Praised for displaying “great poise and masterful technique” and possessing “an amazing rich tone” by The Day, cellist Yi Qun Xu has performed extensively as a soloist and chamber musician across the United States. A native of China, she came to the U.S. after winning multiple top prizes in Chinese national cello competitions. Yi Qun is the recipient of the 2022 Presser Music Award and the first-prize winner of the 2021 New York International Artists Cello Competition. She is a member of the cello and chamber music faculty at The Juilliard School Pre-College’s Music Advancement Program, and she serves as Joel Krosnick’s teaching assistant at The Juilliard School. She has performed for community engagement events for communities throughout the United States and China.

The Special Prize winner of the Anton G. Rubinstein International Piano Competition, Yoon Lee is a solo pianist, chamber musician, and teacher active in the New York metropolitan area. Yoon is a faculty of SUNY Purchase and Heifetz International Music Institute, as well as a staff pianist of The Juilliard School. Her performance of Beethoven has been described as “equal to Beethoven’s virtuosic demands” by New York Concert Review. She has been on the stages of Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Château de Fontainebleau, and Seoul Arts Center, and featured on WQXR and KBS, and has played for studios and master classes by Itzhak Perlman, Leonidas Kavakos, Steven Isserlis, Frans Helmerson, and David Geringas. Yoon received DMA from Manhattan School of Music and a Graduate Diploma from The Juilliard School. She is an Artistic Director of Noree Chamber Soloists.