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Dmitri Korneev
Accompanist - Coordinator
973-655-7212
korneevd@mail.montclair.edu

A graduate of the Russian Academy of Music (Gnessin) in Moscow, Mr. Korneev is a freelance accompanist. He currently serves as a staff accompanist at Call School of Music. He is also actively involved in vocal auditions and regional competitions for singers. Before coming to New Jersey, Dmitri worked at the University of Texas in San Antonio and was principal accompanist at the San Antonio Lyric Opera. As a solo pianist Dmitri spent several years giving recitals throughout Russia, Greece, Italy and United States. His performances in the States have included such prestigious concert halls as Carnegie Hall and United Nations Concert Hall in New York. Mr. Korneev also participated in master classes held by Claude Frank and Arkady Aronov as well as in La Belle Epoque Festival in New York. In 1998 he became a laureate of the International Piano Competition IBLA Grand Prize in Italy. His other awards include several scholarships at Mannes College of Music and Russian Academy of Music.

Crystl Baltazar
Adjunct Faculty
General Education
Accompanist
Secondary Piano
973-655-7212

Pianist Crystl Sonomura Baltazar maintains the roles of both performing artist and educator. A native of Honolulu, Hawaii, she is a graduate of the University of Hawaii and the Eastman School of Music. As a collaborative arts specialist, she accompanies and coaches in many of the voice and instrumental studios in the department, as well as performing with faculty in recital. As a soloist, Ms. Baltazar won awards in the Young Keyboard Artist's Association and International Piano Recording Competitions. Also notable are collaborations in recitals with International Horn Competition Winner, Karl Pituch, and masterclass studies with Dalton Baldwin and Malcolm Bilson. She has performed in several concert series, as well as seasons with the Honolulu Symphony and Chamber Music Hawaii. Her teaching credits include Nazareth College and the New Jersey School of Arts. In addition, she freelances for various vocal, choral and chamber venues in the New York metro area. She is currently pursuing her doctorate.

Stephen Brennfleck
Accompanist
973-655-7212

David Brown
Accompanist
973-655-7212

David Brown received his Bachelor of Music degree in piano performance from the Crane School of Music (SUNY-Potsdam) and Masters in Music and Music Education from Columbia University. He has also studied piano privately with Robert Guralnik, Morris Borenstein and Ada Kopetz-Korf. Before coming to Montclair State, he performed extensively as an accompanist and recitalist throughout the Hudson Valley and Catskill regions of New York State. One such performance as an accompanist in a program of Schubert, Debussy and Puccini prompted a critic from The Times Herald Record to write: "I particularly admire the way he draws colors from the keyboard that are appropriate to the mood of each piece." He has performed both classical and jazz music live on the WAMC Northeast Public Radio Network.and has served as music director for over 50 musical theater productions - including works of Sondheim, Lerner/Loewe, and Marc Blitztein. He ran a successful piano studio for over 20 years.

Vicki Carter
Accompanist
973-655-7212

Martina Cukrov
Accompanist
973-655-7212

Terezija Cukrov
Accompanist
973-655-7212

Rebecca Eng
Accompanist
973-655-7212
rebeng1@yahoo.com

Allison Franzetti
Accompanist
973-655-7212

Allison Brewster Franzetti received her Bachelor of Music degree from the Manhattan School of Music and her Master of Music degree from the Juilliard School. An accomplished accompanist and chamber musician, she has collaborated with many artists, including Sir James Galway, John Corigliano, Stephen Paulus, Lowell Liebermann, Ransom Wilson, Eugenia Zukerman, Julius Baker, Robert White, and members of major US and international symphony orchestras. A multiple Grammy Nominee, Ms. Brewster Franzetti has performed solo recitals throughout the US, Mexico, Europe, Argentina and Japan, including concerts at Merkin Hall (New York), Teatro Colon (Buenos Aires), and Wigmore Hall (London). Among her many recorded performances are the piano solo for the 2006 American/Argentine film, Tango Fatal, the 2005 Argentine/French film, Ronda Noctuma, and the 2003 French/Spanish film, Dans Ie rouge du couchant, as well as the works of Berg, Hindemith, Scriabin and Ravel. Orchestral performances include concerts with the Brooklyn Philharmonic (featured on NBC-TV News), Long Island Philharmonic, English Sinfonia, Denver Symphony, and the Colonial Symphony. She played the world premiere of Piano Concerto No. 2 by Carios Franzetti, commissioned for her as part of their 50th anniversary season, with the Teatro Colon with the Orquesta Filarmonica de Buenos Aires. She performed and recorded its European premiere with the Janacek Philharmonic (Amapola Records).

