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Software Engineer

DAVID CALDINE

DAVID CALDINE started clarinet at age 7 but changed to piano at age 18. From 1982 to 1992 he studied with Elvin Schmitt at George Mason University...

David Caldine started clarinet at age 7 but changed to piano at age 18. From 1982 to 1992 he studied with Elvin Schmitt at George Mason University. At GMU David finished the performance requirements in the Bachelor of Music program, as well as receiving a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering. He played about 20 solo recitals in the Washington Area and in St. Petersburg and Moscow, Russia, and participated in many amateur piano competitions, David is the Grand Prize winner of the 2018 Chestnut International Amateur Piano Competition in Kiev, Ukraine, as well as finalist in the 2014 Piano Bridges Amateur Piano Competition in St. Petersburg, Russia. In 2017, he was semifinalist in the WIPAC competition. He also performed many times for the New York Piano Society. David has studied with Eric Himy for 12 years. After 12 years as electronic designer and 20 years as software engineer, he now works as Software Engineer on US Navy communications. He has travelled to Russia, Ukraine, and Crimea many times and is writing a book on history of Crimea in 1944-54. David also composes for solo piano and orchestra.
Finance

BENJAMIN CHIN

Growing up in Atlanta, Benjamin Chin began playing piano at the age of five. What started with an electric keyboard tucked beside his childhood bed eventually grew into a lifelong passion...

Growing up in Atlanta, Benjamin Chin began playing piano at the age of five. What started with an electric keyboard tucked beside his childhood bed eventually grew into a lifelong passion under the tutelage of Dr. Alexander Wasserman. Benjamin has earned numerous accolades in competitions including the Nashville International Piano Competition, the Emory University Young Artists Piano Competition, the Bradshaw and Buono International Piano Competition, and the Franklin Pond Chamber Music Competition, among others. He has appeared as a guest soloist with several orchestras including the DeKalb Symphony Orchestra, the KSU Symphony Orchestra, and the Atlanta Community Symphony Orchestra. Beyond his pursuits as a soloist, Benjamin has also been an avid ensemble musician. He is an alumnus of the Atlanta Youth Wind Symphony as both a pianist and saxophonist, having performed with them at major concert venues including Carnegie Hall, Severance Hall, and the Strathmore.

Benjamin graduated cum laude from Duke University in 2022 with a B.S. in Mathematics and Financial Economics and a minor in Music. While at Duke, he studied with Professor Randall Love, performed a full-length recital for the public, and was a pianist and saxophonist for the Duke University Wind Symphony. He moved to New York following graduation where he now works in the financial services industry as an investor.

Research Analyst

HYUNTAE CHOI

Hyuntae Choi is a classical and jazz pianist from Princeton, New Jersey, passionate about bringing communities together through music...

Hyuntae Choi is a classical and jazz pianist from Princeton, New Jersey, passionate about bringing communities together through music. Recently graduated from Harvard College with a bachelor’s degree in economics, magna cum laude with highest honors, he was President of the Harvard College Students Piano Society for three years, where he created performance opportunities and led interdisciplinary arts collaborations with groups such as the Harvard Art Museums. Hyuntae was also Music Director of the Harvard Radcliffe Gilbert & Sullivan Players’ Spring 2023 production of The Sorcerer, where he was responsible for vocal and orchestral direction, and he received jazz combo coaching from saxophonist Don Braden through the Harvard Jazz Combo Initiative. Hyuntae is a National YoungArts Winner in Classical Music and won honors in the Harvard Bach Society Orchestra Concerto Competition and Steinway Society of Massachusetts Piano Competition. He has performed in venues such as Boston Symphony Hall and Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, and he studied classical piano with Heng-Jin Park and jazz piano with Sai Ghose.

Outside of music, Hyuntae is deeply interested in topics related to monetary policy and financial stability research. During his senior year, he captained the Harvard Fed Challenge Team to its first national championship in the College Federal Reserve Challenge in 10 years. Hyuntae currently works as a research analyst at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on issues related to financial stability policy.

