Join the Portland Museum of Art and the Bach Virtuosi Festival for a free concert performed by Juilliard and Eastman graduate students as a gift to the City of Portland. The selection of music is based around the museum’s collections.
Free program happening in the Selma Wolf Black Great Hall
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Bo Pang (born in China, 2002) received his first violin lesson at the age of five with parents and now, he is studying in The Juilliard School with Prof. Lewis Kaplan. During his studies, he won several violin competitions such as: the gold prize of the Beijing Division of the National Youth Artistic Violin Competition in 2011, the gold prize of the Beijing Division of the Fifth China Art Global Competition, the first prize in the violin competition of China Art Park International Festival in 2016.
Bo also joined in many Master Classes since he was young. He has attended master class of famous violinists and professors such as: Lewis Kaplan, Paul Roczek, Rainer Küchl, Pierre Amoyal, Lucie Robert, Herbert Greenberg, Nicholas Mann, Birgit Kolar, Christiane Edinger, Christian Altenburger, Marine Klettner, Michaela Girardi and so on.
In 2018, he was selected to the Salzburg Academy Orchestra Soloists and participated in the opening ceremony of the Salzburg Festival and the performance of the chamber music with the SAOS Orchestra in July of the same year. In his education experiences, he also has lots of opportunities to performance in many first-class concert halls in the world such as Moste Concert Hall, National Theater of China, Zhongshan Concert Hall, Beijing Concert Hall and the National Library Concert Hall. Until this day, he has still maintained a love of music and tried to bring music to everyone around him.
Daniel Yue is a renowned violinist and a member of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra since January 2019. He was born in Datong, China, and began playing the violin before the age of four. His prodigious talent was recognized early on when he was selected for the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing with the highest ranking. At just 13 years old, he was invited to play a concert with the Moscow Symphony Orchestra.
Throughout his career, Daniel has received numerous accolades, including an honorable prize in the 8th National Youth Violin Competition in Qingdao, China, and the Silver Medal in the 2008 China Central Television Piano & Violin Competition. He has also attended several prestigious international competitions, such as the Lipinski-Wieniawski International Competition in Poland and the Sixth International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians in South Korea.
Daniel's talent has taken him to perform in prestigious venues worldwide, such as his debut at Carnegie Hall in 2013, after winning the KBS New York International Violin Competition. He has also performed with the Yokohama Chamber Orchestra in Japan and has been invited to play at numerous music festivals worldwide, including the Portland Bach Music Festival, the Hong Kong International Music Festival, Fontainebleau School of Music and the Bowdoin International Music Festival in Maine.
In addition to his impressive performances, Daniel has also been recognized for his dedication to music education. In 2020, he was appointed as the Education Director at the Hawaii International Music Festival, where he teaches and inspires young musicians to achieve their potential.
Lucy Gelber recently graduated with a BM from the Eastman School of Music, where she studied with Masumi Rostad. Originally from Atlanta, Georgia, Lucy started on violin but switched to viola, which she felt better suited her. She primarily studied with Joli Wu throughout high school. An avid chamber musician, she performed frequently with the Andromeda Quartet, founded at Eastman in 2020, working under the guidance of Yoojin Jang and members of the Ying Quartet. She has attended several summer music festivals including Round Top Festival Institute, Bowdoin, and Madeline Island, and Green Mountain. Lucy has served as co-principal violist of the Eastman Philharmonia under Neil Varon. She made her solo debut with the Eastman Philharmonia in 2021 and has since performed several times with the Eastman Chorale.
Lucy also takes interest in early music, playing Baroque viola with Eastman Collegium Musicum for several years and performing with various ensembles around Rochester. She hopes to pursue a career in any combination of solo and chamber music. Outside of music, Lucy enjoys drawing and taking on ambitious cooking projects like Boeuf Bourguignon and chiffon cakes.
Chihiro Kakishima, violinist, is a young and gifted performer from Ann Arbor, Michigan. Currently residing in Rochester, New York, Chihiro is pursuing her Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the Eastman School of Music under the tutelage of Renée Jolles. Musical highlights in Michigan include concerto appearances with the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra in Hill Auditorium and the Michigan Pops Orchestra. She frequently plays with a wide range of orchestras including the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra, the Lansing Symphony Orchestra, Symphoria in Syracuse, and the Chautauqua Music School Festival Orchestra, of whom she also served as concertmaster. She has also been featured in festivals such as Colorado College, Sarasota, and Pacific Music Festival. As an avid chamber musician, Chihiro has been awarded the Peter Salaff Prize in Chamber Music and has been fortunate to collaborate with outstanding faculty from both the University of Michigan and the Eastman School of Music. Chihiro previously earned her Master’s degree at Eastman School of Music and Bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan with a double major in violin performance and biomolecular science, as well as a minor in international studies. Her past teachers of note include Aaron Berofsky and Kathryn Votapek. As an enthusiastic teacher, Chihiro teaches in various settings such as at the Eastman Community Music School, chamber coach and secondary lesson teacher at the University of Rochester, and her private studio. Currently, she also serves as a teaching assistant to Professor Jolles at the Eastman School of Music.
Serbian-American violinist, Ela Kodžas, recently graduated with MM from the Herb Alpert School of Music at the University of California Los Angeles under the tutelage of Movses Pogossian and Varty Manouelian. She held teaching assistantships in both Chamber Music and with the Early Music Ensemble and was a member of the scholarship quartet which “endeavors to raise awareness and celebrate the richness and diversity of the Armenian musical tradition” (VEM Ensemble, UCLA). Previously, Kodžas graduated with a BM with High Distinction and as a Pi Kappa Lambda Scholar from the Eastman School of Music under the tutelage of René e Jolles. She was the only student in her graduating year to receive a Certificate of Achievement in Performance Practice, under the guidance of Cynthia Roberts, Paul O’Dette, and Christel Thielmann. Kodžas’ interest in historical performance has led her to study with Amandine Beyer, Enrico Gatti, Robert Mealy, Bruce Dickey, and Julia Wedman. She was a recipient of an Early Music America Summer Scholarship (2022), and will be attending Juilliard 415 in the fall, pursuing a Master of Music in Baroque Violin Performance.
Kelcey Howell recently graduated with a master’s degree from the Juilliard School, where she was a student of Timothy Eddy. A Colorado native, she earned her bachelor’s degree summa cum laude from the University of Denver, where she studied cello with Matthew Zalkind. As a member of the Juilliard Orchestra and various student chamber music ensembles, Kelcey has given performances across New York City in venues such as Carnegie Hall, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and throughout Lincoln Center. Highlights of her time at the University of Denver include performing in masterclasses for Yo-Yo Ma and Lynn Harrell, winning the school-wide solo and chamber music competitions, and playing regularly as a substitute cellist in the Colorado Symphony Orchestra. As a soloist, Kelcey has enjoyed performing cello concerti with ensembles across Colorado and Montana, most recently the Boulder Philharmonic, Stratus Chamber Orchestra, Jefferson Symphony, Lamont Symphony, and Denver Young Artists Orchestra. Kelcey has felt fortunate to complete further studies as a fellow at the Aspen and Olympic Music Festivals, Music Academy of the West, Heifetz Institute, and New York String Orchestra Seminar.