List of Juilliard School people
This list of Juilliard School people contains links to Wikipedia articles about notable alumni and teachers of the Juilliard School in New York City.
Notable alumni
Dance division
The dance division was established in 1951. It offers a four-year Bachelor of Fine Arts degree or a diploma. In prior years it also awarded B.S. and M.S. degrees.- Robert Battle – choreographer
- Phoebe Cates – actress, singer, entrepreneur
- Carla DeSola – pioneer of liturgical dance
- Robert Garland – choreographer
- Marcia Jean Kurtz – actress, director
- Jayme Lawson - actress
- Daniel Lewis dancer, choreographer, teacher
- Lar Lubovitch – choreographer
- Robert LuPone – actor
- Bradon McDonald – dancer, choreographer, fashion designer
- Ohad Naharin – dancer, choreographer
- Bebe Neuwirth – actress, singer, dancer
- Henning Rübsam – choreographer
- Rina Schenfeld – choreographer, dancer
- Adam Shankman – dancer, director
- Elizabeth Sung – actress
- Paul Taylor – choreographer
- Lea Ved - choreographer and contemporary dancer
Drama division
- Jane Adams
- David Adkins
- Frankie J. Alvarez
- Robert Aramayo
- Michael Arden
- Tony Azito
- Morena Baccarin
- David Aaron Baker
- Lisa Banes
- Christine Baranski
- Michael Beach
- Nicole Beharie
- Wes Bentley
- Casey Biggs
- Ryan Bittle
- Ben Bodé
- Steven Boyer
- Andre Braugher
- Daniel Breaker
- Danielle Brooks
- Michael Chernus
- Mary Chieffo
- Christian Camargo
- Jeffrey Carlson
- Jennifer Carpenter
- Jessica Chastain
- Fala Chen
- Bryan Cogman
- Jessie Collins
- Lynn Collins
- David Conrad
- Frances Conroy
- Kevin Conroy
- David Corenswet
- Marcia Cross
- Wallis Currie-Wood
- Kevin Daniels
- Keith David
- Viola Davis
- John de Lancie
- David Denman
- Reed Diamond
- Megan Dodds
- Harris Doran
- Mike Doyle
- Adam Driver
- Gabriel Ebert
- James Eckhouse
- Edward Edwards
- Gretchen Egolf
- Nelsan Ellis
- Betty Gabriel
- Boyd Gaines
- Megan Gallagher
- Michael Genet
- Thomas Gibson
- Michel Gill
- Heather Goldenhersh
- Kelsey Grammer
- Shalita Grant
- Dan Green
- Lynnie Greene
- John Gremillion
- Gerald Gutierrez
- Brandon Micheal Hall
- LisaGay Hamilton
- Evan Handler
- Brian Hargrove
- James Harper
- Harriet Sansom Harris
- Maya Hawke
- Corey Hawkins
- Michael Hayden
- Stephen Henderson
- Benjamin Hendrickson
- Patrick Heusinger
- John Benjamin Hickey
- Nancy Hower
- Glenn Howerton
- Janet Hubert
- William Hurt
- Doug Hutchison
- Oscar Isaac
- Gillian Jacobs
- Peter Jacobson
- Gregory Jbara
- Penny Johnson Jerald
- Jack Kenny
- Matt Keeslar
- Val Kilmer
- Perry King
- Kevin Kline
- Linda Kozlowski
- Erin Krakow
- Stephen Kunken
- Eriq La Salle
- Laura-Leigh
- Laura Linney
- Cleavon Little
- Vella Lovell
- Justine Lupe
- Patti LuPone
- Luke Macfarlane
- Anthony Mackie
- Kenneth Marshall
- James Marsters
- Elizabeth Marvel
- Danny Mastrogiorgio
- Patricia Mauceri
- Leigh McCloskey
- Kelly McGillis
- Elizabeth McGovern
- Robert Duncan McNeill
- John McTiernan
- Nick Mennell
- Lindsay G. Merrithew
- Jim Moody
- Gregory Mosher
- Kurt Naebig
- Tim Blake Nelson
- Seth Numrich
- Clancy O'Connor
- Michael O'Hare
- Caitlin O'Heaney
- Nancy Opel
- Lee Pace
- Teyonah Parris
- Mandy Patinkin
- Lisa Pelikan
- Paul Perri
- Wendell Pierce
- Carrie Preston
- Lonny Price
- Saundra Quarterman
- Sara Ramirez
- Wes Ramsey
- Gayle Rankin
- Ben Rappaport
- Monica Raymund
- Elizabeth Reaser
- Serena Reeder
- Christopher Reeve
- Marianne Rendón
