Graduation Recital by Violinist Amalia Hall May 19
A graduation recital by Amalia Hall, violin. Amalia, from Auckland, New Zealand, was a student of Pamela Frank and Joseph Silverstein and entered Curtis in 2008. Her program: Gareth Farr: Wakatipu Amalia opens the recital with a nod to her native land, performing New Zealand composer Gareth Farr's Wakatipu. This virtuoso romp for solo violin [...]

Graduation Recital by Katherine Jordan May 12
A graduation recital by Katherine Jordan, horn. Katherine hails from Charlotte, Vermont, and was a student of Jennifer Montone. She entered Curtis in 2008 and graduated in 2012. Her program: Ketting: Intrada The Dutch composer, conductor, teacher and trumpeter Otto Ketting was born in Amsterdam in 1935 and died in 2012. His "Intrada," dating from [...]

Graduation Recital by Violinist Yiying Julia Lee May 5
A graduation recital by violinist Yiying Julia Lee. Julia is a native of Houston, Texas, and studied at Curtis with Shmuel Ashkenasi, Pamela Frank, and Arnold Steinhardt. Her program, all of which is accompanied by Curtis staff pianist Amy Yang: Janaceck: Sonata Leos Janacek resolved to write a violin sonata as early as his student [...]

Student/Faculty Recital with Guitarist David Starobin and Harpist Elizabeth Hainen April 21
A student/faculty recital with faculty guitarist David Starobin & faculty harpist Elizabeth Hainen. The program: Hindemith: Rondo for Three Guitars Jordan Dodson, Jiyeon Kim, David Starobin, guitars Hindemith, the master violist, wrote only one work for guitar, and this is it, dating from 1925. Hindemith makes up for his paucity of material for this instrument [...]

Mozart Chamber Music April 14
A recital of Mozart chamber music, featuring Curtis students and the members of the Johannes Quartet, all of whom are Curtis graduates. The Johannes Quartet was in residency at Curtis in February, 2012 for a week of coaching and teaching, culminating in two recitals at the Field Concert Hall. Tonight's program: Mozart: Quartet in B-flat [...]

Graduation Recital by Violist Ayane Kozasa April 7
A graduation recital by violist Ayane Kozasa. Ayane, a native of Chicago, came to Curtis in 2009 for studies with Misha Amory and Roberto Diaz. Her program: Pärt: Fratres The Estonian composer Arvo Pärt was born in 1935, and is one of the most prominent living composers of sacred music. In recent decades, Pärt has [...]

Graduation Recital by Pianist Haochen Zhang March 31
A graduation recital by pianist Haochen Zhang. Haochen, a native of Shanghai, studied at Curtis with Gary Graffman. He was the Gold Medalist / First Prize winner of the Thirteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 2009. His program: Beethoven: Sonata No.32 in C minor Dating from 1821 and 1822, this is Beethoven's final piano [...]

Faculty / Student Recital: For Strings Only March 24
A Faculty/Student Recital – For Strings Only: Haydn: String Quartet in C minor, Hob. III:32 Benjamin Beilman & Nigel Armstrong, violins; Jessica T. Chang, viola; Arlen Hlusko, cello Franz Josef Haydn is known to history as "the father of the symphony." But he was no slouch in the chamber realm either, having written 67 string [...]

Graduation Recital by Violinist Rebecca Anderson February 24
A graduation recital by violinist Rebecca Anderson. Rebecca is a native of Portland, Oregon, and studied at Curtis with Ida Kavafian. Her program, accompanied by Curtis staff pianist Amy J. Yang: Schumann: Sonata No. 1 in A minor, Op. 105 Schumann got around to the violin sonata form rather late with this 1851 work, completed [...]

A Student Recital of Music by Schumann, Smith and Gliere February 17
A student recital of music by Schumann, Gabriella Smith and Reinhold Gliere featuring: Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op. 73 Tessa Seymour, cello; Ashley Hsu, piano Schumann created these three charming miniatures over a three-day period in 1849.  Although he originally wrote these "fantasy pieces" for clarinet and piano, Schumann stipulated that they could also be played on [...]