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SPECIAL NOTICE: AUDITIONS FOR ENSEMBLES

The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center announces that no ensembles were selected in this season’s auditions for the CMS Two program. Candidates were heard in live auditions by a panel of ten judges, including CMS Artistic Directors David Finckel and Wu Han. Regarding the decision, they said:

Our panel of judges was impressed by all the ensembles’ preparedness and engaging personalities. The judges had been instructed, however, to voice concerns if they felt any ensemble or its members were not yet fully ready for the demands of the CMS Two program. Regrettably, no ensemble this year amassed the unilateral confidence of the jury, and we concur in their collective opinion.

Auditions for CMS Two ensembles will take place again in the spring 2012. (Please refer back to our website in the fall of 2010 for details on auditions for individual artists to take place in 2011.)

CMS Two

The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center plays a leading role in the field of chamber music through its extensive concert season in New York, its national tours, its many recordings and national radio broadcasts, and its multi-faceted educational programs. Dedicated to the belief that the future of chamber music lies in nurturing the very highest quality of performers and in cultivating new audiences, the Chamber Music Society offers programs designed to bring the art of chamber music to audiences from a wide range of backgrounds, ages, and levels of musical knowledge.

As part of the Chamber Music Society’s commitment to the highest excellence in performance and training, Chamber Music Society Two was developed for outstanding young performers in the early stages of major careers. In addition to the required artistic excellence, artists today must be able to articulate and communicate the importance of their art form in a variety of settings. Chamber Music Society Two is a three-season residency offering high-profile Lincoln Center performance opportunities and practical training for the development of the professional skills needed on and off the stage.

Professional Opportunities:

  • Alice Tully Hall subscription concerts
  • Rose Studio concerts
  • Lecture/demonstrations
  • CMS family concerts – Meet the Music!
  • CMS school concerts – Chamber Music Beginnings
  • National and international touring
  • Radio and television broadcast
  • Commercially released recordings
  • Leading workshops and coaching sessions for young musicians

Advisory Council

Emanuel Ax
Robert Blocker
Olga Bloom
Anthony Checchia
Richard Goode
Roberto Diaz
Ara Guzelimian
Ellen Highstein
Gilbert Kalish
Jaime Laredo
June Noble Larkin
Joel Lester
Reynold Levy
Douglas Lowry
Colin Murdoch
Scott Nickrenz
Itzhak Perlman
Joseph Polisi
Menahem Pressler
Sharon Robinson
Philip Setzer
Jeffrey Sharkey
Robert Sirota
Richard Stoltzman
Mitsuko Uchida
Susan Wadsworth
Tony Woodcock
David Zinman

Current and Former CMS Two Members

Voice
Marcus DeLoach, baritone (96-98)
Randall Scarlata, baritone (00-02)

Piano
Inon Barnatan (06-09)
Alessio Bax (09-12)
Jonathan Biss (00-02)
Melvin Chen (98-00)
Mia Chung (96-98)
Stewart Goodyear (00-02)
Benjamin Hochman (04-06)
Adrienne Kim (98-00)
Lang Lang (00-02)
Adam Neiman (04-06)
Juho Pohjonen (09-12)
Anna Polonsky (02-04)
Reiko Uchida (96-98)
Gilles Vonsattel (06-09)
Pei-Yao Wang (02-04)
Orion Weiss (02-04)
Shai Wosner (02-04)

Violin
Nick Eanet (98-00)
Timothy Fain (00-02)
Lily Francis (06-09)
Jennifer Frautschi (02-04)
Viviane Hagner (00-02)
Hilary Hahn (96-98)
Bella Hristova (09-12)
Frank Huang (04-06)
Judith Ingolfssohn (02-04)
Colin Jacobsen (02-04)
Erin Keefe (06-09)
Soovin Kim (00-02)
Yoon Kwon (06-09)
Amy Lee (09-12)
Jessica Lee (09-12)
Kristin Lee (09-12)
Yura Lee (09-12)
Tai Murray (04-06)
Susie Park (06-09)
Harumi Rhodes (04-06)
Arnaud Sussmann (06-09)

Viola
Che-Yen Chen (02-04)
Beth Guterman (06-09)
Mark Holloway (09-12)
David Kim (06-09)
Teng Li (06-09)
Nokuthula Ngwenyama (00-02)
Richard O’Neill (04-06)
Naoko Shimizu (00-02)

Cello
Julie Albers (06-09)
Nicolas Altstaedt (09-12)
Efe Baltacigil (06-09)
Andreas Brantelid (09-12)
Adrian Brendel (02-04)
Nichlas Canellakis (09-12)
Jakob Koranyi (09-12)
Mark Kosower (02-04)
Priscilla Lee (06-09)
Clancy Newman (04-06)
Hai-Ye Ni (98-00)
Sophie Shao (98-00)
Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt (00-02)
Alisa Weilerstein (00-02)

Double Bass
DaXun Zhang (06-09)

Harp
Bridget Kibbey (09-12)

Ensemble
The Borromeo String Quartet (97-99)
The Brentano String Quartet (95-97)
Daedalus Quartet (05-07)
The Escher String Quartet (07-10)
Imani Winds (03-05)
The Jupiter String Quartet (07-10)
The Miami String Quartet (99-01)
The Miró String Quartet (01-03)
Pacifica Quartet (03-05)

Flute
Sooyun Kim (09-12)
Demarre McGill (02-04)
Tara Helen O’Connor (96-98)

Clarinet
Alexander Fiterstein (04-06)
Jose Franch-Ballester (06-09)
Anthony McGill (00-02)

Bassoon
Peter Kolkay (06-09)

Percussion
Ayano Kataoka (06-09)

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