- Ving Rhames
- Tom Robbins
- Dallas Roberts
- Matt Ross
- Jed Rubenfeld
- Kario Salem
- Marla Schaffel
- Stephen Schnetzer
- David Schramm
- Judson Scott
- Franklyn Seales
- Matt Servitto
- Alex Sharp
- Michael James Shaw
- Leslie Silva
- Brian J. Smith
- Norman Snow
- Phillipa Soo
- Kevin Spacey
- Bern Nadette Stanis
- Jack Stehlin
- Mary Stein
- David Ogden Stiers
- Henry Stram
- Ethan Strimling
- Michael Stuhlbarg
- Jeremy Tardy
- Jon Tenney
- Tracie Thoms
- Auden Thornton
- Lorraine Toussaint
- Jeanne Tripplehorn
- Sam Tsoutsouvas
- Alan Tudyk
- Stephen Barker Turner
- Michael Urie
- Paul Michael Valley
- James Vasquez
- Diane Venora
- Thomas G. Waites
- Benjamin Walker
- Jake Weber
- Jess Weixler
- Fred Weller
- Rutina Wesley
- Bradley Whitford
- Samira Wiley
- Robin Williams
- Michael Wincott
- Mary Wiseman
- Finn Wittrock
- Samuel Witwer
- Janet Zarish
- Stephanie Zimbalist
Playwrights program
- David Adjmi
- David Auburn
- Tanya Barfield
- Stephen Belber
- Brooke Berman
- Jonathan Caren
- Julia Cho
- Cusi Cram
- Alexandra Cunningham
- Bathsheba Doran
- Ron Fitzgerald
- Etan Frankel
- Jessica Goldberg
- Katori Hall
- Joshua Harmon
- Samuel D. Hunter
- Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
- Nick Jones
- Julia Jordan
- Michael Lew
- David Lindsay-Abaire
- Martyna Majok
- Elizabeth Meriwether
- Adam Rapp
- Dan Moses Schreier
- Jen Silverman
- Tommy Smith
- Beau Willimon
Directors program
- Sam Gold
Music division
- Bruce Adolphe – composer, author
- Edie Adams – singer, actress
- Ahn Trio – chamber music trio
- Hanan Alattar – soprano
- Charlie Albright – pianist, composer
- John Aler – lyric tenor
- Susan Alexander-Max – fortepianist
- Greg Anderson – pianist, composer
- Helen Armstrong – violinist
- Şahan Arzruni – pianist
- Lera Auerbach – pianist, composer
- Nathaniel Ayers – bassist
- Jenny Oaks Baker – violinist
- Chase Baird – saxophonist
- Huáscar Barradas – flutist
- Jon Batiste – pianist
- Enrique Batiz – pianist
- Jon "Bowzer" Bauman – Sha Na Na bass vocalist, classical pianist
- Bob Berg – saxophonist
- Harold Blair – tenor
- Serge Blanc, conductor, academic
- Mike Block – cellist, singer, composer
- Theodore Bloomfield – conductor
- Ronald Braunstein – conductor
- Anne Wiggins Brown – soprano
- The 5 Browns: Deondra, Desirae, Gregory, Melody, Ryan – pianists
- Sheila Browne – violist
- Leo Brouwer – guitarist, composer
- Bruce Brubaker – pianist, composer
- David Bryan – keyboardist of Bon Jovi
- Steven Bryant – composer
- Kenji Bunch – violist, composer
- Sara Davis Buechner – pianist, recording artist
- Igor Buketoff – conductor
- Cosmo Buono – pianist, founder of The Alexander and Buono Competitions
- Kevin Burdette – bass
- George Byrd - conductor
- Michel Camilo – jazz pianist
- Barry Carl – a cappella bass singer, bassist, voice-over artist
- Jonathan Carney – violinist, violist, conductor
- Cameron Carpenter – organist, composer
- Jesse Ceci – violinist
- John Cerminaro – hornist
- David Chan – violinist
- Sarah Chang – violinist
- Jiafeng Chen – violinist
- Robert Chen – violinist
- Dan Chmielinski – jazz bassist
- Jennifer Choi – composer, violinist, member of Ethel string quartet
- Kyung-wha Chung – violinist
- Myung-whun Chung – conductor, pianist
- Van Cliburn – pianist
- Pamela Coburn – soprano
- Dan Coleman – composer
- James Conlon – conductor
- Bill Conti – composer
- Chick Corea – jazz pianist
- Robert Craft – conductor, music writer
