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Omega Ensemble will have presented more than 161 new, young artists from 1973-2012, including:

VIOLIN

  • Eugene Drucker - The Emerson String Quartet
  • Scott St. John - Performed with the London Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Robert Chen - Concert Master for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
  • David Kim - Currently, Concertmaster for the Philadelphia Orchestra
  • Nick Eanet – Former Concertmaster of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
  • Joseph Lin – Current First Violinist of the Juilliard String Quartet as of last season
  • Juliette Kang – Winner of the Indianapolis Violin Competition
  • Axel Strauss - Winner of the 1998 Naumburg Competition
  • Philip Quint - Nominated for two Grammy Awards for his recording of the William Schumann Violin Concerts
  • Timothy Fain - Winner of the Avery Fisher Career Grant and Young Artists International Competition
  • Soovin Kim - Winner Paganini International Violin Competition and Avery Fisher Career Grant
  • Frank Huang – First Prize of the 2003 Walter W. Naumburg Foundation's Violin Competition. Currently Concertmaster of the Houston Symphony
  • Nurit Pacht - Chosen as one of the "Stars of the Year 2000" by France's "La Monde de Musique"
  • Michi Wiancko - Winner of Concert Artists Guild International Competition
  • Karen Gomyo - Winner of the Young Artists International Competition
  • Tricia Park - Winner Avery Fisher Career Grant
  • Stefan Milenkovich - Winner Young Concert Artists International Competition
  • Asmira Woodward-Page - Winner of Concert Artists Guild International Competition
  • Judith Ingolfsson - Winner of the 2001 Chamber Music America Record Award, Gold Medal at International Violin Competition of Indianapolis
  • Arnaud Sussmann – Won the Avery Fisher Career Grant Award in 2009. Performed on Channel 13's "Live from Lincoln Center," with The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
  • Erin Keefe – Won the 2006 Avery Fisher Career Grant Award and Grand Prize in the 2006 Schadt Competition
  • Lili Francis – former member of Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Two
  • Sharon Roffman – Prize winner in the 2003 Naumburg Violin Competition
  • Ayano Ninomiya – Prize winner in the 2003 Naumburg Competition. Winner of Astral Artists Audition in 2003. First violinist of Zing Quartet.
  • Susie Park – Won First Prize in the Ehud Menuhin Violin Competition
  • Korbinian Altenberger – Winner of Astral Artists 2005 Auditions. Performed with Midori in his Philadelphia recital debut.
  • Saeka Matsuyama – Winner of Astral Artists 2006 Auditions. Was a featured soloist in a concert commemorating the renovation of Alice Tully Hall.
  • Jessica Lee – Winner of the 2005 Concert Artists Guild International Competition and member of The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Two.
  • Kristen Lee – Winner of Astral Artists Competition in 2010 and member of The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Two.
  • Elena Urioste – First Prize winner of the Sino International Violin Competition. Made her debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra at age 13.

VIOLONCELLO

  • Mark Kosower – Current Principal Cellist of the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra as of September 2010
  • Alexander Bouzlov – Won 2001 Young Concert Artists Competition and toured with Moscow Chamber Orchestra
  • Julie Albers – Winner Munich’s Internationaien Musikwettbewerbes der ARD and Gold Medal Laureate of South Korea’s Gyeongnam International Music Competition
  • Soo Bae – Winner of 2005 Concert Artists Guild International Competition
  • Sophie Shao – Winner of the 2001 Rostropovich Competition and received Avery Fisher Career Grand Award
  • Roman Mekinulov - Currently, Cellist for the Buffalo Philharmonic
  • Suren Bagratuni - Winner of the Silver Medal at the Tschaikowsky Competition
  • Semyon Fridman - Winner of the Concert Artists Guild International Competition
  • Clancy Newman - Winner of the 2001 Walter W. Naumburg Competition
  • Timothy Eddy – Cellist of the Orion String Quartet, Artist Member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
  • Edward Arron – Cellist and Director of Chamber Music Series at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Denise Djokic – Won the East Coast Music Award in 2003 for her debut CD on Sony Classical Label.
  • Andrew Janss – former member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Two
    Nicholas Canellakis – member of Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society Two and member of The Vertigo String Quartet
  • Efe Baltacigil – associate principal cellist in the Philadelphia Orchestra. Winner of the 2005 Young Concert Artists International Auditions and the Avery Fisher Career Grant.

VIOLA

  • Kyle Armbrust – Performed with the St. Petersburg Philharmonic as soloist
  • Maurycy Banaszek – Performed with Gidon Kremer and the Guarneri String Quartet
  • Pierre Lapointe – Violist of the Escher String Quartet, which was in residence at The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Two.
  • Mark Holloway – Member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Two. Appeared as principal violist of the New York String Orchestra.
  • Vicki Powell – First Prize winner of the Philadelphia Orchestra Greenfield Competition and has performed with Joshua Bell and Midori.
  • Beth Guterman Member of Lincoln Center's Chamber Music Society, beginning in the 2010-2011 season

CLARINET

  • Jean Kopperud – Avery Fisher Hall debut of Stockhausen's "Harlekin," presented by the New York Philharmonic. Member of the New York New Music Ensemble. Artist member from 1981 through 2010 of the Omega Ensemble and Board Member Emeritus. Full professor at the University of Buffalo (The State University of New York).
  • Tod Palmer – Winner of Young Concert Artists Auditions
  • Daniel McKelway – Winner of Young Concert Artists Competition
  • Alexander Fiterstein – Winner of Young Concert Artists Competition
  • Igor Begelman – Winner of Avery Fisher Career Grant
  • Jose Franck-Ballester – Won First Prize in Competition of the Cultural Council of Valencia and Young Concert Artists Competition
 
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