Biostatistics

CARL DI CASOLI

Carl Di Casoli, a citizen of both the USA and Italy, studied statistics at North Carolina State University in Raleigh...

Carl Di Casoli, a citizen of both the USA and Italy, studied statistics at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, USA, earning both his masters and PhD degrees in statistics in 2006 and 2009, respectively. Although he currently works as a director of biostatistics at Dainippon Sumitomo Pharmaceuticals America (Sunovion) in Marlborough, Massachusetts (Boston area), he finds time to indulge his passion for piano by performing recitals and entering amateur competitions. In 2021, he was finalist and laureate at the International Chopin Competition for Amateurs in Warsaw, Poland and first prize winner at the World Piano Teachers Association – Missouri Amateur Piano Competition. In addition, he was first prize winner in the amateur divisions of the Bradshaw and Buono (New York) International Competition (2020), first prize winner of the Windsor (UK) International Competition (2020), a winner of the inaugural Pianolink International Amateurs Piano Competition (Italy) (2020), first prize winner in the San Diego International Amateur Piano Competition (2019), and the second prize winner of the Concours International de Grands Amateurs in Paris, France (2008). In 2017, he played a full solo recital at the München Gasteig Kleinersaal in Germany.
Doctor

HENRI DELBEAU

Dr. Henri Delbeau began his piano studies at 7. He soon after made his orchestral debut with a New York City area orchestra as a soloist...

Dr. Henri Delbeau began his piano studies at 7. He soon after made his orchestral debut with a New York City area orchestra as a soloist, as well as winning several prizes in national and international competitions. Since then, he has had many solo, chamber and orchestral performances, both in the US and abroad. After getting his Masters degree in piano performance, he pursued a parallel dream to become a physician. He graduated from Cornell University Medical College with a medical doctorate, and finished a residency in Internal Medicine at the New York Hospital. Dr. Delbeau is currently an inpatient internist at the Long Island Community Hospital Patchogue, NY. He also holds a Masters in Business Administration degree, indulging a pastime of financial studies, and is a dabbler at chess.
Enterprise Business Development

ARPAN DOSHI

Arpan Doshi is from Mumbai, India. Arpan studied philosophy and political science at Northwestern University. After graduating, Arpan worked as a chef in professional kitchens...

Arpan Doshi is from Mumbai, India. Arpan studied philosophy and political science at Northwestern University. After graduating, Arpan worked as a chef in professional kitchens like Per Se in New York before working in enterprise business development at a tech startup. He started playing the piano at the age of 15 and has attended music festivals such as a Brevard Music Festival. After a break, Arpan now takes private lessons with Jeffrey Swann at NYU.
Financial Strategist

ALOK DUTT

Alok Dutt is a mathematician by education, a financial strategist by profession, and a musician at heart. He has been performing with NYPS since 2008...

Alok Dutt is a mathematician by education, a financial strategist by profession, and a musician at heart. He has been performing with NYPS since 2008 and is a NYPS performer in residence. Alok grew up in the UK and started playing both violin and piano at the age of seven. While in high school he was a prizewinner in numerous local and national competitions and was awarded an undergraduate scholarship in mathematics and music at Cambridge University. After graduation, he came to the US and obtained a PhD in mathematical computation from Yale University. Alok is currently Director and and Head of Equity Analytics at a large financial institution in New York City and is responsible for a variety of projects around the world in the areas of financial modeling, electronic trading, automation, and data science. After moving to New York in 2001 he was fortunate to find a thriving musical community; this provided inspiration to revive his musical studies and pursuits. Since then, he has performed regularly as a soloist, chamber, and orchestral musician in the New York area.
Orthopedist

MICHAEL ERRICO

Michael Errico began piano lessons at age 4 and studied classically for 13 years with Isabel Sant Ambrogio at Steinway Hall. At Yale, he majored in Theory and Composition of Music...

