Bienen junior and cello performance major Brannon Cho tied for second place at the Naumburg International Cello Competition, one of the most prestigious cello competitions in the world.
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October 29, 2015
Bienen students win 2025 Luminarts Fellowships
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Alumnus Tommy Mesa awarded Avery Fisher Career Grant
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Forst Quartet advances in St. Paul Competition
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Cellist Sydney Lee wins inaugural Gurrena Fellowship
Sydney Lee ’22 MMus was named the inaugural recipient of the Meadowmount School of Music's $50,000 Gurrena Fellowship.
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Sydney Lee, a master’s cello student of Hans Jørgen Jensen, has won first prize and $10,000 in the 2022 Washington International Competition for Strings.