2024 Distinguished Guest
Artists-in-Residence
Philip Setzer
VIOLIN
June 23th - June 30th, 2024 | In-Person
Violinist Philip Setzer, a founding member of the Emerson String Quartet, has appeared with the National Symphony, Aspen Chamber Symphony (David Robertson, conductor), Memphis Symphony (Michael Stern), New Mexico and Puerto Rico Symphonies (Guillermo Figueroa), Omaha and Anchorage Symphonies (David Loebel) and on several occasions with the Cleveland Orchestra (Louis Lane).
Setzer began studying violin at the age of five with his parents, both former violinists in the Cleveland Orchestra. He continued his studies with Josef Gingold and Rafael Druian, and later at the Juilliard School with Oscar Shumsky.
Setzer currently serves as the Distinguished Professor of Violin and Chamber Music at SUNY Stony Brook and a Visiting Professor at the Cleveland Institute of Music. He is also the Director of the Shouse Institute and has been a regular faculty member of the Isaac Stern Chamber Music Workshops at Carnegie Hall and the Jerusalem Music Center.
Setzer has given master classes at schools around the world, including The Curtis Institute, London's Royal Academy of Music, The San Francisco Conservatory, UCLA and The Mannes School.
Daniel Binelli
BANDONEON
July 14th - July 21st, 2024 | In-Person
Binelli is also widely acclaimed as the foremost exponent and torchbearer of the music of Astor Piazzolla. In 1989 Daniel Binelli joined Piazzolla´s New Tango Sextet and toured internationally.
Orchestras with whom Mr. Binelli has appeared as guest soloist include, among others, the Philadelphia Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony, Virginia Symphony, Sydney Symphony, Tonhalle Orchestra in Zurich, Montreal Symphony, Ottawa Symphony, Dayton Philharmonic (OH) and St. Petersburg Symphony, (Russia).
Some of the conductors with whom Binelli has worked include Charles Dutoit, Lalo Schifrin, Franz Paul Decker, Robert Spano, JoAnn Falletta, Giselle Ben-Dor, Isaiah Jackson, Michael Christie, Lior Shambadal and Daniel Schweitzer. Binelli conducted Piazzolla´s operetta: María de Buenos Aires in Sicily (Italy) with Italian singer Milva.
Mr.Binelli’s collaborations include duo performances with pianist Polly Ferman (http://www.pollyferman.net) and guitarist Eduardo Isaac, as well as the Binelli- Ferman- Isaac Trio (http://www.binelli-ferman.com).
Daniel Binelli is the Musical Director of Tango Metropolis (http://www.tangometropolis.com/, recently featured in a PBS Documentary” Tango the Spirit of Argentina “ and in a BBC documentary about Astor Piazzolla’s life.
Session I
June 15-July 7, 2024
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Dr. Katie Smirnova
VIOLIN
Artistic Director -
Dr. Brett Walfish
VIOLA/VIOLIN
Executive Director -
Dr. Minna Rose Chung
CELLO
Co-Author CelloMind
University of Manitoba
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Matthew Baker
DOUBLE BASS
CCO MUSIC DIRECTOR
Berklee College of Music Valencia
Palau de les Arts (Opera of Valencia) -
Dr. Matthieu Cognet
PIANO
COLLABORATIVE PIANO
Curtis Institute of Music
The Juilliard School -
Session II
July 7-July 29, 2024
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Dr. Katie Smirnova
VIOLIN
Artistic Director -
Dr. Brett Walfish
VIOLA/VIOLIN
Executive Director -
Dr. Ismar Gomes
CELLO
Gettysburg College
George Mason University
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Matthew Baker
DOUBLE BASS
CCO MUSIC DIRECTOR
Berklee College of Music Valencia
Palau de les Arts (Opera of Valencia) -
Dr. Matthieu Cognet
PIANO
COLLABORATIVE PIANO
Curtis Institute of Music
The Juilliard School -
Distinguished Guest Artists
Virtual Masterclass Series
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Previous Distinguished Guest Artists
Almita Vamos, Violin (2023 In-Person Residency)
Hagai Shaham, Violin (2022 In-Person Residency)
Atar Arad, Viola
Tanya Carey, Cello
Dr. Ann Setzer, Violin
Philip Setzer, Violin
Lawrence Dutton, Viola
Michael Klotz, Viola
Alison Wells, Cello
Daniel Heifetz, Violin
Kurt Muroki, Double Bass