Cellist Han Bin Yoon has captivated audiences internationally with his emotional performances and rich tone. A top prize winner at the Young Concert Artist International Auditions and the International Schoenfeld Cello Competition in Hong Kong, he has been praised by La Libre Belgique for his “superb resonances, deployed with elegance and a zest of sentimentality.”
Israeli-Mexican-American cellist Michal Shein is a performer, community organizer and master educator focused on curating cross-cultural performance projects and intensive educational initiatives. In 2021, she founded the Cellísimo Festival, an intensive high level cello festival for Spanish speaking cellists which includes masterclasses with world-class faculty, special lectures and wellness sessions. Michal is recognized for her pedagogical style that nurtures her students with effective pedagogical methods for solid and positive musical advancement. Her students have been winners in competitions, have received admission to top festivals such as BUTI Tanglewood, Brevard, YOLA Festival, Greenwood, National Symphony Summer Institute, and have played in masterclasses for cellists in top conservatories in the U.S.
Drawing on the vast experiences of a diverse teaching team, this intensive, virtual summer seminar will cover a broad array of subjects relevant to cello teachers at all levels of experience. Topics this year include explorations in shifting and vibrato, practice strategies for busy students, applying Feldenkreis Principles in your teaching, essentials for cello beginners, early steps in developing keyboard visualization, the art of cadenza writing and many, many more. Our classes are designed to bolster pedagogical knowledge and skills, with opportunities for participants to engage directly with our faculty in both formal and informal Q & A settings. Faculty in 2023 include master teachers Paul Katz, Tanya Carey, Mark Churchill, Sandra Halleran, Khari Joyner, Alison Bazala Kim, Kee-Hyun Kim, Ken Kubota, Jisoo Ok, Aristides Rivas, and David Ying.
Cellist Kathryn Bates’ boundless energy for sharing musical experiences has shaped a career that continues to explore the intersections of tradition and innovation. Praised for her “beautifully rounded sound” by the New York Times, Kathryn’s performances are characterized by a dancer’s sense of rhythm and captivating theatricality. Projects range from her recent tongue-in-check solo cello recording of “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” (“Inspire Christmas” album on Sono Luminus) to performances during Elliott Carter 100th Birthday anniversary celebration at Tanglewood that were called the “revelation” of the concert (Sequenza 21) and “electrifying” (Boston Globe). Cellist of the San Francisco-based Del Sol Quartet since 2010, Kathryn has established herself as an important voice in the contemporary music world, as musician, collaborator and curator.
Cellist Michael Haber is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Brandeis University and did graduate work at Harvard and Indiana University. His cello teachers were Janos Starker, Mihaly Virizlay and Gregor Piatigorsky. He is a former member of The Cleveland Orchestra under George Szell, the Casals Festival Orchestra under Pablo Casals and was the principal cellist of the Colorado Music Festival Orchestra. As cellist of the Composers Quartet, in residence at Columbia University, he toured and recorded internationally, as he did with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. For more than 20 years, he was the cellist of The Gabrielli Trio.
In these virtual classes, students will explore different ways of expressing themselves through their bows. Concepts will include developing tone and stroke control, how to spin your sound, as well as learning how to communicate musical ideas with more clarity. Through interactive games, students will develop tools to unlock their bow’s expressive possibilities. These classes will be led by the wonderful Erin Breene, who joins us from our partners at Chamber Music | OC, which is one of Southern California’s only pre-professional classical music training programs.
In these virtual classes, students will explore different ways of expressing themselves through their bows. Concepts will include developing tone and stroke control, how to spin your sound, as well as learning how to communicate musical ideas with more clarity. Through interactive games, students will develop tools to unlock their bow’s expressive possibilities. These classes will be led by the wonderful Erin Breene, who joins us from our partners at Chamber Music | OC, which is one of Southern California’s only pre-professional classical music training programs.
Cicely Parnas is a Berlin-based American musician who has taken the world by storm with her incredible talent as a cellist, arranger, and composer. Born in 1993, Cicely showed a passion for music from an early age and quickly became known as a prodigious talent in the classical music world. At just eleven years old, Cicely made her orchestral debut, setting the stage for a career that would see her perform in some of the world's most prestigious venues. Her artistry and technical mastery were recognized in 2012 when she won the Young Concert Artists International Auditions, a major competition that has launched the careers of many great musicians.
CelloBello’s Audition Preparation Workshop is a virtual seminar designed to help prospective undergraduate and graduate students prepare for their school auditions, including the prescreening process. This two-week intensive features masterclasses, private lessons, and panel discussions, all centered around empowering students with the tools to succeed in their auditions.
Described as a “sought-after professor of cello whose methods of teaching have garnered global acclaim,” Richard Aaron is a professor of cello. He has served at the University of Michigan and at the Juilliard School since 2006 and 2007, respectively. In fall 2024, he will join the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Previously he taught at the Cleveland Institute of Music and the New England Conservatory.
Leland Philip Ko (1998- ) is the kind of person who’s always had an overflow of energy. His restlessness has led him to various callings, from competitive tennis and distance running to calligraphy and origami, but so far he’s found that making music with and for others — and the process that goes into that — are the things that best focus his mind, and that this restlessness is what gives him an almost stubborn desire to experience something with his audiences and colleagues every time he walks out on stage. Though he has chosen to dedicate himself to classical music, he does his best to remember and live by a former mentor’s advice that music is about life, not the other way around.
A Documentary Premiere: "Notes From Behind the Iron Curtain: Cleveland Quartet’s 1990 Soviet Tour” and Live Performances from The Weilerstein Trio & Cleveland Orchestra Cellists
