Bitsch, Brahms, and Prokofiev

  • Free, Student Recital
  • May 13, 2025 @ 7:30 p.m.

Curtis Institute of Music students perform over 100 free recitals during the school year, held on most Monday, Wednesday, and Friday evenings. Admission requires advance registration and is complimentary.

Please note: Performance programs are subject to last-minute changes and cancellations.

Program

BITSCH Suite Française on Themes from the 17th Century

Nabeel Ansari, oboe
Delvan Lin, piano

BRAHMS Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 120

Soohyurn Lee, viola
Elena Jivaeva, piano

PROKOFIEV Sonata in D major, Op. 94bis

Kei Saotome, violin
Delvan Lin, piano

Intermission
RACHMANINOFF Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43

Yenfei Wang, piano
Delvan Lin, piano accompaniment

About the Performers

Nabeel Ansari, from Ottawa, Ontario, a student of Katherine Needleman and Philippe Tondre, is a Curtis Institute of Music Fellow and entered Curtis in 2024.  

Soohyurn Lee, from Seoul, a student of Misha Amory and Hsin-Yun Huang, is a Curtis Institute of Music Fellow and entered Curtis in 2024.   

Delvan Lin, from Auckland, New Zealand, a student of Michelle Cann and Ignat Solzhenitsyn, is the Karolyn Kirksey Holler Fellow and entered Curtis in 2023.   

Kei Saotome, from Tokyo, a student of Erin Keefe, is the Shaun F. O’Malley Fellow and entered Curtis in 2024.   

Yenfei Wang, from Taipei, Taiwan, a student of Ignat Solzhenitsyn, is a Curtis Institute of Music Fellow and entered Curtis in 2024. 

 

Elena Jivaeva, staff pianist 

  

    • Date May 13, 2025
    • Time 7:30 p.m.
    • Location Curtis Institute of Music, Field Concert Hall