Name: I-hao Cheng, violin
Start: 2022-04-11T20:00-04:00
Location: Curtis Institute of Music, Field Concert Hall

After years of study, members of the class of 2022 share their talents and passion through a final graduation recital. Admission requires advance reservation and is complimentary.

I-hao performs his senior recital, showcasing his virtuosity with a variety of works. He opens his recital with Kreisler, Schumann, and Fauré. After intermission, I-hao closes his recital with a Ysaÿe Sonata, a Bach Concerto, and Hubay’s Carmen: Fantasie brillante sur l’opera de G. Bizet, Op. 3, No. 3.

A livestream of the performance will also be available on Curtis’s Facebook and YouTube pages.

Program

KREISLER	Variations on a theme by Corelli in the style of Tartini
SCHUMANN	Intermezzo, from Sonata No. 3 in A minor, WoO 2
FAURÉ	Sonata No. 1 in A major, Op. 13 Allegro molto Andante Allegro vivo Allegro quasi presto I-hao Cheng, violin Jenny Chen, piano
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BACH	Concerto No. 2 in E major, BWV 1042 Allegro Adagio Allegro assai I-hao Cheng, violin Maya Anjali Buchanan, violin Haram Kim, violin Yizilin Liang, viola Hun Choi, cello Jenny Chen, harpsichord
YSAŸE	Sonata in D minor, Op. 27, No. 3 (“Ballade”) I-hao Cheng, violin
HUBAY	Carmen: Fantasie brillante sur l’opera de G. Bizet, Op. 3, No. 3 I-hao Cheng, violin Jenny Chen, piano

I-hao Cheng, from Taoyuan City, Taiwan, entered the Curtis Institute of Music in 2016 and studies violin with Midori. All students at Curtis receive merit-based, full-tuition scholarships, and Mr. Cheng is the Joseph and Marie Field Annual Fellow.

Mr. Cheng first appeared at the Zhongli Arts Hall at age six and gave his debut U.S. solo recital in 2013 at Howard Henson Hall at the Eastman School of Music. He is the first-prize winner of the Virtuosi Chamber and Solo Music Competition and the Doreen B. Hertzog Concerto/Aria Competition, and is a recipient of the Chimei Artist Award.

Prior to entering Curtis, Mr. Cheng attended the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto on a full scholarship. He began violin lessons at age five, and his previous teachers include Mikhail Kopelman of the Eastman School of Music and Victor Danchenko and Barry Shiffman of the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto.

Maya Anjali Buchanan, from Rapid City, S.D., is a student of Ida Kavafian and entered Curtis in 2018.

Hun Choi, from Seoul, is a student of Gary Hoffman and Peter Wiley, and entered Curtis in 2017.

Haram Kim, from Seoul, is a student of Shmuel Ashkenasi and Ida Kavafian, and entered Curtis in 2016.

Yizilin Liang, from Zhejiang, China, is a student of Roberto Díaz and Ed Gazouleas, and entered Curtis in 2020.

Jenny Chen, staff pianist

The Edith L. and Robert Prostkoff Memorial Concert Series. The Curtis Institute of Music receives funding from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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- Date Apr 11, 2022
- Time 8:00 P.M.
- Location Curtis Institute of Music, Field Concert Hall