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

BROWN	Five Negro Spirituals Gavin Hardy, double bass Mark Livshits, piano
BARTÓK	Concerto, BB 128 (ed. Serly) Samuel Tatsuki, viola Elena Jivaeva, piano
WIENIAWSKI	Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 15 Hairui Lei, violin Yoni Levyatov, piano
	Intermission
BEETHOVEN	Concerto in D Major, Op. 61 Zhiyuan Qian, violin Xuanyan Jessie Gong, piano

Xuanyan Jessie Gong, from Shanghai, studying piano with Robert McDonald, is a Curtis Institute of Music Fellow and entered Curtis in 2025.

Gavin Hardy, from Winston-Salem, N.C., studying double bass with Edgar Meyer and Hal Robinson, is the Anthony B. Creamer III Fellow and entered Curtis in 2024.

Hairui Lei, from Shanghai, studying violin with Shmuel Ashkenasi and Pamela Frank, is a Jean J. Sterne Fellow and entered Curtis in 2022.

Zhiyuan Qian, from Shanghai, studying violin with Erin Keefe, is a Curtis Institute of Music Fellow and entered Curtis in 2025.

Samuel Tatsuki, from Arcadia, Calif., studying viola with Roberto Díaz and Edward Gazouleas, is a Curtis Institute of Music Fellow and entered Curtis in 2025.

Elena Jivaeva, staff pianist

Mark Livshits, staff pianist

Yoni Levyatov, staff pianist