Violinist Eunbee Cho, recognized for her polished playing and articulate musical expression, is a first-year Master’s student in violin performance at the Yale School of Music under Soovin Kim. Cho has performed at Lincoln Center in New York as part of the LG Music School program and was featured in the Young Chamber Concert at Kumho Art Hall as a member of the Allie Quartet. Additionally, she has been invited to perform at festivals such as the Casalmaggiore International Music Festival, Music in PyeongChang (MPyC), and the Jeju International Chamber Music Festival. Cho earned her Bachelor’s degree from Yonsei University, where she studied with Hyuna Kim, and served as concertmaster of the Yonsei Philharmonic Orchestra.

Violinist Chili Ekman, is currently studying with Professors Daniel Phillips and Stella Chen in his senior year at the Juilliard School. Originally from Berkeley, California, Chili attended the San Francisco Conservatory of Music Pre-College and has been part of various music organizations in the Bay Area, such as the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra and the Young Chamber Musicians. Chili recently returned to the Bay Area to perform several concerts with the San Francisco International Piano Festival, in collaboration with Jeffrey LaDuer. In 2022, Chili made his solo debut with the Stockton Symphony, playing Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto. Chili has worked with many of the world’s leading chamber musicians, including David Finckel, Paul Neubauer, Robert Levin, and Eugene Drucker, among others. Chili has also worked with ensembles such as the Miro, Pacifica, Calidore, Harlem, and American quartets. Also interested in chamber music coaching, Chili has engaged with Juilliard’s MAP program to mentor young musicians and ensembles, and taught developing chamber music students at summer festivals. In 2023, Chili founded the Candide Quartet at Juilliard and has attended residencies at the Madeline Island, Amelia Island, and Music in the Vineyards festivals. The quartet has also attended the Robert Mann String Quartet Seminar and will return to the Calidore Quartet Seminar this year. At Juilliard, the Candide Quartet performed alongside composer Caroline Shaw in Carnegie Hall for the annual Fall Festival, and recently made their Alice Tully Hall debut. 

Canadian cellist Vanny Hu is currently pursuing her undergraduate degree at The Juilliard School. She attended the Phil and Eli Taylor Academy at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, where she studied with David Hetherington and Andrés Díaz. Vanny currently serves as principal cello of the Juilliard Orchestra, performing in Alice Tully Hall and Carnegie Hall. She previously performed with the Juilliard Chamber Orchestra and the National Youth Orchestra of Canada. She has played in masterclasses for distinguished artists including Zuill Bailey and Zlatomir Fung, and has studied chamber music with David Finckel, Daniel Phillips, and others. Vanny and her quartet have worked with the Míro, American, and Pacifica Quartets. Named the Candide Quartet, they have held several fellowships at summer festivals and performed at Carnegie Hall alongside composer Caroline Shaw. They recently made their Alice Tully Hall debut and are also an Honours Chamber Group at The Juilliard School. In 2017, Vanny received the Royal Conservatory of Music Gold Medal for piano, along with several theory distinctions, and placed second in the Provincial Finals for lower strings the following year. She gave her first solo performance with the Kitchener-Waterloo Youth Orchestra in 2019, receiving the Demonstrating Strong Leadership Award. She recently performed Haydn’s Cello Concerto in C major with the Stratford Symphony Orchestra. At Juilliard, Vanny is an active mentor and coach in the Pre-College Chamber and Orchestral divisions. She frequently premieres new works by composers and is a Gluck and Morse Fellow, presenting performances to various communities and mentoring young children in public programs and charter schools in New York City. Vanny previously studied with Richard Aaron and continues her studies with Zvi Plesser. 

Born in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Brian Jennings began his musical and viola studies  at age 11. As a founding member of the Prometheus Quartet, Brian has performed around the  world, including performances at Schiermonikoog, the McGill International String Quartet  Academy, the Mariposa Concert Series, and the New Series at The Juilliard School. With  Prometheus Quartet, Brian has collaborated with artists such as Jeremy Denk, Andy Akiho,  Claire Chase, and Sasha Cooke. Before forming the Quartet, Brian has attended The Taos  School of Music, The Aspen Music Festival and School, The Bowdoin International Music  Festival, Red Rocks Chamber Music Festival, and Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival.   Brian is passionate about community engagement and music education. During his studies at  The Juilliard School, he participated in every community engagement fellowship the school  offered, including the Music Advancement Program Viola Fellowship, Morse Teaching  Fellowship, and Gluck Fellowship. The teaching fellowships gave Brian the opportunity to  connect with and mentor young musicians of The Juilliard PreCollege division and New York  City Public School System. The Gluck Fellowship allowed Brian to connect with new audiences  in New York City through exciting programming and audience engagement activities. As a student, Brian has had the privilege to work with musicians Maria Lambros, Michael  Kannen, Gerhard Schulz, Richard Oniell, Matthieu Herzog, Mai Motobuchi, Jeffrey Irvine,  Matthew Lipman, James Dunham, Che-Yen Chen, Cynthia Phelps, Choong-Jin Chang, and Ben  Ullery. Brian received his undergraduate degree in Viola performance from The Peabody  Institute of The Johns Hopkins University, where he studied with Victoria Chiang and his  Masters at The Juilliard School, where he studied with Heidi Castleman and Misha Amory.  Currently, Brian is at the University of Delaware with the Prometheus Quartet as the Graduate  String Quartet in Residence, where he studies with the Calidore String Quartet.

