Wei-Yi Yang, piano

Presenting

WEI-YI YA N G horowitz piano series

october 10, 2012 Music by Debussy, Granados, and Ravel

Robert Blocker, Dean

w ei-yi ya ng , p ia no Horowitz Piano Series • Boris Berman, Artistic Director October 10, 2012 • Sprague Memorial Hall

Claude Debussy 1862–1918

La sérénade interrompue (The Interrupted Serenade)

Enrique Granados 1867–1916

Goyescas: Los majos enamorados (The Gallants in Love), 1911 I. Los requiebros (Flattery) II. Coloquio en la reja (Dialogue at the Window) III. El fandango de candil (Candlelit Fandango)

intermission

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V. VI.

Maurice Ravel 1875–1937

Quejas ó la maja y el ruiseñor (Laments, or the Maiden and the Nightingale) El amor y la muerte: Balada (Love and Death) Epílogo: Serenata del espectro (Epilogue: The Ghost’s Serenade)

Alborada del gracioso (Dawn Song of the Jester)

Images are provided courtesy of the Yale University Art Gallery Program Cover: Ni así la distingue (Even thus he cannot make her out), Plate 7 from Los Caprichos. Francisco de Goya. Etching, aquatint, and drypoint.

Plate: 20 x 15 cm (7 7/8 x 5 7/8 in.)

As a courtesy to the performers and audience, turn off cell phones and pagers. Please do not leave the hall during selections. Photography or recording of any kind is prohibited.

About the Artist

Pittsburgh Symphony, the Minnesota Orchestra, the Orpheus and Saint Paul Chamber Orchestras, the London Symphony, Singapore Symphony, and Orquestra do Estado de São Paulo, among others.

Internationally acclaimed pianist Wei-Yi Yang enjoys a flourishing concert career, appearing before audiences in North and Central America, Asia, Europe, and Australia, in solo recitals, chamber music concerts and with symphony orchestras. Most recently, Mr. Yang was praised by the New York Times as the soloist in a “sensational” performance of Messiaen’s Turangalîla-Symphonie at Carnegie Hall. Winner of the Gold Medal and Grand Prize in the San Antonio International Piano Competition, Mr. Yang has performed in such prestigious venues as Lincoln Center; Steinway Hall; Merkin Hall; the Kennedy Center; the Kumho Art Hall in Seoul, South Korea; the Royal Scottish Academy of Music; the Great Hall (Leeds, England); the Royal Dublin Society; and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, among many others around the world. An avid chamber musician, Mr. Yang has performed with members of the New York Philharmonic, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony, San Francisco Symphony,

Born in Taiwan of Chinese and Japanese heritage, Mr. Yang was educated first in the United Kingdom, and then as a scholarship recipient under the tutelage of Arkady Aronov at the Manhattan School of Music. Mr. Yang has worked with such artists as Claude Frank, Peter Frankl, Vera Gornostaeva, Byron Janis, Murray Perahia, and the late Hans Graf.

Under the guidance of Boris Berman, Mr. Yang was awarded a doctorate in musical arts

by Yale University in 2004. In addition to guest teaching and performing in Germany, Hong Kong, Taipei, Shanghai, and Daejeon, Korea, Mr. Yang has presented master classes and performances in such institutions as Princeton University, University of Missouri, Syracuse University, and Ithaca College. Mr. Yang’s performances have been featured around the world via international television, radio, and web broadcasting media. He can be heard on the Renegade Classics, Albany Records, and Holland-America Music Society labels. Mr. Yang has appeared at festivals in Nassau (the Bahamas), Novi Sad (Serbia), Monterrey (Mexico), Kotor (Montenegro), PianoFest (Long Island), Norfolk (Connecticut), Napa Valley, and La Jolla (California). Mr. Yang has recently collaborated with such artists as Richard Stoltzman, Axel Strauss, Frederica von Stade and the Pacifica, Cassatt, and Tokyo String Quartets.

Wei-Yi Yang joined the faculty at Yale University in 2005.

Upcoming Events

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Woolsey Hall | Friday | 8 pm Peter Oundjian, guest conductor.

Verdi: Overture to La Forza del Destino; Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 3, with Suzana Bartal, piano; Shostakovich: Symphony No. 12.

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15 Hillhouse Avenue | Sunday | 3 pm Yale Collection of Musical Instruments Music of Chopin and Debussy, performed on two historical grand pianos.

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november 2 & 3

october 21 Morse Recital Hall | Sunday | 4 pm Faculty Artist Series ˇ Music by Franck, Schnittke, Dvorák, John Corigliano, and Chris Rogerson ’11mm.

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Robert Blocker, Dean

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