Meet Our Faculty

Violin Faculty

The Montecito International Music Festival is dedicated to bringing masters of teaching to mentor their students. Click on faculty to see their full biographical information. This string faculty roster is subject to change without notice.
Akemi Takayama
Violin Session 2
James Choi
Violin - Session 2 and 3
JinHee Kate Kim
Violin Session 3
Suli Xue
Special Guest Artist Violin 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
Sizhi Yan (Visiting Guest Artist)
Violin - Session 3
Alexander Tseitlin
Violin Session 1 and 2
Andres Cardenes
Violin - Session 1
Mr. Say Ming Foo
Violin Session 1
Glenn Dicterow
Violin Sessions 2 (master class)
Mann-Wen Lo
Violin Session 2
Gary Levinson
Violin Sessions 1,2
Strauss Shi
Violin Sessions 1,2
Christina Adams
Violin/Viola, Session 1,2
Junqi (Sophie) Tang
Violin - Session 1, 2
Joan Kwuon
Violin - Session 2
Elise Goodman
Violin - Session 1, 2
Dennis Kim
Violin - Session 1
Sergiu Schwartz
Violin - Session 1, 2
Sam Fischer
Violin -Session 1, 2
Danwen Jiang
Violin - Session 2
Ken Aiso ( Co-String Coordinator )
Violin - Session 1, 2 ,3
Cho-Liang Lin
Violin - Session 2
Linda Wang
Violin - Session 1, 2
Samuel Fischer
Violin, Chamber Music Coordinator
Henry Gronnier
Violin - Session 1, 2, 3
Alexander Kalman
Violin - Session 1, 2, 3
Martin Chalifour
Violin - Session 3
Chan Ho Yun
Violin - Artistic Director & CEO