Michael Errico began piano lessons at age 4 and studied classically for 13 years with Isabel Sant Ambrogio at Steinway Hall. At Yale, he majored in Theory and Composition of Music. In New Haven, life intervened for him musically and he played professionally with jazz and society bands which required him to learn hundreds of songs from Broadway shows, the jazz repertoire and the evolving popular music of the day. He co-wrote a show in the 1990’s which ran intermittently for eight years at the Algonquin’s Oak Room which drew on quotes from 200 songs.

In 1995, he returned to serious classical study with the Evening Division at Juilliard studying with Lisa Kovalik and Ann Maria Trenchi de Bottazzi. He performed multiple recitals both solo and duo piano at Steinway Hall (1998), the Villa Durazzo in Santa Margherita Italy (1999), the Lincoln Center Institute (2004), the Southampton Library (2007), and the Art Museum in San Jose Costa Rica (2007). He joined several New York City serious amateur groups and recently performed at Weill Recital Hall, Baruch College, and the Bruno Walter Auditorium at Lincoln Center Library with the NY Piano Society. He was a finalist in the New York Amateur International Competition (2006), and was a semifinalist there (2005) and in the Washington International Amateur Competition (2007). He advanced to the semi finals in the Boston International Competition for Amateurs (2015) and received the award for the best programming. In 2020, he placed third in the Lamcaster International Piano Competition for amateurs.

In October 2013, he performed the Mozart K488 piano concerto at St, Gregory the Great Church in Manhattan with the Sinfonietta Concertanti Orchestra and then again in January 2014 in California with the California Concerto Weekend program. In 2020, he performed the Poulenc Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra with Mari Ito again with the Sinfonietta Cocertanti Orchestra.

He is a Board member of the Pianofest of the Hamptons, a training ground for young brilliant up and coming pianists run by Paul Schenly in the Summer in East Hampton, New York. He studies with Mr. Schenly regularly during the year. He is still a working Orthopedist.

Financial Industry

GIANCARLO FACCHI

Giancarlo Facchi is an Italian pianist and earned a PhD in Mathematics and currently works in the financial industry. Mr. Facchi graduated cum laude...

Giancarlo Facchi is an Italian pianist and earned a PhD in Mathematics and currently works in the financial industry. Mr. Facchi graduated cum laude from Conservatory “Luca Marenzio” (Brescia, Italy) in 2004. He further studied piano in the US. He has won national and international piano competitions and has given solo recitals in several Italian cities, Canada and the United States. He performs in various chamber music groups.
Wealth Management

FRED GAUTIER

Fred Gautier is a Franco-American dual national who was born in Ohio, raised in France and spent half his life in Europe and the other half in New York...

Fred Gautier is a Franco-American dual national who was born in Ohio, raised in France and spent half his life in Europe and the other half in New York. Fred studied economics, international relations and financial mathematics in England, France and Italy before landing in New York to begin a 20-year career on Wall Street. As a teenager, Fred attended the Geneva music conservatory in Switzerland, where he studied with Madile Volken. He won the University of Warwick concerto competition in 2000 and 2002 under the tutelage of Melvyn Cooper. In New York, he studied at Mannes with Michael Oelbaum in the extension division, and was a quarterfinalist in the 2008 piano competition for amateurs in Paris. After a decade-long hiatus, and a multi-year attempt at learning the violin, Fred is back at the keyboard, eager to broaden his solo and chamber repertoire and make new connections in New York's music community. He lives in Westchester with his wife, Lauren, and their two teens, Camille and Coco.
MD

LEN HOROVITZ

Len Horovitsz, MD was born with three thumbs and told he’d never play the piano. He performed a Liszt Concert Etude on Live with Carnegie Hall in 2020...

