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Christina Nam
violin
Christina is earning a bachelor’s degree at The Juilliard School studying with Catherine Cho and Donald Weilerstein. This year, Christina served as a substitute musician in the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra conducted by Stéphane Denève. In 2019 she received the Silver Medal at the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition. In 2017 she was a soloist with The Cleveland Orchestra, performing Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto,with Maestro Jahja Ling. That same year she took Second Prize in the Cooper International Violin Competition.