Wendy Sharp, violin with
Julie Kim, violin Marka Gustavsson, viola Mimi Hwang, cello Melvin Chen, piano
faculty artist series January 31, 2016 • Morse Recital Hall
Robert Blocker, Dean
Faculty Artist Series
Wendy Sharp, violin with
Julie Kim, violin · Marka Gustavsson, viola Mimi Hwang, cello · Melvin Chen, piano Sunday, January 31, 2016 • 4:00 pm • Morse Recital Hall
Joseph Haydn 1732–1809
String Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 1, No. 1 I. Presto II. Menuetto III. Adagio IV. Menuetto V. Presto Wendy Sharp, violin Julie Kim, violin Marka Gustavsson, viola Mimi Hwang, cello
Ernő Dohnányi 1877–1960
Serenade for String Trio, Op. 10 I. Marcia: Allegro II. Romanza: Adagio non troppo III. Scherzo: Vivace IV. Tema con variazioni: Andante con moto V. Rondo: Allegro vivace Wendy Sharp, violin Marka Gustavsson, viola Mimi Hwang, cello intermission
Edward Elgar 1857–1934
Piano Quintet in A minor, Op. 84 I. Moderato — Allegro II. Adagio III. Andante — Allegro Wendy Sharp, violin Julie Kim, violin Marka Gustavsson, viola Mimi Hwang, cello Melvin Chen, piano
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Artist Profiles
Wendy Sharp 路 violin Award-winning violinist Wendy Sharp performs frequently as a recitalist and a chamber musician. In demand as a teacher and chamber music coach, she is on the faculties of the Yale School of Music and California Summer Music, and maintains a private studio. For nearly a decade, Ms. Sharp was the first violinist and a founding member of the highly acclaimed Franciscan String Quartet. As a member of the quartet she toured the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia, and was honored with many awards including first prize in the Banff International String Quartet Competition and the Press and City of Evian prizes at the Evian International String Quartet Competition. A native of the San Francisco Bay area, she attended Yale University, graduating summa cum laude with distinction in music, and received her Master of Music degree from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Ms. Sharp has served on the faculties of the Mannes College of Music, Dartmouth College, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and Choate Rosemary Hall. She has also participated in the Aspen, Tanglewood, Chamber Music West, Norfolk, Britten-Pears, and Music Academy of the West festivals. Ms. Sharp is currently the Director of Chamber Music at the Yale School of Music, where she has also served on the violin faculty since 1997. Ms. Sharp and her husband have two children, members of the Yale College classes of 2014 and 2016.
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Julie Kim · violin Julie Kim began playing the violin at the age of six in South Korea, where she studied with Yong Yun Kim and Jae Hyun Lee. After moving to California at age 11, she attended The San Francisco Conservatory of Music’s Preparatory Department, studying with Isadore Tinkleman. She received her Bachelor of Music degree from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music under the tutelage of David Abel. Ms. Kim began her string quartet career with the acclaimed Franciscan String Quartet. The quartet was awarded the Wardwell Fellowship at Yale University to study with the Tokyo String Quartet and won First Prize at the prestigious Banff International String Quartet competition. Also awarded the Press Prize and the City of Evian Prize at the Evian International String Quartet Competition, the Franciscan Quartet went on to become the Resident String Quartet at Dartmouth College and toured throughout Europe, Canada and the United States. Ms. Kim participated in the Aspen, Norfolk, and Banff Music Festivals and pursued chamber music studies with the Tokyo, Julliard, Cleveland, Emerson, and Vermeer String Quartets. She also attended the New York String Seminar under Alexander Schneider and performed with Isaac Stern and Yo-Yo Ma in Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center. Ms. Kim performs extensively with the San Francisco Opera Orchestra and the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra. She has also performed with the San Jose Symphony (assistant concertmaster), New Haven Symphony, Santa Rosa Symphony, Marin Symphony, Stockton Symphony, and