Len Horovitsz, MD was born with three thumbs and told he’d never play the piano. He performed a Liszt Concert Etude on Live with Carnegie Hall in 2020. For the celebration of Rachmaninoff’s 150th birthday in 2023, he performed with New York Piano Society at the 92nd Street Y. He has appeared solo, in chamber concerts and with orchestras at Alice Tully Hall, Town Hall and Weill Recital Hall. He has accompanied renowned sopranos Carol Vaness and Korliss Uecker of the Metropolitan Opera. He is a Founding Member of New York Piano Society.
He appears backstage as a physician. Dr. Horovitz is a board-certified Internist and Pulmonologist in private practice in New York City. He is listed among Castle-Connolly's "Best Doctors," is on staff at Lenox Hill Hospital and Weill Cornell-NY Presbyterian, and appears on television as a medical commentator.
Legal Technology

YIN HUANG

Yin Huang is a former patent attorney who presently works in legal technology. He studied classical piano seriously for more than 15 years, from childhood through college...

Yin Huang is a former patent attorney who presently works in legal technology. He studied classical piano seriously for more than 15 years, from childhood through college. After a hiatus on piano of some years, Mr. Huang now seeks to broaden his horizons in classical piano with the New York Piano Society. His favorite composer is Chopin.
Entrepreneur

BEN JABLONSKI

This is Ben Jablonski’s debut performance at Carnegie Hall. A native Australian, he has lived in New York for the last 15 years. Ben is an entrepreneur most passionate about...

This is Ben Jablonski’s debut performance at Carnegie Hall. A native Australian, he has lived in New York for the last 15 years. Ben is an entrepreneur most passionate about his non-profit which unites Palestinian and Israeli farmers. Connected to music from a young age, Ben is honored to be a member of the New York Piano Society.
Litigator

LAUREN KIM

Lauren Kim is a pharmaceutical patent litigator who loves Russian music. One of her greatest joys is experiencing and sharing music, and she will encourage...

Lauren Kim is a pharmaceutical patent litigator who loves Russian music. One of her greatest joys is experiencing and sharing music, and she will encourage you to listen to more Rachmaninoff. Before law school, she completed bachelor’s degrees in biochemistry and music and worked in the life sciences industry. Her other hobbies include enjoying Rothkos with purple hues and searching for poetry with gratifying lines.
Finance

TONY LEE

Tony Lee is a Finance AVP at RenaissanceRe, specializing in planning and forecasting, process improvement, and industry analysis. He is both a Certified Public Account (CPA)...

Tony Lee is a Finance AVP at RenaissanceRe, specializing in planning and forecasting, process improvement, and industry analysis. He is both a Certified Public Account (CPA) and a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charter-holder. Tony holds a Master of Accounting degree from University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, although he had initially pursued piano performance. Originally from Taiwan, he began learning the piano at age five and has performed in recitals and masterclasses in many countries, including Taiwan and the US. After a hiatus between his advanced studies and the pandemic, he is once again dedicated to his passion for piano.
Trader

EVELYN MO

Evelyn Mo began pursuing the piano at age 3 and is currently studying under the tutelage of pianist John O'Conor. As a soloist, she has performed across...

Evelyn Mo began pursuing the piano at age 3 and is currently studying under the tutelage of pianist John O'Conor. As a soloist, she has performed across North America at venues including Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center, and US Department of State. She has been a top prizewinner of numerous international competitions, most notably the inaugural Cliburn Junior International Competition, the New York International Piano Competition, and the Ettlingen International Piano Competition. Evelyn made her orchestral debut at age 11, and has since performed with orchestras including the Montgomery Symphony Orchestra, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Orchestra of Northern New York. Evelyn has been featured on NPR’s “From the Top” and WQXR’s “Piano Prodigies”. She was named a National YoungArts Winner and full scholarship recipient of the National Chopin Foundation of the United States, and received admission to the Juilliard School. Evelyn holds a BA with Honors from Harvard College in Economics and Statistics, and is currently working in the financial industry.
CEO

SIQI MOU

Siqi Mou is the CEO and Co-Founder of HelloAva. She is a former Bloomberg anchor and also held several positions...

