Kathryn Brown has performed around the globe as concerto soloist, recitalist and chamber musician. She is widely hailed for her interpretations from Mozart to Gershwin, as well as her premieres of the New Music of today. She gave her New York Recital Debut at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, and has also appeared in concert at New York’s 92nd Street Y. She has been featured on the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series in Chicago, Cleveland’s Severance Hall as well as the German Embassy, the Philips Collection, and the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. International highlights include concerts at Prague’s Rudolfinum Hall, the University of London, and the National Theatre in Ghana, Africa. She has appeared on Columbia Artists’ Community Concert Series and performed an extensive tour of Sweden, Africa and Estonia as winner of the United States Information Agency (USIA) Artistic Ambassadour Program. A recipient of the Darius Milhaud Prize and Louis Sudler Prize for the Arts, Kathryn Brown is an advocate of contemporary music and has recorded and premiered works by Gian-Carlo Menotti, Keith Fitch, David Tcimpidis, Margaret Brouwer, Michael Hersch and Matthias Pinscher.

Kathryn Brown has performed extensively as a chamber musician. Pianist and co-founder of the Myriad Chamber Players, (a seventeen-member ensemble comprised of musicians of The Cleveland Orchestra and international soloists), Ms. Brown’s chamber music credits also include performances at the Marlboro Music Festival in collaborations with members of the Guarneri String Quartet and Beaux Arts Trio. She has also performed with the Cavani String Quartet, members of the Lincoln Center Chamber Players and The Verdehr Trio. She was featured with Dmitri Ashkenazy on Ravinia’s Rising Stars series and has collaborated with many musicians from the world’s leading orchestras. Brown also performed at Carnegie Hall with the Cleveland Orchestra as orchestral keyboardist under the baton of Christoph von Dohnanyi. She has been featured on the British Broadcasting Network, the PBS Artistry of... series, Chicago’s WFMT Radio, and NPR’s Performance Today. Brown’s discography includes releases on the Telarc, New World, Albany and Crystal labels.

An accomplished singer and recitalist, Kathryn Brown’s performance highlights include premieres at Severance Hall with the Cleveland Orchestra, as well as feature roles at the Aspen Music Festival and Tanglewood Music Center.

Kathryn Brown is an enthusiastic supporter of the education of young musicians and presents masterclasses, lectures, and is a frequent juror of competitions nationally and internationally including the recent United States Fulbright Selection Committee. She currently serves on the Piano Faculty and Piano Chamber Music Faculty at The Cleveland Institute of Music, where she was Head of the Piano Department and Keyboard Division from 2010-2025.

Praised for her “exquisite sensitivity” and a “style filled with class and elegance” by La Voz de Asturias (Asturias, Spain) and recognized as a “talented player who doesn’t fit the cookie-cutter mold” by Lucid Culture (New York City), American pianist Amy E. Gustafson has performed across the United States and in both Western and Eastern Europe. Her debut album, Reverie, consists of music by Claude Debussy and was released in June 2017.

Notable performances include replacing the late legendary pianist Abbey Simon in Los Angeles at LACMA’s series, Sundays Live, an appearance with the Sofia Sinfionetta in Sofia, Bulgaria, and a concert tour in Dallas, Texas with her piano duo, Duo Azul. Other recent engagements have taken her to Spain, China, and Canada, and she has also performed New York City venues, such as Weill Recital Hall of Carnegie Hall, Steinway Hall, Trinity Church Wall Street, the Tenri Cultural Institute, CAMI Hall and the Kosciuszko Foundation.

Born into a musical family, her talent was evident at an early age, and she received much of her beginning piano instruction from her grandmother. By the age of 15, she had won several competitions, including MTNA’s Baldwin Competition, and her success led her to move to New York City to continue her studies.

Since then, Gustafson has won numerous awards, including the second prize in the International Young Artists Piano Competition, second prize in the Joyce Dutka Arts Foundation Competition, and the Special Presentation Award and the Alumni Award from Artists International Presentations, Inc.

