colburn
season 2223
spring 2023
about the colburn school
An internationally renowned performing arts school located in the cultural corridor of downtown Los Angeles, the Colburn School provides the highest quality music and dance education to students at all levels of development, from beginners to those about to embark on professional careers.
The academic units of the School are united by a single philosophy: that all who desire to study music or dance should have access to top-level instruction. Each year, nearly 2,000 students from around the world come to the Community School of Performing Arts, Conservatory of Music, Music Academy, and Trudl Zipper Dance Institute. Serving all units of the School, the Center for Innovation and Community Impact prepares students for sustainable careers and nurtures the passion and ability to serve their communities.
Under the care and guidance of our exceptional faculty, musicians and dancers discover the joy and discipline of the performing arts. Performances in the community and on campus develop young artists and welcome audiences with over 300 free and low-cost performances annually. At Colburn, creative forces converge to shape the future of the performing arts.
Learn more at colburnschool.edu.
A Message from the President
Dear Friends,
Welcome to today’s performance and Colburn’s 2022–23 season. This year, we are once again pleased to present our gifted students, remarkable artist faculty, and renowned guest artists in performances at our downtown campus and throughout the region.
Our season offers more than 300 concerts and events filled with discovery and learning for both performers and the audience. For our young musicians and dancers, the on-stage experience hones their technique and artistry. For you, our audience, each performance is an opportunity to discover or rediscover the sonority of a full orchestra, the intimacy of chamber music, or the powerful expression of dance.
Colburn will become an even livelier hub of artistic activity in the years ahead, with the opening of an exceptional Frank Gehry-designed concert hall, dance studios, and studio theater adjacent to our current campus. Fulfilling a compelling need for the Colburn School and the community, the 1,000-seat Terri and Jerry Kohl Hall will join the current stellar performance spaces in Downtown Los Angeles as a vibrant, welcoming beacon for students, performing artists, and audiences.
The performance you’ll experience today is made possible by the teaching artistry and mentorship of our exceptional faculty and the incredible generosity of our donor community. I extend my deepest appreciation to them—and you—for this essential support which nurtures the talent and passion of the next generation of musicians and dancers. Thank you for joining us today.
Sincerely,
Sel Kardan President and Chief Executive Officer
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Philanthropy at the Colburn School
Thank You for Your Support
At the Colburn School, we are proud to offer over $9 million of scholarship support annually for more than 900 students from the Community School of Performing Arts, the Conservatory of Music, the Trudl Zipper Dance Institute, and the Music Academy. This is made possible in partnership with our generous donor community, whose philanthropy pays for over 75% of the Colburn experience. The School’s comprehensive performing arts education includes access to 300+ free performances on campus, myriad opportunities to learn from guest artists in master classes, innovative career development curriculum, as well as inspiring and supportive rehearsal and performance spaces.
Gifts from individuals, institutional partners, our trustees, as well as the ongoing support from legacy gifts to the Colburn School endowment allow Colburn to continue to educate and inspire students from all around the world. We extend our heartfelt appreciation to the individuals and organizations whose giving makes a lasting impact on the creative endeavors of our young artists. Thank you.
Individual Donors
Thank you to our community of donors who have supported Colburn with gifts of all levels. The following individuals contributed $250 or more between October 1, 2021 and January 1, 2023 in support of the annual activities of our students and faculty.
$100,000+
Anonymous (2)
Richard W. Colburn
Nathan Frankel
Stephanie and Gregory Guyett
David Kobrin
Terri and Jerry Kohl
Anne Akiko Meyers and Jason Subotky
Ann Mulally
Diane Naegele
Mimi Rotter
Marilyn Ziering
$25,000–$99,999
Anonymous (2)
Daniel L. Avchen
Henry and Queence Choi
David D. Colburn
Alice Coulombe
Jennifer F. Diener
Anthony DiResta and Terrance Mason
Martine and Dan Drackett
Linda and Darren Edwards
Lucy Farber and Jim Bright
Marianna and David Fisher
Jerome Guillen and Jeremy Gallagher
Dorothy Hendin*
Carol and Warner* Henry
Priscilla and William Kennedy
Molly and Brian Kirk
Aliza and Michael Lesser
Beverly C. Marksbury
Steven F. and Susan Matt, MATT Construction
J.H.B. Kean and Toby E. Mayman
Greg and Tracy McWilliams
Rosemarie Fall and Andrew Millstein
Mahnaz and David Newman
Gaylord "Nick" Nichols*
Joseph H. Reich
Koni and Geoffrey Rich
Ann* and Robert Ronus
Barbara and Heinrich Schelbert
Mrs. Isaac Stern
Harry Suh and Patricia Koh
Keith and Cecilia Terasaki Family Foundation
Peter W. Wardle
Alyce de Roulet Williamson
Cari Wolk
Dylan Yolles
$10,000–$24,999
Salome and James* Arkatov
Louise Bryson
George and Linda Cassady
Ellen DiResta and Jill DiResta
Mari and Edmund* Edelman
Lyndie and Sam B. Ersan
Michael Ferguson
Millicent and Gerald Fishbein
Anne and Jeffrey Grausam
Diane Henderson
Kardan Yui Family
Raulee Marcus
Judith S. Mishkin
Carole and John Moran
Michael Nissman
Linda Pierce
The Honorable Ernest M. Robles and Linda Curtis
Linda and Stephen Rosen
Dr. Lawrence Rubenstein and Dr. Susan Auyang
Beverly Ryder
Allison Sampson
Elizabeth Loucks Samson
Stephen and Janet Sherman
Samantha Winslow and John Williams
Christine and Sean Yu
Emma and Adam Zhu
$5,000–$9,999
Christine Ansbacher and Karen McCarthy
Louise and David Cheli
Kathleen Kane and Jerry Eberhardt
Linda and Paul Gridley
Susan and Bruce Heard
Robert Lewis
Annie and Bill Macomber, Sheep Meadow Foundation
Lorne Michaels
Nissenson Family
Ricki and Marvin Ring
Rock River
Daniel Rothmuller
Lynn Hall Russell and L. Michael Russell
Kirsten and Keith Sarkisian
Frank Skocilich
Annie and Sébastien Wickert
$2,500–$4,999
Anonymous, in memory of Ran Baron
Linda* and Robert Attiyeh
Evelyn and Stephen Block
Gail Eichenthal
Helgard and Irwin S. Field
Cynthia and Marc Karlin
Atis A. and Diana Liepins, Sandra Liepins Busby
Linda A. May
Peter and Merle Mullin
Holly and John Nuckols
Gretchen and Jay Riley
Ellen and James* Strauss
Sabrina Strong
Brigitta Troy and Alden Lawrence
Allison and Jim Wilt
$1,000–$2,499
Anonymous (5)
Jane Madelon Anthony
Nigel Armstrong
Joan Boyett
Amy Bryan
Lisa Kirk Colburn
James Contompasis
Adrian Daly
Joan and Albert Dorman
Eric Drachman
Gail and James Ellis
I.H. and Anna Grancell Foundation
Scott and Loree Hagen
Ginny Kim Heller and Mark Heller
Ada Horwich
Jennifer Kallend
Daniel Kelley
Layla and Gac Kim
Sarah Lang
Norma and Ronald Leonard
Shu-Yuan and Alexander Linna
Leslie and Patrick Marckx
Weta and Allen Mathies
Maeesha Merchant and Gaurav Diwan
Carlene A. Miller
Jess Morton
Gretl and Arnold Mulder
Margaret O’Donnell
Meltem and Mehmet Ozpay
Kasi and Rob Peters
MaryAnne and Dan Pocapalia/ J.B.D. Partnership
Henning Andersen and Mary Pottala
Kathleen Reiss
Elizabeth and Mark Robison
Kim and Tony Ruys de Perez
Samantha and Marc Sandman
Isla and David Shavelle
Susanne Spangler and Eric Bell
Allison and Kent Stevenson
Michael S. Turner and James Durree
Elinor and Rubin Turner
Tim Tuttle
Deborah and Lee Walcott
Robin and James Walther
Max and Diane Weissberg
Gail Werner
Barbara and Ian White-Thomson
$250–$999
Anonymous in honor of Annie Wickert and Nina Zhou
Barbara Abell
Genii Ahn and Alex Kang
Ramon M. Alvarez Jr.
