The 23rd Annual Music Festival at Walnut Hill  
胡桃山音樂營

July 24 to August 17, 2014

Concerts and Master Classes
Admission free. Suggested Donation $5 at door

 


Tuesday, August 5, 2014
,  7:30 PM
at Keiter Center

Rising Stars Concert 1
 

 
   
~Program~
 
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109
I. Vivace ma non troppo - Adagio espressivo
II. Prestissimo

Johnson Tzu-An Tsai, piano

Johannes Brahms: Soanta in F Minor for Viola and Piano, Op. 120 No. 1
I. Allegro appassionato
Melody Cheng, viola
Yinfei Wang, piano

Max Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26
I. Vorspiel: Allegro moderato
Ellen Ai-Lun Huang, violin
Chin-Pei Tso, piano

Henri Wieniawski: Polonaise brillante No. 2 in A Major, Op. 21
Chin-Pei Tso, violin
Johnson Tzu-An Tsai, piano
Claude Debussy: L’isle Joyeuse
Tzu-Chia Huang, piano

Camille Saint-Saens: Introduction et Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28
You-Xin Li, violin
Johnson Tzu-An Tsai, piano

~
Intermission~


Robert Schumann: Fantasie in C Major, Op. 17
I. Durchaus fantastisch und leidenschaftlich forzutragen; Im Legenden-Ton
Ella Yixuan Wei, piano

Frederic Chopin: Fantaisie in F Minor, Op. 49
Amir Siraj, piano


Sergei Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 6 in A Major, Op. 82
I. Allegro inquieto
Chiao-Yi Tsai, piano

Sergei Rachmaninoff: Sonata in G Minor for Cello and Piano
III. Andante
Kai Hei Chor, cello
Kevin Jang, piano

Frederic Chopin: Scherzo No. 1 in B Minor, Op. 20
Alex Sze-Chi Li, piano
 

Steinway piano provided by M. Steinert & Sons

Meet The Artists
(alphabetically)
Melody Cheng, viola. Junior at New England Conservatory with with Dimitri Murrath

Kai Hei Chor, cello
Sophomore of The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
3rd prize (cello solo) of the Giovanni Musicisti international competition, among many other honors.
principal cellist of Hong Kong Youth Symphony Orchestra, 2011
principal cellist of Pro Arte Orchestra of Hong Kong, 2011

Ellen Ai-Lun Huang, violin
9th grade at Morrison Academy in Taiwan. The Gold prize of the 2013 Asia Music Competition, and the
2nd prize 2013 Taiwan National Student Music Competition

Tzu-Chia Huang, piano. Age 13, 7th grade of the Affiliated high school of National Taiwan Normal University

Kevin Jang, piano
Junior at New England Conservatory with Bruce Brubaker. First prize winner of Alberti International, the Young Artist piano competition in Washington DC, the Rovere d'Oro, and the You Got Rhythm Young Artists Competition, among others.
Alex Sze-Chi Li, piano. 8th grade of the attached high school of National Taiwan Normal University

You-Xin Li, violin
9th grade from Tainan Hsing Kuo High School. First prize 2013 Tainan City Music Competition, and first prize of both the 2012 and 2012 Tainan City Music Competitions. Honor Award of the 2011 National Taiwan Student Music Competition

Amir Siraj, piano. 9th grade at Brookline High School, MA
Chiao-Yi Tsai, piano. Freshman atTainan National University of the Arts
Johnson Tzu-An Tsai, piano. Freshman at National Taiwan University of Arts

Chin-Pei Tso, violin and piano . 8 th grade of the attached high school of National Taiwan Normal University

Yinfei Wang, piano. DMA candidate at Manhattan School of Music with Phillip Kawin. Awarded with many international honors

Ella Yixuan Wei, piano. Junior at Beijing Central Conservatory Middle School
 




Thank you for your generous contribution to
Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts
 

中華表演藝術基金會
Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts
Lincoln, Massachusetts
updated 2014