AT EMORY

Kaito Mimura, violin

Senior Recital with Matthew Brower, piano

Saturday, April 1, 2023, 5:00 p.m.

Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center for Performing Arts

Program

Praeludium and Allegro Fritz Kreisler (1875–1962)

Romance for Violin and Piano, op. 23 Amy Beach (1867–1944)

String Octet in E-flat Major, op. 20 Felix Mendelssohn

I. Allegro moderato ma con fuoco (1809–1847)

Kaito Mimura, violin; Christy Song, violin; Carol Xu, violin; Chloe Nelson, violin; Oluwasijibomi Osunkoya, viola; Sihyun Jeon, viola; Caleb Park, cello; Rachel Seong, cello

—Brief Intermission—

Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, op. 75

Camille Saint-Saëns

I. Allegro agitato (1835–1921)

II. Adagio

III. Allegretto moderato

IV. Allegro molto

Kaito Mimura is a senior at Emory University, double majoring in chemistry and music. He began studying the violin at age three when his grandfather gave him his first violin. Soon after, Mimura began violin lessons with his mother. Growing up in New Jersey, Mimura was surrounded by the diverse music scenes in New York City and Philadelphia where he studied with Richard Rood and J Freivogel. Prior to attending Emory, Mimura devoted himself to orchestral playing and chamber music. He has played with numerous orchestras and chamber ensembles in New York City, Philadelphia, Verbier, and Reykjavík—Youth Chamber Orchestra at Temple University Music Prep as concertmaster; Philadelphia Youth Orchestra as concertmaster under Louis Scaglione and Yannick Nézet-Séguin; and the Verbier Junior Festival Orchestra as principal second under James Gaffigan, Alain Altinoglu, and Ken-David Masur. As a chamber musician, Mimura was the first violinist of the Newman String Quartet at the Settlement Music School and he attended festivals including the Castleman Quartet Program and Bowdoin Music Festival. In addition, Mimura has participated in numerous master classes with renowned violinists such as Ayano Ninomiya, Stefan Jackiw, David Coucheron, and Soovin Kim. While at Emory, Mimura has served as concertmaster and a soloist of the Emory University Symphony Orchestra after co-winning the Concerto Competition in 2021. Mimura studies violin under Jessica Shuang Wu, violinist of the Vega Quartet. After graduating this summer, Mimura will attend the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine as a Penn Dental Medicine Dean Scholar. He thanks Paul Bhasin, Jessica Wu, Emory Friends of Music, his friends, and his mom and dad for their support and encouragement and hopes to inspire others to pursue their passions with the same dedication and enthusiasm.

Matthew Brower, piano

Matthew Brower is an artist affiliate in piano at Emory University and Agnes Scott College and a member of 6-WIRE, a violin–erhu–piano trio that combines classical chamber music with styles from around the world. Brower has appeared in many prestigious venues, including Carnegie Hall, the Kimmel Center, and the Shanghai Oriental Art Center. He received his doctoral and master’s degrees in collaborative piano from the University of Michigan and his bachelor’s degree in piano performance from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music.

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Cover Design: Lisa Baron | Cover Photo: Mark Teague