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.
Laszlo Mezo
Cello Session 1
Cathal Breslin
Piano Session 2
Sang Woo Kang
Piano Session 1 and 2
Yue Yin
Voice Session 3
Julie Lin
Violin Session 1 and 2
Rafael Hoekman
Cello Session 3
Robert deMaine
Cello - Sessions 2
Ben Sayevich
Violin Session 4
Michael Strauss
Viola Session 1,2 and 4
Keum Hwa Cha
Violin session 3 and 4
Samuel Grodin
Francesca dePasquale
Violin Session 1
Jeffrey Solow
Cello Session 3
Jun Cho
Piano Session 1
Miclen LaiPang
Violin Session 4
Kyle Stachnik
Cello Session 2
Er-Gene Kahng
Violin Session 1,2,3,4
Michael Klotz
Viola Session 1
Aljoša Jurinić
Piano Session 4
Thomas Lee Cooper
Violin Session 4
Tyler James
Cello Session 4
Alan Chow
Piano Session 1
Iryna Krechkovsky
Violin Session 4
Ted Sugata
Oboe Session 4
Ayke Agus
Violin/Piano Guest Artist Session 1
Sungho Jung
Violin/Viola Session 1
Amelia Smith
Clarinet Session 4
Christopher O’Riley
Piano Session 1, 2
David Allen
Bass Session 2 , 4 (Master Classes)
Paola Marquez
Composition Session 4
Joo Lee
Cello Session 1 , 4
Michael Alampi
Flute Session 3,4
Ryan Baird
Bass Session 1, 4
Kathryne Jennings
Voice Session 3
Yein Son
Viola Session 1,2,3,4
Blair McMillen
Piano Session 2
Mikhail Korzhev
Piano Session 1 and 2
Nicholas Scales
Double Bass Session 1 and 2
Yiwen Shen
Composition/ Conductor, Session 1,2,3,4
Robert Thies
Piano Session 1
Gloria Kim
Cello Session 1 and 2
Igor Petrushevski
Violin Session 1,2,3,4
Joseph Skerik
Viola Session 2
Seonmi Lee
Piano Session 2 and 3
Junshi Yang
Violin Session 1,2,3,4
Jing Zeng
Violin Session 2
Gulia Gurevich
Violin Session 1 to 4
Alexander Treger
Violin Session 1 to 4
Shmuel Ashkenasi
Violin Session 4
Scott Cuellar
Piano Session 1 and 2
So Jin Kim
Violin Session 2
Rodolfo Leone
Piano Session 1 and 2
Amanda Yang
Violin / Viola Session 3 and 4
Evgeny ZVONNIKOV
Violin Session 2
Mark Richman
Piano session 2 and 3
Ji Young An
Violin Session 3
Aristides Rivas
Cello Session 4
Aaron Boyd
Violin Session 1 & 2
Hanbyul Jang
Violin Session 1
Inga Kapouler Gartner
Piano Session 1
Peter Klimo
Piano Session 3 and 4
Limor Toren-Immerman
Violin Session 3
Gwang Kim
Trombone Session 4
Ian Krouse
Composition Session 4
Christopher Costanza
Cello Session 4
Suejin Jung
Piano Session 3
Dong Yeol Hong
Celllo Session 1,2,3 and 4
Sehee Lee
Piano Sessions 1 and 2
Thomas Loewenheim
Cello Session 3
James Choi
Violin - Session 2 and 3
Jennifer Cruz
Piano Session 4
Paul Coletti
Viola, Session 1
Andres Jaramillo
Piano Session 4
Dimitry Olevsky
Violin Session 1,2 and 3
Yunjung Lee
Session 1, 2, 3 and 4
Benjamin Bartelt
Violin/Viola Session 1,2,3 and 4
Paul Phillips
Conductor Session 3
Benjamin Lash
Cello Session 1
keren-schweitzer
Flute Session 1, 2, 3
Gary Levinson
Violin Sessions 1,2
Ornela Ervin
Piano Sessions 1,2,3 and 4
Xiting Yang
Piano Sessions 1,2
Christina Adams
Violin/Viola, Session 1,2
Kyuyoung Lee
Voice
Amanda Walker Wind/Brass Coordinator session 4
Clarinet session 4
Vanessa Fadial, DMA
Piano - Session 1, 2, 3 and 4
Micah Yui
Piano - Masterclass
Junqi (Sophie) Tang
Violin - Session 1, 2
Yoshika Masuda
Cello - Session 1
Joan Kwuon session 4
Violin - Session 4
Elise Goodman
Violin - Session 1, 2 ,3 and 4
Hyoung Wuk Kim
Piano - Session 1, 2,3 and 4
Gabriel Sears: Resident Faculty
session 4
Tina Chang Qu
Violin - Session 1, 2
Sergiu Schwartz
Violin - Session 1, 2
Sam Fischer
Violin -Session 1, 2
Eric Le Van
Piano - Session 1, 2, 3
Danwen Jiang
Violin - Session 3
Robert deMaine
Cello - Sessions 2
Peter Takacs
Piano - Session 1, 2, 3
Renee Skerik
Viola - Session 2
Raejin Lee
Soprano
Javier Gonzalez
Voice Session 3
Daniel Shapiro
Piano - Session 1 and 2
Valeria Morgovskaya
Staff Pianist
Yurie Iwasaki
Staff Pianist
Ken Aiso ( Co-String Coordinator )
Violin - Session 1, 2 ,3 and 4
Andres Cardenes
Violinist - Master Class -Session 1
Cho-Liang Lin
Violin - Session 2
Dr. Elvin S. Rodriquez
Piano - General Manager
Linda Wang
Violin - Session 2
Max Levinson
Piano session 1
Marek Szpakiewicz
Cello - Session 1, 2, 3, 4
Ko Iwasaki
Cello - Session 1, 2
Kyung Eun Choi
Cello - Session 3
Samuel Fischer
Violin, Chamber Music Coordinator
Alexander Kalman
Violin - Session 1, 2, 3
Chan Ho Yun
Violin - Artistic Director & CEO