CME – performers

Min Kwon:

Dr. Min Kwon is a worldwide requested soloist, chamber musician, educator, and administrator. Her professional engagements have led her to more than 60 countries on 7 continents, including such places as Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall and Alice Tully Hall in Lincoln center, united nations, Orchestra Hall in Chicago, the Center of art in Seoul, Korea and more. She has performed as a soloist under the direction of James Conlon, Alan Gilbert, and Stanislaw Skrowaczewsky and performed with the main performers of the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Metropolitan Opera, Orchestra de Paris, and the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. She is regularly invited to teach master classes at major institutions and worldwide festivals, including the Royal College of Music in London, conservatories in Shanghai and Beijing in China, the National University of Singapore, Juilliard, Mannes College of Music and NYU. She is a co-founder of the Viennese ConcertoFest and is its first graduate, who was invited to assist at the Juilliard School Council in New York.

Matyáš Novák:

The most difficult compositions of the romanticism era are significant for Matyáš. The audience is always captivated by his high sense for gradation. The brilliance and precision of his performance excel especially while interpreting Ferenz Liszt’s work. Matyáš‘s numerous triumphs concerning many national and international competitions are therefore not a surprise. The BRADSHAW & BUONO INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION victory has opened a door for him to the world’s most famous music hall, The Carnegie Hall, where he performed in May 2017

Suliman Tekall:

This Seoul International Music Competition and an international violin competition, Sendai, Lipizer and Szeryng in 2015 winner, performed as a soloist in a great number of different countries. Art Center in Seoul, art marriage-hall Kumho, Wigmore Hall, and the Millennial Hall and at the Kennedy Center included. His performance was broadcast live on television and radio from KBS TV in Korea, CBC Radio 3 in Montreal, Canada and NPR. He is currently a member of the Ensemble Connect in Carnegie Hall. He also performs with his sister, Jamila Tekalli, as part of the Tekalli Duo.

Ari Evan:

A New York native, cellist Ari Evan, is a member of the Ensemble Connect. Before entering, Ari has completed a master’s degree at Juilliard. He performed at a number of festivals, for example, Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute, Krzyzowa Music Festival, IMS Prussia Cove, the Perlman Music Program Workshop chamber music, the Olympic music festival, the Festival of the ECU Four Seasons, Kneisel Hall music festival, Sarasota.

Nan-Cheng Chen:

As an active soloist, Nan-Cheng has collaborated with the orchestra of Simon Bolivar, the National Taiwan symphony orchestra, Queens Symphony Orchestra, Symphony of Metro-West, the Classical orchestra of Taichung, Quincy Symphony and Symphony Pro Musica. Among his many awards, there is the first prize in the Concerts of the Queens Symphony-Concerto competition in 2010, Lillian Fuchs chamber music competition in 2006 and the International chamber music competition in 2006. Recently, Nan-Cheng Chen had over a hundred gigs, including several solo and chamber concert tours across North America, South America, Europe, and Asia.

Greame Steele Johnson:

Graeme Steele Johnson won the Hellam Young Artists competition, and in the Yamaha Young Performing Artists competition. Recently, he appeared as a soloist and chamber musician in Weill concert hall of Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Chicago’s Symphony Center, Maverick Concerts, Music mountain festival, and with Jon Batiste for the late show with Stephen Colbert. Johnson completed his Master of Music degree and Master of Musical Arts degree at Yale under the leadership of David Shifrin and Ricardo Morales. At school, he was twice awarded the prize of the Alumni association.