FSMA 2025
Guest Master Clinicians

Stanislav Ioudenitch,
piano

Praised for his technical brilliance and profound musical insight, Stanislav Ioudenitch is recognized as one of the most distinguished pianists of his generation. Winner of the Gold Medal at the 2001 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, he has captivated audiences worldwide with performances that combine intellectual depth, emotional nuance, and virtuoso artistry. Prior to his Cliburn win that launched his international career, Ioudenitch had gained top prizes at many international competitions, including the Ferruccio Busoni, William Kapell, Maria Callas, and New Orleans International Piano Competitions, among others.

Ioudenitch’s career as a soloist has taken him to renowned stages across the globe, including Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, Munich’s Gasteig, Milan’s Conservatorio Verdi, Moscow’s Great Conservatory Hall, the Mariinsky Theatre, Beijing’s Forbidden City Concert Hall, Paris’s Théâtre du Châtelet, Fort Worth’s Bass Hall, Boston’s Jordan Hall, the Orange County Performing Arts Center, the International Piano Festival of La Roque d’Anthéron, and the Aspen Music Festival.

He has appeared with leading orchestras such as the Munich Philharmonic, the Mariinsky Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra (Washington, D.C.), the Rochester Philharmonic, the English Chamber Orchestra, the Honolulu Symphony, and Russia’s National Philharmonic. His collaborations include esteemed conductors such as James Conlon, James DePreist, Asher Fisch, Justus Franz, Valery Gergiev, Günther Herbig, Mikhail Pletnev, Stefan Sanderling, Carl St. Clair, and Michael Stern.

Ioudenitch has also collaborated with distinguished chamber ensembles, including the Takács Quartet, the Prazák Quartet, and the Borromeo Quartet.

A lifelong advocate for artistic growth, Stanislav Ioudenitch’s pedagogical lineage is deeply rooted in the traditions of some of the 20th century’s most influential pianists and pedagogues. His teachers have included Natalia Vasinkina at the Uspensky School of Music in Tashkent, Dmitri Bashkirov and Galina Eguiazarova at the Reina Sofía School of Music in Madrid, and Karl Ulrich Schnabel, Leon Fleisher, Rosalyn Tureck, and William Grant Nabore at the International Piano Foundation in Como, Italy (now the International Piano Academy Lake Como). Ioudenitch later became the youngest faculty member in the history of the Lake Como Academy and was subsequently appointed Vice President, a role he continues to hold today.

As the founder of Park University’s International Center for Music in Kansas City, Ioudenitch serves as both Artistic Director and Professor of Piano. He is also a Professor of Piano at Oberlin Conservatory and at Madrid’s Reina Sofía School of Music, where he holds the Fundación Banco Santander Piano Chair.

Ioudenitch’s contributions to music education have gained international recognition, with his students winning top prizes at prestigious competitions such as the Cliburn, Tchaikovsky, Geza Anda, London, Enescu, and Sydney. Many now maintain thriving careers as performers on international stages. Beyond his teaching, he is frequently invited to serve as a juror at important international competitions and to lead masterclasses around the world.

Stefan Jackiw is one of America’s foremost violinists, captivating audiences with playing that combines poetry and purity with impeccable technique. Hailed for playing of “uncommon musical substance” that is “striking for its intelligence and sensitivity” (Boston Globe), Jackiw has appeared as a soloist with the Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, New York, Philadelphia, and San Francisco symphony orchestras, among others.

In the 2024-25 season, Stefan Jackiw's schedule is studded with performances in the United States, Europe, and Asia. In November, he returns to the Cleveland Orchestra to perform Tchaikovsky's violin concerto under the baton of Santtu-Matias Rouvali. That same month, Jackiw releases his recording of the complete violin sonatas of Charles Ives with his longtime collaborator, pianist Jeremy Denk on Nonesuch. Of the disc, Alex Ross wrote in The New Yorker, “Jackiw sets a new standard.” In the Winter of 2024, Jackiw will join the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland under Hans Graf's baton and debut with the Suwon Philharmonic in South Korea. The Junction Trio will return to the 92NY stage to showcase a program featuring the world premiere of a New Work by John Zorn, followed by Jackiw's residence at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, where he will lead performances and masterclasses. Jackiw will then join the Pasadena Symphony for Mozart's Violin Concerto, along with a Junction Trio performance at Rockefeller University and a performance of Korngold's Violin Concerto with The Florida Orchestra in the Spring. Please note that the 2024-25 season is subject to additions, and performance updates will be added to Stefan Jackiw's website as they are announced.

Jackiw opened his 2023-24 season returning to the New York Philharmonic to perform the Barber Concerto with Jaap van Zweden. His season also included a quadruple World Premiere of new works at Roulette, performances with the Taiwan Philharmonic, China National Symphony, and the Junction Trio's highly praised debut at Carnegie Hall.

Jackiw recently performed a new violin concerto, written for him by Conrad Tao and premiered by the Atlanta Symphony and Baltimore Symphony. He has also premiered David Fulmer’s concerto Jauchzende Bögen with Matthias Pintscher and the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen at the Heidelberger Frühling.

Jackiw tours frequently with his musical partners, pianist Conrad Tao and cellist Jay Campbell, as part of the Junction Trio. Last season, Jackiw also collaborated in a special piano trio project at 92NY with Daniil Trifonov and Alisa Weilerstein. In 2019, he recorded Beethoven’s Triple Concerto with Inon Barnatan, Alisa Weilerstein, Alan Gilbert and Academy St. Martin in the Fields.