Mary and Alan Arkatov
Noel Barragan
Vanessa Beecroft
Jennifer Bellah Maguire
Mariel Mulet and Andrew Bernstein
Michael D. Bicay
Casey Breves
Janet and Mark Brown
Catherine Bryan, in memory of Norman Bryan
Lynn and Thomas Chu
Ki Chung
Rachel Civen and Peter Schubin
Dvorah Colker
Linda Cormier
Rachel Criswell
Melinda J. Crowe
Claire Curley & Mason Rather
Andrea Dale
Donna and David Dalton
Diana deNoyelles and Edward H. Bailey
Debbie Devine and Jay McAdams
Matthew Diamond
Celina and Owen Duffy
Alan Dymmond
Gale Epstein
John Factoran and Georgina Cabrera
Megan Failla
Rachel and Zachary Fine
Richard Fiock
Mimi and Ed Fisher
Robert Follett
Laura Francis-Thorp and Clay Thorp
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Susan Friedman
Bryan Galdrikian and Raina Pepke
Gregory A Garbacz
Atsuko Gee
Matthew Gelfand
Kimaree and Yehuda Gilad
Serena Goransson
Victor Gotesman and Noel Hayashi
Edith Grady
Tara Grand
Kelly Gray and Kevin Singleton
Richard Halverstadt
Arax Harutunian and Allen Gross
Marguerite and Hal Hennacy
Thomas Hildreth
Clemens Hong and Judith Wong
Ann Horton and Jean W. Horton
Julie and John Houlihan
Gina and Scott Hyers
Dana Jacobson
Tom Jacobson and Ramone C. Munoz
Felix Jen
Florencia Jimenez-Marcos and Xavier Gonzalez-Sanfeliu
The Johnson-Brown Family
Simone and Thomas Johnston
Helen Kauder
Susan and Stephen Kay
Bob Kelly
Frances Kent
Frances R. Kimbrough
Hannah and Marshall Kramer
Marisa Silver and Ken Kwapis, in memory of Marjorie Kwapis
Ann Le Cam
Tera and Ryan Leonard
Agnes Lin
Carolyn and Juan Carlos Luciani
Aliana Lungo-Shapiro
Renee and Meyer Luskin
Karen and David MacQueen
Ana Maliglig and Michael Stenstrom
Mary Maloney
Fred Manaster
Worthy McCartney
Paul and Kitty McNamee-Lazarus
Nathan Melsted
Janet G. Michaels
Pamela and Mark Mischel
Gina and Charles Moffitt
Fatima Moldashova and Chris Bond
Phillip Moll
Jazmin Morales
Donna Morton
Mei-Lee Ney
John Ng
Edward A. Perez
Thomas Peterson
Victor Pineda II
Joshua Portner
Jeffrey Ptak
Corey Robinson
Vladimir and Jan-Maureen Sakovich
Rachana Sar and Kazusa Kimura
Hazel Schmidt
Alison Singer
Indra and Lily Siswanto
Jeffrey and Tam Smith
Jessica Sokol
Edward J. Spear
Edward Stabler and Katherine Hill
Jacqueline Stein
Cinamin C. Stulik
Elaine Sullivan
Carol and Steven Teutsch
Jean-Yves Thibaudet
Julie Tinley and Martin Gutierrez
Jennifer and Larry Trilling
Philippe Vaillancourt
Ruth Vasquez
Yanlin Wang and Charles Michael Dunkelman
Anjanette and John Whiteman
Jason Wildman and Lee Cioppa
Shelley & Vic Wisner
Sandra E. Wisot
Georgeann Wyatt
Maggie Mar and Kenneth Yue
Nina Zhou and Dylan Girard
Institutional Partners
Thank you to our foundation and corporate partners who have supported Colburn with gifts of all levels. The following institutional partners contributed $250 or more between October 1, 2021 and January 1, 2023 in support of the annual activities of our students and faculty.
$100,000+
Anonymous
The Ahmanson Foundation
Ayco Charitable Foundation
Cartier
Colburn Foundation
The Tippet Rise Fund of the Sidney E. Frank Foundation
Max H. Gluck Foundation
L.L. Foundation for Youth
The Negaunee Foundation
The Rose Hills Foundation
Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation
$10,000–$99,999
Anonymous (2)
Adams-Mastrovich Family Foundation
The Nancy E. Barton Foundation
California Arts Council
Capital Group
East West Bank
Edison International
First Republic Bank
Gehry Partners, LLP
The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation
The Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation
Joseph H. Reich, Pumpkin Foundation
Sidney Stern Memorial Trust
Whittier Trust Company
*Deceased
$2,500–$9,999
Selma Ankist Family Trust, Andrea Nobil, Trustee
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
Hennings-Fischer Foundation
Middle Road Foundation
Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts
John and Beverly Stauffer Foundation
Steinway & Sons
Visionary Women
$1,000–$2,499
Alemannia Music Foundation
CenTrio Energy
Council for Canadian American Relations
Decker Lighting Supply LLC
Diversified Thermal Services, Inc.
I.H. and Anna Grancell Foundation
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Stanhope Company
$250–$999
B&B Plumbing
EPC Electric
Endowment Circle
The Colburn School is honored to recognize donors who support the Colburn School's endowment, including the Access Fund, named chairs, scholarships, and programmatic endowments.
