27 Notable alumni of
Cleveland Institute of Music
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Cleveland Institute of Music is 1733rd in the world, 612th in North America, and 577th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 27 notable alumni from Cleveland Institute of Music sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Daniil Trifonov
- Occupations
- pianistrecording artistcomposerclassical pianist
- Biography
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Daniil Olegovich Trifonov is a Russian pianist and composer. Described by The Globe and Mail as "arguably today's leading classical virtuoso" and by The Times as "without question the most astounding pianist of our age", Trifonov's honors include a Grammy Award win in 2018 and the Gramophone Classical Music Awards' Artist of the Year Award in 2016. The New York Times has noted that "few artists have burst onto the classical music scene in recent years with the incandescence" of Trifonov. He has performed as soloist with such orchestras as the Philadelphia Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Houston Symphony and the Munich Philharmonic, and has given solo recitals in such venues as Royal Festival Hall, Carnegie Hall, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Berliner Philharmonie, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Concertgebouw, and the Seoul Arts Center.
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Jim Hall
- Occupations
- recording artistjazz guitaristcomposer
- Biography
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James Stanley Hall was an American jazz guitarist, composer and arranger.
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Jim Brickman
- Occupations
- pianistsinger-songwriterradio personality
- Biography
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James Merrill Brickman is an American pop songwriter, pianist and radio host. Brickman has earned two Grammy nominations for his albums Peace (2003) for Best Instrumental, and Faith (2009) for Best New Age Album. He won a Canadian Country Music Award, a Dove Award presented by the Gospel Music Association, and was twice named Songwriter of the Year by SESAC. Billboard lists 22 of his albums reaching No. 1 on the New Age chart, and 16 of his songs reaching Top 10 on the Adult Contemporary chart. Four of his albums were certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
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Alisa Weilerstein
- Occupations
- cellist
- Biography
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Alisa Weilerstein is an American classical cellist. She was named a 2011 MacArthur Fellow.
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David Diamond
- Enrolled in Cleveland Institute of Music
- 1927-1929 studied violin performance and music theory
- Occupations
- composerscreenwriterfilm score composer
- Biography
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David Leo Diamond was an American composer of classical music. He is considered one of the preeminent American composers of his generation. Many of his works are tonal or modestly modal. His early compositions are typically triadic, often with widely spaced harmonies, giving them a distinctly American tone, but some of his works are consciously French in style. His later style became more chromatic.
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Mahani Teave
- Occupations
- pianist
- Biography
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Mahani Teave is a classical pianist from Easter Island, Chile.
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Ernie Freeman
- Occupations
- songwriterpianist
- Biography
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Ernest Aaron Freeman was an American pianist, organist, bandleader, and arranger. He was responsible for arranging many successful rhythm and blues and pop records from the 1950s to the 1970s.
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Benny Bailey
- Occupations
- trumpeterjazz musician
- Biography
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Ernest Harold "Benny" Bailey was an American jazz trumpeter.
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Wataru Hokoyama
- Occupations
- conductorcomposer
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Wataru Hokoyama is a Japanese composer, conductor, and orchestrator based in Hollywood, California. He left his birth nation of Japan at the age of 16 to attend the Interlochen Arts Academy in Interlochen, Michigan. He later attended the Cleveland Institute of Music and the USC Thornton School of Music. His works include the original scores for Bean Cake, Ocha Cups for Christmas, One, Afrika, and Soul Sacrifice.
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Jason Vieaux
- Occupations
- classical guitarist
- Biography
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Jason Vieaux is an American classical guitarist. He began his musical training in Buffalo, New York at the age of eight, after which he continued his studies at the Cleveland Institute of Music. In 1992, Vieaux was awarded the Guitar Foundation of America International Guitar Competition First Prize, the event's youngest winner.
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Theodore Kuchar
- Occupations
- conductor
- Biography
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Theodore Kuchar is an American and Ukrainian conductor of classical music and a violist.
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Joshua Roman
- Years
- 1983-.. (age 41)
- Occupations
- cellist
- Biography
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Joshua Roman is an American cellist.
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Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate
- Occupations
- composer
- Biography
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Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate is a Chickasaw classical composer and pianist. His compositions are inspired by North American Indian history, culture and ethos.
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Mike Block
- Occupations
- cellistfiddlercomposerjazz musician
- Biography
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Michael Glen Block is an American cellist, singer, composer, and arranger.
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Mildred Miller
- Occupations
- musicianopera singer
- Biography
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Mildred Miller Posvar was an American classical mezzo-soprano who had a major career performing in operas, concerts, and recitals during the mid twentieth century. She was notably a principal artist at the Metropolitan Opera from 1951 through 1974. In 1978 she founded the Opera Theater of Pittsburgh, serving as the company's Artistic Director through 1999.
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Judy Niemack
- Occupations
- singeruniversity teacherjazz musician
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Judy Niemack is an American jazz vocalist.
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Video Game Pianist
- Occupations
- pianist
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Martin Leung is an American pianist. He plays classical music and is known as Video Game Pianist. He gained recognition for playing video game music on the piano, both in concert venues and in online videos.
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Glenn Crytzer
- Occupations
- banjoistcomposer
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Glenn Crytzer is an American jazz band leader, composer, guitarist, banjoist, and singer.
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Marisa Buchheit
- Years
- 1990-.. (age 34)
- Occupations
- beauty pageant contestantsinger
- Biography
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Marisa Therese Buchheit is an American soprano and beauty pageant titleholder from Chicago, Illinois, who was crowned Miss Illinois 2014 in June 2014. She competed in the nationally televised Miss America 2015 competition in September 2014.
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Grace Fong
- Occupations
- pianistacademic
- Biography
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Grace Fong, D.M.A., is the American Director of Keyboard Studies at Chapman University Conservatory of Music and has an active solo and chamber music career. She also performs as part of the Selvaggi Trio.
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Nathaniel Stookey
- Years
- 1970-.. (age 54)
- Occupations
- composer
- Biography
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Nathaniel Stookey is an American composer and musician.
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Megumi Kanda
- Occupations
- musician
- Biography
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Megumi Kanda is a Japanese trombone performer.
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Jasper Wood
- Occupations
- violinist
- Biography
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Jasper Wood is a Canadian concert violinist.
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Han Lash
- Years
- 1981-.. (age 43)
- Occupations
- composer
- Biography
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Han Lash is an American composer of concert music who has taught at Yale School of Music, Mannes School of Music, and the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.
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Stephen Marchionda
- Occupations
- classical guitarist
- Biography
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Stephen Marchionda is an American virtuoso classical guitar performer.
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Oleh Mahlay
- Occupations
- violinist
- Biography
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Oleh Mahlay is an American violinist, pianist, bandurist, choral conductor and lawyer of Ukrainian ethnicity. Mahlay has made a significant contribution to Ukrainian emigre music, primarily through his work with the Ukrainian bandura and the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus. Merited Figure of Arts of Ukraine.
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Cleota Collins
- Occupations
- singereducator
- Biography
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Cleota Josephine Collins was an American soprano singer and music educator. She was one of the founding members of the National Association of Negro Musicians in 1919.
