Longy School of Music Announces Fall 2016 Faculty Additions

Longy School of Music of Bard College is excited to announce that beginning in the fall of 2016, the world-renowned Horszowski Trio will be an Ensemble-in-Residence, and cellist Nicholas Tzavaras and pianist Shai Wosner will be joining the faculty roster at the conservatory's Cambridge campus.

As an Ensemble-in-Residence, the Horszowski Trio will curate concerts in Longy's Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall, perform with Longy's Sistema Side by Side and Conservatory Orchestras, and present chamber masterclasses, seminars, and chamber coachings, among other activities. Comprised of Grammy-nominated violinist Jesse Mills, pianist Rieko Aizawa, and cellist Raman Ramakrishnan, the Trio is already well known around Longy's campus and to Boston audiences, as Mills and Aizawa have been members of Longy's faculty since 2012 and Ramakrishnan has performed with them in Longy's Edward M. Pickman Hall multiple times over the past few years.

Longy President Karen Zorn cites the trio's performance acumen and versatility as to why she is excited for them to take on this expanded role at Longy. "Just after Jesse and Rieko joined our faculty, we had the Horszowski Trio perform at our gala, and it was fabulous," said President Zorn. "At the Bard Summer Music Festival in 2014, they played the Schubert Trio and it brought down the house. It was one of the most extraordinary performances I had ever heard-just outrageously great. But this is not just a group of three excellent musicians who can play the classics; they also bring diverse skills as improvisers and curators across multiple genres."

Renowned performer and educator Nicholas Tzavaras and acclaimed pianist Shai Wosner will join an expanding roster of dynamic, highly accomplished teaching artists.

In addition to his impressive performance credits as a long-standing member of the Shanghai Quartet, Tzavaras serves as chair of the Strings department at Montclair State University in New Jersey, which has seen enrollment increase two-fold under his watch. "Nick has proven success as a teacher and is a stellar performer who tours internationally with the Shanghai Quartet," said Wayman Chin, dean of the conservatory at Longy. "He is an engaging, energetic, lively individual who will be a great role model to all of our students."

In November of 2015, Wosner and violinist Jennifer Koh brought their critically acclaimed "Bridge to Beethoven" series to Pickman Hall through a partnership between the Celebrity Series of Boston and Longy called the "Debut Series." An important aspect of the Celebrity Series Debut Series has the visiting performers present masterclasses to Longy students. "We were particularly impressed with Shai's masterclass last fall," said Dean Chin. "It was erudite, generous, and full of detail and intelligence. His manner with the students was very supportive and reinforced so many important musical principles." A versatile performer brimming with creativity and intellectual curiosity, Wosner has appeared with many of the world's leading orchestras, as well as in chamber and solo settings.

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