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David Ying

David Ying

Associate Professor of String Chamber Music

Associate Professor of Violoncello

Co-Chair, Strings, Harp, & Guitar Department

 

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BIOGRAPHY

David Ying, as cellist of the Ying Quartet and faculty member of the Eastman School of Music, has had the good fortune of a life of musical adventure and opportunity. The Ying Quartet has performed extensively, both in well-known concert spaces from Carnegie Hall to the Sydney Opera House, and in non-traditional venues from hospitals and factories to the White House. Their recordings range from the classic repertoire of Schumann and Beethoven to new works commissioned by the quartet, and have earned the quartet wide recognition and awards including a Grammy award and four Grammy nominations.

As a teacher, Mr. Ying serves on the cello and chamber music faculty of the Eastman School of Music. He is also co-artistic director and faculty member at the Bowdoin International Music Festival. He is privileged to have shared in the growth and achievements of many students over the years, including those who are now teachers themselves in universities, community schools, and private studios; chamber musicians; orchestral musicians in the New York Philharmonic, Utah Symphony, Arkansas Symphony and others; the solo cellist Alisa Weilerstein; as well as others in artistic administration, and the legal profession. With the Ying Quartet he has also held artist-in-residence positions at Harvard University and Northwestern University.

As a solo cellist, Mr. Ying was prizewinner in the Naumburg International Cello Competition, and the Washington International Competition. His studies were at the Eastman School of Music and the Juilliard School, and his teachers have included Leonard Rose, Channing Robbins, Ardyth Alton, Paul Katz, Steven Doane and Robert Sylvester.

CHAMBER MUSIC

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Sylvie Beaudette

Assistant Professor of Chamber Music

Assistant Professor of Collaborative Piano and Chamber Music

Tony Cho Piano

Assistant Professor of Chamber Music and Collaborative Piano

Elinor Freer

Associate Professor of Piano and Chamber Music

Anne Harrow

Associate Professor of Flute & Piccolo

Margery Hwang

Assistant Professor of String Chamber Music

Wesley Nance

Instructor, Brass Chamber Music

Masumi Per Rostad

Associate Professor of Viola

Robin Scott

Associate Professor of Violin

Ying Quartet

Eastman String Quartet

David Ying

Associate Professor of Violoncello

Janet Ying

Associate Professor of String Chamber Music

Phil Ying

Associate Professor of Viola

STRINGS, HARP & GUITAR

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Juliana Athayde

Associate Professor of Violin & Orchestral Repertory (Violin)

David Bowlin, Violin

Professor of Violin

Kathleen Bride

Professor of Harp

Steve Doane

Professor of Violoncello

Rosemary Elliott

Associate Professor of Violoncello

Nicholas Goluses

Professor of Guitar

Yoojin Jang

Assistant Professor of Violin

Joe Johnson and cello

Associate Professor of Violoncello

Renee Jolles

Professor of Violin

Ahirm Kim

Associate Professor of Orchestral Repertory (Violoncello)

Mikhail Kopelman

Professor of Violin

Joshua Newburger 2022

Assistant Professor of Orchestral Repertory (Viola)

Paul O'Dette

Professor of Lute
Professor of Conducting & Ensembles

Masumi Per Rostad

Associate Professor of Viola

Robin Scott

Associate Professor of Violin

George Taylor

Professor of Viola

James VanDemark

Professor of Double Bass

Ying Quartet

Eastman String Quartet

David Ying

Associate Professor of Violoncello

Janet Ying

Associate Professor of String Chamber Music

Phil Ying

Associate Professor of Viola