Gila Goldstein
Accompanist
973-655-7212

Pianist Gila Goldstein holds a Master of Music from the Manhattan School of Music where she studied with Nina Svetlanova and a Bachelor of Music from the Tel-Aviv University's Academy of Music, where her teacher was Victor Derevianko. She has performed as a solo artist and collaborative pianist throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, Southeast Asia & Israel. Among her most notable engagements were performances at Merkin and Steinway Halls in New York City, the Purcell Room in London, Konzerthaus in Berlin, Kennedy Center in Washington DC, Gardner Museum in Boston, Dame Myra Hess concert, Symphony Hall in Chicago, Musée de Louvre in Paris, Pallacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City, Henry Crown Hall in Jerusalem and the Tel Aviv Museum. A Board member of the American Liszt Society (ALS) and the Founder-President of its NY/NJ Chapter, Gila is a frequent guest performer at the ALS annual festivals and at the Great Romantics International Festival in Hamilton, Ontario (Canada). She is a champion of the music of Israel's leading composer, Paul Ben-Haim, and has recorded two volumes of his entire piano works and three chamber works.

Carolyn Guzski
Accompanist
973-655-7212

Pianist Carolyn Guzski performs frequently in New York and throughout the United States, and has been heard at Alice Tully Hall, Weill Recital Hall, Merkin Concert Hall, and the Juilliard Theater.  Past seasons have included concerts in Europe, Asia, and the Caribbean, as well as broadcasts over WNCN and Voice of America.  As an opera coach, Ms. Guzski has participated in seasons of the Florida Grand Opera, the Lake George Opera Festival, the Aspen Music Festival, and the Orvieto Musica festival in the Umbria region of Italy.  In addition to performance degrees from Peabody Conservatory and the Juilliard School, she holds a Ph.D. in musicology from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and has served on the musical staff of the Mannes College of Music and on the faculties of Hunter College, Queens College, and Brooklyn College in New York City.

Tatyana Kebuladze
Adjunct Faculty
Secondary Piano
Accompanist
973-655-7212
NUSYA@netzero.net

Tatyana Kebuladze, is a native of Ukraine, where she graduated from the Gliere State Music College, the alma mater of virtuoso Vladimir Horowitz. As a pianist for four years with the New Jersey Children's Choir, Ms. Kebuladze has accompanied the choir in concerts in New York and on their Canadian tour. She was also a guest artist with the New Jersey Chamber Music Society.
Ms. Kebuladze graduated with honors from Montclair State University, where she received various awards, including the School of the Arts Talent Award with full tuition scholarship. Tatyana holds a Master in Music degree from Rutgers University. In addition to her work at MSU, she is an adjunct faculty member at Westminster Choir College.

Monsoon Han Kim
Adjunct Professor
Secondary Piano
Accompanist
973-655-7212

Mansoon Han Kim has won numerous competitions including the Yale Gordon Competition, the Yook Young Competition, the Piano Music Competition, and Nan Pa Music Competition. She received her Bachelor of Music degree from Seoul National University in 1991. In 1992, she began studies with concert pianist Ann Schein at the Peabody Institute in Baltimore (MD), where she received her Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees. She has performed throughout the United States, Canada, South Korea, and China. She has performed with members of the Maia String Quartet, Ceruti String Quartet, the Anchor Trio, and soprano Hyunah Yu. Kim has won the Clara Ascherfeld Accompanying Award, Peabody Career Development Grant. She has studied at summer festivals such as the Aspen Music Festival, the Orford Arts Center, and the Kent Blossom Summer Chamber Music Festival and participated in master classes by Mennahem Pressler, Leon Fleisher, Abbey Simon, Jörg Demus, Sergei Dorensky and Gabby Casadesus.

Soyeon Kim
Accompanist
973-655-7212

Amber Liao
Accompanist
973-655-7212

Katherine Mallimo
Accompanist
973-655-7212

Mary Pinto
Accompanist
973-655-7212

Mary Pinto received her Bachelor's in piano performance from DePauw University in Indiana. She continued her studies by getting Master's in vocal accompanying and coaching at the University of Illinois in Chapaign-Urbana with John Wustman (accompanist for Luciano Pavarotti). Upon graduaton, she worked as a coach and accompanist at the Lyric Opera Center for American Artists (Chicago), at the Dallas Opera, San Antonio Lyric Opera, Omaha Opera, Florentine Opera (Milwaukee, WI).

Steven Ryan
Accompanist
917-414-3025
Steven Ryan - Website

Pianist Steven Ryan has performed solo, chamber and orchestral concerts in the United States and Europe, and is a distinguished accompanist and vocal coach. He has served as an orchestral keyboardist with most of the major orchestras in New York City, played celesta with the Berlin Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall and performed on the synthesizer with the Moody Blues rock band. He regularly performs with several orchestras in the northeast, including the American Symphony, Riverside Symphony and the New Jersey Philharmonic. As a vocal accompanist Mr. Ryan has performed with such noted singers as Lucy Shelton, Irene Gubrud, Paul Sperry. He has been an avid vocal accompanist and voice coach throughout his career. He has been privileged to work with eminent artists such as Frederica Von Stade, Catherine Malfitano, Carmen Pelton, Milagro Vargas and the Wagnerian soprano Linda Kelm. Mr. Ryan earned his Bachelors of Music from the University of Minnesota. While in Minneapolis, he had the honor of assisting Neville Marriner as a rehearsal pianist, often working one-on-one with him and his guest soloists. He also appeared with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra under the baton of Charles Dutoit.