Faculty
The Montecito International Music Festival is dedicated to bringing world-class teachers and distinguished artists to mentor and coach students. Students will have opportunities to work with amazing teachers in their instruments, participate or simply listen and learn from masterclasses with master teachers and performing artists, collaborate with fellow students, and learn from workshops and seminars that are geared to help students navigate their career choices. Click on individual names to see photos and biographical information of this summer’s confirmed faculty. This faculty roster is subject to change without notice.
Sahun Sam Hong
Piano Session 1
Sheila Browne
Viola Session 1
Fufus Choi
Piano Session 2
Dong Yeol Hong
Celllo Session 1,2,3 and 4
Xiaobo Su
Voice Session 3
Akemi Takayama
Violin Session 2
Sehee Lee
Piano Sessions 1 and 2
Thomas Loewenheim
Cello Session 3
James Choi
Violin - Session 2 and 3
Jennifer Cruz
Piano Session 3
Paul Coletti
Viola, Session 1
Andres Jaramillo
Piano Session 3
Yi-Ju Lai
Piano Session 1,2 ,3
Fang Fang Xu
Cello Session 3
Lucy Nargizyan
Piano Session 3
Samvel Chilingarian
Violin Session 3
JinHee Kate Kim
Violin Session 3
Eloise Kim
Piano Session 1&2
Suli Xue
Special Guest Artist Violin Session 3
Antonio Lysy
Special Guest Artist, Master Class Cello, session 3
Barry Tan (Visiting Guest Artist)
Piano Session 1,2 and 3
Sun Wei
Piano Session 3
Han Yi
Violin Session 3
Yoon Jae Park
Violin Session 3
Dimitry Olevsky
Violin Session 1,2 and 3
Yunjung Lee
Session 1, 2 and 3
Eleanor Angel
Viola Session 1 & 2
Che-Yen Chen
Viola - Session 2
Benjamin Bartelt
Viola Session 1,2 and 3
Svetlana Transky
Piano Session 1 & 2
Roger Myers
Viola Session3
Paul Phillips
Conductor Session 2
Ruby Wang
Piano Session 1, 2
Heqing Huang – Visiting Guest Artist
Piano - Session 3
Yang Shen
Piano - Session 2, 3
Sizhi Yan (Visiting Guest Artist)
Violin - Session 3
Alexander Tseitlin
Violin Session 1 and 2
Andres Cardenes
Violin - Session 1
Benjamin Lash
Cello Session 1,2 and 3
Mr. Say Ming Foo
Violin Session 1
Jason Lippmann
Cello - Sessions 1, 2, 3
keren-schweitzer
Flute Session 1, 2, 3
Karen Dreyfus
Viola, session 2 (master class)
Glenn Dicterow
Violin Sessions 2 (master class)
Marta Aznavoorian
Piano Sessions 1
Mann-Wen Lo
Violin Session 2
Gary Levinson
Violin Sessions 1,2
Ornela Ervin
Piano Sessions 1,2
Xiting Yang
Piano Sessions 1,2
Caroline Kim
Cello Sessions 1,2
Connie Kim-Sheng
Piano Sessions 1,2
Strauss Shi
Violin Sessions 1,2
Ben Fried
Cello Sessions 1,2
Benjamin Loh
Piano Session 1
Christina Adams
Violin/Viola, Session 1,2
Kyuyoung Lee
Voice
Chi Yong Yun
Piano -
James Yongjae Kim
Conductor
Ron Leonard
Cello Sessions 1,2
Amanda Walker
Clarinet
Vanessa Fadial, DMA
Piano - Session 1,2
Micah Yui
Piano - Session 2
Dmitry Rachmanov
Piano - Session 1
Gina Coletti
Viola - Session 1, 2
Lei Shi
Voice - Session 3
Junqi (Sophie) Tang
Violin - Session 1, 2
Eric Wilcox
Voice - Session 3
Susana Leiva
Voice - Session 3
Karla Rivera
Voice - Session 3
Estefania Cuevas Wilcox
Voice - Session 3
Minor L. Wetzel
Violin - Session 1
Yoshika Masuda
Cello - Session 2, 3
Joan Kwuon
Violin - Session 2
Fabio Bidini
Piano - Special Guest
Elise Goodman
Violin - Session 1, 2
Hyoung Wuk Kim
Piano - Session 1, 2
Yi-Yang Chen
Piano - Session 2
Bongshin Ko
Cello - Sessions 1, 2, 3
Teresa de Jong Pombo
Piano - Session 1
Dennis Kim
Violin - Session 1
Sergiu Schwartz
Violin - Session 1, 2
Matthew Daline
Viola
Sam Fischer
Violin -Session 1, 2
John Perry
Piano - Special Guest
Eric Le Van
Piano - Session 1, 2, 3
Danwen Jiang
Violin - Session 2
Kurt Isaacson
Composition
Robert deMaine
Cello - Sessions 1, 2, 3
Peter Takacs
Piano - Session 1, 2, 3
Renee Skerik
Viola - Session 2
Michele Zukovsky
Clarinet
Kimaree Gilad
Oboe
Darci Lobdell
Voice - Session 3
Javier Gonzalez
Tenor - Session 3
Martin Glicklich – Co-Director
Flute - Session 1, 2
Andrew Park
Piano - Session 1, 2, 3
Daniel Shapiro
Piano - Session 1, 2, 3
Valeria Morgovskaya
Staff Pianist
Yurie Iwasaki
Staff Pianist
Ken Aiso ( Co-String Coordinator )
Violin - Session 1, 2 ,3
Andres Cardenes
Violinist - Master Class -Session 1
Cho-Liang Lin
Violin - Session 2
Vanessa Muen Wei
Piano - Session 1, 2, 3
Shakeh Ghoukasian
Violin
Regulo Martinez-Anton
Piano - Session 1, 2
Dr. Elvin S. Rodriquez
Piano - General Manager
Linda Wang
Violin - Session 1, 2
Peter Lloyd
Double Bass - Session 1,2
Marek Szpakiewicz
Cello - Session 1, 2, 3
Daniel Rothmuller
Cello (Orchestra Excerpts)
Ko Iwasaki
Cello - Session 1, 2
Lu-Yan Guo
Cello
Kyung Eun Choi
Cello - Session 3
Samuel Fischer
Violin, Chamber Music Coordinator
Henry Gronnier
Violin - Session 1, 2, 3
Alexander Kalman
Violin - Session 1, 2, 3
Jean-Yves Thibaubet
Piano - Master Class
Martin Chalifour
Violin - Session 3
Chan Ho Yun
Violin - Artistic Director & CEO
Yizhak Schotten
Viola - Session 1