Gustafson completed her studies at the Manhattan School of Music, New York University, and the University of Texas at Austin. Her major teachers have included Julian Martin, Andre-Michel Schub, Anton Nel, Constance Keene, and Miyoko Lotto, and she has benefited from the advice of many renowned pedagogues, including Solomon Mikowsky, Arie Vardi, Veda Kaplinsky, Robert McDonald, Paul Badura-Skoda, Marc Durand, Martin Canin, Leslie Howard, and Luiz de Moura Castro.

In addition to her performing career, Gustafson is on the piano faculty at Millersville University. She is Executive Director and Faculty of the Gijón International Piano Festival in Gijón, Spain, as well as the Director of the Palmetto International Piano Festival in South Carolina. Previously, Dr. Gustafson directed the Boal Mansion Museum Concert Series in Boalsburg, Pennsylvania and The Stony Brook International Piano Festival in Stony Brook, New York.

Amy E. Gustafson is a Yamaha Artist.

Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Martinez has a reputation for the lyricism of her playing, her compelling interpretations, and her elegant stage presence. Her playing has been described as “magical… a remarkable pianist, with a cool determination, a tone full of glowing color and a seemingly effortless technique” (Mark Swed/LA Times) and “compelling …versatile, daring and insightful” (New York Times).

Gabriela has performed with over 100 orchestras since including the San Francisco, Chicago, Houston, San Diego, New Jersey, Pacific and Fort Worth symphonies; Germany’s Stuttgarter Philharmoniker, MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra, Nurnberger Philharmoniker; the Costa Rica National Symphony, and the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra in Venezuela. She has performed with Gustavo Dudamel, James Gaffigan, James Conlon, JoAnn Falleta, Michael Francis, Marcelo Lehninger and Guillermo Figueroa, among many others.
Gabriela is an avid performer of the classical concerto repertoire, and is also passionate about new music. She has commissioned and premiered works by many composers including Mason Bates, Sarah Kirkland Snider, Paola Prestini, Jessica Meyer, and Dan Visconti. Gabriela’s debut album, Amplified Soul, was released on the Delos label, and was recognized with a GRAMMY Award for Producer of the Year, David Frost.

She has performed at such venues as Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, Merkin Hall and Alice Tully Hall in New York City; San Diego’s The Rady Shell, Canada’s Glenn Gould Studio; Salzburg’s Grosses Festspielhaus; Dresden’s Semperoper; Copenhagen’s Tivoli Gardens; and Paris’s Palace of Versailles. She has performed at festivals such as the Ravinia, Mostly Mozart, Colorado and Rockport festivals in the United States; Germany’s Dresden Music Festival; Italy’s Festival dei Due Mondi (Spoleto); Switzerland’s Verbier Festival and Snow and Symphony Festival; the Festival de Radio France et Montpellier; and Japan’s Tokyo International Music Festival. Her performances have been featured on National Public Radio, CNN, PBS, 60 Minutes, ABC, From the Top, Radio France, WQXR and WNYC (New York), MDR Kultur and Deutsche Welle (Germany), NHK (Japan), RAI (Italy), and on numerous television and radio stations in Venezuela.

Gabriela was the First Prize winner of the Anton G. Rubinstein International Piano Competition in Dresden, and a semifinalist at the 12th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, where she also received the Jury Discretionary Award. She is a 5th generation female pianist, and began her piano studies in Caracas with her mother, Alicia Gaggioni. She then attended The Juilliard School, where she earned her Bachelor and Master of Music degrees as a full scholarship student of Yoheved Kaplinsky. Ms. Martinez was a member of Carnegie Hall’s Ensemble Connect, and worked on her doctoral studies with Marco Antonio de Almeida in Halle, Germany. Gabriela is a member of the artist faculty at Brevard Music Center.

Pianist Donna Lee made her solo debut in 1990 with the National Symphony Orchestra. She has since appeared as a soloist and collaborative artist at Kennedy Center’s Concert Hall and Terrace Theater in Washington, D.C. and Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall in New York City. She has also performed in Asia, Europe, and throughout the US, with performances in Wuhan, China; Brno, Czech Republic; and Maui, Hawaii. Donna made her solo recording debut on the Azica label, with a program titled Scenes from Childhood with works by Schumann, del Tredici, Medtner, and Prokofieff. In 2011, she released a recording on the Blue Griffin label of Felix Mendelssohn’s Complete works for cello and piano with cellist Keith Robinson. Fanfare Magazine called the disc, “…quite simply, amazing.”

