ADELINE BABAN

Filipina American violinist Adeline Baban is a recent graduate of the Manhattan School of Music. A leading advocate for community-building through the arts, she is the Executive Director and co-founder of the Westside Chamber Players, a New York City-based chamber orchestra founded in 2022, and has created programming initiatives for organizations including the Asian American Arts Alliance and Next Festival of Emerging Artists. Her love of chamber music has been greatly shaped by her mentors Nicholas Mann, Peter Winograd, Rebecca Fischer, and Amelia Dietrich. Ms. Baban holds a Master’s degree from the Manhattan School of Music and a Bachelor’s degree from the Mannes School of Music.