Recent Student News
Read about news on students' recent achievements, performance videos, updates on Edna's studio, and other content!
Jin Jeon
Education
- Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance, Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin
- Master of Music in Piano Performance, Hochschule für Musik Mainz
Achievements
- Finalist, Osaka International Music Competition, Japan
- 1st Prize, Euregio Piano Award, Geilenkirchen, Germany
- 2nd Prize & Audience Prize, Internationaler Klaviersommer Cochem, Germany
Current Activities
- Performs and teaches in Frankfurt, Germany & Vienna, Austria
- Website: jinjeon.com
Juan Lázaro
Education
- Bachelors – The Juilliard School
- Masters – Manhattan School of Music
- Lindemann Young Artist Program at the Metropolitan opera 2022-2024
- Pursuing DMA at Manhattan School of Music
Current Activities
- Current Spanish Diction Coach at the Metropolitan Opera. Worked on all of their productions in Spanish.
- Hired by LA Opera and Aspen Music Festival.
- Head coach in the Teatro Municipal in Lima
Abhay Saha
Education
- Graduate School, Mannes School of Music
- Aaron Copland School of Music, Queens College: BM ’24 and Advanced Certificate ’25; studied with Edna Golandsky (Taubman Approach)
- Collaborative Piano Institute (2024): studied with Martin Katz, Paul Groves, and Ana Maria Otamendi
Achievements
- Winner of the ACSM Concerto Competition (2024), performing Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with the ACSM Orchestra
- Solo appearances at Weill Concert Hall at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Flushing Town Hall, and other venues
Current Activities
- Music Director, First Reformed Church of College Point
- Faculty teacher /accompanist, Long Island Studio of Music
- Faculty instructor, Bronx Conservatory of Music
Private studio teaching students of all ages - Collaborative pianist in musical theater, opera, art song, and chamber music
Ricky Moreira
I studied the Taubman Approach with Edna Golandsky, completing a Bachelor of Music at Queens College starting back in 2021. Since moving to New York to deeply study the Taubman Approach, a new world of opportunities opened up for me as a musician. A few of my performing highlights include concerts at Carnegie Hall premiering new works (Weathering), concerts at Merkin Hall, residencies at Bang on a Can and the Lake George Music Festival, and a yearly partnership with WQXR curating a children’s classical music program with my own chamber group, the Alegría Ensemble. I am currently a faculty member at the Eisman Center for Preparatory Studies in Queens, New York. I am also currently in process to become a certified Golandsky Institute instructor!
@rickymore_
Alegriaensemble.com
Matthew Camastro
Training
- Master of Music in Piano Performance, Aaron Copland School of Music, Queens College