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The Biava Sring Quartet
The Biava Quartet was founded in 1998 at the Cleveland Institute of Music. The Quartet is honored to take its name from Maestro Luis Biava, a mentor and inspiration to the quartet since its inception. The Quartet won the 2003 Naumburg Chamber Music Award. Recent graduates of the New England Conservatory of Music, the members of the Quartet are now teaching assistants to the Tokyo Quartet at Yale University. Violinist Austin Hartman, of Columbia, Pennsylvania, is a 2004 graduate of The New England Conservatory where he was a student of Donald Weilerstein. Mr. Hartman won the first place, Gold Medal Prize at the 1999 Julius and Esther Stulberg International String Competition in Michigan. As the winner of the Albert Greenfield Competition, Mr. Hartman had the opportunity to perform with the Philadelphia Orchestra in the Academy of Music in Philadelphia. In 1996, Austin Hartman made his solo debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra as the winner of the Mann Music Center Concerto Competition. Mr. Hartman is currently pursuing graduate work in violin and chamber music at Yale University. Violinist Hyunsu Ko began her violin studies at the age of four in Korea, her native country. Before she transferred to the Cleveland Institute of Music to study with Donald Weilerstein in 1999, Ms. Ko studied at the Seoul National University where she was a student of Min Kim, Dean of the College of Music at Seoul National University and Director of the Korea Chamber Ensemble. While in Korea, Ms. Ko won the grand prize of the Jeju-Korea Broadcasting System Music Competition, first prize of the Chosun Newspaper Music Competition, second prize of the Ewha Kyounghyang Music Competition, as well as the Gold Medal prize of the Hankook Newspaper Music Competition. She also won grand prize at the Ahn Iktae Music Competition resulting in her debut with the Seoul City Philharmonic Orchestra. Ms. Ko earned both her bachelors and masters degree studying with Donald Weilerstein at the Cleveland Institute of Music and the New England Conservatory of Music. Since 2004, Ms. Ko has been pursuing an Artist Diploma at Yale University. Violist Mary Persin, from Greensburg, Pennsylvania, is a graduate with honors from the Cleveland Institute of Music where she was a student of Robert Vernon, Principal Violist of the Cleveland Orchestra. She is a recent graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music where she was a student of Martha Katz. Ms. Persin was the winner of the Duquesne University Concerto Competition, Westmoreland Symphony Concerto Competition, Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Concerto Competition, PADESTA Competition and Duquesne Young Artist Competition. Ms. Persin is enrolled in the Artist Diploma program at Yale University as a student of Kazuhide Isomura. Cellist Jacob Braun completed degrees at the Cleveland Institute of Music and the New England Conservatory of Music. Together with cellist Amelie Fradette, he has formed the Montecito Duo, which performs the duo cello repertoire. Mr. Braun has won top prizes in the New England Conservatory Preparatory School Competition, the Indian Hill Competition, the Harry M. Dubbs Competition and the Brockton Concerto Competition. As a recitalist and collaborator, he has appeared with Franklin Cohen, Paul Katz, Ning An and his mother, pianist Diane Braun. Mr. Braun is currently pursuing his Artist Diploma Degree from the Yale School of Music. |