Critics have described Donna Lee’s performances as “elegant and refined” (Il Fronimo, Italy), “engaging” (WCLV-Cleveland), and “brilliant” (Iwate Daily News, Japan). As a soloist and chamber musician, she has performed at the Ameri-China Festival in China, Gotland Chamber Music Festival in Sweden, Brevard Music Center in North Carolina, Interlochen Arts Festival in Michigan, Kent/Blossom Music in Ohio, Maui Classical Music in Hawaii, Music-on-the-Hill in Rhode Island, and Classical Tahoe in Nevada. A frequent collaborator with cellist Keith Robinson, they have performed the complete works of Beethoven and Felix Mendelssohn for cello and piano in recent years. She also performs regularly with her husband, clarinetist Daniel Gilbert. The Gilbert-Lee duo has performed in recitals throughout the United States, including recent performances in Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Michigan, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Nevada, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, South Carolina, and Washington as well as in Chengdu, China.

A native of Silver Spring, Maryland, Donna Lee earned her doctorate from Peabody Conservatory of The Johns Hopkins University, master’s from The Juilliard School, and Bachelor of Music from the University of Maryland, College Park, where she studied with prominent artist-teachers Julian Martin, the late Rudolf Firkušný, and Thomas Schumacher, respectively. A highly sought-after teacher and clinician, she has had numerous prize-winning students. She has taught at Peabody Conservatory, Bucknell University, and Interlochen Arts Camp in Michigan. Presently, Donna Lee is Professor of Piano at Kent State University; during the summers, she serves as artist-faculty at Brevard Music Center in North Carolina. Donna Lee is a Steinway Artist.

Native of Moscow, Russia, Irina Nuzova has performed across the U.S. and Europe including the Phillips Collection in Washington DC, Gardner Museum in Boston, Weill and Merkin recital Halls , Kosciusko Foundation, Barge Music in New York, at the Schubert Club in St. Paul, Rhode Island Chamber Concert Series, as well as in Italy, Brazil, Czech Republic, Germany. In collaboration with cellist Wendy Warner, the duo released their debut recording, Russian Music for Cello & Piano. It has been featured on radio across the US and was nominated for best chamber music recording by ICMS.
Irina Nuzova studied in Russia under the guidance of Alexander Satz, in the US with Lev Natochenny, Oxana Yablonskaya and Jerome Lowenthal. She worked in the cello studio of Harvey Shapiro which contributed to her for formation as musician.
Irina Nuzova is a dedicated and sought after teacher. She is on Faculty of the Special Music School in New York and taught at the Hartt School at the University of Hartford. She has performed and given Master Classes at the University of North Dakota, Music Institute of Chicago, Ball State in Indiana, Amory University, and the Schwob School of Music in Georgia, and University of Georgia, Colburn conservatory in LA, regular guest at the Purcell School of Music in London, UK. During the summers Ms. Nuzova teaches and performs at the Olympus Musicus Festival in Prague, the Piano Concerto Festival and Soloist Academy in France, EUROARTS festival in Poland, Clazz, and Perugia Music festivals in Italy. Ms. Nuzova’s students are winners of international competitions and frequently perform with orchestras; she is also regularly invited to judge piano competitions.
Together with renowned violinist Dmitri Berlinsky, Irina Nuzova is a founder and is director of the Juventus Pro Musica - chamber music concerts for young musicians; Ms. Nuzova also organizes piano master classes in New York City.

Anastasia Dedik is an internationally acclaimed pianist celebrated for her versatility in solo, chamber, and vocal repertoire. Praised by New York Concert Artist Review for her “flawless and memorable” playing and by Peninsula Reviews for her “authentically Russian pianism,” she has appeared at prestigious venues such as Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, the Great Philharmonic Hall in St. Petersburg and other venues.

