1/29/23 Henry and Carol Zeiter Piano Competition

University of the Pacific Conservatory of Music presents

THE HENRY AND CAROL ZEITER PIANO COMPETITION Sunday, January 29, 2023 Sponsored by: PLATINUM SPONSORS ($1,500 and up): The Henry and Carol Zeiter Foundation The 2023 Henry and Carol Zeiter Piano Competition is proud to present this group of very talented pianists. The competition is open to California high school students in their first through senior years. The seventeen pianists who will perform today were invited to the University of the Pacific campus after a recorded screening round. Each pianist will play all or portions of three works in fifteen-minute recitals. The competition offers $2,950 in prize money, including a $1,000 first prize, $750 second prize, and $500 third prize; a special $300 prize for the performance of a work by an underrepresented composer; and four prizes of $100 to those selected for the master classes.

The competition is funded almost entirely by donations from private individuals interested in supporting gifted young students in the arts. Gifts to the competition are welcome and taxdeductible. Those interested in contributing to the competition should contact Sonia Leong, Competition Director, at sleong@pacific.edu, or send checks made out to UOP Conservatory Piano Competition, c/o Sonia Leong, Conservatory of Music, University of the Pacific, 3601 Pacific Ave., Stockton, CA 95211. *************

Schedule 8:30 am Registration (Buck Hall Lobby) 9:15 Auditions (Recital Hall) 12:05 Lunch (DeRosa University Center) 1:15 Auditions

3:30 Refreshments (Buck Hall Lobby) 4:00 Presentation by Jessica Siena, Director of Admissions, 4:30 Masterclasses by Dr. Sonia Leong and Dr. Natsuki Fukasawa (Recital Hall) 5:50 pm Announcement of Awards

Members of the Jury Sonia Leong Pianist Sonia Leong has performed in Canada, the United States, England, Romania, Switzerland, and Hong

Kong. She has appeared with the Filarmonica de Stat Dinu Lipatti in Satu Mare, Romania, the Banff Festival Chamber Orchestra, the Stockton Symphony, the St. John Chamber Orchestra, the Zion Chamber Orchestra, and has performed live on Radio Suisse Romande in Geneva. She was a prizewinner at the Concours Piano 80, in Switzerland, and a finalist at the Concorso Pianistico Nazionale “Città de Cesenatico” in Italy.

Leong studied at the University of British Columbia, the Peabody Conservatory, and the Université de Montréal, as well as at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (London) on a Commonwealth Scholarship. Her principal teachers have included Robert Silverman, Julian Martin, and Marc Durand. She has participated in festivals at the Banff Centre; Orford, Quebec; Scotia Festival; Ladevie, France; and Ernen, Switzerland (with György Sebök).

Leong previously taught at the University of Puget Sound, and she currently teaches at the University of the Pacific, where she is a founding member of the in-residence piano trio, Trio 180.

Frank Wiens

Frank Wiens is a graduate of the University of Michigan School of Music, where he received the Stanley Medal, that school’s highest award for musical excellence. He has been an active touring concert artist since 1974, giving numerous recitals throughout the United States annually. He has had two concert tours of South Korea and performed a series of concerts in the former Soviet Union in 1991 in celebration of the Prokofiev centennial. In the fall of 2006, he was a soloist with the Orchestra Dinu Lipatti in Romania and gave an all-Chopin recital at the Chopin Academy in Warsaw.

Winner of numerous awards, Wiens has performed in London, Vienna, and New York’s Carnegie Recital Hall, and he has been a soloist with such orchestras as the Atlanta, Denver, and Detroit Symphonies. His compact disc recording of the Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 with the Slovakia National Orchestra was released on the Fanfare-Intersound label.

He is a professor emeritus of music at the University of the Pacific and was the recipient of the University’s Distinguished Faculty Award in 1997 and its Research-Lecturer Award in 2000.

Lino Rivera

Born in the Philippines, Lino Rivera has performed as a solo recitalist, concerto soloist, chamber musician, and accompanist on three continents. He makes it his mission to advocate and premiere contemporary works; to explore and meet the artistic, creative, and technical challenges of piano transcriptions; and to discover and perform obscure solo piano repertoire throughout the ages. Lino is a celebrated performer for Composers, Inc., an organization based in San Francisco that is dedicated to promoting works by contemporary American composers, where he has performed three world premieres in past seasons.

Lino currently serves as professor of music at Saint Mary's College of California. He holds degrees in piano performance from the University of Santo Tomas and the University of Hawaii, as well as a doctorate from the University of Maryland.

Lino maintains active concert engagements across the country and is a regular performer, teacher, and chamber music coach at music festivals here and abroad.

Natsuki Fukasawa (masterclass)

Steinway Artist Natsuki Fukasawa has performed in Australia, Brazil, China, Denmark, England, Hong Kong, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States. She is a recipient of the Best Chamber Music Recording of the Year from the Danish Music Awards.

Fukasawa is a faculty member at University of the Pacific Conservatory of Music and serves on the artist faculty for the Talis Festival and Academy in Switzerland and the Orfeo Music Festival in the Italian Alps. She also enjoys nurturing young talents in her own private studio, where her students’ accomplishments include appearances in the NPR show From the Top; winning top prizes in the Chopin National, MTAC Young Artist Guild, and Philadelphia International Competitions; and going on to pursue music in college.

