Kyung Yu, violin, with Melissa Rose, piano, March 5, 2023

Robert Blocker, Dean

faculty artist series

Kyung Yu, violin with Melissa Rose, piano

Sunday, March 5, 2023 | 3:00 p.m. | Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Memorial Hall

Johann Sebastian Bach 1685–1750

Sonata in E major for violin and piano, BWV 1016

I. Adagio

II. Allegro

III. Adagio ma non tanto

IV. Allegro

Johannes Brahms 1833–1897

Sonata No. 1 in G major for violin and piano, Op. 78

I. Vivace ma non troppo

II. Adagio

III. Allegro molto moderato

intermission

Maurice Ravel 1875–1937

Sonata No. 2 in G major for violin and piano, M. 77

I. Allegretto

II. Blues. Moderato

III. Perpetuum mobile. Allegro

Florence Price 1887–1953

Fantasie No. 1 in G minor for violin and piano (1933)

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Artist Profiles

Kyung Yu, violin

Violinist Kyung Yu has appeared as a soloist, recitalist, chamber musician, and orchestral performer throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia. She performed extensively with Yale faculty pianist Elizabeth Sawyer Parisot, with whom she has recorded sonata and chamber repertoire. The duo has played numerous recitals in Connecticut and Pennsylvania and performed to acclaim in concert tours of South Korea and Italy. Yu was concertmaster of the New Haven Symphony Orchestra for 11 years.

At the Yale School of Music, Yu teaches a studio of undergraduate violinists and has been featured in performance on the School’s Faculty Artist Series. Previously, she taught at the Aspen Music Festival and School, and was an assistant to Dorothy DeLay at The Juilliard School’s Pre-College Division. She served a term on the Fulbright Scholarship Screening Committee. Yu has also taught violin students at Lehigh University and Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania.

Yu holds bachelor of music and master of music degrees 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.

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 numberous 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 Hared Hauser, oboe (forthcoming on Good Child Music).

She recieved 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.

Upcoming Events at YSM

mar 7 Vista: Chamber Music

YSM Ensembles

7:30 p.m. | Morse Recital Hall

Free admission

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mar 9 George Lewis, guest composer

New Music New Haven

7:30 p.m. | Morse Recital Hall

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Artist Diploma Recital

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Horowitz Piano Series

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