PMP Alumni: In Schools

Brian Hong is a recent graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music, where he acquired a Bachelor’s Degree in violin performance under the tutelage of Donald Weilerstein. Read more

Praised as “eloquent” by the New York Times and a “warmly rhapsodic player” by the Boston Globe, violinist Max Tan has performed extensively as a solo and chamber musician in Carnegie Hall... Read more

Jenni Seo is a first year graduate student studying with Cynthia Phelps. She has performed extensively as a soloist, chamber and orchestral musician across the United States and is winner of... Read more

Recipient of the 2016-2018 Leonore Annenberg Arts Fellowship, cellist Nico Olarte-Hayes has given solo recitals at Lincoln Center and the Neue Galerie in New York City, in Memphis’ Artists Ascending Series... Read more

Praised for his “lush sound...[and] passionate playing” (CASA Magazine) and “formidable technical powers” (Santa Barbara News-Press), classical violinist Niv Ashkenazi is an active soloist and chamber musician. Read More.

“Violinist Mariella Haubs performs with great musicality, a very advanced violin technique, a wonderful clear and full sound and extraordinary stage presence.” – Jury for the Leonhard - and Ida Wolf Memorial Prize of the City of Munich. Read More.

American violinist Hannah Tarley began playing the violin at age two. She has since been a soloist with orchestras such as the Academy of Conducting at Aspen Orchestra, Detroit Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, and San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra. Read More.

Praised by The New Yorker as an “exceptional young artist," American pianist Matthew Graybil has performed as a recitalist, concerto soloist and chamber musician throughout the United States, Canada, France, Holland and Mexico. Read More.

Violinist Randall Mitsuo Goosby (20) made his Carnegie Hall debut at age 13, where he “exerted a masterly level of control and lavished an exquisite tone playing Ysaye’s unaccompanied Sonata No. 3...and his performance won him a deserved standing ovation for its sheer virtuosity” (NY Times Music review). Read more.

Eddie Pogossian (cello) is a junior studying with Natasha Brofsky at The Juilliard School. As the recent winner of the Juilliard Concerto Competition, Eddie performed the Tchaikovsky Rococo Variations at David Geffen Hall in New York and at the Harris Theater in Chicago with the Juilliard Orchestra under the direction of Itzhak Perlman. Read more.

As a Winner of the 2015 Young Concert Artists International Auditions, Tomer Gewirtzman makes his New York recital debut on December 13th and performs a D.C. recital on December 3rd, in his first season with Young Concert Artists. Read more.

American violinist Hannah Tarley began playing the violin at age two. She has since been a soloist with orchestras such as the Academy of Conducting at Aspen Orchestra, Detroit Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, and San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra. As both a soloist and chamber musician, Hannah has debuted in some of the world’s most acclaimed concert halls. Read More.

As a soloist and chamber musician, Mariella Haubs has performed all over Europe, North America, Asia and the Middle East in venues such as the Wiener Musikverein in Austria, Carnegie Hall in New York, Symphony Hall in Boston and numerous philharmonic halls around the world. In 2014, she performed at the United Nations General Assembly by the invitation of Barack and Michelle Obama. Read More.

A native of Cleveland, Bethany Hargreaves has made solo appearances in Aspen, Cleveland, New York City, Sarasota, Tel Aviv, and Washington D. C.. She has received numerous prizes and accolades including the Cleveland Institute of Music Concerto Competition, where she performed Mozart’s SInfonia Concertante under conductor Theodore Kutchar. Read more.

Arlen Hlusko is a dynamic and versatile young musician who has performed as soloist and chamber musician across North America, Asia, and Europe. She has appeared as soloist with many of Canada’s foremost orchestras, including the National Arts Center Orchestra and the Calgary Philharmonic, and has been a featured performer on WHYY. Read More.

Doori Na began violin studies at the age of four. He made his solo debut at the age of seven with the Peninsula Youth Symphony. A winner of numerous competitions in San Francisco and Los Angeles, Doori has performed with the Palisades Symphony, Brentwood Symphony, Freemont Symphony, and the Torrance Symphony. Read more.

Siwoo Kim is the founding co-artistic director of VIVO Music Festival in his hometown of Columbus, Ohio and the recipient of the 2012 King Award for Young Artists. As a soloist, he made his New York concerto debut with the Juilliard Orchestra in Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium. Read more.

Caeli Smith was born in Philadelphia and made her debut as a soloist with the Philadelphia Classical Symphony at age ten. She studied with the PMP Chamber Music Workshop and holds Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from The Juilliard  School,  where  she  was a  principal  violist of the Juilliard Orchestra. Read more. 

Nico Olarte-Hayes began his musical studies with his mother at the age of three. He completed pre-college studies at The Juilliard School under cellists David Soyer and Harvey Shapiro, and studied for eight years at The Perlman Music Program under Ronald Leonard. Read more.