherine Needleman and Philippe Tondre*, is the Anderson and Daria Pew Fellow and entered Curtis in 2022.

Leah Amory, from New York City, studying violin with Erin Keefe, holds a fellowship from an anonymous donor and entered Curtis in 2022.

Andy Brown, from Silver Spring, Md., studying organ with Jeffrey Brillhart and Alan Morrison, is the Mrs. Cary William Bok Fellow and entered Curtis in 2023.

Maggie Carter, from Portland, Ore., studying double bass with Edgar Meyer and Hal Robinson, is the Samuel and Sarah Fuchs Fellow and entered Curtis in 2024.

Alexandra Cooreman (’25), from Brussels, studying violin with Ida Kavafian and Erin Keefe, is a Milka Violin Artist Fellow and first entered Curtis in 2021.

Henry Friedman, from Fairfield, Conn., studying horn with Jeffrey Lang and Jennifer Montone, is the Allerton Foundation Fellow and entered Curtis in 2025.

Xuanyan Jessie Gong, from Shanghai, studying piano with Robert McDonald, is a Curtis Institute of Music Fellow and entered Curtis in 2025.

Audrey Goodner, from Reston, Va., studying violin with Benjamin Beilman, is the Boris Kyrulik Memorial Fellow and entered Curtis in 2024.

Ella Jackson, from Houston, studying bassoon with Julia Harguindey and Daniel Matsukawa, is the William Curtis Bok Bassoon Fellow and entered Curtis in 2024.

Yunji Jang, from Seoul, studying viola with Misha Amory and Hsin-Yun Huang, is the Dorothy J. del Bueno Fellow and entered Curtis in 2024.

Javlon Khayitov, from Tashkent, Uzbekistan, studying bassoon with Julia Harguindey and Daniel Matsukawa, is the Carrie L. Tolson Memorial Fellow and entered Curtis in 2025.

Ania Lewis (’25), from Cleveland, studying cello with Nicholas Canellakis, Yumi Kendall, Christine Lee, and Peter Wiley, is the Gie and Lisa Liem Fellow and first entered Curtis in 2021.

Delvan Lin, from Auckland, New Zealand, studying piano with Michelle Cann, is the Karolyn Kirksey Holler Fellow and entered Curtis in 2023.

Zhiyuan Qian, from Shanghai, studying violin with Erin Keefe, is a Curtis Institute of Music Fellow and entered Curtis in 2025.

Nazeeh Shahid, from Chicago, studying viola with Roberto Díaz and Edward Gazouleas, is the Walter and Leonore Annenberg Fellow and entered Curtis in 2024.

Elliot Sloss (’25), from Toronto, studying cello with Nicholas Canellakis, Yumi Kendall, Christine Lee, and Peter Wiley, is the Peter King Fellow and first entered Curtis in 2021.

Sebastian Wittmoser Herrera, from Querétaro, Mexico and Stuttgart, Germany, studying opera with Alan Held, is the Allen R. and Judy Brick Freedman Fellow and entered Curtis in 2025.

Xingxing Yao, from Hangzhou, China, studying guitar with David Starobin and Jason Vieaux, is the Emilio Gravagno Fellow and entered Curtis in 2020.

Leon Schelhase, faculty

Rick Barrantes Agüero, guest artist

Christopher Correa (Oboe ‘25), staff

Oliver Talukder (Oboe ‘24), guest artist

Yoni Levyatov, staff pianist

*Ben Price is also a student of Leon Schelhase and Ford Mylius Lallerstedt.