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.
Iryna Krechkovsky
Violin Session 4
Benjamin Hoffman
Violin Session 2
Jenny S. Kim
Piano Session 3
Ariana Solotoff
Violin/Viola Session 1
Ted Sugata
Oboe Session 4
Devin Hughes
Vocal Institute Session 3, Conductor and Vocal coach
Paulette Jumalon
Soprano, Vocal institute Session 3
Molly Kittle , Alexander Technique
Vocal Institute Session 3
Ayke Agus
Violin/Piano Guest Artist Session 1
Catherine Gregory
Flute Session 3
Sungho Jung
Violin/Viola Session 1
Amelia Smith
Clarinet Session 4
Vardan Gasparyan
Cello Session 1,2,3,4
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
Kirsten Yon
Violin Session 4
Mann-Wen Lo
Violin Session 4
Baya Kakouberi
Piano Session 1 and 4
Mikhail Korzhev
Piano Session 1 and 2
Anyango Yarbo-Davenport
Violin Session 4
Jichen Li
Cello Session 1
Mark Yee
Cello Session 1 and 2
Nicholas Scales
Double Bass Session 1 and 2
Yiwen Shen
Composition/ Conductor, Session 1,2,3,4
Javier Iglesias Martin
Cello Session 1,2,3,4
Robert Thies
Piano Session 1
Brian Lin
Piano Session 3 and 4
Gloria Kim
Cello Session 3
Arutyun Piloyan
Violin Session 1,2,3,4
Igor Petrushevski
Violin Session 1,2,3,4
Joanna Lee
Violin Session 2
Joseph Skerik
Viola Session 3
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 1
Mei Mei Wei
Violin - Session 1 to 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 4
Mark Richman
Piano session 2 and 3
Ji Young An
Violin Session 3
Yoonsun Kim
Choir Director Session 4
Junah Chung
Viola Session 4
Soo -Yeon Park
Piano Session 3
Aristides Rivas
Cello Session 4
Andrew Picken
Viola Session 3 and 4
Aaron Boyd
Violin Session 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
Stella Cho
Cello Session 1 and 2
Christopher Costanza
Cello Session 4
Martin Beaver
Violin. Session 1
Suejin Jung
Piano Session 3
Sheila Browne
Viola Session 1
Dong Yeol Hong
Celllo Session 1,2,3 and 4
Xiaobo Su (visiting guest artist)
Voice Session 3
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
Yi-Ju Lai
Piano Session 1,2 ,3
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
Sizhi Yan (Visiting Guest Artist)
Violin - Session 3
Andres Cardenes session 2
Violin - Session 2
Benjamin Lash
Cello Session 1
Jason Lippmann
Cello - Sessions 1, 2, 3
keren-schweitzer
Flute Session 1, 2, 3
Marta Aznavoorian
Piano Sessions 1
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
Ron Leonard
Cello Sessions 1,2
Amanda Walker Wind/Brass Coordinator session 4
Clarinet session 4
Vanessa Fadial, DMA
Piano - Session 1, 2, 3 and 4
Gina Coletti
Viola - Session 1, 2
Junqi (Sophie) Tang
Violin - Session 1, 2
Minor L. Wetzel
Violin - Session 1
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
Bongshin Ko
Cello - Sessions 1, 2, 3
Teresa de Jong Pombo
Piano - Session 1
Gabriel Sears: Resident Faculty
session 4
Tina Chang Qu
Violin - Session 1, 2
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 3
Robert deMaine
Cello - Sessions 1, 2, 3
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
Vanessa Muen Wei
Piano - Session 1, 2, 3
Regulo Martinez-Anton
Piano - Session 1, 2
Dr. Elvin S. Rodriquez
Piano - General Manager
Linda Wang
Violin - Session 1, 2
Marek Szpakiewicz
Cello - Session 1, 2, 3, 4
Daniel Rothmuller
Cello (Orchestra Excerpts)
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
Jean-Yves Thibaubet session 4 master class
Piano - Master Class
Chan Ho Yun
Violin - Artistic Director & CEO