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

Sarina KHALILI	Five Guys Maxence Dauriat, percussion Xiang Ni, percussion Rubén Acuña González, percussion Zachary Thomas, percussion Pengyu Bao, percussion
Isaiah SARANOW	Rehearsal Study for String Quartet and Narrator Maya Mor-Mitrani, voice Na Hyun Della Kyun, violin Zhenyi Jiang, violin Samuel Tatsuki, viola Romain-Olivier Gray, cello
Amane SAKAGUCHI	unsung night music Kei Saotome, violin Elliot Sloss, cello Adrian Zaragoza, piano
	Intermission
Delfin DEMIRAY	as an antidote to fear of death, I eat the stars Emily DeNucci, flute Shin Woo Kim, clarinet Maxence Dauriat, percussion Rubén Acuña González, percussion Anaïs Feller, violin Ania Lewis, cello Yoann Combémorel, conductor
Sky YANG	The Master and His Emissary Yiyang Hou, violin Zhiyuan Qian, violin Nazeeh Shahid, viola Jonah Kernis, cello
Isaac CREAGER	Industrial Night Vignettes; Five Images from the Graveyard Shift Anastasia Samsel, flute Shin Woo Kim, clarinet Zachary Thomas, percussion Adrian Zaragoza, piano Bade Dastan, violin Romain-Olivier Gray, cello Mariana Corichi Gómez, conductor

Pengyu Bao, from Seattle, studying timpani and percussion with Ji Su Jung, Don Liuzzi, and Eric Millstein, is the Felix Meyer Fellow and entered Curtis in 2023.

Yoann Combémorel, from Lyon, France, studying conducting with Yannick Nézet-Séguin and James Ross, is a Rita E. Hauser Conducting Fellow and entered Curtis in 2024.

Mariana Corichi Gómez, from Mexico City, studying conducting with Yannick Nézet-Séguin and James Ross, is a Rita E. Hauser Conducting Fellow and entered Curtis in 2024.

Bade Dastan, from Turkey, studying violin with Shmuel Ashkenasi, is a Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz Fellow and entered Curtis in 2024.

Maxence Dauriat, from Combs-la-Ville, France, studying timpani and percussion with Ji Su Jung, Don Liuzzi, and Eric Millstein, is the Richard A. Doran Fellow and entered Curtis in 2023.

Emily DeNucci, from Somers, Conn., studying flute with Jeffrey Khaner and Chelsea Knox, is the Gerry and Marguerite Lenfest Fellow and entered Curtis in 2022.

Anaïs Feller, from San Diego, studying violin with Midori and Erin Keefe, is the Tobe Amsterdam Fellow and entered Curtis in 2023.

Rubén Acuña González, from Tampico, Mexico, studying timpani and percussion with Ji Su Jung, Don Liuzzi, and Eric Millstein, is an Edwin B. Garrigues Fellow and entered Curtis in 2024.

Romain-Olivier Gray, from Québec City and Woodbridge, Virginia, studying cello with Nicholas Canellakis, Yumi Kendall, Christine Lee, and Peter Wiley, is the Maurice Gendron Memorial Fellow and entered Curtis in 2022.

Yiyang Hou, from Shanghai, studying violin with Benjamin Beilman and Ida Kavafian, is the Herbert R. and Evelyn Axelrod Fellow and entered Curtis in 2022.

Zhenyi Jiang, from Beijing, studying violin with Midori, is a Demeng Foundation Fellow and entered Curtis in 2022.

Jonah Kernis, from New York City, studying cello with Yumi Kendall and Peter Wiley, is the Charles and Judith Freyer Fellow and entered Curtis in 2025.

Na Hyun Della Kyun, from Seoul, studying violin with Shmuel Ashkenasi and Benjamin Beilman, is a Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation Fellow and entered Curtis in 2022.

Ania Lewis (’25), from Cleveland, studying cello with Nicholas Canellakis, Yumi Kendall, Christine Lee, and Peter Wiley, is the Gie and Lisa Liem Fellow and first entered Curtis in 2021.

Maya Mor-Mitrani (Voice ’25), from Tzur Moshe, Israel, studying opera with Julia Faulkner and Amanda Majeski, is a Horace W. Goldsmith Fellow and first entered Curtis in 2021.

Xiang Ni, from Jiangsu, China, studying timpani and percussion with Ji Su Jung, Don Liuzzi, and Eric Millstein, is a Curtis Institute of Music Fellow and entered Curtis in 2023.

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

Anastasia Samsel, from Guilford, Conn., studying flute with Jeffrey Khaner and Chelsea Knox, is the Julius Baker Fellow and entered Curtis in 2022.

Kei Saotome, from Tokyo, studying violin with Erin Keefe, is the Shaun F. O’Malley Fellow and entered Curtis in 2024.

Nazeeh Shahid, from Chicago, studying viola with Roberto Díaz and Edward Gazouleas, is the Walter and Leonore Annenberg Fellow and entered Curtis in 2024.

Elliot Sloss (’25), from Toronto, studying cello with Nicholas Canellakis, Yumi Kendall, Christine Lee, and Peter Wiley, is the Peter King Fellow and first entered Curtis in 2021.

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.

Zachary Thomas, from Tucson, Ariz., studying timpani and percussion with Ji Su Jung, Don Liuzzi, and Eric Millstein, is the J. Oliver Lewis Memorial Fellow and entered Curtis in 2022.

Adrian Zaragoza, from Davis, Calif., studying piano with Michelle Cann, is the William A. Horn, M.D. Fellow and entered Curtis in 2022.

Shin Woo Kim, guest artist