AMAA Advisory Board
The AMAA Advisory Board is made up of professional, established musicians who act as mentors to AMAA students. Their wealth of experience and knowledge is an enormous asset to the AMA Academy and students.
Mr. Aleksey Igudesman
Advisory Board Member
Aleksey Igudesman is best known as a violinist, but he has also established himself as a composer, conductor, actor, producer, entrepreneur and filmmaker. At age 12 he was accepted at the Yehudi Menuhin School in England and went on to study violin with Boris Kuschnir at the Vienna Conservatory. He makes up one half of the music and comedy duo Igudesman & Joo. Among his many other accomplishments, Igudesman is also Founder and CEO of Music Traveler, an app which helps musicians find and book practice spaces from private hosts.
Mr. Hyung-ki Joo
Advisory Board Member
Hyung-ki Joo was born in England to South Korean parents. His formal training as a musician began at the Yehudi Menuhin School with Peter Norris and Seta Tany. Later he studied at the Manhattan School of Music where he earned a Bachelor Degree and Masters Degree of Music. He has studied with Nina Svetlanova, Richard Goode and Oleg Maisenberg.
Billy Joel chose Joo to arrange and record his classical piano pieces for his album Fantasies & Delusions which was recorded at the Mozart-Hall, Vienna Konzerthaus, and reached the No. 1 spot on the Billboard charts. Joo makes up one half of the comedic duo Igudesman & Joo.
Professor Li-wei Qin
Advisory Board Member
Li-wei Qin began his musical career at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester studying with Ralph Kirshbaum. He later studied with David Takeno at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. He has won several awards and collaborated with many of the world’s great orchestras. He is the Silver Prize Medal winner at the 11th Tchaikovsky Competition.
Li-wei is currently teaching at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, an autonomous school of the National University of Singapore which is also the first conservatory in Singapore that offers full-time major studies. He plays a 1780 Joseph Guadagnini cello, generously loaned by Dr. and Mrs. Wilson Goh.
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