The 27th Annual Music Festival at Walnut Hill
胡桃山音樂營
July 19 to
August 12, 2018
Concerts
and Master Classes
Admission free.
Suggested Donation $5 at door
Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 8 in A Minor, K. 310/300d
Allegro maestoso
Andante cantabile con espressione
Presto
Maurice Ravel: Miroirs
I "Noctuelles" ("Moths")
II "Oiseaux tristes" ("Sad Birds")
III "Une barque sur l'océan" ("A Boat on the Ocean")
IV "Alborada del gracioso" (Spanish: "The Jester's Aubade")
V "La vallée des cloches" ("The Valley of Bells")
—Intermission—
Franz Schubert: Piano Sonata in B-flat Major, D.
959 Allegro
Andantino
Scherzo: Allegro vivace – Trio: Un poco più lento
Rondo: Allegretto – Presto
Steinway piano provided by M. Steinert & Sons
Meet The Artists
A laureate of the 2016
Queen Elisabeth International Piano Competition, Larry Weng has
been described in The New York Times as playing with “steely power
and incisive rhythm.” Of his 2014 New York debut at Weill Hall,
the New York Concert Review described him as “an extremely sensitive
musician and mature interpreter,” and “mature beyond his years.”
Of his Alborado del Gracioso, Harry Rolnick of ConcertoNet exclaimed,
“Radiant and transparent, picturesque and picaresque, wild but with
the artistic perfection of wildness.” Mr. Weng is also a laureate
of the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s Concerto Competition, the Tchaikovsky
International Piano Competition for Young Musicians, The New York
International Piano Competition, the Kosciuzsko Foundation Chopin
Competition, and the Wideman International Piano Competition.
Mr. Weng has been featured in concert in France, Switzerland, Belgium,
the Netherlands, China, Japan, Brazil, and Venezuela, and has performed
in many of the world’s renowned concert halls, including Boston’s
Symphony Hall, New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, Weill Recital
Hall, Merkin Hall, SubCulture, the Salle Cortot, and the Sala Sao
Paolo. He has appeared as soloist with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra,
the New England Philharmonic, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and
the Orchestra Nationale de Belgique under the baton of Marin Alsop.
Last season, he made his Stern Auditorium debut playing Beethoven’s
Choral Fantasy with Mark Shapiro leading the Cecilia Choir and Orchestra.
His performances have also been broadcast on WQXR’s “McGraw Hill
Financial Young Artists Showcase” in New York City. His recent engagements
include a performance of Mozart concerto K. 453 with members of
the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in White Plains, and solo recitals
in Shreveport, Washington DC, and New York City.
An avid chamber musician and collaborator, Mr. Weng has participated
in the Ravinia Steans Institute and the Verbier Academy, and has
worked with renowned musicians such as Claude and Pamela Frank,
Gabor Takacs, David Shifrin, David Soyer, amongst others. He is
a frequent collaborator at the Lisker Music Foundation concert series
in Chicago, as well as the Downtown Music at Grace in White Plains.
As of the 2017 season, Mr. Weng is a full-time of the Icarus Quartet.
In 2009, Mr. Weng graduated from the highly selective joint degree
program between Columbia University and The Juilliard School with
a BA in Economics and an MM in Piano Performance under the tutelage
of Professors Jerome Lowenthal and Matti Raekallio. He continued
his studies with Professor Boris Berman at the Yale School of Music,
where he has completed the residential portion of their doctoral
degree program and was awarded a Master of Musical Arts degree in
May 2014. Mr. Weng explored the topics of timelessness and memory
in Schubert’s late works, which hold a special place in his repertoire
and musical interests.
During his time at Yale, Mr. Weng served as an instructor in undergraduate
piano and secondary piano. He is currently on faculty at the Turtle
Bay School of Music, and maintains a private studio in Manhattan,
where he resides.
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 2018