- John Creswell – jazz musician
- Miles Davis – jazz trumpeter
- Netania Davrath – soprano
- Glenn Dicterow – violinist
- Orlando DiGirolamo – jazz accordionist, composer
- Alexandra du Bois – composer
- Lawrence Dutton – violist
- James Ehnes – violinist
- Ruby Elzy – soprano
- Michael Endres – pianist
- Damien Escobar- Violinist
- Faith Esham – soprano
- Jonathan Estabrooks – baritone
- Eric Ewazen – composer
- JoAnn Falletta – conductor, guitarist
- Ying Fang – soprano
- Ralph Farris – composer, conductor, violist, violinist, co-founder of Ethel string quartet
- Alan Feinberg – pianist
- Wilhelmenia Fernandez – soprano, actress
- Arthur Ferrante – pianist
- Brian T. Field – composer
- Renée Fleming – soprano
- Sarah Brightman - soprano
- Mario Frangoulis – tenor
- Gerald Fried – composer
- David Friedkin – writer, director, producer
- Kenneth Fuchs – composer
- Kevin R. Gallagher – guitarist
- David Garrett – violinist
- Eliza Garth – pianist
- Tim Genis – timpanist
- Ariana Ghez – oboist
- Lawrence Gilliard Jr. – actor
- Ola Gjeilo — composer, pianist, arranger
- Michael Giacchino – composer
- Alan Gilbert – conductor
- Herschel Burke Gilbert – composer
- Wallis Giunta – mezzo soprano
- Philip Glass – composer
- David Golub – pianist
- Eddie Gómez – jazz bassist
- Matt Good – tubist
- Midori Goto – violinist
- Jason Grant – singer
- Alan Greenspan – clarinetist, former chair of the Federal Reserve Board
- Henry Grimes – double bassist
- Paul Groves – tenor
- Yang Guang – mezzo-soprano
- Horacio Gutiérrez – pianist
- Bruce Haack – pioneer in electronic music
- Andreas Haefliger – pianist
- Daron Hagen – composer, pianist, conductor, stage director
- B. H. Haggin – music critic
- Tamar Halperin – pianist, harpsichordist
- Marvin Hamlisch – composer, pianist
- Lynn Harrell – cellist
- Margaret Rosezarian Harris – conductor, composer
- Miguel Harth-Bedoya – conductor
- Julius Hegyi – violinist, conductor
- Luther Henderson – arranger, composer, orchestrator
- Freddie Herko – musician, dancer
- Bernard Herrmann – composer
- Natalie Hinderas – pianist, composer
- Moses Hogan – composer, conductor, arranger of choral music and spirituals
- Stephen Hough – pianist
- Helen Huang – pianist
- Frank Huang – violinist
- Hao Huang – pianist
- Monica Huggett – baroque violinist
- Nobuko Imai - violist
- Mattias Jacobsson – guitarist
- Morgan James – singer, actress
- Joseph Kalichstein – pianist
- Sharon Kam – clarinetist
- Michael Kamen – composer, oboist
- Hyo Kang – violinist
- Paul Kantor – violinist
- Jozef Kapustka – pianist
- Louis Kaufman – violinist
- Martin Kennedy – composer, pianist
- Matthew Kennedy – pianist
- Nigel Kennedy – violinist
- Nina Kennedy – pianist
- Jeffrey Khaner – flutist
- Edith Killgore Kirkpatrick – music educator
- Benny Kim – violinist
- Chin Kim – violinist
- David Kim – violinist
- Coya Knutson – Minnesota U.S. Representative
- Wladimir Jan Kochanski – pianist
- Catherine Ransom Karoly – flautist
- Rosemary Kuhlmann – mezzo-soprano
- Fredell Lack – violinist
- Kenneth Lampl – composer
- Albert Laszlo – bassist
- Manny Laureano – trumpet
- Paul Lavalle – conductor, arranger, radio show personality
- Dorothy Lawson – cellist, composer, co-founder of Ethel
- Trey Chui-yee Lee – cellist
- Adele Leigh – English operatic soprano
- Isabel Leonard – mezzo-soprano
- Pete Levin – keyboards, horn
- Gilbert Levine – conductor
- James Levine – conductor
