cellocompetitions

Judges will be:

Patinka Kopec (violin and viola) joined the faculty of the Manhattan School of Music in 1987 and teaches in the Precollege and College Divisions. Since 1993, she has been the Co-Director and Co-Teacher of the Pinchas Zukerman Performance Program at MSM. She was a Co-Founding Artist of the Perlman Music Program (1995) where she continues to teach. She is the Director of the Young Artists Programme at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, Canada (since 1999).

David Geber (cello) a member of the Manhattan School of Music College faculty since 1984 and of the Precollege faculty since 2004, he also maintains summer teaching and performing affiliations with Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara and the Tanglewood Music Center and is a faculty member with DeTao Masters Academy in China.f the West in Santa Barbara and the Tanglewood Music Center and is a faculty member with DeTao Masters Academy in China.