Siqi Mou is the CEO and Co-Founder of HelloAva. She is a former Bloomberg anchor and also held several positions at Morgan Stanley, PIMCO, The Federal Reserve Bank of New York before starting HelloAva. Siqi was awarded Forbes 30 Under 30 (Consumer Tech) in 2019 and Inc Magazine’s 30 Rising Stars Under 30 in 2018, and has been featured in media outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, Entrepreneur, USNews, Marie Claire, Allure, The Cut, WWD, Fast Company, etc. Siqi held an MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business, MPA from Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and B.A. in Economics from Stanford University where she was elected Phi Beta Kappa.
Software Engineer

NGOC (RUBY) NGO

NGOC (RUBY) NGO, born and raised in Hanoi, Vietnam, is a Software Engineer at Bank of America. At eight years old, a concert on television piqued her interest...

NGOC (RUBY) NGO, born and raised in Hanoi, Vietnam, is a Software Engineer at Bank of America. At eight years old, a concert on television piqued her interest in playing the piano, and she fell in love with the instrument as she took lessons. She graduated from Vietnam National Academy of Music with an emphasis in Piano and Chu Van An National High School for the gifted, specializing in Mathematics. Coming to the U.S. to study, she continued to pursue these interdisciplinary fields and earned Bachelor’s degrees in Music Performance and Quantitative Economics as a Bullard Music Scholarship recipient. Ruby studies piano performance with Jennifer Blyth and Chamber music with Eun Ae Baik-Kim and frequently performed in masterclasses, chamber music concerts, and recitals. She won the Dickinson College’s 2020 Annual Student Concerto Competition in which she performed Grieg's Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16. Beyond music and work, Ruby enjoys enriching her roller skating, ice skating, and cooking skills.
Real Estate Agent

CHRISTIAN POPPELL

Christian Poppell is a real estate agent and pianist living in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Having lived in New York City for nearly three years now, Christian studied piano performance...

Christian Poppell is a real estate agent and pianist living in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Having lived in New York City for nearly three years now, Christian studied piano performance at The University of Georgia under the tutelage of Liza Stepanova. He has an emphasis in collaborative piano, and has worked with esteemed vocal, string, and wind faculty at The Colburn School, East Carolina University, Louisiana State University, and his alma mater. Christian’s background as a church accompanist has given him the opportunity to explore the city’s thriving congregations; he currently acts as the substitute pianist for The Episcopal Church of The Good Shepherd in Kip’s Bay. Christian is also bilingual in Spanish, and has studied and performed Latin repertoire, primarily under the tutelage of pianist Javier Arrebola. When Christian isn’t showing homes to his clients, he is likely to be found on the piano bench, practicing anything he can get his hands on.
Financial Advisor

ALEX SHAPIRO

At the age of five, Alex discovered his passion for the keyboard upon being mesmerized by a xylophone street performer...

At the age of five, Alex discovered his passion for the keyboard upon being mesmerized by a xylophone street performer. He first began playing piano by ear, and his father enrolled him in lessons shortly thereafter. Throughout his childhood and teen years, Alex studied piano in Florida under Nina Selyutin, a pedagogue of the Russian piano tradition. Alex attended Yale University where he studied Mathematics and Philosophy, while continuing to pursue piano performance at the Yale School of Music. Upon graduating from Yale in 2014, Alex moved to New York to work for Citi, where he spent seven years structuring financial derivatives for corporations throughout Latin America. While at Citi, Alex was introduced to the New York Piano Society by his mentor and colleague, Simon Yates. Alex continues to play piano actively through NYPS. He currently works at Riverside Risk Advisors, a boutique financial advisory firm.
Software Developer

STANLEY SISSKIN

Stanley Sisskin received a Bachelor's degree in music from the University of California at Berkeley, and a Master’s Degree in Accompanying and Chamber Music from...