$1,000,000+
Anonymous
Judith and Thomas Beckmen
Colburn Foundation
David Kobrin
Susan and Peter Lynn
Walter Arlen and Howard Myers
Bruce Sutherland*
$500,000–$999,999
Anonymous
Richard W. Colburn
The Negaunee Foundation
$250,000–$499,999
Anonymous (2)
Patricia Duque Byrne
Charitable Foundation
David D. Colburn
Hilary Garland
William and Kathryne Garland
Max H. Gluck Foundation
Beverly C. Marksbury
$100,000–$249,999
Anonymous
The Ahmanson Foundation
Shirley Ashkenas
Linda* and Robert Attiyeh
Austrian-American Council West
Kardan Yui Family
Aliza and Michael Lesser
J.H.B. Kean and Toby E. Mayman
Mei-Lee Ney
Elizabeth Redleaf
Linda and Stephen Rosen
Elizabeth Loucks Samson
Mitzi Sutherland*
JoAnn Turovsky
Deborah and Lee Walcott
$25,000–$99,999
Anonymous (2)
David and Margaret Barry*
Murray and Susan Brown
Christopher Essay
Anne and Jeffrey Grausam
Carol and Warner* Henry
Jee Sung Kang and Hun Ku Kang
The Karpman Foundation
Brian and Molly Kirk
Shih Lan Liu and Jeff Lavner
Dr. Paul and Mrs. Candice Lee
Norma and Ronald Leonard
LGHG Foundation
Steven F. and Susan Matt, MATT Construction
Genie and Robert McAllister
Rosemarie Fall and Andrew Millstein
Diane Naegele
The Honorable Ernest M. Robles and Linda Curtis
Ann* and Robert Ronus
Mimi Rotter
Susan Keran Solomon
Harry Suh and Patricia Koh
Barbara Machen-Tehranchi
Cecilia and Keith Terasaki
Peter W. Wardle
*Deceased
The following named endowments provide support in perpetuity for our students.
Ahmanson Foundation Scholarship Fund
Amron-Sutherland Fund for Young Pianists
Shirley & Irving L. Ashkenas Scholarship Fund
Austrian-American Council West Award
Barry Scholarship Fund
Nancy Baxter Endowment Fund
Judith M. Benjamin Fund
Iona Benson Trust
Emily Bernstein Scholarship Fund
Susan & Murray Brown Endowment
Fund in honor and memory of Cellist Pal Hermann
Pat Byrne Piano Scholarship Endowment Fund
Richard D. Colburn Viola Chair
Catherine Colburn Høgel Scholarship Fund
Keith & Betsy Colburn Scholarship/ Galashiels Fund
Richard D. Colburn Scholarship Fund
Jennifer & Royce Diener Cello Scholarship Fund
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Dorothy Duque Grant Russell
Financial Aid Endowment
Fund for Piano
Ed & Mari Edelman
Chamber Music Fund
Louise Garland Scholarship Fund
Max and Muriel Gluck
Scholarship Fund
Grancell Scholarship Fund
Moe and Arlene Greendale
Endowment Fund
Susan & Bruce Heard Financial Aid
Endowment Fund for Cello
Henry Chamber Music Endowment
Molinda & Dr. Harold Karpman Fund
Wendy Kelman Scholarship
Beverly, Donald, and David Kobrin Scholarship Fund
Gene Krieger Financial Aid Fund
Candice and Paul Lee Endowment Fund for Community Engagement
Lesser Scholarship Fund
Rosalyne A. Lesser Musical
Endowment Fund
Wesley Bing Leung
Citizenship Award
Beverly Corcoran Marksbury
Financial Aid Fund
Christine Martin Endowment Fund
Kean/Mayman Endowed
Scholarship Fund
Millstein-Fall Colburn Youth Orchestra Fund
Negaunee Foundation
Endowment Fund
Felix Racelis Piano Scholarship Fund
Elizabeth Redleaf Scholarship Fund
Frances Rosen Violin Prize
Dorothy and Horace Sampson Cello
Financial Aid Endowment Fund
Hugo Samuels Scholarship Fund
Harry Suh and Patricia Koh
Scholarship Fund
Keith & Cecilia Terasaki Family Foundation Financial Aid
Endowment Fund
Weintraub Family Endowment
Encore Circle
Donors who include the Colburn School in their estate plans are welcomed into the Encore Circle, and we gratefully celebrate the following donors for their profound support.
Walter Arlen and Howard Myers
Linda* and Robert Attiyeh
Judith and Thomas Beckmen
Judith M. Benjamin*
Joan Benny*
Iona Benson*
Alan M. Binnie
Rebecca Bowne
Erica and William Clark
Lisa Kirk Colburn
Richard D. Colburn*
Alice and Joe* Coulombe
Jennifer F. Diener
Christopher Essay*
Richard Fiock
Roger Gendron
Anne and Jeffrey Grausam
Stephanie and Gregory Guyett
Susan and Bruce Heard
Frances R. Kimbrough
David Kobrin
Jo Ann and Josef K.* Lesser
Joel B. Levey*
Raulee Marcus
Beverly C. Marksbury
France H. Meindl
Mike and Lorraine Mohill
Mei-Lee Ney
Gaylord "Nick" Nichols*
Mimi Rotter
Allison Sampson
Elizabeth Loucks Samson
Mary Lea Schander
Jean F. Schwieger*
Harry Suh and Patricia Koh
Bruce Sutherland*
Mitzi Sutherland*
Ralph Tornberg* and Sheila Frost
Dr. Herbert Zipper*
*Deceased
Gifts in Kind
The Colburn School appreciates the continued collaboration of the following partners.
Anonymous (2)
Cynthia Boorujy
Cartier
Ann Child
Connie Sheu and Paul Chun
Keith and Betsy Colburn
Crossroads School for Arts & Sciences, Herbert J. Zipper
Collection
Peter Eliot
Laraine Gerber
Henry Gronnier and Ty Sylvester
Judith Hopf
Theresa Lawrence
Maggie Lee and Thomas La Porte
Daniel Lu
Ana Manaog
Liz McKinnon
Anne Akiko Meyers and Jason Subotky
Kanji Miyao
Rachel Moore and Rob Ryan
David Wheeler Newman, Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP
Holly and John Nuckols
The Orel Foundation
Jim and Carol Rohan
James D. Rohrig
Kathy Sawada
Louise and Charles Silverberg
Dr. Peter Stone
Neal Swerdlow
Alan J. Watson, Holland & Knight, LLP
Nina Zhou
If your name has been omitted or is listed incorrectly, please accept our apologies and notify the Philanthropy department at philanthropy@colburnschool.edu so that we may correct our records.
Discovering Debussy
James Conlon, Curator and Director“Discovering Debussy” is a citywide celebration of Claude Debussy in March and April which features intimate conversations and performances hosted by several of L.A.’s top cultural destinations. Scheduled events explore the life and legacy of the French composer, who is considered the founder of Impressionist music and one of the most influential composers of the 20th century.
