Kyung Yu, violin and Friends, March 4, 2019

Robert Blocker, Dean

faculty artist series

Kyung Yu, violin with Ole Akahoshi, cello and Melissa Rose, piano Monday, March 4, 2019 | 7:30 pm | Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Memorial Hall

Clara Schumann 1819–1896

Three Romances for violin and piano, Op. 22 I. Andante molto II. Allegretto (Mit zartem Vortrage) III. Leidenschaftlich schnell

Robert Schumann 1810–1856

Sonata No. 1 in A minor for violin and piano, Op. 105 I. Mit leidenschaftlichem Ausdruck II. Allegretto III. Lebhaft

Intermission

Felix Mendelssohn 1809–1847 arr. Friedrich Hermann

Selections from Songs Without Words for violin and piano Op. 19, No. 1 Andante con moto Op. 19, No. 3 Molto allegro e vivace Op. 30, No. 2 Allegro di molto

Ludwig van Beethoven 1770–1827

Romance in F major, Op. 50

Sergei Rachmaninoff 1873–1943

Trio élégiaque No. 1 in G minor for piano trio

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Artist Profiles Kyung Yu, violin

Ole Akahoshi, cello

Violinist Kyung Yu holds a bachelor of music degree and a master of music degree from The Juilliard School and a master of music degree from the Yale School of Music.

She has studied with Dorothy DeLay, Paul Kantor, and Emanuel Zetlin. Yu was concertmaster of the New Haven Symphony Orchestra from 1988 until 1999 and has appeared as a soloist with the Seattle Symphony, New Haven Symphony Orchestra, and Yale Philharmonia. She has performed numerous recitals in New York City, Seattle, Aspen, and throughout Korea, and made her New York debut in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall as a winner of the Artists International Competition.

Cellist Ole Akahoshi has performed for audiences around the world in recitals and chamber music concerts, and as a soloist with such ensembles as the Orchestra of St. Luke’s and Symphonisches Orchester Berlin. The principal cellist of the Sejong Soloists, he has won numerous competitions and is a recipient of the Salon de Virtuosi fellowship award. Akahoshi has performed in many of the world’s celebrated concert halls, has recorded for numerous labels, and has been featured on major broadcasting networks.

Yu performs extensively with pianist Elizabeth Sawyer Parisot, with whom she has played numerous recitals throughout the world. She performed the Beethoven Triple Concerto with Parisot and cellist Ole Akahoshi with the Yale Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Shinik Hahm.

Yu has taught at the Aspen Music Festival and School, Lehigh University, and Swarthmore College (Penn.), and has served on the faculty at the Yale School of Music since 1988. She served on the Fulbright Scholarship Screening Committee for Strings from 1999 to 2002.

Akahoshi has collaborated with the Tokyo, Michelangelo, and Keller quartets and with Sarah Chang, Elmar Oliveira, Leon Fleisher, Garrick Ohlsson, and Elizabeth Parisot, among other distinguished artists.

He has served as a faculty member at many prestigious festivals.

Originally from Germany, Akahoshi was the youngest student to study with Pierre Fournier. He received a bachelor of music degree from The Juilliard School and a master of music degree from the Yale School of Music, where he studied with Aldo Parisot. He also earned an artist diploma from Indiana University, where he studied with Janos Starker. Akahoshi has served as a teaching assistant for Parisot and Starker. In 1997, Akahoshi joined the faculty of the Yale School of Music, where he is Assistant Professor of Cello.

Melissa Rose, piano Pianist Melissa Rose has a 30-year career partnering with instrumentalists and singers in concerts throughout the United States and at venues in Argentina, Malta, Santorini, and Russia. She’s a sought-after collaborative pianist whom critics describe as “powerfully musical” (Kansas City Star) and “an exceptional partner” (kcmetropolis.org). Rose has performed for twenty-three years with the Summerfest Chamber Music Series in Kansas City. In Nashville she is a member of ALIAS Chamber Ensemble and performs frequently with the Nashville Ballet. She has recorded and edited arrangements for viola/piano of the Tonadillas by Granados (ViolaSound), one of which was included in the 2017 Grammy-nominated music film, The Music of Strangers. Her chamber music recordings are on the Naxos, Centaur, Blue Griffin, Delos, Good Child Music, and Navona Records labels. As a pianist keenly interested in performing contemporary music, Rose has participated in numerous premieres and residencies with leading American composers. Her most recent chamber music recordings feature two works by Paul Moravec: Tempest Fantasy with ALIAS (Delos 2016) and a premiere of the Trio with Leslie Norton, horn, and Jared Hauser, oboe (forthcoming on Good Child Music). She received a master of music degree from the Yale School of Music, and a doctor of musical arts degree in collaborative piano from the University of Michigan.

At Vanderbilt University, she teaches collaborative pianists, coaches chamber music, and is associate dean of the collegiate program at the Blair School of Music.

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4:30 pm | Morse Recital Hall

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Yale Philharmonia

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7:30 pm | Woolsey Hall Tickets start at $12, Yale faculty/ staff $8, students $5

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