Stanley Sisskin received a Bachelor's degree in music from the University of California at Berkeley, and a Master’s Degree in Accompanying and Chamber Music from the Manhattan School of Music. Mr. Sisskin was the first prize winner of the Chicago International Amateur Competition, concerto division in 2014. He has appeared as soloist with the New York Piano Society, with the New York Concerti Sinfonietta, and with the Fort Worth Symphony as part of the PianoTexas Amateur Program. Mr. Sisskin has worked as a software developer for Bloomberg, LP since 2002.
Ophthalmologist

MICHAEL SLAVIN

Michael Slavin began playing the piano at age 5, and at age 9, attended the Juilliard School of Music pre-college division for 10 years...

Michael Slavin began playing the piano at age 5, and at age 9, attended the Juilliard School of Music pre-college division for 10 years. He then received a bachelor’s degree in Physics and afterward attended medical school and practiced ophthalmology for 25 years. His retirement from ophthalmology several years ago has afforded him the time to again study music and practice the piano seriously. Since then, he has recorded all 4 Chopin Scherzi and has played numerous piano recitals throughout the world including the USA, Japan, Poland, Germany, Warsaw and Milan. He was awarded first prize in multiple international amateur piano competitions including: Chicago 2012 (piano concerto competition), Washington (WIPAC) 2014, Paris 2015, the Chopin competition (Warsaw) 2015, St. Petersburg, Russia 2021 and Piano-link international competition 2023. He was awarded second prize in the Colorado Springs international competition and twice in the Van Cliburn competitions 2016 and 2022.
Management Consultant

TAMMY TAN

A corporate lawyer turned management consultant, Tammy lived in Singapore and London before settling in New York two decades ago. She is currently a Partner...

A corporate lawyer turned management consultant, Tammy lived in Singapore and London before settling in New York two decades ago. She is currently a Partner at SYPartners where she specializes in strategy development and culture transformation for multinational corporations.

Tammy began piano lessons at age 6 and as a teen, completed her piano performance diplomas and played the cello with the Singapore National Youth Orchestra. Her most memorable piano-related experience growing up was playing for noted English pianist Phyllis Sellick on her vintage Steinway that was a gift from Sir Henry Wood, the founder of the annual Proms concerts in London.

After a 20-year break away from the piano, Tammy is delighted to be playing seriously again, and to be a part of the New York Piano Society. Since her return to the piano, Tammy has been featured in Pianist magazine’s YouTube channel, and has performed in masterclasses and taken lessons with Dmitri Alexeev, Boris Berman, Noriko Ogawa, and Vyacheslav Gryaznov.

Software Engineer

DANIELA VELEZ

Daniela Velez has been playing piano since she was 7 years old, studying under Russian-American violinist and pianist Leana Strouse. She later attended MIT, where she studied with Eileen Huang and performed works by Liszt, Tchaikovsky, Schumann, and Beethoven. Daniela has also played violin with the MIT Symphony Orchestra and the Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra. She works full-time as a software engineer and is currently helping build a new fintech company based in São Paulo, Brazil.

Daniela Velez has been playing piano since she was 7 years old, studying under Russian-American violinist and pianist Leana Strouse. She later attended MIT, where she studied with Eileen Huang and performed works by Liszt, Tchaikovsky, Schumann, and Beethoven. Daniela has also played violin with the MIT Symphony Orchestra and the Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra. She works full-time as a software engineer and is currently helping build a new fintech company based in São Paulo, Brazil.
FILMMAKER

ANQI WANG

Born in China, Anqi Wang is a New York–based filmmaker and pianist. He began studying piano at the age of six and earned multiple awards...

