USA
- date of birth: 18th of October 1988
- holds a Doctor of Music Degree in cello performance from the Manhattan School of Music in 2017 (class of Prof. Julia Lichten); both Bachelor and Master of Music Degrees at the Juilliard School under the tutelage of Prof. Joel Krosnick and David Soyerand and also a Konzertexamen Degree at the Lübeck Musikhochschule in Germany, as a scholar of the Deutsch Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
- performed as soloist with the Lübeck Philharmonic Orchestra and Hamburg Camerata
Program:
First Round
Piatti Caprice no. 8 op. 25
Haydn Cello Concerto no. 2 in D major
Schumann Adagio and Allegro op. 70
Second Round
Brahms Sonata op. 38
Penderecki Divertimento for Cello Solo
Popper Elfentanz op. 39
Semifinal
Enescu Sonata no. 2in C major op. 26
Prokofiev Sonata in C major op. 119
Final
Shostakovich Cello Concerto no. 1 in E flat major op. 107
