About

Violinist Lana Crosson is quickly developing as an accomplished artist on the East Coast. Lana is a recent graduate of the Boston University College of Fine Arts, where she was a recipient of the Pamela Avedisian Fellowship, the Symphony Orchestra Award, and the String Department Award. Lana was most recently named the First Place Winner of the Miclot International Music Competition and was a finalist in the Boston University Carnegie Hall Competition. In her first year at Boston University, she won the 2022 Bach Competition Undergraduate Award and went on to win again in 2023. Lana was also awarded the First Prize of the 2023 Charleston International World Music Competition. Lana has played in masterclasses with Sirena Huang, Grigory Kalinovsky, Timothy Chooi, and Markus Placci. In the summer, she has most recently attended the Aspen Music Festival and School in 2025 and the Atlantic Music Festival in 2024. In January 2026 and September 2025, Lana was invited to play as a substitute musician with the New World Symphony. She was also recently involved in the Boston University Jessie Montgomery Showcase concert, where her two chamber groups worked with Montgomery in preparation for her music. She will be attending The Juilliard School in the fall to pursue her master's degree under the tutelage of Naoko Tanaka. Her past mentors include Minju Kim, Dana Mazurkevich, Maria Benotti, Daniel Stepner, and Larry Young.