Young Artists Concert

This concert features the Festival’s talented young artists. Program information will appear here the day of the concert. 

Free | Tickets Not Required

 

— 7:00 PM —

SOFIA GUBAIDULINA (1931–2025)
Five Etudes

I. Largo
II. Allegretto
III. Adagio
IV. Allegro disperato
V. Andante

Mélisande Lochak, bass • Marin Trendel, harp • Nathaniel Valsania, percussion

This group is coached by Jeffrey Zeigler. Mélisande is sponsored by Charles Johnson & Jean Appleby Johnson.

 

FELIX MENDELSSOHN (1809–1847)
Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 49

I. Molto allegro agitato

Kevin Kang, violin • Ty Pfeiffer, cello • Leqi Yang, piano

This group is coached by Ani Schnarch. Kevin is sponsored by David Lakari.

 

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756–1791)
Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, K. 478

I. Allegro

Jewel Chiang, violin • Isaac-Dongfei An, viola • Ty Pfeiffer, cello • Ziyao Liu, piano

This group is coached by Tao Lin.

 

DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH (1906–1975)
Piano Quintet in G Minor, Op. 57

I. Prelude. Lent — Poco più mosso — Lento
II. Fugue. Adagio

William Auer, Esther Koo, violin • Jordan Fletcher, viola • Diego Dahle, cello
Katerina Sommers, piano

This group is coached by Ahrim Kim.

 

— 8:00 PM —

ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810–1856)
Adagio and Allegro in A-flat Major, Op. 70

Daniel Halstead, horn • Jiarong Li, piano

Daniel is sponsored by Kent & Natalie Mitchell.

 

AMY BEACH (1867–1944)
Romance for Violin and Piano, Op. 23

Rachel Yi, violin • Alber Chien, piano

Rachel is a summer student of Robin Scott and is sponsored by Lewis & Adria Kaplan.

 

SAMUEL BARBER (1910–1981)
Piano Sonata for Piano in E-flat Minor, Op. 26

I. Allegro energico
II. Allegro vivace e leggero
III. Adagio mesto
IV. Fuga: Allegro con spirito

Heting Xia, piano

Heting is a student of Soyeon Kate Lee.

 

RICHARD WAGNER (1813–1883)
Romance from Albumblatt, WWV 94

William Liu, violin • Narae Lee, piano

William is a summer student of Itzhak Rashkovsky.

 

HENRI VIEUXTEMPS (1820–1881)
Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Minor, Op. 37

I. Allegro non troppo

Alette Williams, violin • Narae Lee, piano

Alette is a summer student of Renée Jolles and is sponsored by Dian Keuhnelian Petty.

 

— 9:00 PM —

​​LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770–1827)
Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 5 in F Major, Op. 24

I. Allegro

Mia Sakonju, violin • Alber Chien, piano

Mia is a summer student of Renée Jolles.

 

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756–1791)
Adagio in E Major, K. 261

Dongsub Alex Jeoung, violin • Narae Lee, piano

Alex is a summer student of Itzhak Rashkovsky.

 

ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK [arr. KREISLER] (1841–1904)
Songs My Mother Taught Me

ERNEST BLOCH (1880–1959)
Baal Shem, B. 47

I. Nigun

Karis Dharmawirya, violin • Alber Chien, piano

Karis is a summer student of Kurt Sassmannshaus.

 

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685–1750)
Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011

I. Prelude
II. Allemande

Joseph Reichelt, viola

Joseph is a summer student of Carol Rodland.

 

WILLIAM WALTON (1902–1983)
Viola Concerto

II. Vivo, con molto preciso

Katherine Chernyak, viola • Byunghee Yoo, piano

Katherine is a summer student of Melissa Reardon.

 

ALEXANDER SCRIABIN (1872–1915)
Piano Sonata No. 2 in G-sharp Minor, Op. 19

I. Andante
II. Presto

Spencer Tsai, piano

Spencer is a summer student of Julian Martin.