Colburn School
March 1 at 7 pm
Music and Dance
Colburn School
March 3 at 7 pm
Chamber Works
LA Opera
March 4 at 9 am
Opera for Educators:
Pelléas and Mélisande
Hammer Museum
March 5 at 3 pm
James Conlon on Debussy
Opera League of Los Angeles
March 7 at 6 pm
Opera League Seminar: Maestro Conlon
on Pelléas et Mélisande
Colburn School
March 8 at 7 pm
Reflections on Debussy:
A Conversation with James Conlon and Jean-Yves Thibaudet
LA Opera
March 25–April 16
Pelléas and Mélisande
Ebell of Los Angeles
April 4 at 6:30 pm
Impressions of Pelléas
Norton Simon Museum
Claude Debussy:
Refracting His Music Through Art
Audio Tour Narrated by James Conlon, Available Mid-March
Learn more at:
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Discovering Debussy
Syrinx (1913) (fragment)
Épigraphes antiques (1914)
Pour Invoquer Pan, die du vent d’été
Pour un tombeau sans nom
Pour la danseuse aux crotales
Pour l’égyptienne
Pour que la nuit soit propice
Pour le remercier la pluie au matin
Daniel Wang and David Choi, Piano
Syrinx (1913)
Nikka Gershman, Flute
Wednesday, March 1, 2023
Zipper Hall, 7 pm
claude debussy1862–1918
Choreography by Jerome Robbins (1918–1998)
Staged by Jenifer Ringer
Rehearsed by Katherine Cowgill and Stephanie Saland
Costumes by Franco Martinez after original designs by Florence Klotz
Alexa Dollar, Lulu Manzur, Molly Nyhan, Chloë Oronoz, Natalia Reszka, Elianna Sabahi, Kate Stulik, Stella Stulik, Dancers
The choreography is presented with permission from The Robbins Rights Trust.
Chansons de Bilitis (1897–98)
La flûte de Pan
La chevelure
Le tombeau des Naïades
Sarah Saturnino, Mezzo-Soprano
Chi-Jo Lee, Piano
INTERMISSION
Sonata for Flute, Viola, and Pedal Harp (1915)
Pastorale Interlude Finale
Elvin Schlanger, Flute
Charlotte Strickel, Viola
Anya Garipoli, Harp
Selections from Préludes for Piano, Books I and II
Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l’air du soir (Book I, No. 4)
La fille aux cheveux de lin (Book I, No. 8)
Bruyères (Book II, No. 5)
Minstrels (Book II, No. 12)
HyeJin Park, Piano
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Discovering Debussy
Danses sacrée et profane (1904)
James Conlon, Conductor
Eunice Lee, Violin I
Sophie Ayer, Violin II
Matthew Pakola, Viola
James Baik, Cello
Ryan Sujdak, Double Bass
Jimena Eisele Farag, Harp
Rhapsodie for Clarinet and Piano (1909–10)
Artūrs Perts, Clarinet
Christy Wu, Piano
Sonata for Violin and Piano (1916–17)
Allegro vivo
Intermède. Fantasque et léger
Finale. Très animé
Jason Moon, Violin
Yanfeng Tony Bai, Piano
INTERMISSION
Friday, March 3, 2023
Zipper Hall, 7 pm
claude debussy1862–1918
Quartet for Two Violins, Viola, and Cello in G Minor, Op. 10 (1893)
Animé et très décidé
Assez vif et bien rythmé
Andantino, doucement expressif
Très modéré
Quartet Integra
Kyoka Misawa, Violin I
Rintaro Kikuno, Violin II
Itsuki Yamamoto, Viola
Anri Tsukij, Cello
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Discovering Debussy
Wednesday, March 8, 2023
Thayer Hall, 7 pm
Conversations with James Conlon and Jean-Yves Thibaudet
Sonata for Cello and Piano (1915)
Prologue
Sérénade
Finale
Clive Greensmith, Cello
claude debussy1862–1918
Artist Biographies
James Conlon, Conductor and Curator
James Conlon, internationally recognized as one of today’s most versatile and respected conductors, has cultivated a vast symphonic, operatic, and choral repertoire. Since his 1974 debut with the New York Philharmonic, he has conducted virtually every major American and European symphony orchestra, and at many of the world’s leading opera houses, including the Metropolitan Opera. Through worldwide touring, an extensive discography and filmography, numerous writings, television appearances, and guest speaking engagements, Mr. Conlon is one of classical music’s most recognized and prolific figures.
Mr. Conlon is Music Director of the Los Angeles Opera (since 2006) and Artistic Advisor of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (since 2021). He was previously Principal Conductor of the RAI National Symphony Orchestra in Torino, Italy (2016–20); Principal Conductor of the Paris Opera (1995–2004); General Music Director of the City of Cologne, Germany (1989–2003), simultaneously leading the Gürzenich Orchestra and the Cologne Opera; and Music Director of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra (1983–91). Mr. Conlon was Music Director of the Ravinia Festival, summer home of the Chicago Symphony (2005–15), and is now Music Director Laureate of the Cincinnati May Festival—the oldest Choral Festival in the United States—where he was Music Director for 37 years (1979–2016), marking one of the longest tenures of any director of an American classical music institution. He has conducted over 270 performances at the Metropolitan Opera since his 1976 debut. He has also conducted at leading opera houses and festivals such as the Wiener Staatsoper, Salzburg Festival, La Scala, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Mariinsky Theatre, Covent Garden, Chicago Lyric Opera, Teatro Comunale di Bologna, and Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino.
As Music Director of LA Opera, Mr. Conlon has led more operas than any other conductor in company history—over 400 performances of more than 60 works. Highlights of his LA Opera tenure include the company’s first Ring cycle; initiating the groundbreaking Recovered Voices series, an ongoing commitment to staging masterpieces of 20th century European opera suppressed by the Third Reich; spearheading Britten 100/LA, a city-wide celebration honoring the composer’s centennial; and conducting the west coast premiere of The Anonymous Lover by Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, a prominent Black composer in 18th century France. This season at LA Opera, he conducts a new production of Mozart’s The Marriage of
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Figaro directed by filmmaker James Gray featuring costumes by courtier Christian Lacroix, and Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande directed by David McVicar with Susan Graham making her role debut as Geneviève. He also conducts Verdi’s Otello, continuing his multi-season focus on the works of the great Italian composer. To date, Mr. Conlon has conducted more than 500 international performances of Verdi’s repertoire.
In his second season as Artistic Advisor of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Mr. Conlon conducts three weeks of concerts, initially launched with an October 2022 program of music and words featuring Bernstein’s “Kaddish” Symphony with an updated text by Holocaust survivor Samuel Pisa (narrated by his family) paired with Franz Schreker’s Prelude to a Drama—a work that expands on Mr. Conlon’s Recovered Voices series honoring composers silenced by the Nazi regime. Mr. Conlon returned to the BSO in January 2023 to lead Verdi’s Requiem with guest artists soprano Michelle Bradley, mezzo-soprano Yulia Matochkina, tenor Russell Thomas, and bass Morris Robinson, with the Washington Chorus. The BSO season concludes in June 2023 with a program that reflects a theme that recurs throughout Mr. Conlon’s advisorship—the bringing of attention to works by American composers neglected due to their race—including Adolphus Hailstork’s tribute to Martin Luther King Jr., Epitaph for a Man Who Dreamed, Alvin Singleton’s 56 Blows, and Joel Thompson’s To Awaken the Sleeper (a BSO co-commission), with Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 10.
Mr. Conlon is dedicated to bringing composers silenced by the Nazi regime to more widespread attention, often programming this lesser-known repertoire throughout Europe and North America. In 1999 he received the Vienna-based Zemlinsky Prize for his work bringing the composer’s music to a broader audience; in 2013 he was awarded the Roger E. Joseph Prize at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion for his efforts to eradicate racial and religious prejudice and discrimination; and in 2007 he received the Crystal Globe Award from the Anti-Defamation League. His work on behalf of silenced composers led to the creation of the OREL Foundation; the Ziering-Conlon Initiative for Recovered Voices at the Colburn School; and a recent virtual TEDx Talk titled “Resurrecting Forbidden Music.”
