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Raising the Bar: Learning and Thriving in the Spotlight | Aaron Williamon

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Longy Spotlight

Mahan Esfahani, Historical Performance Program
Harpsichord soloist, performances include Zürich Tonhalle, Wigmore Hall, Petronas Hall (Kuala Lumpur), and with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
BBC New Generation Artist (2008–2010)
Three-time nominee, Gramophone Artist of the Year
Ann Moss, MM ’02
Soprano soloist with the San Francisco Symphony
Worked closely with composers Jake Heggie, John Harbison, Kaija Saariaho, Aaron Jay Kernis, and David Conte
Artistic Director, CMASH (Chamber Music Art Song Hybrid)
Simon Tedeschi, AD ’11
Piano soloist, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Opera House
Awarded the Centenary of Federation Medal
Recording artist, Sony Music Australia, Universal/ABC
Nadia Shpachenko, UD ’97
Concert Pianist
Grammy nominated recording artist
Professor of Music at Cal Poly Pomona University
Tobias Steymans, AD ’01
Violinist, principal concertmaster of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Ensemble Chamäleon
Founder of the Suavis String Quartet
Angelica Cortez, MAT ’15
Education Project Manager, Los Angeles Philharmonic
Polina Sedukh, AD ’02
Violinist, San Francisco Symphony, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Soloist with St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra, Boston Virtuosi Orchestra, St. Petersburg Capella Symphony Orchestra
Anton Kuerti, Longy 1951
Iconic piano soloist
Recipient of nine honorary degrees
Recipient of the Governor General’s Performing Arts Award in Canada for Lifetime Artistic Achievement
Political activist
Sarah Brady, MM ’00, AD ’02
Flutist, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Odyssey Opera
Founding Member of Radius Ensemble
Director and Associate Professor, Boston Conservatory at Berklee
Heather Gilligan, MM ’02
Composer, Pianist
Associate Professor of Music at Keene College
Ashley Hall, AD ’07
Longy Career Coaching Manager
Founding Member of trumpet quintet Fifth Bridge
Associate Professor of Trumpet
Elliott Carter, Longy c. 1926
Composer, “one of the most important and enduring voices in contemporary music” (The New York Times)
Winner of two Pulitzer Prizes
Studied at Longy with composition faculty Nadia Boulanger
Sergey Antonov, AD ’10
Cello soloist, Moscow Philharmonic, WGBH, NHK Japan
Recipient of the Gold Medal at the 2007 International Tchaikovsky Competition
Kaley Lane Eaton, MM ’13, MAT ’14
Composer, commissioned by Derek Bermel and the Seattle Symphony for their new high-tech performance space, Octave 9
Soprano, co-founder of Stack Effect,
a flute and voice duo
Co-director of Kin of the Moon
Anna Marie Williams, MM ’11, GPD ’12
Founding Member of Neave Trio
Longy Violin Faculty and Artist-in-Residence
Mikhail Veselov, GPD ’10, MM ’12
Founding Member of Neave Trio
Longy Cello Faculty and Artist-in-Residence
Tahanee Aluwihare, MM ’14
Mezzo-soprano, soloist with the Symphony Orchestra of Sri Lanka, principal roles with Opera Classica Europa (Germany), City Lyric Opera (New York), Opera Charlottesville, Opera Memphis
Jeremy Van Buskirk, MM ’00
Longy Assistant Dean, Department Chair of Composition and Theory, Acting Chair of Historical Performance
Compositions performed at Carnegie Hall and Chicago Symphony Center
Yi-Li Chang, MM ’15, GPD ’16
Faculty at University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Modern and Baroque Violinist, Gambist, Keyboardist
Harold Shapero, Longy 1942–43
Composer, central figure of the American Neo-Classical style
Professor at Brandeis University
Awarded two Guggenheim Fellowships, two Fulbright Fellowships, composer-in-residence at the American Academy in Rome
Attila Dobak, GPD ’14
Singer at the Hungarian National Opera
Justin Croushore, MM ’15
Trombonist with the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra
Founding member of Some Assembly Required
Certified Teaching Artist and El Sistema Volunteer
Hillary Harder, MAT ’16
El Sistema Coordinator at Horizon Education Alliance
Sara Matayoshi, MM ’11
Violinist, United States Marine Chamber Orchestra
Andrew Davidson, MM ’99
Opera and theater director, including work in London, Sydney, Singapore, and Adelaide.
Michelle Trainor, MM ’06
Soprano, Odyssey Opera, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Brookline Symphony Orchestra, New World Chorale, Boston Lyric Opera
Tony Solitro, MM ’09
Composition Fellow and Artist-in-Residence
Recipient of the Grand Prize in the David Walter Composition Competition
Heather Gallagher, Opera Program
Mezzo-Soprano, Boston Lyric Opera, Odyssey Opera, Boston Opera Collaborative
Davron Monroe, Opera Program
Lyric Stage Company of Boston, New Repertory Theatre, The Company Theater, Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston, Boston Center for the Arts
Melissa Carubia, MM ’06
Composer and lyricist of T: An MBTA Musical.
A musical about the T is returning to ImprovBoston (Finally, an MBTA experience people will actually enjoy)—Boston.com
Jonathan Shin, AD ’19, MM ’18
Pianist and composer
His song cycle The Other Merlion and Friend has been called “probably the most compelling and worthwhile new work from any Singaporean composer in recent years.”
Milos Bjelica, AD ’20, MM ’18, GPD ’17
Founding member of the Nevski Clarinet Quartet, an ensemble that fuses elements of theater and dance with classical performance
Liubomyr Senyshyn, AD ’20, GPD ’18
Violinist
Toured Europe with the K&K Philharmoniker
Paulius Pancekauskas, AD ’20, MM ’18
Pianist

Performed with the Lithuanian State Symphonic Orchestra and the Klaipe˙da Chamber Orchestra