Name: Shostakovich Chamber Symphony
Start: 2026-02-11T19:30:00
Location: Curtis Institute of Music, Gould Rehearsal Hall

Conductorless Project

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

BEETHOVEN	Sonata No. 6 in A major, Op. 30, No. 1 Alexandra Cooreman, violin Mark Livshits, piano
KREISLER	Recitativo and Scherzo, Op. 6 Alexandra Cooreman, violin
	Intermission
SHOSTAKOVICH	Chamber Symphony, Op. 73a Emmalena Huning, violin Dindin Jingyi Wang, violin Jieon Park, violin Yiyang Hou, violin Sameer Agrawal, violin Zhenyi Jiang, violin Kei Saotome, violin Hairui Lei, violin Zhiyuan Qian, violin Corina Deng, violin Jingheng Zhang, violin Niccolo Wu, violin Soohyurn Lee, viola Davin Mar, viola Hanna Jang, viola Nazeeh Shahid, viola Annis Cheuk Lam Ma, viola Dillon Scott, viola Joan Herget, cello TaeYeon Kim, cello Chi-Wen Wendy Lu, cello Kwanyun Loo, cello Eugene Zhang, double bass Maggie Carter, double bass

Sameer Agrawal, from Chicago, studying violin with Midori, is a Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation Fellow and entered Curtis in 2023.

Maggie Carter, from Portland, Ore., studying double bass with Edgar Meyer and Hal Robinson, is the Samuel and Sarah Fuchs Fellow and entered Curtis in 2024.

Alexandra Cooreman (’25), from Brussels, studying violin with Ida Kavafian and Erin Keefe, is a Milka Violin Artist Fellow and first entered Curtis in 2021.

Corina Deng, from Vancouver, British Columbia, studying violin with Ida Kavafian, is the Mundheim Family Fellow and entered Curtis in 2022.

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.

Joan Herget, from Calgary, Alberta, studying cello with Yumi Kendall, Christine Lee, and Peter Wiley, is the Carol Coe Conway Memorial Fellow and entered Curtis in 2023.

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.

Emmalena Huning, from Perth, Australia, studying violin with Benjamin Beilman and Erin Keefe, is the Yvonne Druian Fellow and entered Curtis in 2023.

Hanna Jang, from Goyang-si, Korea, studying viola with Roberto Díaz and Edward Gazouleas, is a Jean J. Sterne Fellow and entered Curtis in 2025.

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.

TaeYeon Kim, from Seoul, studying cello with Nicholas Canellakis, Yumi Kendall, Christine Lee, and Peter Wiley, is the Jacqueline du Pré Memorial Fellow and entered Curtis in 2022.

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.

Hairui Lei, from Shanghai, studying violin with Shmuel Ashkenasi and Pamela Frank, is a Jean J. Sterne 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.

Chi-Wen Wendy Lu, from Taipei, Taiwan, studying cello with Nicholas Canellakis, Yumi Kendall, Christine Lee, and Peter Wiley, is the Florence and Milton Levy Fellow and entered Curtis in 2024.

Annis Cheuk Lam Ma, from Hong Kong, studying viola with Misha Amory and Hsin-Yun Huang, is the Bernice and Howard Levinson Fellow and entered Curtis in 2023.

Davin Mar, from Vancouver, British Columbia, studying viola with Misha Amory and Hsin-Yun Huang, is the Irene R. Miller Fellow and entered Curtis in 2023.

Jieon Park, from Seoul, studying violin with Shmuel Ashkenasi and Ida Kavafian, is a Milka Violin Artist Fellow and entered Curtis in 2016.

Zhiyuan Qian, from Shanghai, studying violin with Erin Keefe, is a Curtis Institute of Music 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.

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

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

Dindin Jingyi Wang, from Changsha, China, studying violin with Shmuel Ashkenasi and Pamela Frank, is the Stanley and Bertha Rogasner Fellow and entered Curtis in 2021.

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

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

Jingheng Zhang, from Beijing, a student of Shmuel Ashkenasi, is a Curtis Institute of Music Fellow and entered Curtis in 2023.

Mark Livshits, staff pianist