Born in China, Anqi Wang is a New York–based filmmaker and pianist. He began studying piano at the age of six and earned multiple awards in national piano competitions during his early years. He moved to New York to pursue a master’s degree in Film Production, while expanding his artistic practice into composition, orchestration, music production, and performance. In 2018, he began studying under the guidance of pianist Yin Chengzong. His orchestral arrangements have been performed by professional ensembles including the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra. As a pianist, he has performed numerous times at venues including Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, and has completed concert tours across multiple cities in China.
Financial Analyst

STEPHANIE WANG

Born and raised in Cary, Stephanie Wang began playing piano at the age of four and composing music by seven. She studied under Zitta Zohar and Florence Ko...

Born and raised in Cary, Stephanie Wang began playing piano at the age of four and composing music by seven. She studied under Zitta Zohar and Florence Ko, and has received recognition in numerous international piano competitions, including American Protégé and AADGT. She later attended New York University, where she earned her undergraduate degree in Music Business. Stephanie now works as a financial analyst at Sony Music Entertainment, while continuing to pursue her lifelong passion for music, composition, and piano performance.
Investment Professional

YIRAN WANG

Yiran Wang, a native of Beijing, China, combines a keen interest in both the quantitative field of engineering and finance and the artistic realm of music...

Yiran Wang, a native of Beijing, China, combines a keen interest in both the quantitative field of engineering and finance and the artistic realm of music. His initiation into piano studies began at the age of eight under the guidance of Ling Jiang, and he maintained his commitment to music while pursuing a major in engineering at Tsinghua University. Yiran later moved to the US for graduate studies at Cornell University, and continued his piano studies, under the mentorship of Professor Xak Bjerken.

Upon moving to New York City, Yiran joined the New York Piano Society more than a decade ago and has continued his studies at The Juilliard School’s evening division. Together with NYPS, his performances have graced some of the most esteemed concert halls in the city, including Carnegie Hall's Zankel Hall and Weill Recital Hall, Merkin Concert Hall, and the Bruno Walter Auditorium at Lincoln Center. Yiran’s commitment to music has also been acknowledged through accolades from various piano festivals and amatuer competitions in Fort Worth, Boston, Washington D.C., San Diego and Seattle.

Yiran currently works at an investment management firm as a quantitative investment professional. As he describes himself: “Finance professional by day, husband and dad by night, number and computer nerd by brain, musician by heart.”

Technology

NATE WARDEN

Nate took an interest in piano before age five but didn't start lessons until he was 14. His choir teacher taught him through high school...

Nate took an interest in piano before age five but didn't start lessons until he was 14. His choir teacher taught him through high school. He became obsessed and progressed quickly, taking music theory course work and summer lessons at the University of Kentucky, The University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music, and The Eastman School of Music. Just 4 years after starting, he was accepted as a Piano major at Miami University in Ohio, where he was also a member of the Men's Glee Club and a music school accompanist. Ultimately, he decided to pursue a degree in Economics, rather than Music.

Nate lives in Dumbo with his partner and his dog, Liszt. He has built a career in tech. After on-and-off periods with piano during his adult life, Nate has returned to weekly lessons and enjoys playing with the other members of the NYPS.

Medical Director

ALEXANDER WEYMANN

Alexander Weymann received his first piano lessons at age 6 from his father but did not study with a professional teacher until 15 years of age...

Alexander Weymann received his first piano lessons at age 6 from his father but did not study with a professional teacher until 15 years of age. He subsequently won first prizes at regional youth piano competitions in his native Germany - where his teachers included KarlHeinz Kämmerling - before entering medical school. After a 20-year hiatus, he resumed piano lessons in 2014 with Daniel Schene (St. Louis, MO) and has now been studying with Jarred Dunn (Montreal, Canada) since 2023. More recently, he has enjoyed playing in online piano communities and his local piano amateur group. Alexander is an avid singer and has performed with community and symphony choruses in the Midwest. Having done most of his postgraduate training at Mount Sinai Medical Center, NYC, he currently lives in Columbus, Ohio, and is an Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at The Ohio State University College of Medicine, and Medical Director of Hepatology and Liver Transplantation at Nationwide Children’s Hospital.
Strategy & Operations Leader

JUNE WU

June Wu, pianist, has performed in New York, Philadelphia, Paris, Bayreuth, Moscow, Shanghai, and Cape Town. Recent highlights include a performance of...

