Our Faculty
Curtis Institute of Music faculty members care deeply about teaching and mentoring students.
As world-renowned performing musicians, these artist/teachers offer students insight, expert training, and guidance toward careers of the highest caliber.
The Curtis faculty includes a high proportion of eminent performing musicians who connect students to professional life in an evolving art form. Curtis’s 113-member faculty also includes highly credentialed instructors in musical studies, liberal arts, and career studies.
Faculty Directory
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Misha
Amory
Viola
Performance -
Shmuel
Ashkenasi
Violin
Performance -
David
Bahanovich
Associate Provost -
Stefano
Baldasseroni
Voice and Opera -
Benjamin
Beilman
Violin
Performance -
Noah
Bendix-BalgleyVisiting Faculty -
Blair
Bollinger
Bass Trombone
Performance -
J'Nai
BridgesVisiting Faculty -
Jeffrey
Brillhart
Organ Improvisation -
Yefim
Bronfman
Visiting Faculty
Neubauer Family Chair in Piano Studies -
Paul
Bryan
Career Studies, Liberal Arts, Musical Studies -
Nicholas
Canellakis
Cello
Performance -
Michelle
Cann
Eleanor Sokoloff Chair in Piano Studies -
Patrick
Carfizzi
Voice and Opera
Performance -
Ke-Chia
Chen
Musical Studies -
Roberto
Díaz
President and CEO
Nina von Maltzahn President's Chair
James and Betty Matarese Chair in Viola Studies
Orchestral Repertoire (Strings) -
Nick
DiBerardino
Provost and Dean
Rock Chair in Composition Studies
Director, Curtis New Music Ensemble -
Mark
Dover
Imani Winds -
Monica
Ellis
Imani Winds -
Norman
Ellman
Liberal Arts -
Julia
Faulkner
Voice and Opera
Performance -
Tim
Fitts
Liberal Arts -
Vince
Ford
Senior Vice President, Digital Strategy and Innovation
Executive Director, Performance Innovation Lab
Field-McFadden Chair in Digital Studies -
Pamela
Frank
Herbert R. and Evelyn Axelrod Chair in Violin Studies -
Ed
Gazouleas
Viola
Performance -
Brandon Patrick
George
Imani Winds -
John Matsumoto
Giampietro
Dramatic Advisor and Resident Stage Director -
Mekhi
Gladden
Imani Winds -
Gordana-Dana
Grozdanic
Liberal Arts -
Elizabeth
Hainen
Maryjane Mayhew Barton Chair in Harp Studies -
Julia
Harguindey
Bassoon
Performance -
Nitzan
Haroz
Trombone
Performance -
Alan
Held
Voice and Opera
Performance -
Gary
Hoffman
Visiting Faculty
Nina and Billy Albert Chair in Cello Studies -
Jonathan Bailey
Holland
Composition
Performance -
Ashley
Hsu
Musical Studies -
Hsin-Yun
Huang
Viola
Performance -
Mary
Javian
Chair of Career Studies -
Elena
Jivaeva
Staff Accompanists -
Conrad
Jones
Trumpet
Performance -
Ji Su
Jung
Percussion
Performance -
Ida
Kavafian
Nina von Maltzahn Chair in Violin Studies -
Erin
Keefe
Violin
Performance -
Yumi
Kendall
Cello
Performance -
Jeffrey
Khaner
Flute
Performance -
Jungeun Burke (Kim)
Kim
Director of Instrumental Accompaniment -
Amy Beth
Kirsten
Composition
Performance -
Craig
Knox
Tuba
Performance -
Chelsea
Knox
Flute
Performance -
Paul
Krzywicki
Tuba
Performance -
Ford Mylius
Lallerstedt
Senior Associate Dean and Chair, Musical Studies -
Jeffrey
LangHorn
Performance -
Bryan
Lee
Dover Quartet, Penelope P. Watkins Ensemble in Residence -
Julianne
Lee
Dover Quartet, Penelope P. Watkins Ensemble in Residence -
Christine Jeonghyoun
Lee
Cello
Performance -
Joel
Link
Dover Quartet, Penelope P. Watkins Ensemble in Residence -
Don
Liuzzi
Percussion, Timpani and Percussion
Performance -
Grant
Loehnig
Master Opera Coach -
Mei
Lu
Liberal Arts -
Steven
Mackey
Composition
Performance -
Elliot
Madore
Voice and Opera
Performance -
Amanda
Majeski
Pedagogical Advisor -
Daniel
Matsukawa
Bassoon
Performance -
Robert
McDonald
Penelope P. Watkins Chair in Piano Studies -
Anthony
McGill
William R. and Hyunah Yu Brody Distinguished Chair -
Jeanne M.
McGinn
Ruth W. and A. Morris Williams Jr. Chair of Liberal Arts
Senior Associate Dean, Academics -
Joseph P.
McGinn
Liberal Arts -
Caroline
Meline
Liberal Arts -
Edgar
Meyer
Double Bass
Performance -
Midori
Dorothy Richard Starling Chair in Violin Studies -
Eric
Millstein
Percussion
Performance -
Jennifer
Montone
Horn
Performance -
Alan
Morrison
Haas Charitable Trust Chair in Organ Studies -
Katherine
Needleman
Oboe
Performance -
Kevin
Newton
Imani Winds -
Yannick
Nézet-Séguin
Head of Conducting -
Susan
Nowicki
Master Opera Coach -
Jarrett
Ott
Visiting Faculty -
Jin Hyun
Park
Piano, Voice and Opera
Staff Accompanists -
Carla
Puppin
Liberal Arts -
John
Relyea
Visiting Faculty -
Miloš
Repický
Director and Hirsig Family Chair of Vocal Studies and Opera -
Reese
Revak
Opera and Voice Coach -
Harold Hall
Robinson
A. Margaret Bok Chair in Double Bass Studies -
Christopher
Rogerson
Composition
Musical Studies -
James
Ross
Director of Orchestral Studies -
Jennifer
Rowley
Voice and Opera
Performance -
Michael
Rusinek
Clarinet
Chamber Music -
Harvey
SachsMusical Studies -
Michael
Sachs
Trumpet
Performance -
Keiko
Sato
Musical Studies -
Leon
Schelhase
Harpsichord
Performance -
Mark
Schnaible
Voice and Opera
Performance -
Eric
Sessler
Composition
Musical Studies -
Ulrike
Shapiro
German Diction Coach -
Camden
Shaw
Dover Quartet, Penelope P. Watkins Ensemble in Residence -
Karen
SlackCreative Advisor -
Ignat
Solzhenitsyn
Sondra F. Matesky Chair in Piano Studies -
Manuel
Sosa
Musical Studies -
David
Starobin
Fondation Charidu Chair in Guitar Studies -
Jeffrey
Stein
Liberal Arts -
Eva-Maria
Swidler
Liberal Arts -
Philippe
Tondre
Oboe
Performance -
Matthew
Vaughn
Trombone
Performance -
Jason
Vieaux
Guitar
Performance -
Jack Li
Vigni
Voice and Opera
Performance -
Noël
Wan
Harp
Performance -
Yu Xi
Wang
Director of Keyboard Studies -
Thomas
Weaver
Musical Studies -
Eric
Wen
Musical Studies -
Peter
Wiley
Bruce Jay Gould, M.D. Chair, in honor of Orlando Cole -
Christine
Witkowski
Career Studies -
Ting Ting
Wong
Staff Pianist -
Amy
Yang
Director of Chamber Music and Piano Studies -
Dolora
Zajick
Voice and Opera
Performance -
Julia
Zavadsky
Musical Studies -
YaoGuang
Zhai
Clarinet
Performance