Sirena Huang, violin, April 2, 2019

Robert Blocker, Dean

artist diploma recital

Sirena Huang, violin Tuesday, April 2, 2019 | 7:30 pm | Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Memorial Hall

Johann Sebastian Bach 1685–1750

Violin Sonata No. 3 in C major, BWV 1005 I. Adagio II. Fugue

Robert Schumann 1810–1856

Violin Sonata No. 1 in A minor, Op. 105 I. Mit leidenschaftlichem Ausdruck II. Allegretto III. Lebhaft Minyoung Kang, piano

intermission

Eugène Ysaÿe 1858–1931

Violin Sonata in G major, Op. 27, No. 5 I. L’Aurore. Lento assai II. Danse Rustique. Allegro giocoso

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 1840–1893

Sérénade mélancolique, Op. 26

Béla Bartók 1881–1945

Minyoung Kang, piano

Rhapsody No. 1, Sz. 87 I. Lassú. Moderato II. Friss. Allegretto moderato Minyoung Kang, piano

Artist Profile Sirena Huang has been the recipient of numerous prizes and awards. In 2017, she was awarded First Prize at the inaugural Elmar Oliveira International Violin Competition and was the winner of the New York Concert Artists Worldwide Debut Audition. Additionally, she was a First Prize Gold Medalist of the 6th International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians (2009) and won both First Prize and the Audience Award at the Cooper International Competition (2011) as well as the Hannloser Prize for Violin at the Verbier Music Festival in Switzerland (2013).

Motivated by a deep wish to inspire peace and harmony with her music, Sirena has performed before world leaders, thinkers and humanitarians, including President Obama and Elie Wiesel. In 2006, she received the honor of playing for His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan and thirty Nobel Prize Laureates at the World Peace Conference held in Petra. In 2007, under the invitation of former Czech Republic President Havel, she played in the Opening Ceremony of the “Forum 2000 World Conference” in Prague.

Sirena has been featured as a soloist with more than 50 prestigious ensembles, including the New York Philharmonic, Cleveland Symphony Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, and Staatskapelle Weimar in Germany, among many others. She has appeared as a guest artist at the Verbier, Marlboro, Ravinia, Aspen, and Newport Music Festivals.

This performance is in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Artist Diploma.

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