EAST~WEST MUSIC SCHOOL
EAST~WEST MUSIC SCHOOL

Executives

Mr. Jian Liu, Director

Mr. Jian Liu - Director

  • Master of Music, Mannes College of Music - The New School
  • Co-Founder of the East-West Music School
  • Piano Faculty (Director Tier Students Only)
  • Harp Faculty (Director Tier Students Only)
Ms. Audrey Chen, Artistic Director

Ms. Audrey Chen - Director

  • Doctor of Music, Rutgers University
  • Master of Music, Mannes College of Music - The New School
  • Co-Founder of the East-West Music School
  • Violin/Viola Faculty (Director Tier Students Only)
  • Piano Faculty (Director Tier Students Only)

EWMS Faculty

The faculty of East-West Music Studio LLC consists of accomplished and experienced professional musicians with active performing and teaching careers.

Mr. Andrew Hill

  • Bachelor of Music, The Univeristy of Michigan
  • Master of Music, Moores School of Music - Houston
  • Voice, Piano, and Music Theory Faculty
  • Opera apprenticeships with Opera New Jersey, Nashville Opera, and Natchez Opera.  Highlights include Mozart's The Magic Flute and Puccini's La Boheme.
  • Professional Soloist and Choir Section Leader at Church of the Heavenly Rest, Manhattan.  Highlights include Faure's Requiem and Handel's Messiah selections.

Ms. Manqing Bian

  • Master of Music, Columbia University
  • Bachelor of Music, Mannes School of Music
  • Piano and Music Theory Faculty
  • Elite Competition, Merkin Hall- 1st Prize
  • The fourth Singapore Youth Piano Competition- Silver Medal

Mr. Sergiy Dvornichenko

  • Master of Music, Yale University
  • Clarinet, Saxophone, and Piano Faculty
  • Winner of International Competition in Lvov, Ukraine
  • Winner of the Second International Clarinet Competition in Moscow, Russia
  • Winner of the Selmer-Paris International Competition
  • Winner of the Concursal International de Muzica in Bucharest, Romania

Ms. Yifei Xu

  • Doctor of Music, Master of Music, Manhattan School of Music
  • Piano and Music Theory Faculty
  • "The Best Performance" prize in 3rd International Deutscher Irmler Piano Competition
  • 3rd prize of the "Wiesbaden" Piano Competition
  • "The Best Performance" prize in the 4th Chinese Works Piano Competition

 

Mr. Jakub Cichocki

  • Master of Music, City College of New York
  • Piano Faculty
  • International Festival of Traditional Jazz in Ilawa, Poland

Mr. Joseph Galante

  • Master of Music, Aaron Copland School of Music - Queens College
  • Violin, Cello, and Piano Faculty
  • 1st prize winner of the Lameque International Baroque Music Festival-Mathieu Duguay Early Music Competition
  • Winner of the Early Music America Baroque Performance Competition

Mr. Adam Ali

  • Master of Music, Aaron Copland School of Music - Queens College
  • Piano Faculty
  • Recital performances at Alice Tully Hall, Steinway Hall, and LeFrak Concert Hall, as well as the Schumann Piano Concerto with the Queens College Orchestra
  • The Arthur Balsam Foundation Award for Chamber Music

Ms. Niloofar Mina

  • Doctor of Music, Columbia University
  • Piano and Music Theory Faculty
  • Distinguished Highest Entrance Examination Award at Tehran University
  • Ethnomusicologist and Music History specialist at Hunter College

Mr. Stephen Morris

  • Doctor of Music candidate in Composition, University of Toronto
  • Master of Music in Composition, Mannes School of Music
  • Guitar, Piano, and Theory Faculty
  • Prague Philharmonia symphonic composition debut, 2021
  • Other World Premiere compositions at Carnegie Hall, Mannes School of Music, Arizona State Univeristy, and in Taiwan
  • Collaborations with Imani Winds, Beo String Quartet, and Prime Winds 

Ms. Mikiko Iwasaki

  • Master of Music, Aaron Copland School of Music, Queens College
  • Cello, Piano, and Music Theory Faculty    
  • Winner of the 2018 Queens College Concerto Competition with her performace of Elgar's Cello Concerto
  • The Arthur Balsam Foundation Award for Chamber Music
  • 2018 recipient of The Alexander and Florence Kougell Cello Award

Ms. Yoon Jung Hwang

  • Bachelor of Music, Manhattan School of Music; Aaron Copland School of Music, Queens College
  • Violin and Piano Faculty
  • LeFrak Foundation Scholar
  • Founder of Madkoi Quartet,  Philadelphia Inclusive Arts Festival invitational performers 
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