Fukasawa’s teachers have included Tim Fredericksen in Denmark and Ferenc Rados in Hungary. She studied at the Juilliard School, the University of Maryland, and, as a Fulbright Scholar, at the Prague Academy of Music. She enjoys running, tap dancing, and playing with her two kitties.

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Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, op. 57, “Appassionata,” III. Allegro ma non troppo L. van Beethoven Prelude and Fugue in D major, WTC Book 2, BWV 850 J. S. Bach Variations on a Theme of Robert Schumann, op. 20 C. Schumann Dylan Nguyen, Milpitas

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Prelude and Fugue in C major, WTC Book 2, BWV 870 Piano Sonata, op. 57, “Appassionata,” I. Allegro assai Piano Sonata No. 7 in B-flat major, op. 83, I. Allegro inquieto

J. S. Bach L. van Beethoven S. Prokofiev

Lero Wang, Davis 3.

Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minor/D-flat major, op. 31 Danzas argentinas, op. 2, no. 2, I. Danza de la moza donosa Piano Sonata No. 47 in B-flat minor, Hob. XVI/32, I. Allegro moderato

F. Chopin A. Ginastera J. Haydn

Vera Lin, Dublin 4.

Adriana French Suite No. 2 in C minor, BWV 813, I. Allemande Liebesleid

M. Astor J. S. Bach F. Kreisler (arr. Rachmaninoff)

Momo Okubo, Castro Valley 5.

Piano Sonata in D minor, op. 31, no. 2, “Tempest,” I. Largo—Allegro Polonaise in A-flat major, op. 53 Piano Sonata No. 7 in B-flat major, op 83, III. Precipitato

L. van Beethoven F. Chopin S. Prokofiev

Alex Hsieh, San Jose 6.

Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-flat major, op. 81a, “Les adieux,” I. Das Lebewohl: Adagio L. van Beethoven Zwei Konzertetüden, LW A218 (S. 145), I. Waldesrauschen F. Liszt Danzas argentinas, op. 2 A. Ginastera Michael Wang, Davis

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Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, op. 57, “Appassionata,” I. Allegro assai Fantasie in C major, op.17, I. Durchaus phantastisch und leidenschaftlich vorzutragen Piano Sonata No. 3 in A minor, op. 28

L. van Beethoven R. Schumann S. Prokofiev

Brian Lin, Fremont 8.

Prelude in F minor, WTC Book 1, BWV 857 Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, op. 31, no. 2, “Tempest,” III. Allegretto Etude in E major, op. 10, no. 5, “Black Key”

J. S. Bach L. van Beethoven F. Chopin

Sophie Nguyen 9.

Etudes, op. 10 Piano Sonata in D major, K. 311, I. Allegro con spirito Fanfare Toccata Nathaniel Zhang, Folsom

F. Chopin W. A. Mozart S. Hough

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Piano Sonata in E-flat major, op. 31, no. 3, I. Allegro Hungarian Rhapsody No. 10 in E major, LW A132/10 (S. 144/10) Variations on a Theme of Paganini

L. van Beethoven F. Liszt Marc-André Hamelin

Nathan Zhu, Saratoga 11.

Prelude and Fugue in B-flat major, WTC Book 1, BWV 866 Piano Sonata in D major, K 576, I. Allegro Jardins sous la pluie from Estampes

J. S. Bach W. A. Mozart C. Debussy

Sora Corro, San Ramon 12.

Sonetto 104 del Petrarca from Années de pèlerinage, Italie, LW A55 (S. 161) Piano Sonata No. 62 in E-flat major, Hob. XVI/52, I. Allegro Scherzo

F. Liszt J. Haydn G. Bacewicz

Vivian Kao, Cupertino 13.

Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-flat major, op. 81a, “Les adieux,” I. Das Lebewohl: Adagio L. van Beethoven Fantasy in F minor/A-flat major, op. 49 F. Chopin Six Preludes, op. 6 R. Muczynski Lin Jiang, San Jose

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Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp major, WTC Book 1, BWV 848 Piano Sonata No. 2 in A major, op. 2, no. 2, I. Allegro vivace Transcendental Etude No. 6 in G minor, LW A172/6 (S. 139/6), Vision

J. S. Bach L. van Beethoven F. Liszt

Samantha Wuo, Sunnyvale 15.

Piano Sonata in F major, K. 533/494, I. Allegro Etude in F Major, op.10, no. 8 Concert Etude in C major, op. 40, No. 1, Prelude

W. A. Mozart F. Chopin N. Kapustin

Emma Sophia Lam, San Jose 16.

Ballade No. 4 in F minor, op. 52 Prelude and Fugue in A-flat major, WTC Book 2, BWV 886 Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, op. 101, IV. Geschwind, doch nicht zu sehr, und mit Entschlossenheit

F. Chopin J. S. Bach L. van Beethoven

Sophia Jin, Folsom 17.

Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, op. 27, no. 2, III. Presto agitato Concert Etude in C major, op. 40, no.1, Prelude Etude in C major, op. 10, no. 1 Oliver Corro, San Ramon

L. van Beethoven N. Kapustin F. Chopin