Young Concert Artists Alumni
“Young Concert Artists is a trailblazing organization that has launched
into professional orbit more than 100 important talents,
including Murray Perahia, Emanuel Ax and the Tokyo String Quartet.”
– THE NEW YORK TIMES
The artists who started their careers under Young Concert Artists auspices have had a major impact on the world of classical music with thriving careers throughout the U.S., Europe and Asia.
Young Concert Artists Alumni are the Founders and Artistic Directors of music institutions and festivals throughout the world, including the Chamber Orchestra of Europe; the Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival; TASHI; Speculum Musicae; Chamber Music Society of Boston; Music from Angel Fire, New Mexico; the Seattle Chamber Music Festival; the National Arts Center in Ottawa, Canada; The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center; Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival; Mostly Mozart; Vail Valley Music Festival in Colorado; Dallas Symphony International Summer Music Festival; and the Bard College Conservatory of Music.
Alumni who began their careers with Young Concert Artists can currently be heard on thousands of recordings on all major labels and have won innumerable Grammy Awards. Young Concert Artists alumni are also professors at Harvard, Yale, M.I.T., Seoul University in Korea, New England Conservatory, The Juilliard School, the Detmold Conservatory, and the Paris Conservatoire.
Artists Listed by the Year They Joined the
Young Concert Artists Roster
| 1961 SANFORD ALLEN, violinist 1962KENNETH GOLDSMITH, violinist 1963 CHANDLER GOETTING, trumpeter 1964 EDWARD AUER, pianist 1965 PAUL GREEN, clarinetist 1966 NERINE BARRETT, pianist 1967 JOAN BENNER, soprano 1968 JEAN-JACQUES KANTOROW, violinist 1969 GITA KARASIK, pianist 1970 MARI-ELIZABETH MORGEN, pianist 1971 JOY BLACKETT, mezzo-soprano 1972 MONA GOLABEK, pianist 1973 EMANUEL AX, pianist 1974 HEIICHIRO OHYAMA, violist 1975 (none) 1976 DANIEL ADNI, pianist 1977 STEVEN DE GROOTE, pianist 1978 COLIN CARR, cellist 1979 FRANCK AVRIL, oboist 1980 TOBY APPEL, violist 1981 STEPHEN BURNS, trumpeter 1982 CARTER BREY, cellist 1983 JAIME BOLIPATA, pianist 1984 DOUGLAS BOYD, oboist 1985 ERIK BERCHOT, pianist 1986 JEAN-EFFLAM BAVOUZET, pianist 1987 HUNG-KUAN CHEN, pianist 1988 DAVID FEDELE, flutist 1989 DMITRI BERLINSKY, violinist 1990 DAWN KOTOSKI, soprano |
1991 THE BORROMEO STRING QUARTET 1992 CHRISTOPHEREN NOMURA, baritone 1993 CAMELLIA JOHNSON, soprano 1994 DAN COLEMAN, composer 1995 DIANA DOHERTY, oboist 1996 ROMAIN GUYOT, clarinetist 1997 ANTON BARACHOVSKY, violinist 1998 KENJI BUNCH, composer 1999 TIMOTHY FAIN, violinist 2000 JU-YOUNG BAEK, violinist 2001 ALEXANDRE BOUZLOV, cellist 2002 ROBERT BELINIC, guitarist 2003 LAURA BURUIANA, cellist 2004 LISE DE LA SALLE, pianist 2005 EFE BALTACIGIL, cellist 2006 EMMANUEL CEYSSON, harpist 2007 SASHA COOKE, mezzo-soprano 2008 PIUS CHEUNG, marimbist 2008-09 RAY CHEN, violinist 2009 CHARLIE ALBRIGHT, pianist 2010 NAREK ARUTYUNIAN, clarinetist 2011 VEIT HERTENSTEIN, violist 2012 JULIA BULLOCK, soprano 2013 RAPHAËL SÉVÈRE, clarinetist 2014 DANIEL LEBHARDT, pianist 2015 RÉMI GENIET, pianist 2016 BENJAMIN BAKER, violinist 2017 KATHERINE BALCH, composer 2018 RANDALL GOOSBY, violinist 2019 STEVEN BANKS, saxophonist |
