Soloists

Adam Millstein
Adam Millstein

Adam Millstein is a violinist who is developing a multifaceted career as a performer, lecturer, and music curator with a passion for uncovering overlooked masterpieces of the 20th century. He is currently pursuing his DMA at UCLA in violin performance studying with Varty Manouelian and Movses Pogossian.

Alexis Cai
Alexis Cai

Alexis Cai is currently a Junior at Marlborough School in Los Angeles, and has studied the flute under Jim Walker and Catherine Karoly.

Alistair Picken
Alistair Picken
Ally Cheng
Ally Cheng

Making her debut with the Los Angeles Virtuosi Orchestra, Ally started playing flute at age 8, studying first under Natalie Haworth-Liu and now under Rachel Mellis.

Amy Shulman
Amy Shulman

Amy Shulman has performed as a soloist in France, Canada and the USA including live television and radio broadcasts in Paris, New York and Los Angeles.

Anna Krendel
Anna Krendel

Dr. Anna Krendel is the Founder and the Executive Director of MUSYCA Children's Choir. 

Audrey Park
Audrey Park

Praised for her “rich sound [and] excellent rhythmic drive” (violinist.com), young violin virtuoso Audrey Park currently studies at the Juilliard School under Mr. Hyo Kang, with additional instruction from Linda Rose, Almita Vamos, and Cho-Liang Lin.

Catherine Yom Litaker-Eisenberg
Catherine Yom Litaker-Eisenberg

Making her debut as a soloist with the Los Angeles Virtuosi Orchestra, Catherine Yom Litaker-Eisenberg is an avid soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral harpist.

Chloe Yoon
Chloe Yoon

Chloe is a thirteen-year-old Korean-American living in Los Angeles, California, attending Walter Reed Middle School, and currently studying under Mr. Chan Ho Yun at the Colburn School of Music.

Christin Webb
Christin Webb

Bassoonist Christin Webb is a freelance chamber and orchestral musician based in Los Angeles and is Professor of Bassoon at Pepperdine University.  Praised for her “perfectly even fast articulations and rich even tone” by The Double Reed Magazine, she is in demand as a studio musician and regularly performs with several Southern California orchestras, including the Santa Barbara and Long Beach Symphonies.

Constantine Orbelian
Constantine Orbelian

Four-time GRAMMY®-nominated conductor Constantine Orbelian “stands astride two great societies, and finds and promotes synergistic harmony from the best of each.” (Fanfare)

Cristina Montes Mateo
Cristina Montes Mateo

Winner of the unanimously 1st Prize in the XII Edition of the “Torneo Internazionale di Musica” (Rome, 2006) and the unanimously 1st Prize in the International Harp Competition “V. Bucchi” (2009), Cristina Montes Mateo is recognized as one of the leading harpists of her generation throughout the world.

Erica De Los Santos
Erica De Los Santos

Erica has been playing the violin since she was six years old and is currently a Junior at San Marino High School, currently studying under Dr. Chan Ho Yun at the Colburn Community School. 

Étienne Gara
Étienne Gara

Praised for the warm tone and expressiveness of his playing, French born violinist Étienne Gara has performed extensively worldwide, appearing as soloist in such renowned venues as the SOKA Performing Art Center and the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in the Greater Los Angeles Area, the Jordan Hall in Boston, the Marigny Theatre in Paris, the Wiener Saal and the Marmor Saal of the Mirabell Palace in Salzburg.

Hannah White
Hannah White

Described by New York Concert Review as “phenomenal”, Award-winning Black female violinist, Hannah White, pursues to be an authentic and relatable voice in today’s changing landscape of classical music.

Hye Jin Park
Hye Jin Park

Hye Jin Park is currently an Artist Diploma Candidate at the Colburn Conservatory of Music in Los Angeles where she studies with Fabio Bidini. She envisions music as a channel for empathy and connection with audiences across the world, and strives to share the composer’s intentions through her interpretations.

Ian Park
Ian Park

Ian Park started his piano studies at the age of six with his parents, Dr. Andrew Park and Irene Park who are both pianists, and is currently studying piano under the tutelage of both Elena Makarova and his parents.

Isabel Bayrakdarian
Isabel Bayrakdarian

It’s not every prima donna who can boast a degree in biomedical engineering, but then, Isabel Bayrakdarian isn’t your average prima donna. As a highly sought-after soprano at opera houses and concert halls across the world, the Lebanese-born Canadian-Armenian-American soprano has become as celebrated for her beauty, presence, and style as for her strikingly multidimensional voice.

James Birch
James Birch

Making his debut with the Los Angeles Virtuosi Orchestra, James Birch was born in Sydney, Australia and began playing the violin at age four and a half and the piano at age five.

Jason Bernhard
Jason Bernhard

Making his debut with the Los Angeles Virtuosi Orchestra and first studying under Amy Bowers, Jason is a 2nd-year undergradate Trombone Performance major at UCLA, currently working with James Miller, Associate Principal Trombone of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.