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Piano
For more than three decades, Jean-Yves Thibaudet has performed world-wide, recorded more than 50 albums, and built a reputation as one of today’s finest pianists. From the start of his career, he delighted in music beyond the standard repertoire, from jazz to opera, which he transcribed himself to play on the piano. His profound professional friendships crisscross the globe and have led to spontaneous and fruitful collaborations in film, fashion, and visual art.
This season, Mr. Thibaudet continues his multi-year focus on Debussy’s Préludes, playing the complete Préludes in solo recitals throughout the US and Europe. He also performs several recitals and small-ensemble concerts with close friends and new collaborators this season. In addition to a recital with Renée Fleming, Mr. Thibaudet tours Beethoven’s violin sonatas with Midori in the US and Japan, appears with the all-star Itzhak Perlman and Friends program in Michigan, Toronto, and at Carnegie Hall, and joins Michael Feinstein for a bespoke eveninglength program featuring the music of George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Richard Rodgers, and more, specially arranged for piano duos, solos, vocals, and orchestra.
In addition to his recital dates, Mr. Thibaudet appears as soloist in eight different pieces this season, performed with eleven orchestras. Among them are Gershwin’s Concerto in F, Debussy’s Fantaisie for Piano and Orchestra, Messiaen’s Trois petites liturgies de la présence divine and Turangalîla-Symphonie, Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 2, Saint-Saëns’s Piano Concerto No. 5, Bernstein’s Symphony No. 2, “The Age of Anxiety,” and Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G Major.
Mr. Thibaudet’s recording catalogue has received two Grammy nominations, the Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik, the Diapason d’Or, the Choc du Monde de la Musique, the Edison Prize, and Gramophone awards. His most recent solo album, 2021’s Carte Blanche, features a collection of deeply personal solo piano pieces never before recorded by the pianist. He is the soloist on Wes Anderson’s 2021 film The French Dispatch; his playing can also be heard in Pride and Prejudice, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, Wakefield, and the Oscar-winning and critically acclaimed film Atonement. His concert wardrobe was designed by Dame Vivienne Westwood.
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In 2010 the Hollywood Bowl honored Mr. Thibaudet for his musical achievements by inducting him into its Hall of Fame. Previously a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, Mr. Thibaudet was awarded the title Officier by the French Ministry of Culture in 2012. In 2020, he was named Special Representative for the promotion of French Creative and Cultural Industries in Romania. He is co-Artistic Advisor, with Gautier Capuçon, of the Festival Musique & Vin au Clos Vougeot.
Mr. Thibaudet has a lifelong passion for education and fostering young musical talent. He is the first-ever Artist-in-Residence at the Colburn School in Los Angeles, where he makes his home. In 2017, the school announced the Jean-Yves Thibaudet Scholarships, funded by members of Colburn’s donor community, to provide aid for Music Academy students, whom Mr. Thibaudet will select for the merit-based awards, regardless of their instrument choice.
Clive Greensmith, Cello
From 1999 until its final season in 2013, Mr. Greensmith was a member of the world-renowned Tokyo String Quartet, giving over one hundred performances each year in the most prestigious international venues, including New York’s Carnegie Hall, Sydney Opera House, London’s South Bank, Paris Chatelet, Berlin Philharmonie, Vienna Musikverein, and Suntory Hall in Tokyo. He has collaborated with international artists such as Andras Schiff, Pinchas Zukerman, Leon Fleisher, Lynn Harrell, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Alicia de Larrocha, and Emmanuel Ax.
Mr. Greensmith has given guest performances at prominent festivals worldwide. In North America, he has performed at the Marlboro Music Festival, Music@Menlo, La Jolla Summerfest, Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Cleveland Chamber Fest, and the Ravinia Festival and is a regular guest of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. He is currently the artistic director of the Nevada Chamber Music Festival. Internationally, Mr. Greensmith has appeared at the Salzburg Festival in Austria, Edinburgh Festival in Scotland, Pacific Music Festival in Japan, and the Hong Kong Arts Festival. As a soloist, he has performed with the London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Seoul Philharmonic, and the RAI Orchestra of Rome, among others.
During a career spanning over twenty-five years, Mr. Greensmith has built up a catalog of landmark recordings, most notably The Complete Beethoven String Quartet Cycle for Harmonia Mundi with the Tokyo String Quartet, Mozart’s ‘Prussian’ Quartets with the Tokyo String Quartet and Brahms Cello Sonatas with Boris Berman for Biddulph Recordings, and Clarinet Trios by Beethoven and Brahms with Jon Nakamatsu and Jon Manasse for Harmonia Mundi.
Deeply committed to the mentoring and development of young musicians, Mr. Greensmith has enjoyed a long and distinguished teaching career. In addition to his fifteen-year residency with the Tokyo String Quartet at Yale University, he has served as a faculty member at the Yehudi Menuhin School and Royal Northern College of Music in England, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and the Manhattan School of Music. In 2018, he was appointed cello faculty at the Colburn Conservatory of Music and is professor of chamber music at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena. Students of Mr. Greensmith have gone on to secure major positions in orchestras throughout the world and have won a number of prestigious awards.
Formerly the principal cellist of London’s Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Mr. Greensmith is a founding member of the Montrose Trio with pianist Jon Kimura Parker and violinist Martin Beaver.
Sarah Saturnino, Mezzo-Soprano
Mexican-American mezzo-soprano Sarah Saturnino is quickly becoming known for her versatility and “range of vocal colors” (Miami Herald). Recent roles include: Maddalena in Rigoletto with Opera San Antonio, Marcellina in Le Nozze di Figaro, and Carmen in The Tragedy of Carmen with Shreveport Opera, Vera Boronel in The Consul with Baltimore Concert Opera, Maddalena in Rigoletto with Painted Sky Opera, Mutter in Hänsel und Gretel, and Dorabella in Cosi fan tutte with Yale Opera.
Ms. Saturnino joined the Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program at LA Opera in the 2022–2023 season where she will sing the role of Emilia in Otello. She was the Resident Artist Program’s Mezzo Soprano for Shreveport Opera where she sang the role of Marcellina in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro in fall of 2021. In 2022, she sang the roles of Carmen in Peter Brook’s adaptation of The Tragedy of Carmen and Maddalena in Verdi’s Rigoletto. In 2020, she
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performed in Art After Dark where she sang Maria in Feel the Tango, Angie in Pepito, and Julia Child in Bon Appétit. She also sang in their recorded production of Rigoletto as Maddalena and Giovanna in 2021.
Miss Saturnino is a choreographer, fight director, and intimacy director. Her work includes Feel the Tango, Speed Dating, and Le Nozze di Figaro for Shreveport Opera. She works with Sordelet Inc. as a Fight and Intimacy Director. She is also trained in fencing.
