Brahms, Dvořák, Hindemith, and more

  • Free, Student Recital
  • Dec 9, 2025 @ 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

BRAHMS Sonata No. 2 in E-flat Major, Op. 120

Bailin Jian, viola
Xuanyan Jessie Gong, piano

HINDEMITH Sonata, Op. 11, No. 4

Hanna Jang, viola
Elena Jivaeva, piano

YSAŸE Sonata, Op. 28

Laura Navasardian, cello

Intermission
DVOŘÁK Concerto in A minor, Op. 53

Sooeon Kim, violin
Yoni Levyatov, piano

About the Artists

Xuanyan Jessie Gong, from Shanghai, studying piano with Robert McDonald, is a Curtis Institute of Music Fellow and entered Curtis in 2025.

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

Bailin Jian, from Beijing, studying viola with Roberto Díaz and Edward Gazouleas, is a Curtis Institute of Music 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.

Laura Navasardian, from New York City, studying cello with Yumi Kendall, Christine Lee, and Peter Wiley, is the William A. Loeb Fellow and entered Curtis in 2022.

Elena Jivaeva, staff pianist

Yoni Levyatov, staff pianist

    • Date Dec 9, 2025
    • Time 7:30 p.m.
    • Location Curtis Institute of Music, Field Concert Hall