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
Training
- 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