Quartet Integra, Colburn Ensemble-in-Residence
Described as having “an enormous wealth of colors… and sparkling rhythms,” (All News Press), Quartet Integra is quickly developing a reputation of international prestige. In 2022, the Quartet won second prize and the coveted audience award at the 2022 ARD International Music Competition, first prize at the 2021 Bartók World Competition, and first prize and the Prize of Beethoven and Grand Prix Award at the 2019 Akiyoshidai Music Competition. Additionally, Quartet Integra has received the prize Banca Monte dei Paschi in the 2021 Accademia Musicale Chigiana, the Kirishima International Music Festival Prize, and Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi Music Director Prize in the 2021 Kirishima International Music Festival.
Upcoming performances include over twenty performances throughout Japan, including the Kanazawa, Hukuyama, and Takefu international festivals, and at venues such as Tokyo Opera City, Toppan Hall, and Suntory Hall, among others. Past performances include the Suntory Chamber Music Garden Festival, amongst others. Quartet Integra has performed and worked with artists, including Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, Kazuhide Isomura, Shigeo Neriki, and Kazuhide Isomura. Committed to contemporary works, Quartet Integra has commissioned many new works from Japanese composers and has given over a dozen world premieres.
Quartet Integra studies with Martin Beaver, Clive Greensmith, and Tatjana Masurenko at the Colburn School and is on the roster of Colburn Artists. The quartet is supported by grant funding from the Matsuo Foundation.
Student Biographies
Sophia Ayer, Violin
Sophia Ayer, 20, is a violinist in the Bachelor of Music program of the Colburn Conservatory of Music where she studies with Robert Lipsett. She began studying the violin at age five and studied with Sandy Yamamoto and Pasha Sabouri before coming to Colburn. Ms. Ayer has won prizes in competitions, including the Sphinx Competition and Juanita Miller Concerto Competition. She plays on a violin Opus 821 made by Douglas Cox, violin maker in Brattleboro, Vermont, through a Sphinx Music Organization loan.
Yanfeng Tony Bai, Piano
Pianist Yanfeng Bai, 23, is an international prizewinner, recently winning the Best Performance Prize in the America Paderewski International Piano Competition in 2022, first prize at the China Shenzhen International Piano Concerto Competition in 2017, third prize of the Gotrian International Piano Competition in Germany in 2018, and the first prize in the China Central Television Piano Competition, and others. Mr. Bai has performed with numerous orchestras globally, given multiple recitals in the US, Italy, and China. Mr. Bai is a guest pianist of the Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra, and also a Yangtze River Piano Artist. Mr. Bai is currently a Master of Music candidate at the Colburn School, where he studies with Fabio Bidini.
James Baik, Cello
James Baik is a Bachelor of Music candidate at the Colburn Conservatory of Music where he studies with Clive Greensmith. Notable achievements include the first prize award at the 2019 Irving M. Klein International Competition, the grand prize winner at the Walgreens Competition, finalist at the Stulberg and Johansen competitions, and the winner of the 2020 Colburn Concerto Competition. As a soloist, Mr. Baik has been invited to give concerts by many orchestras and festivals such as the Music in the Vineyards Festival, the Peninsula Symphony, and the Pasadena Symphony.
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David Choi, Piano
David Choi started piano lessons at age five. He made his solo debut at the Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall in New York at age six as the Grand Prix winner of the 13th International Youth Piano Competition of the Chopin Society of Texas. A student at the Colburn Music Academy, David currently studies with HyeJin Kim. Prior to that, he studied with Dr. Alex McDonald from 2017 to 2021. Recently, he has received many accolades, such as First Place in the 2022 Piano Star International Competition, Second Place and Best Baroque Prize in the 2022 Spotlight International Piano Competition, first place in the 2022 Colburn Piano Seminar Competition, and second place in the 2022 Edith Knox Performance Competition. He was also the Gold Medalist in the 2021 Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Young Artist Competition, where he made his orchestral debut with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra under Maestro Salvador Brotons in January 2022.
Alexa Dollar, Dancer
Alexa Dollar is originally from Atlanta, Georgia. She began dance training at age three and is in her fourth year at Colburn and her third year in the Colburn Dance Academy. While at Colburn, Ms. Dollar has performed in Justin Peck’s Pulcinella Variations, among other works. She has attended summer training at Pacific Northwest Ballet and Boston Ballet.
Jimena Eisele Farag, Harp
Jimena Eisele Farag is a harpist pursuing her Bachelor of Music degree at the Colburn Conservatory of Music, where she studies with JoAnn Turovsky. She has won prizes in the Hong Kong IHC and the Iberian Competition of Chamber Music with Harp, among others. She has performed with the Russian Philharmonic Orchestra, and in 2018, she made her solo debut at Madrid’s National Auditorium. Previously, Mrs. Eisele studied with Zoraida Ávila at Katarina Gurska Academy. She performs on a Lyon & Healy instrument on loan from the Colburn School.
Anya Garipoli, Harp
Anya Garipoli is a harpist pursuing her Artist Diploma at the Colburn Conservatory of Music, where she studies with JoAnn Turovsky. Ms. Garipoli has won several major solo harp competitions, including the Lyon and Healy Awards Competition and the Anne Adams Awards Competition of the American Harp Society. Ms. Garipoli has performed alongside the London Symphony Orchestra, is an associate member of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, and is a guest harpist with the New World Symphony in Miami. Before attending Colburn, Ms. Garipoli studied with Yolanda Kondonassis at Oberlin Conservatory.
Nikka Gershman, Flute
Nikka Gershman, flutist and composer, is a senior at the Colburn Music Academy in Los Angeles, where she is a Jean-Yves Thibaudet Scholar. She is a Salon de Virtuosi Career Grant Winner, YoungArts National Finalist, and a guest performer on NPR’s From the Top. Ms. Gershman was the only flutist selected out of 13 winners internationally by the Classicalia Global PBS Televised Competition to perform in Vienna’s renowned Konzerthaus with the Győr Philharmonic. In 2022, she won first prize for the Music Teachers’ National Association’s Junior Performance Competition, the British Flute Society Young Performer Competition, and the grand prize at the Pasadena Showcase House Instrumental Competition. In 2021, she won first prize at the Vancouver Symphony Young Artists’ Concerto Competition, New York Young Virtuoso Competition, Rising Stars Grand Prix in Berlin, and grand prize Virtuoso International Music Competition in Bonn, Germany.
Chi-Jo Lee, Piano
Chi-Jo Lee is pursuing her Master of Music degree in piano performance at the Colburn Conservatory of Music, where she studies with Fabio Bidini. She made her recital debut in 2015 and has won prizes in competitions in Asia and the United States, including, most recently, Wideman International Piano competition, the Eslite chamber music audition in Taiwan, and the concerto competition at Indiana University. Ms. Lee is an alumna at Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, where she received three scholarships, including the young artist award, and studied with pianist André Watts.
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Eunice Lee, Violin
Eunice Lee, 19, is a sophomore violinist at the Colburn Conservatory of Music where she studies with Robert Lipsett. Ms. Lee has received a number of honors in competitions and festivals. A few include first prize in the Young Stars of the Future Competition, Classics Alive National Auditions, and Bellflower Symphony Concerto Competition. She has also appeared as a soloist with the South Coast Symphony, Bellflower Symphony, SYMF Festival Orchestra, the Orchestra Collective of Orange County, and was featured on National Public Radio’s From the Top. Ms. Lee has spent the past few summers in Aspen, Colorado at the Aspen Music Festival and School.