- Cho-Liang Lin – violinist
- Lowell Liebermann – composer, conductor, pianist
- Jens Lindemann – trumpet
- Ching-Yun Hu – pianist
- Mats Lidström – solo cellist, chamber musician, composer, teacher, publisher
- Robert Lipsett – violinist
- Andrew Litton – pianist, conductor
- Ricardo Llorca – composer
- Nicola Loud – violinist
- Kevin Kwan Loucks – pianist, arts entrepreneur
- Yo-Yo Ma – cellist
- Teo Macero – jazz composer, producer
- John Mackey – composer
- Henry Mancini – composer, conductor
- Jon Manasse – clarinetist
- Eugenia Manolidou – composer, conductor
- Catherine Manoukian – violinist
- Barry Manilow – singer & songwriter
- Edvin Marton – violinist
- Wynton Marsalis – trumpeter
- Ana María Martínez – opera singer
- Tony Martinez – singer, musician
- Gulnara Mashurova – harpist
- Audra McDonald – singer and actress
- Christian McBride – jazz bassist
- Susann McDonald – harpist
- Robert McDuffie – violinist
- Steven Mercurio – composer, conductor
- Anne Akiko Meyers - violnist
- Stefan Milenković – violinist
- Jeffery Miller – trombonist
- Meagan Miller – opera singer
- Stephanie Mills – singer
- Eric Milnes – harpsichordist, organist and conductor
- Leon Milo – composer, percussionist and sound artist
- Alexander Mishnaevski – violinist
- Beata Moon – composer, pianist
- Charlotte Moorman – cellist
- Alan Morrison – organist
- Mark Morton – bassist
- Nico Muhly – composer, pianist
- Simon Nabatov – pianist, composer
- Hiroko Nakamura – pianist
- Christina Naughton – pianist
- Michelle Naughton – pianist
- Paul Neebe – trumpeter
- Pascal Nemirovski – pianist
- Takako Nishizaki – violinist
- Linda November – singer
- Julia Nussenbaum – violinist, also known as Tania Lubova
- Noriko Ogawa – pianist
- Santos Ojeda – pianist
- America Olivo – mezzo soprano, actor
- Margaret Saunders Ott – pianist
- Peter Oundjian – violinist, conductor
- Alex Panamá – composer
- Dorothy Papadakos – MM, organ
- Anthony & Joseph Paratore – piano duo
- Juliette Passer – music director
- Margaret Pardee – violinist
- Rene Paulo – pianist
- Nick Perito – composer, arranger, music director, performer
- Marina Piccinini – flutist
- Miguel Franz Pinto – vocal coach, conductor, pianist
- Hila Plitmann – opera singer, soprano
- Itzhak Perlman – violinist
- Susanna Phillips – opera singer, soprano
- Christina Petrowska-Quilico – pianist
- Daniel Pollack – pianist
- Leontyne Price – soprano
- Tito Puente – Latin jazz and mambo musician
- Michael Rabin – violinist
- Valentin Radu – pianist/organist, conductor
- André Raphel – conductor
- Behzad Ranjbaran – composer
- Einojuhani Rautavaara – composer
- Steve Reich – composer
- Madelyn Renee – soprano
- Gerardo Ribeiro – violinist
- Graciela Rivera – soprano
- Jennifer Rivera – mezzo-soprano
- Marco Rizo – composer, pianist
- Julius Rodriguez – pianist, drummer
- Santiago Rodriguez – pianist
- Neil Rosenshein – tenor
- Mary Rowell – composer, violinist, co-founder of Ethel
- Alan Rubin – trumpeter
- John Rubinstein – composer, actor
- Jordan Rudess – pianist, Dream Theater
- Joel Ryce-Menuhin – pianist, psychologist
- Rohan Joseph de Saram – conductor
- Ezra Schabas - clarinet, saxophone, educator
- Staffan Scheja – pianist
- Peter Schickele – composer, satirist
- William Schimmel – composer, accordionist
- Charles Schlueter – trumpeter
- Stephen Schwartz
- Gerard Schwarz – conductor
- Hazel Scott – pianist, singer
- Judson Scott – actor, pianist
