Presentations: CAG Presents
Yoonah Kim, clarinet
Winner, 2016 Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition
Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
With Mariko Furukawa, piano
Program:
Dawn to Dusk
Jörg Widmann: Fantasie for Solo Clarinet (1993)
Maurice Ravel: Pièce en forme de Habanera
Andrew Hsu: fumarole entombed (2018) *
Francis Poulenc: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano
Leonard Bernstein: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano
Johannes Brahms: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano in E-flat Major
*Commissioned by CAG with the generous support of the Adele and John Gray Endowment Fund
The first solo clarinetist to win CAG in nearly 30 years, Yoonah Kim became the first woman to win first prize at the Vandoren Emerging Artist Competition in 2016. She is also a member of Ensemble Connect, a highly selective two-year fellowship program under the joint auspices of Carnegie Hall, The Weill Institute, and The Juilliard School.
Upcoming in the Series
Dominic Cheli, piano
Co-First Prize Winner, 2017 CAG Competition
Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
Applauded by MusicWeb International for his “splendid playing…great skill and technical prowess,” St. Louis native Dominic Cheli‘s career is rapidly advancing. In addition to winning the CAG Competition in 2017, he was named the winner of the Music Academy of the West Concerto Competition and released his debut CD for the Naxos label, featuring the music of Muzio Clementi. Highlights of his 18-19 season include performances at the Mostly Mozart and Ravinia Festivals, in addition to his Weill Recital Hall debut with CAG.
Program:
Carl Vine: Piano Sonata No. 1 (1990)
Scriabin: Poème in F-sharp Major, Op. 32 No. 1
Scriabin: Fantasie in B minor, Op. 28
Intermission
David Hertzberg: Softly her tower crumbled in the sweet silent sun
(World premiere – a co-commission by the BMI Foundation and CAG)
Brahms: Intermezzo in A Major, Op. 118 No. 2
Liszt: Réminiscences de Don Juan, S. 418
Watch Dominic perform Carl Vine’s Piano Sonata No. 1:
YooJin Jang, violin, with Renana Gutman, piano
Winner, 2017 CAG Competition
Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
In memory of William Reid Pitts, Jr. M.D., beloved husband of Marguerite O. Pitts
Applauded by The Strad for her “fiery virtuosity” and “consummate performances,” violinist YooJin Jang is a winner of the 2017 CAG Competition, and is also First Prize winner of the 2016 Sendai International Music Competition in Japan. YooJin’s 18-19 season includes concerto debuts at New York’s Chautauqua Institution and in Japan with the Osaka Symphony Orchestra.
The program will include works by Schumann, Sibelius, and Corigliano.
