Jeremy Cushman
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Jeremy Stein Cushman (born 1990) performs internationally as a violin soloist, with performances spanning four continents. He made his solo orchestral 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 after winning the FAO/CBS international talent search. In 2002, he was selected to perform as Microsoft's Symbol of Potential for its annual convention in the New Orleans Superdome 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 talent competition at Manhattan’s Heckscher Theatre. He also gave two performances at Madison Square Garden 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, 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 when the Garden featured the best performers from years past. Cushman has appeared with a variety of acclaimed orchestras 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 and Scotland 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 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 in May 2006. In June of 2006 he performed the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto with the Scottsdale Symphony in Arizona.
Other past highlights include a performance for the Dance Theater of Harlem at a program hosted by Arthur Mitchell, 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 and Peter Bogdanovich, and participating in a special 9/11 memorial ceremony hosted by Secretary General Kofi Annan at the United Nations. In addition, Cushman spent many years as the featured soloist for the Tarumi Violinists, an acclaimed youth ensemble, performing in Carnegie Hall, and the White House, at the official NYC and NYS celebrations of Israel's 50th anniversary hosted, respectively, by Mayor Giuliani and Governor Pataki, and on concert tours of Japan, Taiwan, Argentina and Hong Kong. Cushman began his studies with inspirational teacher Yukako Tarumi at the age of five. He currently studies with renowned Juilliard professor Shirley Givens.
Jeremy Cushman attends Benjamin N. Cardozo High School, where he is ranked number one in his graduating class. He will be attending Harvard University in Fall 2008.