Lulu Manzur, Dancer
Lulu Manzur is originally from Los Angeles, California. She began dance training at age three and is in her third year at Colburn and her first year in the Colburn Dance Academy. While at Colburn, Ms. Manzur has performed in an onstage masterclass with Alonzo King, among other works. She has attended summer training at the School of American Ballet for the past two summers.
Jason Moon, Violin
Jason Moon is a violinist pursuing his Master of Music degree at the Colburn Conservatory of Music, where he studies with Martin Beaver. He has won prizes at several competitions, including the Ronald Sachs International Music Competition and Adelphi Orchestra Young Artist Competition. He has performed with the San Francisco Symphony and Peninsula Symphony, among others. Mr. Moon received his Bachelor of Music from the Juilliard School under the tutelage of Li Lin.
Molly Nyhan, Dancer
Molly Nyhan is originally from Los Angeles, California. She began dance training at age three and is in her first year in the Colburn Dance Academy. While at Colburn, Ms. Nyhan has performed in the Joy performance, among other works. She has attended summer training at Pacific Northwest Ballet School and Boston Ballet School.
Chloë Oronoz, Dancer
Chloë Oronoz is originally from Orange County, California. She began dance training at age eight and is in her third year in the Colburn Dance Academy. While at Colburn, Ms. Oronoz has performed in Justin Peck’s Pulcinella Variations, among other works. She has attended summer training at Boston Ballet and Ballet West.
Matthew Pakola, Viola
Matthew Pakola is a violist pursuing his Bachelor of Music degree at Colburn Conservatory of Music, where he studies with Tatjana Mazurenko. Mr. Pakola started playing Suzuki violin at age four. He joined the violin studio of Sally O’Reilly at the University of Minnesota in 2015 and the viola studio of Korey Konkol in 2017. As a junior in high school, Mr. Pakola was a violist with the University of Minnesota Symphony Orchestra. He performed with the Cuban American Youth Orchestra as well as the Quad City Symphony Orchestra. He has traveled to Finland and Italy for several performance opportunities.
HyeJin Park, Piano
Hyejin Park has received awards, including prizes at National Student Music Competition in Korea, the Korea-Russia International Exchange Association Competition, and the Haneum Piano Competition. She was a prizewinner of AMIGDALA International Music Competition in Italy, and second at the International College of Arts International Piano Competition in Vietnam (2021). Ms. Park has played with the National Symphony Orchestra of Public Company Teleradio-Moldova, CMS Vienna Chamber Orchestra, Filarmonica Oltenia Craiova, and Filarmonica Banatul Timisoara. Currently, Ms. Park is a Professional Studies Certificate candidate at the Colburn Conservatory of Music, where she studies with Fabio Bidini.
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Artūrs Perts, Clarinet
Artūrs Perts is a Latvian clarinetist currently pursuing a Master of Music degree at the Colburn Conservatory of Music, studying with Yehuda Gilad. Passionate about orchestra and chamber music, Mr. Perts is a frequent guest musician in Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, Latvian National Opera, and Sinfonietta Riga. In 2017, he appeared as a soloist with the Rousse Philharmonic Orchestra and in 2018 with Liepaja Symphony Orchestra. In the summer of 2022, Mr. Perts was a member of the European Union Youth Orchestra led by Maestro Gianandrea Noseda and Gustavo Gimeno, performing at the Berlin Konserthaus, Warsaw National Philharmonic, and Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.
Natalia Reszka, Dancer
Natalia Reszka is originally from Stockton, California. She began dance training at age two and is in her first year in the Colburn Dance Academy. While at Colburn, Ms. Reszka has performed in an onstage masterclass with Alonzo King, among other works. She has attended summer training at Pacific Northwest Ballet and San Francisco Ballet.
Elianna Sabahi, Dancer
Elliana Sabahi is originally from San Francisco, CA. She began dance training at age four and is in her first year in the Colburn Dance Academy. While at Colburn, Ms. Sabahi has performed in Silas Farley’s Dances from The Nutcracker, among other works. She has attended summer training at Pacific Northwest Ballet and San Francisco Ballet.
Elvin Schlanger, Flute
Elvin Schlanger is in the first year of the Artist Diploma at the Colburn Conservatory of Music, studying with Jim Walker. He has appeared as a soloist with several orchestras and has performed in master classes with Philippe Bernold, Denis Bouriakov, and Demarre McGill. This past summer, Mr. Schlanger was a fellow at the Music Academy of the West where he was a finalist in the MAW Keston MAX Competition and Duo Competition.
Charlotte Strickel, Viola
Charlotte Stickel is a violist pursuing her Bachelor of Music degree at the Colburn Conservatory of Music, where she studies with Tatjana Masurenko. She has won prizes in major competitions, including the international Goldberg competition and the “Tonkünstlerverband” in Germany, and is the first prize winner of the European Competition for young soloists 2021 in Luxemburg. She has performed with the Heidelberg Philharmonic Orchestra. Previously, Charlotte Stickel studied with Tatjana Masurenko at the Conservatory of Music in Leipzig
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Kate Stulik, Dancer
Kate Stulik is originally from Orange County, California. She began dance training at the age of five and is in her second year in the Colburn Dance Academy. While at Colburn, Ms. Stulik has performed in Jerome Robbins’ The Goldberg Variations, among other works. She has attended summer training at the School of American Ballet and Pacific Northwest Ballet.
Stella Stulik, Dancer
Stella Stulik is originally from Orange County. She began dance training at age three and is in her second year in the Colburn Dance Academy. While at Colburn, Ms. Stulik has performed in Justin Peck’s Pulcinella Variations, among other works. She has attended summer training at the School of American Ballet and the Royal Ballet School.
Ryan Sujdak, Double Bass
An orchestral and chamber musician, Ryan Sujdak has performed across the United States and Europe with the Verbier Festival Orchestra, National Repertory Orchestra, Sarasota Music Festival, Shattered Glass Ensemble, and the Norfolk Music Festival. Ryan earned a Bachelor of Music at the Manhattan School of Music with Timothy Cobb, and a Master of Music at the Yale School of Music under Don Palma, and now studies at the Colburn Conservatory of Music with Peter Lloyd where he is an Artist Diploma candidate.
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Daniel Wang, Piano
Daniel Wang, 17, is currently a senior at Westlake High School. He has been playing the piano since the age of five and currently attends the Colburn Music Academy, where he studies piano with Micah Yui. A top scholarship recipient of the National Chopin Foundation Scholarship, Daniel is also a top-prize winner of the Valencia International Piano Festival Competition, IAPMT Piano Competition, Los Angeles International Piano Competition, Sound Espressivo Global Competition, Music Center Spotlight Competition, and has won numerous statewide first prizes at the Music Teachers’ National Association and Music Teachers’ Association of California State Solo and Concerto Competitions. Furthermore, he was hand-picked by renowned pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet to perform Mozart’s Triple Concerto with him at the 2022 Colburn Gala. Most recently, Daniel received early admission to Yale University, where he’ll continue his academic and musical pursuits.
