Jeremy Cushman
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Violin
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soloist, with performances spanning four continents.
Biography
He made his solo orchestraOrchestra
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l debut at the age of eight with the Great Neck Philharmonic and, at the age of nine, was featured on the nationally televised CBS Early Show with Bryant Gumbel
Bryant Gumbel
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after winning the FAO/CBS international talent search. In 2002, he was selected to perform as Microsoft
Microsoft
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's Symbol of Potential for its annual convention in the New Orleans Superdome
Louisiana Superdome
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where he received a standing ovation from the 14,000 attendees, leading to additional performances under Microsoft’s sponsorship. At the age of twelve, Cushman won the 2003 New York City
New York City
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talent competition at Manhattan
Manhattan
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’s Heckscher Theatre. He also gave two performances at Madison Square Garden
Madison Square Garden
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for audiences of 19,000 in the Knicks Kids Talent Search semi-finals and finals where he earned the title of "Most Talented Boy of 2002-2003". More recently, Cushman was flown by Swiss Orange Communications to Zürich, Switzerland to give a benefit performance for UNICEF, performed as a soloist at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall
Avery Fisher Hall
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, and gave a solo recital to a full house at Manhattan’s Steinway Hall, which raised significant funds for the concert’s sponsor, the Variety Children’s Charity. He was also honored with a third appearance at Madison Square Garden
Madison Square Garden
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when the Garden featured the best performers from years past. Cushman has appeared with a variety of acclaimed orchestra
Orchestra
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s including as a guest soloist with the New York Riverside Orchestra, the Queens Symphony Orchestra, the Queensborough Orchestra, the Great Neck Philharmonic, and as a repeat guest soloist with the Nassau Pops Symphony Orchestra. This past summer, he also toured London
London
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and Scotland
Scotland
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as concertmaster and soloist of the COS Young Symphonic Ensemble. Most recently, Cushman had the opportunity to perform at the opening of the L'Oréal Paris
L'Oréal
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convention to exemplify the event's motivational theme "Exceed and Succeed." In April 2006, Cushman won the American Fine Arts Festival young performers competition, conducted in four states over several weeks, and earned the opportunity to perform at Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall
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in May 2006. In June of 2006 he performed the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
Violin Concerto (Tchaikovsky)
The Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35, written by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1878, is one of the best known of all violin concertos. It is also considered to be among the most technically difficult works for violin.-Instrumentation:...
with the Scottsdale Symphony in Arizona
Arizona
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Other past highlights include a performance for the Dance Theater of Harlem at a program hosted by Arthur Mitchell
Arthur Mitchell (dancer)
Arthur Mitchell is an African-American dancer and choreographer who created a training school and the first African-American classical ballet company, Dance Theatre of Harlem...
, performing at the opening of the 2003 World Leadership Conference in Washington, providing the music for the opening night reception of Franco D'Alessandro's Off-Broadway play "Roman Nights" where he entertained such notables as Pia Lindstrom, Isabella Rossellini
Isabella Rossellini
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and Peter Bogdanovich
Peter Bogdanovich
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, and participating in a special 9/11 memorial ceremony hosted by Secretary General Kofi Annan
Kofi Annan
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at the United Nations
United Nations
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. In addition, Cushman spent many years as the featured soloist for the Tarumi Violinists, an acclaimed youth ensemble, performing in Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall
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, and the White House
White House
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, at the official NYC and NYS celebrations of Israel
Israel
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's 50th anniversary hosted, respectively, by Mayor Giuliani and Governor Pataki, and on concert tours of Japan
Japan
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, Taiwan
Taiwan
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, Argentina
Argentina
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and Hong Kong
Hong Kong
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. Cushman began his studies with inspirational teacher Yukako Tarumi at the age of five and studied with renowned Juilliard professor Shirley Givens throughout high school.
Jeremy Cushman attended Benjamin N. Cardozo High School, where he was ranked number one in his graduating class. He also attended the NYSSSA School of Orchestral Studies as concert master of the Symphony Orchestra. He is currently a student at Harvard College
Harvard College
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