“I cannot perform without teaching and cannot teach without performing.”
János Starker
Music, to me, is a way of therapy, a means of contemplation, and a journey into the most colorful world of imagination, that connects us altogether without barriers.
Even’s Music Journey
Born in China, Dr. Ma first came to the USA as a scholarship student at the Idyllwild Arts Academy in California before finishing high school at the Interlochen Arts Academy. She received her bachelor and master’s degrees at the Cleveland Institute of Music as a student of Cleveland Orchestra Principal Cellist, Mark Kosower. She received her Doctor of Musical Arts in cello performance at the University of Cincinnati-College Conservatory of Music where she studied with Professor Alan Rafferty.
