Young Artists

Julianna Bramble (18)

Hometown: Suwon, South Korea

Kyunga Lee holds a BM from The Juilliard School, a MM and GD from New England Conservatory.

Current program: Collaborative piano fellowship program at Yale School of Music

My favorite piece of music: I like to play and try new music with my favorite musician friends. I like Brahms’s music and am also a big fan of French music in the 1800s.

Korean pianist Kyunga Lee is a recipient of numerous international awards and prizes including the FEBC-Korea Far East PK scholarship, From the Top’s Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist Award, and First Prize in the GMMFS Concerto Competition in South Korea performing Mozart’s Piano Concerto. Kyunga has been invited to perform at festivals around the world including Great Mountains International Music Festival and School, Aspen Music Festival, Rheingau Musik Festival, Seoul Spring Chamber Music Festival, and the Collaborative Piano Institute at LSU. She has participated in masterclasses with Augustin Hadelich, Hilary Hahn, Tai Murray, Graham Johnson, Margo Garrett, Julia Bullock, Warren Jones, Marin Katz, Ana Maria Otamendi, Rita Sloan, Darryl Taylor, and Thomas Hampson, and has worked closely with distinguished professors including Laurence Lesser, Donald Weilerstein, Catherine Cho, Yeesun Kim, Lluís Claret, and William Short. Kyunga is currently working at Yale School of Music as a Collaborative Piano Fellow. Kyunga pursued a Graduate Diploma in Collaborative Piano from the New England Conservatory under the tutelage of Cameron Stowe and Vivian Weilerstein. She holds a Master of Music in Collaborative Piano from New England Conservatory and a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance from The Juilliard School and is a recipient of the prestigious Susan W. Rose Piano Fellowship. Her previous instructors include Matti Raekallio, Julian Martin, and Yoheved Kaplinsky.

Viola

Hometown: Wellington, Florida

My favorite pieces of music: Beethoven Violin Concerto, Brahms B-Flat Sextet, and more!

When not playing music: Read, listen to music, and hang out with friends.

Rebecca Beato (16) Violin

Hometown: New York City, New York

My favorite pieces of music: Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet, Act I:19/21; Bizet Carmen Act II: “La fleur que tu m’avais jetée”

When not playing music: Listen to Lamp, Ichiko Aoba, Eydie Gormé, and beabadoobee. I also like to draw, crochet, and talk and watch K-Dramas with my friends.

Fiona Huang (15) Cello

2nd Summer Hometown: Saratoga, California

My favorite pieces of music: Arensky String Quartet No. 2, Schubert Piano Trio No. 2 - Andante con Moto, and more!

When not playing music: Play soccer, read, and watch C-Dramas with my family.

Serge Kalinovsky (17) Cello

Hometown: Bloomington, Indiana

My favorite pieces of music: Schubert String Quartet No. 15, Schubert Cello Quintet, and more!

When not playing music: Play a lot of chess.

Fiona Khuong-Huu (16)

Violin

Hometown: New York City, New York

My favorite pieces of music: Ysaÿe Poème élégiaque, Suk Píseň Lásky (Song of Love), and more!

When not playing music: Listen to music, draw, read, and walk outside (with and without friends).

Christy Kim (17)

Violin

Hometown: Louisville, Kentucky

My favorite pieces of music: Beethoven Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61, Brahms Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98, and more!

When not playing music: Listen to music, read books, and play with friends.

Joshua Kovác (16)

Cello

2nd Summer Hometown: Johnson City, Tennessee

My favorite pieces of music: Dvorák Cello Concerto, Dvorák Piano Quintet No. 2

When not playing music: Play chess, compose music, swim competitively, and hang out with friends.

Eleanor Markey (18)

Violin

2nd Summer Hometown: Wayland, Massachusetts

My favorite pieces of music: Felix Mendelssohn Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 20, Shostakovich Two Pieces for String Octet, Op. 11, and more!

When not playing music: Sing, act, read, write, and hang out with my friends, my three little brothers, and any little kid ever.

George Ng (18)

Viola

Hometown: Hong Kong, China

My favorite piece of music: Bach Cello Suites

When not playing music: Dress up, hang out with friends, and spend time with family.

Jiyu Oh (17)

Violin

2nd Summer Hometown: Seoul, South Korea

My favorite pieces of music: Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2 –Adagio, Amy Beach Romance, and more!

When not playing music: Visit art galleries and museums, browse bookstores, read, DIYs, and analyze everything with MBTI personality types.

Songyeon Oh (17)

Viola

Hometown: Daejeon, South Korea

My favorite pieces of music: Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D Major, Chopin Polonaise in A-flat Major, Op. 53, and more!

When not playing music: Shop and appreciate music.

Jonathan Okseniuk (17)

Violin

Hometown: Mesa, Arizona

My favorite piece of music: Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto

When not playing music: I love to play soccer/sports with friends, hiking and mountain biking.

Kaia Selden (17)

Violin

Hometown: Portland, Oregon

My favorite pieces of music: My favorite pieces of music: Suk Písen Lásky (Song of Love), Arensky

Piano Trio No. 1.

When not playing music: Read books, draw, bake and eat desserts, and spend time with friends.

Minje Seo (17)

Violin

Hometown: Sunchang-gun, Jeollabuk-do, South Korea

My favorite pieces of music: R. Schumann Piano Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 47, Schubert Erlkönig String Quartet, and more!

When not playing music: Tour downtown, read books, play with friends, and visit art galleries and bookstores.

Caleb Sharp (15)

Cello

Hometown: Wilton, Connecticut

My favorite pieces of music: Debussy La cathédrale engloutie, Prokofiev Sinfonia Concertante.

When not playing music: Read biology textbooks, learn about space, and spend time with my twin brother.

Elijah Zacharia (17)

Viola

Hometown: Portland, Oregon

My favorite pieces of music: Dvořák Hussite Overture, Beethoven String Quartet Op. 18, No. 4, and more!

When not playing music: I love to hike in the forest, watch soccer, and play games with my family.