YSM alum Wayne Weng wins 2013 Iowa Piano Competition
On March 9, 2013, Wayne Weng ’12AD won the Seventh Iowa International Piano Competition with his performance of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major. The competition, which began in 2005, is held every two years, and is limited to competitors between 18 and 35 years of age. Twelve finalists were selected from 92 [...]
Yale School of Music Professor Melvin Chen performs Beethoven, Tower, and Mussorgsky Mar. 27
“A pianist whose playing is powerful and driven.” –The New York Times The Horowitz Piano Series at the Yale School of Music presents a recital by faculty pianist Melvin Chen on Wednesday, March 27. Chen, lauded as “raw and roaring” by The New Yorker, will perform a program of music by Beethoven, Mussorgsky, and Joan Tower. This concert [...]
Ole Akahoshi and Elizabeth Parisot perform together at Yale Feb. 20
Program includes music of Bach, Beethoven, and Mendelssohn The Yale School of Music presents a recital by Ole Akahoshi, cello, and Elizabeth Parisot, piano, on Wednesday, February 20 at 8 pm.The concert is part of the Faculty Artist Series, which presents members of the YSM faculty in programs that are free and open to the [...]
Emanuel Ax performs Beethoven, Schoenberg, and Chopin Feb. 6
The Horowitz Piano Series at the Yale School of Music presents a recital by the pianist Emanuel Ax on Wednesday, February 6. Ax, “a musician of scope and confidence” (Post-Gazette), will perform a program of music by Beethoven, Schoenberg, and Chopin. This concert will open Beethoven’s Sonata Op. 2, No. 2 in A major, whose [...]
Hung-Kuan Chen performs Brahms, Schumann & more Nov. 28
“A virtuoso… with an enormous palette of tone colors.” ––Boston Globe New Haven, CT | The Horowitz Piano Series at the Yale School of Music presents a recital by the pianist Hung-Kuan Chen on Wednesday, November 28. Chen, a faculty member hailed by the Boston Globe as “a deeply probing, imaginative player with an enormous palette of tone [...]
Pianist Jian Liu performs musical fantasies Nov. 8
DMA recital features music of Beethoven, Schubert, Mozart & more The Yale School of Music presents the pianist Jian Liu in a Doctor of Musical Arts recital on Thursday, November 8, 2012, at 8 pm. The program is an exploration of musical fantasies, including examples by C.P.E. Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, and Liszt. Liu will open [...]
Fifteen-year-old pianist Niu Niu performs Sept. 23
“…Intense lyricism and an uncanny insight.” – Financial Times The Yale School of Music presents the teenage piano star Niu Niu in a special concert on Sunday, September 23 at 5 pm. The 15-year-old pianist, hailed not only for his virtuosity but for the elegance and sensitivity of his playing, will perform music of Scarlatti, Beethoven, [...]
Conducting Fellows Lead the Philharmonia March 30
Program Features Two Beethoven Symphonies The Yale School of Music presents the Yale Philharmonia on Friday, March 30. Conducting fellows Paolo Bortolameolli and Yang Jiao will lead the orchestra in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4 and Symphony No. 7. Bortolameolli, a first-year conducting fellow, will conduct the Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major, written in 1806. [...]
Hung-Kuan Chen performs the “Hammerklavier” and other Beethoven sonatas Feb. 8
“A virtuoso… with an enormous palette of tone colors.” ––Boston Globe The Horowitz Piano Series at the Yale School of Music presents a recital by the pianist Hung-Kuan Chen on Wednesday, February 8. Chen, hailed as “a deeply probing, imaginative player with an enormous palette of tone colors” (Boston Globe), will perform an all-Beethoven program. [...]
Wendy Sharp performs music of Beethoven, Bielawa, and more
Nov. 6 concert also features pianist Joel Wizansky The Yale School of Music’s Faculty Artist Series presents Wendy Sharp, violin, and Joel Wizansky, piano in concert on Sunday, November 6th at 4 pm. The program brings together music related to words in various ways, from a suite based on Shakespeare to a piece incorporating narration. [...]
Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio performs music of three centuries Nov. 8
“One of the best-blended, most sensitive, and intelligent piano trios in the world today.” – New York Times The Oneppo Chamber Music Series at the Yale School of Music presents the august Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio in concert on Tuesday, November 8. The members of the trio, currently celebrating their thirty-fifth year together, are Joseph Kalichstein, piano; [...]
“Passionate, uninhibited, and spellbinding” Brentano String Quartet performs Oct. 18
Pianist Ignat Solzhenitsyn joins to play Ginastera The Oneppo Chamber Music Series at the Yale School of Music presents the Brentano String Quartet on Tuesday, October 18 at 8 pm in Morse Recital Hall. In addition to string quartets by Haydn, Beethoven, and Schubert, the ensemble will perform a quintet with pianist Ignat Solzhenitsyn. The [...]