Jackiw has performed in numerous major festivals and concert halls around the world, including the Aspen Music Festival, Ravinia Festival, Caramoor International Music Festival, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, New York’s Mostly Mozart Festival, the Philharmonie de Paris, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, the Celebrity Series of Boston, and the Washington Performing Arts Society.

Born to physicist parents of Korean and Ukrainian descent, Stefan Jackiw began playing the violin at the age of four. His teachers have included Zinaida Gilels, Michèle Auclair, and Donald Weilerstein. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Harvard University, as well as an Artist Diploma from the New England Conservatory, and is the recipient of a prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant. Jackiw plays a violin made in 1705 by Vincenzo Ruggieri.
He lives in New York City.

Learn more at https://www.stefanjackiw.com/

Stefan Jackiw, violin

Richard O'Neill, viola

Violist of the Takács Quartet Richard O'Neill has distinguished himself as one of the great instrumentalists of his generation.

GRAMMY Award winner for Best Classical Instrumental Solo Performance in 2021, O'Neill is only the second person to receive an award for a viola performance in the history of this category. Following two previous GRAMMY nominations, O'Neill's recent win for his recording of Christopher Theofanidis’ "Concerto for Viola and Chamber Orchestra" also spotlights conductor David Alan Miller and the Albany Symphony. Theofanidis’ composition was inspired by Navajo poetry and the composer’s psychological response to the September 11 attacks.

Also an EMMY Award winner and Avery Fisher Career Grant recipient, O'Neill has appeared as soloist with the world’s top orchestras including the London, Los Angeles, Seoul Philharmonics, the BBC, Hiroshima, Korean Symphonies, the Kremerata Baltica, Moscow, Vienna and Wurtemburg Chamber Orchestras, Alte Musik Koln, and has worked with distinguished musicians and conductors including Andrew Davis, Vladimir Jurowski, Francois Xavier Roth and Yannick Nezet-Seguin. An Artist of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and Principal Violist of Camerata Pacifica, for thirteen seasons he served as Artistic Director of DITTO, his South Korean chamber music project, leading the ensemble on international tours to China and Japan and introducing tens of thousands to music.

A Universal Music/Deutsche Grammophon recording artist, he has made 10 solo albums and many other chamber music recordings, earning multiple platinum discs. Composers Lera Auerbach, Elliott Carter, Paul Chihara, John Harbison and Huang Ruo have written works for him. He has appeared on major TV networks in South Korea and enjoyed huge success with his 2004 KBS documentary ‘Human Theater’ which was viewed by over 12 million people, and his 2013 series ‘Hello?! Orchestra’ which featured his work with a multicultural youth orchestra for MBC and led to an International Emmy in Arts Programming and a feature length film.

He serves as Goodwill Ambassador for the Korean Red Cross, The Special Olympics, UNICEF and OXFAM and serves on the faculty of the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara.

Cellist Astrid Schween has gained a rich following and enjoys a multifaceted career as a soloist, chamber artist and teacher. Since joining the Juilliard String Quartet and Juilliard Cello Faculty in 2016, she has appeared at many of the world’s great concert halls, recorded for SONY Records, and collaborated with performers Itzhak Perlman, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Emmanuel Ax, and composers Mario Davidovsky and Jörg Widmann, among others. She has been featured on National Public Radio, in The Strad Magazine, and Strings Magazines, and was a special guest speaker on the topic of Women in Music at the Library of Congress. In 2024, Astrid Schween contributed a series of instructional videos for the popular platform ToneBase.

As a member of the Lark Quartet, Astrid Schween received the Naumburg Chamber Music Award and Gold Medal at the Shostakovich International Competition. She and her colleagues were mentored by the Juilliard, Guarneri, Budapest, Amadeus, Borodin, Paganini, Galimir and La Salle quartets, recorded more than a dozen CDs and commissioned numerous composers including Jennifer Higdon, Aaron Jay Kernis and Peter Schickele.

Astrid Schween made her concerto debut with Zubin Mehta and the New York Philharmonic at age 16. She received her degrees from the Juilliard School and was a pupil of Leonard Rose, Harvey Shapiro, Channing Robbins and Ardyth Alton.

Additionally, she enjoyed a rich 7-year mentorship with the great cellist Jacqueline DuPré in London. She was fortunate to have begun her studies with Dr. H.T. Ma and benefited from additional instruction by Bernard Greenhouse, Philippe Muller, Eugene Moye and Scott Ballantyne. During her summers at the Marlboro Festival, she was selected for a performance with Rudolf Serkin and Joshua Bell.

Astrid Schween’s recent cello recitals and master classes have taken her to Houston, Denver, Cleveland, Memphis, Cincinnati and San Francisco. Her recent festival appearances have included Tanglewood, where she performed in recital with Shai Wosner, and the Seattle Chamber Music Festival, where she collaborated with James Ehnes and Orion Weiss.

A dedicated and passionate teacher/ mentor, Astrid Schween was for many years on faculty at the Perlman Music Program and Interlochen Center for the Arts. She is an advocate for children’s education in the arts and avid supporter of The Sphinx Organization, Project Step, Project Music Heals Us, CelloBello, The Musical Mentors Collaborative and Juilliard’s Music Advancement Program. Her numerous recordings appear on the Sony, Arabesque, Decca/Argo, CRI, New World, JRI, Centaur, NAR, and Point labels.

Learn more at https://astridschween.com/