Asha Kline

Asha Kline is in her third year of undergrad studies at the Curtis Institute of Music, where she is a student of Daniel Matsukawa. She currently holds the position of assistant principal bassoon in the New Haven Symphony. In 2022, Kline was named the first prize winner of the Boston Woodwind Society's Matthew Ruggiero International Bassoon Competition, and the 2023 Meg Quigley Vivaldi competition first prize. Kline has appeared as soloist with orchestra as a two-time winner of the Baltimore Symphony Youth Orchestra's concerto competition (2020, 2018) and the Columbia Orchestra's Young Artist Competition (2017). She hails from Ellicott City, Maryland.