about
Hannah Rubin is establishing herself as an avid collaborator, soloist, and mentor based in New York City, though her musical endeavors span across the US and Europe. She has performed solo and in chamber groups on stages from the Kennedy Center in D.C. and Carnegie Hall in New York to Hallgrímskirkja in Reykjavik and Troldhaugen in Norway, and has participated in masterclasses with Claudio Bohòrquez, Frans Helmerson, Gary Hoffman, and the Schumann, Jupiter, and St. Lawrence quartets.
This summer, Hannah is returning as a fellow to the Ravinia Steans Music Institute, performing multiple chamber works including the festival premiere of Juantio Becenti’s Divertimento No. 4 for Piano Quartet alongside Midori. She has also had the privilege of attending the IMS Prussia Cove masterclasses, Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival, Heifetz Institute, Bowdoin International Music Festival, Tanglewood Institute, Castleman Quartet Program, and more.
Along with studying the more standard eras of classical repertoire, Hannah enjoys exploring music from the early baroque period on baroque cello and has worked with living composers such as Jörg Widmann, Ellen Taafe Zwilich, Alex Berko, and Cheng Jin Koh on some more recent compositions.
Since coming to New York, Hannah has continued to expand her passion for music outreach by spearheading multiple projects and grants funded through the Juilliard School, including an ongoing partnership between her string trio, YongArts, and the Montefiore Medical Center located in the Bronx. YongArts would love to expand their program even further in order to provide as many concerts as possible to fill the numerous waiting rooms across the hospital’s complexes.
While pursuing her master’s degree at the Juilliard School with Professor Timothy Eddy, Hannah was a Grand Prizewinner of the Irvine Conservatory International Competition and a prizewinner of the 2023 Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra Instrumental Competition. Her undergraduate studies were completed at the Eastman School of Music with professors Steven Doane and Rosemary Elliott, where she received both a Bachelor of Music and Performer’s Certificate in Cello Performance and a Bachelor of Arts in Biology.
She is looking forward to continuing her studies in the Doctor of Musical Arts program at the City University of New York Graduate Center under the tutelage of Mark Steinberg while growing her own private music studio. Hannah loves to spend her free time reading, playing soccer, and cat-sitting in various apartments throughout the city (please contact her via this site or on social media for any cat-sitting inquiries as well :) ).
“superb playing and music making”
— Joel Krosnick
YongArts
YongArts Project transforms hospital waiting rooms into uplifting spaces in which cancer patients, their families, and their physicians are invited to engage in a live musical experience.
“Yong” is a Korean word that means “the perpetual and brave one.” When creating our project, we wanted to honor our Korean friend who recently passed away from cancer and whose bravery and determination in the face of her illness inspired us to use our music to mitigate suffering.