Faculty artists perform Yiddish cantata, Shostakovich, Beethoven, Schumann, de Falla
Soprano Janna Baty and friends perform multilingual program Oct. 9 The Yale School of Music presents the acclaimed pianist Peter Frankl and soprano Janna Baty in a Faculty Artist Recital on Sunday, October 9, 2011 at 4 pm in Morse Recital Hall. Along with faculty colleagues Ani Kavafian, violin; Ole Akahoshi, cello; and Allan Dean, [...]
Boris Berman opens Horowitz Piano Series Oct. 5
Program highlights Schumann and Brahms Internationally renowned concert pianist Boris Berman, artistic director of the Horowitz Piano Series at Yale, opens the 2011–2012 season with a solo recital on Wednesday, October 5 at 8 pm in Morse Recital Hall. The recital will focus on music of German Romantic composers: Beethoven, Schumann, and Brahms. Berman, praised [...]
Tokyo String Quartet premieres Jeffrey Ryan’s “Inspirare” Sep. 20
Quartet celebrates 35 years in residence at Yale School of Music, opens season for chamber music series The chamber music series at the Yale School of Music opens its 2011–2012 season with the Tokyo String Quartet on Tuesday, September 20 at 8 pm in Morse Recital Hall. The concert will feature the U.S. premiere of [...]
Cellist Jacques Wood gives a lecture-recital on historical performance and Beethoven May 5
Pianist Ryo Yanagitani joins Wood in performing sonatas on historical and modern instruments The Yale School of Music will present a lecture-recital by cellist Jacques Lee Wood on Thursday, May 5, 2011 at 7 pm in Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Hall (470 College St., New Haven). Wood, a graduate of the School of Music, [...]
Two conductors, two Beethoven symphonies
The Yale Philharmonia returns to Sprague Hall April 15 The Yale School of Music presents the Philharmonia Orchestra of Yale with its assistant conductors, Adrian Slywotzky (pictured at right) and Yang Jiao (pictured below) on Friday, April 15, 2011 at 5 pm. While the Yale Philharmonia usually performs in Woolsey Hall, this performance will take [...]
Linden Quartet, graduate quartet-in-residence, performs March 2
“Remarkable depth of technique and brilliantly nuanced, sumptuous tonality… delivered with a palpable, infectious joy.” – Seen and Heard The Yale School of Music presents the Linden String Quartet in recital on Wednesday, March 2 at 8 pm in Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Hall (470 College Street, New Haven). The quartet has won such [...]
Peter Frankl continues his 75th birthday celebration with a recital of solo piano music by Beethoven and Bartók
Frankl’s recording of Bartók on ASV was CD Review’s Record of the Month The Yale School of Music presents a recital by pianist Peter Frankl on Wednesday, February 2, 2011 at 8 pm in Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Hall (470 College Street, New Haven). Frankl will perform music of Beethoven and Bartók; his interpretations [...]
Ole Akahoshi and Elizabeth Parisot play cello sonatas of Beethoven and Schubert Jan. 31
Clarinetist David Shifrin joins for the Brahms Clarinet Trio The Yale School of Music presents a Faculty Artist Recital by Ole Akahoshi, cello, and Elizabeth Parisot, piano, on Monday, January 31, at 8 pm in Morse Recital Hall (located in Sprague Hall at 470 College Street, New Haven). The performers, who are both members of [...]
Smithsonian Chamber Players perform at Collection of Musical Instruments January 23
Program features Mozart and Beethoven quintets for piano and winds The Yale Collection of Musical Instruments will present the Smithsonian Chamber Players in their Collection debut concert on Sunday, January 23, 2011 at 3 pm. The players – Marc Schachman, oboe; Eric Hoeprich, clarinet; Andrew Schwartz, bassoon; and Kenneth Slowik, fortepiano – will be joined [...]
Yale Philharmonia opens season on September 24 with pianist Peter Frankl in Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto
Program also features Berlioz’ Symphonie Fantastique and a Rossini Overture The Yale School of Music presents the Philharmonia Orchestra of Yale in its first concert of the season on Friday, September 24 at 8 pm in Woolsey Hall (corner of College and Grove Streets, New Haven). Shinik Hahm will conduct the program, which opens with [...]
Tokyo String Quartet in Chamber Music Society’s first concert of the New Year
January 26 program includes music of Haydn, Barber, and Beethoven The Tokyo String Quartet, one of today’s foremost chamber ensembles, will perform at the Yale School of Music on Tuesday, January 26 at 8 pm. The quartet has been in residence at the School of Music for the past 33 years and appears in recital [...]
Four Yale Opera singers join Waterbury Symphony Orchestra in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony
Four singers from Yale Opera will be the featured soloists in the Waterbury Symphony Orchestra’s performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony this Sunday, November 22 at 3:00 pm. The Waterbury Symphony will present an all-Beethoven program in the Fine Arts Center at Naugatuck Valley Community College (NVCC). Maestro Leif Bjaland, WSO Music Director and Conductor who [...]