Anastasia has collaborated with renowned orchestras including the Fort Worth Symphony, Saint Petersburg Philharmonic, and NYCA Symphony Orchestra, and has been featured on major television networks such as RAI TV (Italy) and NBC’s Law and Order: SVU. Her discography includes PIANO (2015), a solo album featuring Tchaikovsky–Pletnev’s Nutcracker Suite and Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, and Prima (2013) with the award-winning Prima Trio. Following their victory at the Fischoff International Chamber Music Competition, Prima Trio performed over 200 concerts throughout the United States and internationally, establishing itself as one of the most dynamic young ensembles of its generation. Her most recent recording, released on Toccata Classics, features works by Theodore Akimenko.

A laureate of numerous international piano competitions, Anastasia’s accolades include top prizes in the Bösendorfer and Yamaha USASU International Piano Competition, San Jose International Piano Competition, and the Pietro Argento International Piano Competition.

In addition to her concert career, Anastasia is the Founder and President of Prima Music Foundation and Prima Music Academy, organizations dedicated to supporting and nurturing exceptionally talented young pianists. Through these initiatives, she provides scholarship and performance support to some of the most promising young pianists, helping them develop their artistry and gain vital performance opportunities. She maintains a thriving private studio of 20 students, many of whom have performed at Carnegie Hall and distinguished venues throughout New York. She is also deeply committed to community engagement, organizing and supporting special performances for retirement homes. In addition, she organizes piano master classes with distinguished artists, giving young pianists the opportunity to learn from and gain experience with top-notch musicians.
Under her leadership, the Prima Music Institute & Festival will hold its 4th annual summer program in the Berkshires, MA, continuing its mission to provide world-class musical training in an inspiring setting.

Prima Music Foundation will also launch its first Concerto Competition in the summer of 2026, with winners set to perform in Rome, Italy during the 2026–2027 season. Her 2025–2026 performance season includes engagements across Italy, California, and New York, further highlighting her dynamic artistic presence on the international stage.

Born in Saint Petersburg, Anastasia studied at The Saint Petersburg Conservatory, Oberlin Conservatory, and The Juilliard School. She is currently ABD for her Doctor of Musical Arts degree at Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University. Although based in Manhattan, Anastasia is also on the faculty of Berkshire Music School in Pittsfield, MA.

Pianist Chungho Lee, born in Seoul, Republic of Korea, made his solo recital debut at the age of 15 at the prestigious Kumho Art Hall in Seoul. He has since performed as a soloist and chamber musician across the United States, Europe, and Asia, including notable venues and festivals such as Porto Pianofest, Chiang-Mai Music Festival, Music Alp Festival, Yeon-Eum Piano Festival, Dunbar Early Music Festival, The House Concert - July Festival, Ensemblian Art & Talk series, Tong-ui Classic series, and Kumho Young Chamber Concert Series.

He is a distinguished prize-winner of numerous competitions and awards, including the Artcial International Piano Competition, Marian Garcia International Piano Competition, Thaviu-Isaak Piano Competition, Music Association of Korea Competition, Bechstein-Samik Piano Competition, Suri Music Competition, Seoul National Symphony Competition, Segye-Ilbo Music Competition, Music Education News Music Competition, Kookmin News-Hansei University Music Competition, Korea Junior Chopin Competition, Seoul Young Chamber Music Competition, and Korea International Duo Competition.
He earned his Bachelor of Music degree at Seoul National University and completed his Master of Music degree at The Juilliard School under the guidance of Professors Matti Raekallio and Hung-Kuan Chen. In the spring of 2021, he obtained his Master of Musical Arts degree from Yale School of Music and is currently pursuing his Doctor of Musical Arts at Northwestern University studied with Professor Jose Ramon Mendez.

Lee's teaching experience includes roles as a Teaching Assistant at Yale University and Northwestern University, reflecting over a decade of private teaching experience. His instructional approach emphasizes open communication with students to achieve natural and fundamental skill development.

