Programs

Sara Davis Buechner (MM ’94), Greenwich House of Music School (New York City); Professor of Piano, German Diez Memorial Piano Chair, Temple University; former faculty member, University of British Columbia, Manhattan School of Music, New York University, former chief music editor, Dover Publications

Jovianney Emmanuel Cruz (P’ 84, BM ’89, MM ’91), The Manila International Piano Masterclasses Festival, OPUSFEST: The International Classical Music Camp; Founder and Artistic Director, The Ultimate Pianist Competition; juror and adjudicator, ASEAN International Chopin Piano Competition, Hong Kong, Open Music Competition, EUROASIA Youth Music Festival, Steinway Youth Piano Competition, Hong Kong Schools Music Festival

Gustavo Diaz-Jerez (BM ’94, MM ’94, DMA ’01), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Composition; Centro Superior de Musica del Pais Vasco Musikene

Wael Farouk (PS ’07), Faculty, Manhattan School of Music; Faculty (Former), Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University; Piano Soloist and Recitalist, Carnegie Hall, The White Hall (St. Petersburg), New Philharmonic Orchestra

Kirill Gerstein (BM ’99, MM ’00, HonDMA ’21), London Symphony Orchestra, Berlin Philharmoniker, Tanglewood, Carnegie Hall

Hyung-Ki Joo (BM ’93, MM ’99, HonDMA ’22), Piano Soloist, New York Philharmonic, London Philharmonic, Vienna Symphony, Chicago Symphony; Composer/Arranger, New York Philharmonic, London Philharmonic, Vienna Symphony, Chicago Symphony

Joseph Joubert (BM ’79, MM ’81), Music Director/Conductor, The Wiz, Pirates of Penzance the Musical, Caroline or Change, Disaster!, The Color Purple

Steven Mayer (DMA ’89), International Keyboard Institute, Festival at Mannes College of Music; Professor of Piano, Manhattan School of Music; Associate Professor, University of Denver’s Lamont School of Music

Anne-Marie McDermott (P ’81, ’82, HonDMA ’24), Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center; Artistic Director, Vail Valley Music Festival

Robert McDonald (DMA ’90, HonDMA ’18), Los Angeles Philharmonic, Issac Stern, Juilliard and American String Quartets; Piano faculty, The Juilliard School, Curtis Institute of Music

Marc Peloquin (MM ’89, DMA ’95), KeyedUP founder and director; Visiting Lecturer, New School University; Co-Founder and Director, Split Second Ensemble

Dmitry Rachmanov (DMA ’89), Piano Department Chair, California State University at Northridge

Yuan Sheng (BM ’95, MM ’97), Piano faculty, Central Conservatory of Music (China)

Jiaxin Tian (MM ’12, PS ’13), China National Symphony Orchestra (CNSO), Harbin Symphony Orchestra, New York Concert Artists, Ministry of Culture of the People’s Republic of China, National Centre for the Performing Arts (Beijing)

Dmitri Vorobiev (MM ’12, PS ’13), Founder and Artistic Director, The Midwest International Piano Competition; Leading instructor, Leipzig Summer Piano Institute (German); recording artist, Blue Griffin Label

Xiayin Wang (BM ’01, MM ’03, PS ’04, DMA ’13), Chandos Records, BBC Philharmonic, Baltimore Symphony Orchestrra, Houston Symphony Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Chamber Orchestra, Israel Chamber Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma

Brian Zeger (DMA ’87), Artistic Director of Vocal Arts, The Juilliard School