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

BARBER	Sonata, Op. 6 Elliot Sloss, cello Mark Livshits, piano
HAYDN	Quartet in F minor, Op. 20, No. 5, Hob. III:35 Yiyang Hou, violin Hyun Jae Lim, violin Soohyurn Lee, viola Jonah Kernis, cello
	Intermission
SCHUMANN	Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44 Niccolo Wu, violin Kei Saotome, violin Yunji Jang, viola Ania Lewis, cello Yenfei Wang, piano

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.

Yunji Jang, from Seoul, studying viola with Misha Amory and Hsin-Yun Huang, is the Dorothy J. del Bueno Fellow and entered Curtis in 2024.

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.

Soohyurn Lee, from Seoul, studying viola with Misha Amory and Hsin-Yun Huang, is the Sueyun and Gene Locks Fellow and entered Curtis in 2024.

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.

Hyun Jae Lim, from Seoul, studying violin with Midori, is the Carol S. and Howard L. Lidz Fellow and entered Curtis in 2025.

Kei Saotome, from Tokyo, studying violin with Erin Keefe, is the Shaun F. O’Malley 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.

Yenfei Wang, from Taipei, Taiwan, studying piano with Ignat Solzhenitsyn, is the Nancy Maruyama, M.D. Fellow and entered Curtis in 2024.

Niccolo Wu, from Taipei, Taiwan, studying violin with Benjamin Beilman, is the John S. Price Fellow and entered Curtis in 2024.

Mark Livshits, staff pianist