Modesto Symphony. With Skywalker Sound Orchestra, she has recorded for many motion pictures and video games. Ms. Kim has also taught for several summers at the Cazadero Summer Music Camp. Marka Gustavsson · viola A dedicated chamber musician, Marka Gustavsson has performed in major halls across Europe, Canada, and the U.S., as well as Japan and Israel. She has been invited to chamber music festivals including Bard, Mostly Mozart, Skaneateles, Newport, Bennington, and Portland. She has appeared as a guest of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, on WQXR’s Showcase Concerts, with Yale’s Faculty Artist Series, at Banff, and in Wall-to-Wall and Music of Our Time at Symphony Space. Performing and recording contemporary solo and chamber repertoire, Marka has worked closely with many composers including John Halle, Joan Tower, Kyle Gann, George Tsontakis, Yinam Leef, Katherine Hoover, Martin Bresnick, Richard Wernick, Harold Farberman, and Tan Dun. In 2000, Marka joined the Colorado Quartet, an active touring ensemble offering traditional and new repertoire. The ensemble has released the complete Beethoven string quartets on Parnassus Records. Highlights of this season include premiering a viola concerto by Harold Farberman, teaching in the YAP program at Yellow Barn, completing a Beethoven cycle at Virginia Tech, and collaborating with Tamar Muskal and Lucy Shelton on Music of Our Time at Symphony Space in New York City. Ms. Gustavsson holds a teaching position at Bard College and Conservatory, where she
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oversees the chamber music program. With the Colorado Quartet she has served as faculty and co-artistic director at Soundfest Chamber Music Festival and Quartet Institute. Mimi Hwang · cello The daughter of Chinese immigrants, cellist Mimi Hwang was born and raised in Los Angeles. She was a founding member of the Franciscan String Quartet, which was a first prize winner of the Banff International String Quartet Competition and top prize winner of the Evian International String Quartet Competition. The quartet performed in concert halls throughout North America, Europe, and Asia, including in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, and Casals Hall in Tokyo. The quartet held the position of Wardwell Fellows at the Yale School of Music and was Quartet-in-Residence at the Hopkins Center at Dartmouth College, where Ms. Hwang was on the faculty of the Department of Music. She has recorded for Verdi Records. She has also performed with the Tokyo, Ying, Colorado, and Ciompi Quartets as well as with Raphael Hillyer, Laurence Lesser, and Michael Tree. She was a member of the Peabody Trio, winner of the Naumberg Chamber Music Award. As a soloist, Ms. Hwang has performed with the Beijing Philharmonic, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra. She received her master’s degree at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. She was a founding member of the Cello Divas and Quartos and has appeared in the festivals of Aspen, Banff, Norfolk, Roycroft, Skaneateles, and Yellow Barn.
Ms. Hwang is currently Assistant Professor of Chamber Music at the Eastman School of Music, Lecturer of Music at Nazareth College, and a founding member of the Amenda Quartet. She is also Co-Artistic Director of Yellow Barn’s Young Artists Program, and serves on the Board of Directors of Chamber Music America. Melvin Chen · piano A native of Tennessee, pianist Melvin Chen has received acclaim for performances throughout the United States and abroad. As a soloist and chamber musician Mr. Chen has performed at major venues in the United States, including Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Merkin Concert Hall, Weill Recital Hall, the Kennedy Center, and Boston’s Jordan Hall, in addition to other appearances throughout the U.S., Canada, and Asia. Mr. Chen’s performances have been featured on radio and television stations around the globe, including KBS television and radio in Korea, NHK television in Japan, and NPR in the United States. Solo recordings include Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations on the Bridge label, praised as “a classic” by the American Record Guide, and Joan Tower’s piano music on Naxos. Recordings of the Shostakovich piano sonatas and Gordon’s Orpheus and Euridice were released in 2007. An enthusiastic chamber musician, Mr. Chen has collaborated with such artists as Ida Kavafian, David Shifrin, Pamela Frank, Peter Wiley, and with the Shanghai, Tokyo, Miami, Penderecki, and Miró quartets. He has performed at the Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival, Norfolk Chamber Music Festival,
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Bard Music Festival, and Music from Angel Fire, among others. Melvin Chen completed a doctorate in chemistry from Harvard University, and also holds a double master’s degree from The Juilliard School in piano and violin. Previously, he attended Yale University, receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry and physics, and also studied with Boris Berman, Paul Kantor, and Ida Kavafian. Mr. Chen was previously on the piano faculty of the Bard College Conservatory of Music, where he was also associate director. In 2012 he rejoined the faculty of the Yale School of Music, where he serves as Associate Professor (Adjunct) of Piano and Deputy Dean.
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