Janácek, Chopin, and Schumann

  • Student Recital, Free
  • Mar 24, 2026 @ 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

JANÁCEK In the Mists

Adrian Zaragoza, piano

CHOPIN Sonata in G minor, Op. 65

Jonah Kernis, cello
Mark Livshits, piano

Intermission
SCHUMANN Fantasiestücke, Op. 73

Eugene Zhang, double bass
Mark Livshits, piano

Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44

Yiyang Hou, violin
Sooeon Kim, violin
Dillon Scott, viola
Camden Shaw, cello
Nachuan Tao, piano

About the Artists

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.

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

Sooeon Kim, from Korea, studying violin with Shmuel Ashkenasi and Pamela Frank, is the Martin and Sarah Taylor Fellow and entered Curtis in 2022.

Dillon Scott, from Lansdale, Pa., studying viola with Roberto Díaz and Edward Gazouleas, is the Mark E. Rubenstein Fellow and entered Curtis in 2022.

Nachuan Tao, from Xiamen, China, studying piano with Ignat Solzhenitsyn, is the Gerry and Marguerite Lenfest Fellow in Piano 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.

Eugene Zhang, from Toronto, studying double bass with Edgar Meyer and Hal Robinson, is the Albert M. Greenfield Fellow and entered Curtis in 2025.

Mark Livshits, staff pianist

Camden Shaw (Cello ’10, ’11), chamber music faculty

    • Date Mar 24, 2026
    • Time 7:30 p.m.
    • Location Curtis Institute of Music, Field Concert Hall