Young Artist Soloists - 2011-2012
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Clare Bradford, Cellist
When Clare was four years old she first heard a recording of Yo Yo Ma and became determined to learn to play the cello. Shortly thereafter she began lessons with Kwang Yu at the Germantown Settlement School who guided her quickly through the Suzuki method. Clare and her family moved to Pittsburgh when she was six where she began to study with Mikhail Istomin, a cellist with the Pittsburgh Symphony. At seven years old, Mr. Istomin arranged for her to play for legendary cellist Mstislav Rostropovich at a master class on the stage of Heinz Hall. She was later invited to appear on that same stage as a young guest artist with the Pittsburgh Symphony and then subsequently for other events on behalf of the symphony's outreach and fundraising efforts. Since moving back to Philadelphia in 2005, Clare has played in master classes with cellists Orlando Cole and Peter Stumpf, and has participated in the orchestras and chamber ensembles at the Temple University Prep Center for Gifted Young Musicians. For the past three years, Clare has been a scholarship student in the Settlement Music School's Advanced Study Program playing in the Auger Contemporary Piano Quartet and the Meyer Schwartz Piano Trio. In addition to this year's appearance with Old York Road Symphony, Clare will be a guest soloist with the Ambler Symphony this spring. Now fifteen years old, Clare is a student of Philadelphia Orchestra cellist, Yumi Kendall and continues to occasionally study with Mr. Istomin in Pittsburgh. Clare is home schooled and one of seven children.
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Hannah Lam, Violinist Hannah Lam is 13 years old and studies violin with Choong-Jin Chang, Principal Violist of the Philadelphia Orchestra. Previous teachers include Ellen dePasquale, former Associate Principal violinist of the Cleveland Orchestra, and Hirono Oka and Ghislaine Fleischman, violinists in the Philadelphia Orchestra. She began playing the violin at age six and joined her first orchestra at the age of eight as a selected member of the Suzuki Youth Orchestra of the Americas during the SAA's 12th Conference in Minnesota. She was the All State winner of the 2008 Solo Competition sponsored by the New Jersey Chapter of the American String Teachers Association. She is a recipient of the Dorothy Richard Starling Scholarship at Temple University's Center for Gifted Young Musicians where she participates in the Youth Chamber Orchestra under the baton of Luis Biava. She is also a recipient of the Advanced Study Scholarship at Settlement Music School where she performs in a quartet coached by Sidney Curtiss. In addition to performing with the Old York Road Symphony as a winner of the 2011 Young Artist Competition, Hannah has appeared as a soloist with the Ambler Symphony, the Philharmonic of Southern New Jersey, and the Philadelphia Orchestra as a winner of the Philadelphia Orchestra's Albert M. Greenfield Student Competition. Hannah has also participated in master classes with Pamela Frank and members ofthe Johannes String Quartet. Besides music, Hannah enjoys competitive fencing and participates in her school's Science Olympiad team. |
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Soyeong Park, Violinist
Soyeong debuted with the Philadelphia Orchestra under the baton of Charles Dutoit as a winner of the 2009 Albert M. Greenfield Competition. Recently, she claimed first prizes of the 29th Goldblatt Scholarship Competition, Woodmere Friday Music Club Competition, Old York Road Competition and Monmouth Symphony Concerto Competition. She was invited to perform as a soloist with the Monmouth Symphony and the Old York Road Symphony in the following season as a concerto competition winner. She has served as a concertmistress in New Jersey All-State Intermediate Orchestra in three consecutive years from 2009 to 2011. Her ensemble experiences include ‘Youth Chamber Orchestra' and Quartet in the Temple University Center for Gifted Young Musicians, the Greater Princeton Youth Symphony, Kimmel Center Summer Chamber Music Program, and Community Middle School Chamber Orchestra. She currently studies with Yayoi Numazawa and Yumi Scott, and has studied with Mei Chen Barnes.
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