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Before becoming President and CEO of the Curtis Institute of Music in 2006, he was principal viola of The Philadelphia Orchestra.
Roberto Díaz Viola.

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“Studying Music Overseas” Educational Talk Series 3: Roberto Díaz

Promote Cross-cultural Collaboration of Music Internationally

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Promote Cross-cultural Collaboration of Music Internationally

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20 June 2020 (Sat) 9pm
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Date & Time
20 June 2020 (Sat) 9pm
Hong Kong Time
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Ticket Price
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Young Steinway Artist Rachel Cheung has been described as “a poet, but also a dramatist” and praised for “the most sophisticated and compelling music-making” by the Dallas Morning News. In 2017 she was a finalist and winner of the audience award at the 15th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. She also won fifth prize at the 2009 Leeds International Piano Competition, aged 17, and in 2010 was a semifinalist at the 16th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw.

Cheung’s Festival appearances include the Ninth Musical Olympus International Fes

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Benjamin Beilman and Erin Keefe Join Curtis Faculty

PHILADELPHIA, PA—January 27, 2022—The Curtis Institute of Music has appointed two new members to its distinguished violin faculty: Benjamin Beilman and Erin Keefe. Mr. Beilman and Ms. Keefe are both graduates of the school (2012 and 2003, respectively) and will begin teaching at Curtis in fall 2022.

Ms. Keefe and Mr. Beilman will work with Curtis students in individual lessons as well as chamber coachings and in an orchestral setting. They join a renowned roster of performers, pedagogues, and artist-citizens teaching at Curtis, including Ida Kavafian, with whom they both studied.

“It would be difficult to overstate my joy and pride at this announcement,” says Ms. Kavafian. “Erin and Ben are not only my former students, they check every box: incredible musicianship, integrity, stellar violin playing, musical knowledge, and continuity of the great Curtis violin tradition. They are only three generations away from the great teaching of Leopold Auer, with just my teacher Oscar Shumsky and myself between them. I am thrilled for

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Benjamin Beilman is one of the leading violinists of his generation. He has won international praise for his passionate performances and deep rich tone which the Washington Post called “mightily impressive,” and the New York Times described as “muscular with a glint of violence.” The Times has also praised his “handsome technique, burnished sound, and quiet confidence,” and the Strad described his playing as “pure poetry.”

Highlights of Mr. Beilman’s 2023–24 season include his debut with the St. Louis Symphony and performances with the Minnesota Orchestra, the Oregon Symphony, and the Pacific Symphony. This season he also tours throughout Europe, with performances in Germany, Austria, France, the United Kingdom, and more.

In recent seasons Mr. Beilman’s commitment to and passion for contemporary music, has led to new works written for him by Frederic Rzewski (commissioned by Music Accord), and Gabriella Smith (commissioned by the Schubert Club in St. Paul, and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music). He has also given multiple performances of Jennifer Higdon’s violin co