Cello with Anna C.

Education 2012 Aug. University of Southern California, Thornton School of Music (Doctor of Musical Arts in Cello Performamce) 2006 May.         Yale University, School of Music (Master of Music in Cello Performance) 2004 February        The Korean National University of Arts, Seoul, Korea (Bachelor of Music) 2001 Feb.           Seoul Arts High School, Seoul Korea (Diplom) 1998 June            Acceptance Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory 1998 June           Gnessins Special Music School. Moscow, Russia (Diplom) 1994 Aug-1997 Jun. Pre-college of Moscow, Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Moscow, Russia 1993 Mar-1994 Jun.  Pre-College of Korean National University of Arts. Seoul, Korea Teachers 2011-2012 Andrew Shulman (Principal Cellist in LA Chamber Orchestra) 2008-2011 Peter Stumpf (Professor at Indiana University & former LA Phil Principal Cellist) 2007-2008 Nathaniel Rosen (Gold Medalist in International Tchaikovsky Competition) 2006-2007 Eleonore Scheonfeld (former Piatigorsky Chair at USC) 2004-2006     Aldo Parisot (Professor at Yale School of Music) 2001-2003  Myung-Wha Chung (Professor at the Korean National University of Arts) 1998-2000   Hyung-won Chang (a faculty member at the Korean National University of Arts and Yonsei University) 1997-1998   Lev Yevgrafov (a professor at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory and Gnessins Special Music School) 1994-1997   Alexander Seleznev (a faculty member at pre-college of the Tchaikovsky conservatory) Teaching Experience 2012 Cello Teacher at Diamond Bar High School, CA 2009 Beverly Hills Conservatory & Institute of Art, Music, and Science 2009- Teaching Assistant at USC, Thornton School of Music 2006-2008 Teaching Assistant at Yale University, School of Music Competitions and Awards 2007 Rene Fe Bland Scholarship Recipient. Santa Barbara, CA 2005-2006 Full Scholarship (Yale University) New Haven, CT 2001-2003  Full scholarship (the Korean National University of Arts) Seoul, Korea 2000 Nov.  2nd prix Hanjun Artspool Center Competition (Hanjun Elecrtic Center) Seoul 1999 May  1st prize Seoul Youth Chamber Competition. (Seoul Arts High School) Seoul 1999 Feb.   Grand Prix Korean Philharmonic Competition (Korean Philharmonic Orchestra) Seoul, Korea. Solo Recitals and Chamber Concerts 2006 – 2007 A Cellist in a Graduate String Quartet with Prof. Midori Goto at USC 2006 April Soloist at Yale Cellos Concert 2003 Feb.  Recital (Kumho Art Gallery) - Paganini Variations on a Theme by Moses, F. Schubert Arpeggione Sonata, Dvorak’s Cello Concerto in b minor 1999 Nov. ‘Young Artist Concert’ (Kumho Gallery) - Piano Trios S. Rahmaninoff ‘Elegiaque’ No. 2 & D. Shostakovich No. 2) 1996 June   Recital (Dom Druzhbui), Moscow, Russia. 1992 April  Recital (Tchaikovsky Conservatory Hall) - Breval, Vivaldi Sonatas, Moscow, Russia. Concertos 1999 Feb.   Korean Philharmonic Orchestra (Yangchun Kumin Center) – D. Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 1 1998 June  Vryemyena Goda Chamber Orchestra (Gnessins Institute Hall) - J.Haydn cello concerto in C 1997 July   The Moscow Symphony Orchestra - Variations on a Rococo theme by P. Tchaikovsky Music Festivals Participated 2012 March International Piatigorsky Festival, Los Angeles, CA 2007 June Piatigorsky Seminar for Cellists, Los Angeles, CA 2005 July Music Festival in Banff, Canada 2002 June Music Festival, Casalmaggiore, Italy 2001 July 13-Aug. Elan Music Festival, Stowe, VT 1999 June         International Adam Cello Festival, Christchurch, New Zealand Orchestral Experience 2008- Los Angeles Jewish Symphony Orchestra (Substitute) 2009. Redlands Symphony Orchestra (Substitute) 2009 San Diego Symphony Orchestra (Substitute cellist) 2007 July International Moritzburg Festival, Germany (Principal Cellist) 2004 American Youth & Debut Symphony Orchestra (Assistant Principal), Los Angeles, CA 2001-2004 Korean Symphony & Eurasian Philharmonic Orchestra (Substitute), Seoul, South Korea                                Other Highlights 2013 Finalist for Assistant Professor position at Belmont University, Nashville, TN 2012 Married to a Chinese Cellist, Xian Zhuo (The First Prize Winner of Dr. Luis Sigall International Competition, 2011) 2010 Accepted to International Society for Music Education World Conference 2008 Jury for the Music Competition at Jewish Temple, Los Angeles, CA 2007 Russian Translator at Piatigorsky Cello Seminar 1985 Lived in Sudan, Africa 1988-1992, Lived in Moscow, Russia with Family. Father was a Diplomat. 1994-1998 Master Classes Ralph Kirshbaum, Arto Noras, Ko Iwasaki, Karine Georgian, Natalia Gutman.