Soyoung Cho, viola

  • Graduation Recital
  • Apr 18, 2022 @ 8:00 P.M.

After years of study, members of the class of 2022 share their talents and passion through a final graduation recital. Admission requires advance reservation and is complimentary.

A livestream of the performance will also be available on Curtis’s Facebook and YouTube pages.

Program

KAY Sonatine

Soyoung Cho, viola
Elena Jivaeva, piano

J.S. BACH Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004

Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Gigue
Chaconne

Soyoung Cho, viola

INTERMISSION
CLARKE Sonata

Impetuoso
Vivace
Adagio—Allegro

Soyoung Cho, viola
Elena Jivaeva, piano

BRAHMS Zwei Gesänge, Op. 91

Gestillte Sehnsucht
Geistliches Wiegenlied

Hannah Klein, alto
Soyoung Cho, viola
Elena Jivaeva, piano

About the Performers

Soyoung Cho, from Seoul, entered the Curtis Institute of Music in 2017 and studies viola with Roberto Díaz and Ed Gazouleas. All students at Curtis receive merit-based, full-tuition scholarships, and Ms. Cho is the Reaumur and Mary Corrin Winston Fellow.

Ms. Cho was the second-prize winner at the 2015 Johansen International Competition for Young String Players (Viola Division). She was also the third-prize winner at the 2011 Osaka International Music Competition (Junior Strings Division), and she has won several domestic competitions in Korea. She has performed in recitals in Beijing, Calgary, Dubai, Washington, D.C., and Seoul. She has served as principal violist of the Korea National University of Arts Orchestra, and regularly plays in string quartets and other chamber ensembles.

Ms. Cho began playing the violin at age five and the viola at age eight.

Hannah Klein, from Concord, Mass., is a student of Cynthia Hoffman, adjunct faculty, and entered Curtis in 2016.

Elena Jivaeva, staff pianist

Special Thanks

The Edith L. and Robert Prostkoff Memorial Concert Series. The Curtis Institute of Music receives funding from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the National Endowment for the Arts.

    • Date Apr 18, 2022
    • Time 8:00 P.M.
    • Location Curtis Institute of Music, Field Concert Hall