Cellist Jugyeong Kim (b. 2004, South Korea) gave her debut recital at the Kumho Art Hall at the age of 15. She has since received First Prize, Winner, and a Special Prize at the Gustav Mahler International Cello Competition, First Prize at the Antonio Janigro International Cello Competition, and Second Prize at the David Popper International Cello Competition. She has performed at notable venues including the Korean Cultural Center in Hungary, Lunenburg Academy of Music Performance, the Samsung Leeum Museum of Art, Shinhan Art Hall, the Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music, and Jordan Hall at the New England Conservatory. Kim was admitted early at the age of 17 to the Korea National University of Arts, where she studied with Kangho Lee and Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi. She graduated in 2025 and is currently pursuing a Master of Music degree at the New England Conservatory, studying with Yeesun Kim. She is passionate about sharing music as a way of connecting with others through love, and in reaching those who may not have access to musical opportunities or learning environments.

Amelia Krinke is a violist and conductor from New York City, studying with Steven Tenenbom and Misha Amory at the Juilliard School as a proud recipient of a Kovner Fellowship. She won the Juilliard Viola Concerto Competition in 2022, playing the Michael White Viola Concerto, and was an Honorable Mention winner of the National YoungArts Competition 2022. She performed Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante with the Grand Junction Symphony in March 2024, and was a member of the Classical Tahoe Festival Orchestra in July 2024. Krinke has attended the Kneisel Hall Young Artists Program, the Castleman Quartet Program and the Heifetz International Music Institute, among others. She was an Apprentice Conductor with the Philadelphia Ballet for two seasons, and has conducted in select performances of the Nutcracker in 2022 and 2023. As a conductor, Krinke also completed four years as a New York Youth Symphony Conducting Apprentice, and attended the National Orchestral Institute and the Conductor’s Institute of South Carolina. She acted as a cover conductor for the Orlando Philharmonic in 2025, and conducted the Music Advancement Program’s composers’ concerts in 2024 and 2025. She graduated from Juilliard Pre-College in 2022 with distinction for outstanding work in music theory and ear training, under the tutelage of Molly Carr and Yi-Fang Huang. 

Originally from Dalian, China, Mei Liu is a violinist pursuing a Master of Chamber Music degree at the University of Texas at Austin, where she also earned her Artist Diploma and Master of Music under the mentorship of Professor Sandy Yamamoto. Starting this Fall, she will be studying under the Miró Quartet as part of the Young Professional String Quartet program with the Soha Quartet. She holds dual bachelor's degrees in Violin Performance and Psychology from Arizona State University, studying with Dr. Katherine McLin. Mei has performed as Concertmaster and Principal Second Violin with ASU and UT Austin and is a substitute section violinist with the Austin Symphony Orchestra. As an active chamber musician, she recently won second prize in the 2026 Saint Paul String Quartet Competition, first prize in the 2025 Music Teachers National Association Chamber Competition, and was nominated as a finalist in the 2026 Coltman Chamber Music Competition and semi-finalist in the 2025 Plowman Chamber Music Competition. She was also one of the winners of the 2026 Austin Civic Orchestra Rising Stars Competition and a finalist of the 2024 Young Texas Artists Competition. She has played in masterclasses for world-renowned musicians such as Frank Huang, Midori, Norman Fischer, Joseph Lin, Astrid Schween, and members of the Miró, St. Lawrence, Balourdet, Verona, and Borromeo Quartet.

Violinist Henry Rogers is pursuing his Master of Music degree at The Juilliard School under Joel Smirnoff. A native of Princeton, New Jersey, he first studied locally with Katarzyna Powichrowska and with Sally Thomas in New York City. He relocated to Cleveland at 15 to pursue intensive training and undergraduate coursework at the Cleveland Institute of Music’s Young Artists’ Program, which he graduated from in 2021 under Joan Kwuon. Henry received his Bachelor of Music degree from Juilliard in 2025 with academic honors for extra studies in German at Columbia University. Prior to joining the Candide Quartet, Henry attended festivals including Aspen, Sarasota, Brevard, Heifetz, and Meadowmount with mentors Alexander Kerr, David Halen, Jan Mark Sloman, and Gerardo Ribeiro. He gave a solo performance with the Brevard Music Center Orchestra under longtime Boston Pops conductor Keith Lockhart in 2022 after winning their annual Jan and Beattie Wood Concerto Competition. Henry has performed with Princeton Symphony Orchestra and New World Symphony, and held principal positions with the Juilliard Chamber Orchestra, Juilliard Opera Orchestra, and Aspen Festival Orchestra. He has given chamber performances in many venues across New York, including Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Merkin Hall, Bohemian National Hall, Lincoln Center’s Rose Studio, and St. Paul’s Chapel at Columbia University. As a violist, Henry has had past groups win top prizes at Chicago National Chamber and Coltman Competitions (2021), as well as second prize in Fischoff National Chamber Competition.