June Wu, pianist, has performed in New York, Philadelphia, Paris, Bayreuth, Moscow, Shanghai, and Cape Town.

Recent highlights include a performance of Rachmaninoff's and Beethoven's second piano concerti with the Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra, Chopin’s first piano concerto with the Penn Symphony Orchestra, and Tchaikovsky’s first piano concerto with the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra and the Newark Symphony Orchestra in Delaware. She has given several performances at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall as a performer-in-residence of the New York Piano Society. She has also been a featured soloist with the Orchestre-Atelier Ostinato and Orchestre de la Garde Républicaine in Paris and the Rochester, Birmingham-Bloomfield, Dearborn, and Warren Symphony Orchestras as well as the Detroit Symphony Civic Philharmonia in Michigan.

June is the first-prize and audience-prize winner of the 2017 Concours International de Piano Amateur de l’Ecole Polytechnique, a laureate of the 2014 Concours International de Grands Amateurs de Piano, a National Foundation for the Advancement of the Arts Young Arts winner in classical piano, and a finalist in the Eastman Young Artists International Piano Competition. She is also a top prizewinner in several state and national piano competitions, including the Fite Family National Piano Competition.

June studied privately with Logan Skelton at the University of Michigan and Julio Elizalde at the SF Conservatory of Music. She received her MBA with graduation honors from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and graduated from Harvard College with honors in economics and a secondary field in computer science.

She lives in New York and is a Strategy & Operations leader for the YouTube Business organization, focusing on making YouTube the most valuable destination for culture, creativity, and learning around the world.

CEO

SIMON YATES

Simon Yates is currently Global Head of Equities at Nomura and has previously held positions as CEO, Two Sigma Securities and Managing Director...

Simon Yates is currently Global Head of Equities at Nomura and has previously held positions as CEO, Two Sigma Securities and Managing Director, Global Head of Equity Derivatives at Citibank and Credit Suisse. Born in England, Simon began piano lessons at the age of four and subsequently began studying organ and voice. He attended Cambridge University where he studied Mathematics with a scholarship as organist of Emmanuel College. After leaving Cambridge, Simon joined JP Morgan as an equity derivatives trader. He fell in love with New York on an early business trip and has considered the US as his home for almost three decades. He is actively involved in the musical life of New York City, has performed at numerous events and festivals in the US and UK as both a singer and pianist. Simon has been an NYPS performing member since 2011.

SHENG YUAN

Sheng Yuan works in the banking industry in New York and began to play piano at 7

Co-CEO

CELIA ZHANG

Celia’s musical journey began in China with the accordion, igniting her passion for music. After moving to the US, she began playing piano at age 11...

Celia’s musical journey began in China with the accordion, igniting her passion for music. After moving to the US, she began playing piano at age 11, and went on to win numerous regional and state competitions across Michigan and Indiana. She also frequently performed as a soloist and played concertos with numerous orchestras during high school.

Celia graduated from Harvard University with a degree in Statistics before starting her career in investment banking at Citi. She went on to join the executive leadership teams of several tech and consumer companies as VP of Operations, leading revenue, finance, HR, and operations. Today, she is the Co-founder and Co-CEO of KlyoAI, a predictive insights and revenue platform that empowers medspas and wellness businesses to drive revenue growth and operational success.

In 2023, after nearly 15 years away from performing, Celia joined the New York Piano Society, returning to the stage and performing at globally at distinguished venues such as Merkin, Bechstein, and Carnegie Hall.