- Raymond Scott – composer, bandleader, inventor
- Tony Scott – Bebop clarinetist, arranger, New World music innovator
- Alex Seaver - Singer-songwriter and DJ known as Mako
- Kathryn Selby – pianist
- Gil Shaham – violinist
- Theodore Shapiro
- Alan Shulman – composer, cellist
- Tracy Silverman – violinist, composer
- Jacques Singer – conductor
- Lori Singer – cellist, actress
- Nina Simone – musician, civil rights activist
- Leonard Slatkin – conductor
- Vilem Sokol – violinist
- Lew Soloff – composer, trumpeter
- Wim Statius Muller – composer, pianist
- Mark Steinberg – violinist
- Albert Stern – violinist
- Paul Stetsenko – organist
- Bob Stillman
- Liz Story – pianist
- Hai-Kyung Suh – pianist
- Kathleen Supové – pianist
- Akiko Suwanai – violinist
- Jeffrey Swann – pianist
- Walter Taieb – composer, conductor
- Margaret Leng Tan – pianist
- Louis Teicher – pianist
- Alfred Teltschik – pianist
- Ralph de Toledano – journalist, music critic
- Marioara Trifan – pianist, conductor
- Jonathan Tunick – orchestrator
- Rosalyn Tureck – pianist, harpsichordist
- Hideko Udagawa – violinist
- Leslie Uggams – actress, singer
- Roland and Almita Vamos – violinist, violist
- Jaap van Zweden – violinist, conductor
- Robert Vernon – violist
- F. Dudleigh Vernor – organist, composer
- Shirley Verrett – mezzo soprano/soprano
- Joseph Villa – piano
- Verónica Villarroel – soprano
- Ezequiel Viñao – composer
- Andrew von Oeyen – pianist
- Paul Waggoner – guitarist, Between the Buried and Me
- Xun Wang – pianist
- Robert Ward – composer
- Alexis Weissenberg – pianist
- Eric Whitacre – composer, conductor
- John Williams – composer, conductor
- Meredith Willson – composer
- Ransom Wilson – flutist, conductor
- Mark Wood – electric violinist
- Phil Woods – clarinetist, saxophonist
- Joyce Yang – pianist
- Yung Wook Yoo – pianist
- Terence Yung – pianist
- Camille Zamora – soprano
- Charlotte Lois Zelka – pianist
- Eva Maria Zuk – pianist
- Pinchas Zukerman – violinist
Notable teachers
- Bruce Adolphe – composer
- Samuel Adler – composer
- JoAnne Akalaitis – director
- Joseph Alessi – principal trombone of the New York Philharmonic
- Nancy Allen – harpist
- Baruch Arnon – piano, graduate studies, chamber music
- René Auberjonois – actor
- Emanuel Ax – pianist
- Milton Babbitt – composer
- Jon Robin Baitz – playwright
- Julius Baker – flutist
- Robert Beaser – composer
- Brian Bedford – actor
- Luciano Berio – composer, founded the Juilliard Ensemble
- Eric Bogosian – playwright
- George Frederick Boyle – pianist
- Henry Brant – composer
- William Burden – voice teacher, tenor
- Kendall Durelle Briggs – music theorist, composer
- Bruce Brubaker – pianist
- Maria Callas – opera singer
- Elliott Carter – composer
- Ron Carter – double bass
- Antonio Ciacca – business of jazz
- Timothy Cobb – double bass
- John Corigliano – composer
- Alfredo Corvino – ballet master
- Frank Damrosch – composer
- Bella Davidovich – pianist
- Colin Davis – conductor
- Giuseppe De Luca – opera singer
- Dorothy DeLay – violinist
- James DePreist – conductor
- David Diamond – composer
- Glenn Dicterow – violinist
- Ania Dorfmann – pianist
- Elaine Douvas – oboe
- Lucia Dunham – soprano
- Christopher Durang – playwright
- Sixten Ehrling – conductor
- John Erskine – pianist, composer
- Simon Estes – opera singer
- Eric Ewazen – composition
- Daniel Ferro – voice teacher
- Rudolf Firkušný – pianist
- Joseph Fuchs – violinist