In addition to his impressive musical achievements, Lee has notably performed as a soloist with the Seoul National Symphony Orchestra and the Northwestern Baroque Ensemble. He has also contributed his talents as a staff accompanist at The Juilliard School and currently serves as staff accompanist and chamber music instructor at Loyola University Chicago, along with his role as a pianist for the DePaul University Community Chorus. It is noteworthy that he has received full scholarships from both Yale School of Music and Northwestern University

Philippine-born Stephen Joven-Lee began piano studies at age 10. One year later, he moved to New York City where he studied with Dr. Amy E. Gustafson and Dr. Jose Ramon Mendez on a full scholarship. Joven-Lee is a graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music where he studied under Professor Alvin Chow. He was the recipient of Oberlin's Rudolf Serkin Prize and John Elvin Prize for excellence in piano performance, as well as the Faustina Hurlbutt Prize for outstanding graduating student in piano. He went on to receive a Master of Music degree at the Juilliard School where he studied under Professor Julian Martin, and was one of eight selected pianists to compete in the school's Gina Bachauer Piano Competition. Joven-Lee is currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at Northwestern University with Dr. Jose Ramon Mendez, where he won 1st place in the Thaviu-Isaak Piano Competition.

Joven-Lee is an award winner of almost two-dozen competitions. This has led him to perform in many renowned halls including Carnegie Weill Hall (NY), Severance Reinberger Hall (OH), Steinway Hall (NY & OH), DiMenna Center (NY), Yamaha Piano Salon (NY). He has had the opportunity to perform Liszt's 1st Piano Concerto and Beethoven's 3rd Piano Concerto with the Bloomingdale Orchestra. This summer, he attended the Bowdoin International Music Festival's Fellowship Program and the Gijon International Piano Festival's Fellowship Program.

Alongside performance, Joven-Lee is a passionate teacher and scholar. Certain of his own students have gone on to receive awards at competitions, and have performed in venues including Carnegie Weill Hall and Walt Disney Concert Hall. He also taught music theory and ear-training classes at the Juilliard School to undergraduate and pre-college students. As a scholar, Joven-Lee has done research and writing to be published for the Juilliard Orchestra. As a composer, Joven-Lee's original work has premiered in Europe and North America. Joven-Lee has been elected as a member of the Pi Kappa Lambda - National Music Honor Society in recognition of the highest level of musical achievement and academic scholarship.

Pianist Hyeseon Jin, born in Seoul, South Korea, graduated from Seoul National University with honors and a full scholarship supported by the Ilju Academy and Culture Foundation. She earned her Master's Degree and Performer Diploma in Piano Performance from the Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University, where she also earned a Doctor of Music in Music Literature and Piano Performance with two minors, Music Theory and Arts Administration, while receiving full scholarships with a stipend.

Jin is actively performing as a soloist and collaborative pianist, maintaining a regular concert schedule. She has given numerous recitals internationally at such venues as Northern Virginia Community College, Murray State University, Porto Pianofest, Gijon International Piano Festival, the Kennedy Center, Ruthmere Museum, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Seoul Arts Center, Sejong Performing Arts Center, Kumho Arts Hall, Yongsan Art Hall, Seongnam Art Center Concert Hall, and Ilshin Arts Hall. She has performed with the Jacobs School of Music Student Orchestra, the Seoul Sejong Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Ukraine Radio Symphony Orchestra.

Jin has won over a dozen top prizes in music competitions, including the Segye Times Piano Competition (S. Korea), Asia International Chopin Competition (Japan), Kurume International J.S. Bach Music Competition (Japan), LA International Liszt Competition, Kirov International Music Festival Competition (USA), Matinee Musicale Competition (USA), Robert B. Beardsley Piano Prize Competition (USA), Southern Illinois Young Artist Organization Competition (USA), Manhattan International Music Competition (USA), Millersville Keyboard International Piano Competition (USA), and Moscow International Chopin Competition (Russia). She is also a recipient of the American Liszt Society Award and the Réka Darida Foundation Education Prize.

Jin has extensive teaching experience across all age groups. Previously, she served as an Associate Instructor in Indiana University's Secondary Piano Department, teaching both non-music majors and music students at undergraduate and graduate levels. She also worked as a Piano Instructor for the Pre-College and Adult Music Program at the University of Indianapolis, where she taught students over 70 years old. Currently, she serves as Adjunct Faculty at Anderson University, Faculty and Executive Assistant at Indiana University's Young Pianists Program, and Founder, Director, and Faculty at Indiana University's Blossom Piano Camp. Additionally, she teaches at the Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp and the Palmetto International Piano Festival, where she serves as a Piano Faculty.