Christy Wu, Piano
Christy Wu started studying the piano when she was five. She is currently a student at the Colburn Conservatory of Music where is a Bachelor of Music degree candidate and studies with Fabio Bidini. Ms. Wu has won numerous prizes and is one of the finalists of NPR’s From the Top. Ms. Wu performed her first recital in Taiwan at the age of 10 and since has performed in solo recitals as well as chamber recitals in concert halls across the country and overseas, including her most recent solo recital held at the National Concert Hall in Taiwan. She also enjoys participating in diverse performances and has played at the Women’s Center in Downtown Los Angeles with Grammy Award-winning singer, Hila Plitmann, and in performances at the California Club. Christy actively participates in piano festivals and master classes, and is devoted to community services in elderly centers, church and music promotion activities.
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Herbert Zipper, Champion of Community Music
Dr. Herbert Zipper, for whom the Colburn School’s Zipper Hall is named, was a pioneer of the community music movement in the United States. Remembered as a dedicated activist, Dr. Zipper was known for his work in music education and his deep commitment to students. He believed a performing arts education should be available to everyone, a philosophy on which Colburn’s mission of “access to excellence” was built.
Born in Vienna in 1904, Zipper was accepted into the Viennese Academy of Music where he studied with Richard Strauss and Maurice Ravel. Later in life, after his release from the Dachau concentration camp, he accepted a conducting position with the Manila Symphony Orchestra where he reunited with his future wife, Trudl Dubsky. The two later migrated to the U.S. where Zipper expanded his efforts in music education. On August 26, 1980, the groundwork for the Colburn School was secured after Zipper approached Richard D. Colburn with the idea of making the University of Southern California’s preparatory school independent.
One of the very finest halls for chamber music in the U.S., our beloved 430-seat performance hall is named after Herbert Zipper. Colburn proudly welcomes students, faculty, staff, families, and other members of the community to Zipper Hall each year.
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Board of Directors
Officers
Andrew Millstein, Chairman
Carol Colburn Grigor, Life Chairman Emeritus
Vice Chairmen
David D. Colburn
Diane Naegele Directors
Daniel L. Avchen
Robert N. Braun, MD
Henry Choi
Richard W. Colburn
Alice Coulombe
Jennifer F. Diener
Anthony E. DiResta
Darren Edwards
Greg Guyett
Carol F. Henry
Catherine Colburn Høgel
Bob Kelly
William T. Kennedy
Molly Kirk
Aliza Lesser
Robert E. Lewis
Beverly C. Marksbury
Greg McWilliams
Ann Mulally
Mahnaz Newman
Heinrich R. Schelbert, MD, PhD
Harry B. Suh
Keith Terasaki
Peter W. Wardle
Dylan Yolles
Honorary Life Directors
Robert S. Attiyeh
Toby E. Mayman
In Memoriam
David N. Barry
Iona Benson
Edmund D. Edelman
Robert B. Egelston
Warner Henry
Ann Ronus
Executive Leadership
Sel Kardan President and Chief Executive Officer
Linda Cormier Vice President, Administration
Adrian Daly, DMA Provost
Jennifer Kallend Vice President, Communications
Maeesha Merchant Chief Financial Officer and Vice President, Business Development
Annie Wickert Vice President, Philanthropy
Academic Leadership
Adrian Daly, DMA Provost
Lee Cioppa Dean, Conservatory of Music
Susan Cook Dean, Community School of Performing Arts
Silas Farley
Dean, Trudl Zipper
Dance Institute
Nathaniel Zeisler, DMA Dean, Community Initiatives
Artistic Administration
Nick Gianopoulos Manager,
Artistic Administration
Community School of Performing Arts
Susan Cook Dean department chairs
Dr. Nita Baxani Early Childhood
Henry Gronnier Strings
Jeffrey Lavner Piano
Karen Lundgren Winds, Brass, and Percussion
Kathy Sawada Theory
Denise Scheerer Musical Theatre
Lee Secard
Jazz Moni Simeonov Chamber Music
Michael Stevens Voice
Conservatory of Music
Lee Cioppa Dean applied faculty
Edward Atkatz
Percussion
Andrew Bain Horn
Martin Beaver
Violin
Richard Beene
Dean Emeritus, Bassoon
Fabio Bidini
Piano
David Rejano Cantero Trombone
Yehuda Gilad
Clarinet
Clive Greensmith Cello
Eugene Izotov Oboe
Robert Lipsett
Violin
Peter Lloyd
Double Bass
Tatjana Masurenko
Viola
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Conducting
Aaron Tindall
Tuba
JoAnn Turovsky
Harp
Jim Walker Flute
James Wilt
Trumpet
academic chairs
Jordan Nelson, DMA
Music Theory and Aural Skills
Ian Pritchard, PhD
Music History and Literature, Interim
Deborah Smith
Director of Academic Programs
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Yehuda Gilad
Music Director
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Adrian Daly, DMA Provost
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Andrew Bain Horn
Margaret Batjer
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Martin Beaver Violin
Richard Beene Bassoon
Fabio Bidini Piano
Vanessa Fadial Piano
Yehuda Gilad Clarinet
Clive Greensmith Cello
Henry Gronnier Violin
Eugene Izotov Oboe
Fabiola Kim Violin
Joan Kwuon Violin
HyeJin Kim Piano
Teng Li Viola
Robert Lipsett Violin
Tatjana Masurenko Viola
Aaron Tindall
Tuba
Jim Walker Flute
Micah Yui
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Trudl Zipper
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Darleen Callaghan
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Denise Scheerer
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Kelly Ann Sloan Ballet
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Director of Production
Jessica Ewing
Manager of Production
David Mencos
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Edward Graham
Luis Hernandez
Paul Loera
Ruben Lopez
Claire Mazzeo
Elmer Pacheco
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Save the Date
The Colburn Orchestra, under the baton of conductor Stéphane Denève, will enliven the stage of Walt Disney Concert Hall for a program of classical favorites, as we celebrate the transformative power of the performing arts and the next generation who are already thrilling us with their artistry. Before the concert, enjoy the company of like-minded friends and philanthropists for an elegant Sunday supper on the Colburn Plaza. For more information, contact us at events@colburnschool.edu.
Mark your calendar for April 23, 2023 and be on the lookout for your invitation coming soon!
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Building Our Future
The Colburn School recently revealed plans for a transformational new addition to our downtown Los Angeles campus. Born out of our aspiration to serve both the community and the School, the 100,000 square foot addition of state-of-the-art performance venues and learning spaces unites Colburn’s passion for the performing arts and collaboration to spark interdisciplinary educational partnerships and residencies all across the region.
To learn more about this exciting new development contact the Philanthropy Office at philanthropy@colburnschool.edu.
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At the Colburn School, we are proud to offer annual scholarship support to more than 900 students from the Community School of Performing Arts, the Conservatory of Music, the Trudl Zipper Dance Institute, and the Music Academy. This is made possible in partnership with our generous donor community, whose philanthropy pays for over 75% of the Colburn experience.
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