Monday,  August 10, 2009, 7:30 PM
at Keiter Center
The Rising Stars


Program

1. Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K.218
Allegro

Kathy Chia-Fu Wong, violin
Lixia Li, piano 

2. Schumann: Abegg Variations in F major, Op. 1
Davio Bo-Wei Ger, piano 

3. Ravel: Jeux d’eau
Nuo-Ya Zhang, piano 

4. Brahms: Scherzo
Wei-Chih Lin, violin
Shuang Liang, piano 

Intermission

5. Dmitri Kabalevsky: Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 49
Allegro

Rebecca Chuang, cello
Jui-Chen Peng, viola 

6. Mozart: Sonata in F major KV 332
Chopin: Polonaise-Fantasie Op. 61
Mily Balakirev: Islamey
Cun-Mo Yin, piano
 

Meet the artists (in order of appearance)

Kathy Chia-Fu Wong, violin. Age 15 from Taiwan, first prize winner of 2006 Taiwan violin competition, junior division.

Lixia Li, piano, Artist Diploma candidate at College-Conservatory of Music at University of Cincinnati. The Boston Conservatory Piano Honors Competition Winner 2003.

David Bo-Wei Ger, piano, age 14 from Taiwan. First prize winner of several competitions in Taiwan.

Nuo-Ya Zhang, piano, age 13 from the high school division of Shengyang Conservatory. First prize winner of the 2009 Ameri-China International Music Foundation Elite piano audition, junior division.

Wei-Chih Lin, violin, age 16 from Taiwan.

Shuang Liang, piano, rising sophomore at New England Conservatory. Student of Veronica Jochum.

Rebecca Chuang, cello, age 14 from Colegio Cambridge de Monterrey, student of Temenuzhka Ostreva.  Prize winner of 2007 Los Angeles Violoncello Society audition.

Jui-Chen Peng, viola. Graduate of National Sun Yat-Shen University,Taiwan. Top prize winner of several Taiwan local competitions for both viola and piano.

Cun-Mo Yin, piano, age 15 from the High School of Shanghai Conservatory. Student of Hung-Kuan Chen. Winner of 2009 Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts concerto competition.