by Summit Music Festival | Mar 14, 2026
Cello Born in Taiwan, Ko-Hsin Chang began piano studies at six and cello at eight, receiving comprehensive training through Taiwan’s music gifted education program. Her principal teachers included Lee-Wen Dai, Chu-Chuan Liu, and Ching-Wen Hsu. She distinguished...
by Summit Music Festival | Mar 11, 2025
Cello Boston-based cellist Velléda Miragias has received critical acclaim from le Confolentais for her “perfect technical mastery [and] strong emotion,” and currently enjoys a diverse career as a freelance chamber and orchestral musician, educator, and...
by Summit Music Festival | Jan 30, 2024
Cello Aaron Minsky, one of the world’s most influential string musicians, was already an accomplished rock guitarist and singer/songwriter when his search for a new guitar-sound led him to the cello. His guitar-loving friends could not comprehend his plan for...
by Summit Music Festival | Jun 17, 2023
Cello Kalin Ivanov, cellist, is a prominent soloist, recitalist, chamber musician, and recording artist. Compared by the press to Rostropovich, Yo-Yo Ma, Piatigorsky and Jacqueline du Pré he is quickly gaining recognition as an artist whose “dramatic urgency and...
by Summit Music Festival | May 22, 2023
Cello Gloria has appeared in the US and across the globe as both a soloist and a chamber musician. She has performed extensively in renowned concert venues in the New York metropolitan area such as Merkin Hall, Steinway Hall, Alice Tully Hall and Carnegie Hall and has...
