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Isabelle Ai Durrenberger Violin

American violinist Isabelle Ai Durrenberger is praised for her imaginative performances and her ability to communicate with sincere artistry. Based in New York City, she is first violinist of the Aeolus Quartet and a recent graduate of Carnegie Hall’s Ensemble Connect program.

An avid chamber musician, Durrenberger is recognized for her unique collaborative instincts. Recent engagements include concerts with Boston Chamber Music Society, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Chamber Music Northwest, Jupiter Chamber Players, The Knights, A Far Cry, and Marlboro Music Festival.

Durrenberger grew up in a musical home in Columbus, Ohio, and began playing piano at age four, beginning violin lessons three years later. At age 13, she began her studies with Jaime Laredo at the Cleveland Institute of Music. She attended Meadowmount School of Music for four years, graduated from high school a year early, and at age 16 began her undergraduate program in Cleveland where she continued receiving mentorship from Laredo. Other influences include Jennifer Koh, Sharon Robinson, Joan Kwuon, Jinjoo Cho, Jan Mark Sloman, and Jun Kim.

In 2022, she completed her graduate studies at the New England Conservatory in Boston with Soovin Kim and Don Weilerstein. Durrenberger has a private violin studio in New York City and serves on the violin faculty at the New England Conservatory Preparatory School in Boston, where she teaches violin and coaches chamber music.

Durrenberger performs on a 2020 Zygmuntowicz violin on private loan from a patron in New York City.

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Yutong Sun Piano

Yutong Sun has gained international recognition for his profound artistry and refined musical voice. He is a laureate of numerous major international piano competitions, including second prize at the 19th Paloma O’Shea Santander International Piano Competition, first prize at the 54th Jaén International Piano Competition, and third prize at the 62nd Maria Canals International Music Competition in Barcelona. He has also received top prizes at the Bösendorfer, Horowitz, New Orleans, and Ferrol International Piano Competitions.

Sun has performed as a recitalist at prestigious venues around the world, including Salle Cortot in Paris, Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona, Jordan Hall in Boston, the Bolshoi Hall in Saint Petersburg, the Warsaw Philharmonic Hall, the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing, and the Shanghai Oriental Art Center. His performances have been broadcast by Bavarian Broadcasting, Polish Radio, and the Spanish Radio and Television Corporation.

He has appeared as a soloist with the China NCPA Orchestra, the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic, the RTVE Symphony Orchestra of Spain, the Symphony Orchestra of Galicia, the City of Granada Orchestra, the Ukrainian National Symphony Orchestra, the Phoenix Symphony, the Fort Worth Symphony, the Santander Orchestra, and the National Symphony Orchestra of the Dominican Republic. He has collaborated with distinguished conductors including Hugh Wolff, Miguel Ángel Gómez Martínez, Paul Mann, Earl Lee, Nicholas McGegan, Matthew Kasper, Lio Kuokman, Yifan Sun, Maciej Tworek, José Trigueros, and José Molina.

In 2024, Sun joined celebrated pianist Sa Chen and other distinguished pianists for a nationally acclaimed tour of Bach’s Concertos for One to Four Keyboards (in piano version) with the China NCPA Orchestra, performing at major venues in Beijing, Shanghai, and Nanjing.

He has been invited to perform at major international festivals including the Verbier Festival, Kissinger Sommer, the Beethoven Easter Festival, and the Holland International Music Festival.

Sun’s debut solo album, recorded for the Naxos Laureate Series, was released internationally in 2013 to critical acclaim.

Born in 1995 in China, Yutong Sun began piano studies at age seven in Tianjin. He later attended the middle school affiliated with the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, where he studied with Professor Chang Hua. Since 2015, he has studied at the New England Conservatory with Professors Alexander Korsantia and Dang Thai Son, earning his Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Artist Diploma degrees. He currently serves as Artist-in-Residence at the Zhejiang Conservatory of Music.