- Lillian Fuchs – violist
- Ivan Galamian – violinist
- Percy Goetschius – theory and composition
- Saul Goodman – timpanist
- Sascha Gorodnitzki – pianist
- Alicia Graf Mack - dancer, director of Dance Division
- John Guare – playwright
- Gerre Hancock – organist
- William Hickey – actor
- Martha Hill – dancer, director of Dance Division
- Hanya Holm – choreographer
- John Houseman – actor, producer
- Monica Huggett – baroque violinist
- Doris Humphrey – choreographer
- Ernest Hutcheson – pianist, composer
- Sharon Isbin – classical guitar
- Paul Jacobs – organist
- Rodney Jones – guitar
- Michael Kahn – director, acting teacher
- Joseph Kalichstein – pianist
- Hyo Kang – violin
- Lewis Kaplan – violinist
- Melvin Kaplan – oboist and founder of the Vermont Mozart Festival
- Yoheved Kaplinsky – pianist
- Jeffrey Khaner – flutist
- Simon Kovar – bassoonist
- Joel Krosnick – cellist
- Tony Kushner – playwright
- Kenneth Lampl – composer
- Michael Langham – actor, director
- Albert Laszlo – bassist
- Jacob Lateiner – pianist
- Judith LeClair – principal bassoonist of the New York Philharmonic
- Eugene Levinson – principal bass of the New York Philharmonic
- Frank Lévy – pianist
- Josef Lhévinne – pianist
- Rosina Lhévinne – pianist
- José Limón – choreographer
- Romulus Linney – playwright
- Gene Lockhart – actor
- Jerome Lowenthal – pianist
- Jon Manasse – clarinetist
- Robert Mann – violinist, founder and first violinist of the Juilliard String Quartet
- Adele Marcus – pianist
- Wynton Marsalis – improvisation and trumpet
- Alberta Masiello – pianist and conductor
- João Carlos Martins – pianist
- Dakin Matthews – actor
- Michael Mayer – director
- Terrence McNally – playwright
- Genia Melikova – ballet
- Peter Mennin – composer
- Homer Mensch – bassist
- Jeffrey Milarsky – music director, AXIOM Ensemble
- Marsha Norman – playwright
- Orin O'Brien – double bass
- Santos Ojeda – pianist
- Margaret Pardee – violinist
- Itzhak Perlman – violinist
- Vincent Persichetti – composer
- Joseph Polisi – bassoonist
- Erik Ralske – hornist
- Behzad Ranjbaran – theory
- Ruggiero Ricci – violinist
- Christopher Rouse – composer
- Henning Rübsam – choreographer
- Michel Saint-Denis – actor, director
- Olga Samaroff – pianist
- Carl Schachter – Schenkerian analyst
- Peter Schickele – composer, humorist, best known for his P. D. Q. Bach character
- William Schimmel – composer, accordionist
- William Schuman – composer, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Music, founder of the Juilliard String Quartet
- Roger Sessions – composer, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Music
- Oscar Shumsky – violinist
- W. Stephen Smith – voice teacher
- Bern Nadette Stanis – actor, dancer
- György Sándor – pianist
- Alan Schneider – director
- Marian Seldes – actor
- Abbey Simon – pianist
- Anna Sokolow – choreographer
- David Soyer – cellist
- Liz Smith – actor
- Clifton Taylor – theatrical designer
- Léon Theremin
- Andrew Thomas – composition
- Tracie Thoms – actress
- Antony Tudor – choreographer
- William Vacchiano – trumpeter
- Melinda Wagner – composer
- Wendy Wasserstein – playwright
- Earl Wild – pianist
- Teddy Wilson – pianist
- Stefan Wolpe – composer
- Oxana Yablonskaya – pianist
Resident ensembles
- American Brass Quintet
- Juilliard String Quartet
Presidents
- Frank Damrosch
- John Erskine
- Ernest Hutcheson
- William Schuman
- Peter Mennin
- Joseph W. Polisi
- Damian Woetzel