Our Alumni
Our Alumni
We are proud of the talented and accomplished MMB Alumni around the world. Our alumni are today's leading classical musicians performing on stages around the world, in key positions and with the best orchestras, and teaching at top music schools.
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Former Morningside Music Bridge Alumni include:
Yuja Wang: Concert Pianist and Recording Artist broadly considered to be one of the world’s finest performers. In 2024 Yuja Wang was also the 66th GRAMMY® Award Winner for Best Classical Instrumental Solo; click HERE for more details.
Jaeden Izik-Dzurko: Canadian pianist Jaeden Izik-Dzurko is the First Prize winner at the 2024 Leeds International Piano Competition. He has also been the First Prize winner at the 2024 Montreal International Music Competition, the Hilton Head International Piano Competition and the 20th Paloma O'Shea Santander International Piano Competition.
Jan Lisiecki: Concert Pianist and Recording Artist. The New York Times has called him “a pianist who makes every note count”
Clayton Stephenson: Pianist, 2024 Avery Fisher Career Grant, 2022 Gilmore Young Artist. 2023 Grand Prize at the inaugural Nina Simone Piano Competition
Szymon Nehring: Concert Pianist, is one of the most gifted and promising pianists of the younger generation in Poland. Winner of the First Prize at the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition in Tel Aviv
Wang Xiaohan: One of the leading pianists in China and a teacher at the Tianjin Juilliard School
Chen Sa: Concert Pianist and Recording Artist
Earl Lee: A 2021 Solti Foundation U.S Career Assistance Award recipient. Music Director of the Ann Arbor Symphony. Assistant Conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and RBC Resident Conductor with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Guest conducting appearances with the Vancouver Symphony, Calgary Philharmonic, Winnipeg Symphony, Colorado Springs Philharmonic, The Florida Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra and Sejong Soloists.
Teng Li: Principal Violist, Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Former Principal Violist, Los Angeles Philharmonic and Toronto Symphony Orchestra. MMB Advisory Council, Former MMB Artistic Director. Active soloist, recitalist and chamber artist. Member of the Rosamunde String Quartet.
Diyang Mei: Principal Violist, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Former Principal Violist of the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra
Ning Feng: Recording Artist and Solo Violinist. Winner of the Michael Hill and Paganini International Violin Competition. Based in Berlin and enjoying a global performing career, Ning Feng also teaches at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin
Agata Szymczewska: Recording Artist and Solo Violinist. Winner of the Henryk Wieniawski International Violin Competition Winner of the 2006 Henryk Wieniawski International Violin Competition, Agata is a violinist with Szymanowski String Quartet and is on faculty with The Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw.
Nikki Chooi: Recording Artist and Solo Violinist. Winner of the Michael Hill, Montreal Symphony's ManuLife Competition, the Klein International Strings Competition and Laureate of the Queen Elisabeth and Tchaikovsky Competitions. Concertmaster of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and former Concertmaster of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.
Timothy Chooi: Concert Violinist, Second prize at the 2019 Queen Elisabeth International Violin Competition, First Prize at the 2018 Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition. World-wide solo appearances. Professor of Violin at the University of Ottawa.
Shanshan Yao: Concert Violinist and former member of the Pittsburgh Symphony and New York Philharmonic. MMB Advisory Committee and member of the Rosamunde String Quartet.
Angelo Xiang Yu: Violinist, Winner of the Yehudi Menuhin International Violin Competition in 2010. Member of the Shanghai Quartet.
Chen Xi: Violinist, Silver Medal (top violin prize) at 2002 Tchaikovsky Competition — faculty member of the Central Conservatory, Beijing
Emily Fowler: Violinist, Danish National Symphony Orchestra
Jing Zeng: Violinist, The Phoenix Symphony
Jeremy Gabbert: Violinist, Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra
Minnie Min Kyung Kwon: Violinist, Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra
Maria van der Sloot: Violinist, Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra
Zeyu Victor Li: Violinist, New York Philharmonic
Yolanda Bruno: Violinist, Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Douglas Kwon: Violinist, Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Tian Bonian: Principal Cellist, Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne Philharmonic and faculty member at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main Cellist.
Wei Yu: Principal Cellist, Detroit Symphony Orchestra and faculty member Cleveland Institute of Music and Bienen School of Music, Northwestern University.
Arnold Choi: Principal Cellist, Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra
Estelle Choi: Cellist,The Calidore String Quartet
Maciej Kulakowski: Cellist, First prize and a special award in the 10th Witold Lutoslawski International Cello Competition in Warsaw, Laureate at the Queen Elisabeth Competition, faculty member at the Gdansk Academy of Music, Poland and frequent soloist and recitalist.
Alastair Eng: Cellist, Toronto Symphony Orchestra
