In addition to their wide-ranging performance and administrative activities, David Finckel and Wu Han have become known for their passionate investment in the training and nurturing of young musicians.
For many years, they taught alongside the late Isaac Stern at Carnegie Hall and the Jerusalem Music Center; they have also appeared annually on the Aspen Music Festival’s Distinguished Artist Master Class series and in various educational outreach programs across the country.
David Finckel and Wu Han’s educational initiatives also include:
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•Inception of Music@Menlo’s Chamber Music Institute, a rigorous three-week training program that brings 40 young musicians into contact with an elite faculty each summer, and which culminates in a series of invaluable performance opportunities.
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•Launch of AudioNotes, an innovative CD-based listener’s guide to the chamber music repertoire.
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•Expansion of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s highly selective CMS Two program, which invities outstanding young musicians from around the world to join the CMS artist roster for an extended residency that includes both performance and educational outreach opportunities; and teaching residencies in the Far East, undertaken under the auspices of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.
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•Establishment of two new multi-year teaching residencies in the Far East. The first will take place this August in Seoul, Korea for the LG Chamber Music School, and the second will be inaugurated this December in Taipei, Taiwan.
