Yuhsin Su, clarinet

  • Graduation Recital
  • Apr 25, 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

GERSHWIN Three Preludes

Allegro ben ritmato e deciso
Andante con moto
Agitato

MESSAGER Solo de concours
DEBUSSY La fille aux cheveux de lin

Yuhsin Su, clarinet
Jenny Chen, piano

BRAHMS Selections, Hungarian Dances

No. 12 in D minor
No. 13 in D major
No. 1 in G minor

Yuhsin Su, clarinet
Takumi Taguchi, violin
Alexandra Cooreman, violin
Chih-Ta Chen, viola
Matthew Christakos, cello

INTERMISSION
BRAHMS Quintet in B minor, Op. 115

Allegro
Adagio
Andantino—Presto non assai, ma con sentiment
Con moto

Yuhsin Su, clarinet

Latimer Quartet:
Danny Yehun Jin, violin
Haram Kim, violin
Chih-Ta Chen, viola
Sai Sai Ding, cello

About the Performers

Yuhsin Su, from Taipei, entered the Curtis Institute of Music in 2015 and studies with Anthony McGill, principal clarinet of the New York Philharmonic. All students at Curtis receive merit-based, full-tuition scholarships, and Ms. Su is the Chiona Schwarz Annual Fellow.

Ms. Su attended the Affiliated High School of National Taiwan Normal University, where she twice won the school’s concerto competition and appeared as a soloist with the school’s symphony orchestra. She has also attended the International Morningside Music Bridge in Calgary, where she won third prize in the program’s concerto competition; and has participated in a master class with Nicolas Baldeyrou.

At Curtis, Ms. Su has also studied with Ricardo Morales, principal clarinet of the Philadelphia Orchestra, and Michael Rusinek, principal clarinet of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Before entering Curtis, she studied with Wei Leng Chen at the Affiliated High School of National Taiwan Normal University.

Chih-Ta Chen, from Kaohsiung, Taiwan, is a student of Roberto Díaz and Ed Gazouleas, and entered Curtis in 2019.

Matthew Christakos, from Toronto, is a student of Gary Hoffman and Peter Wiley, and entered Curtis in 2019.

Alexandra Cooreman, from Brussels, Belgium, is a student of Ida Kavafian and entered Curtis in 2021.

Sai Sai Ding, from Shanghai, is a student of Gary Hoffman and Peter Wiley, and entered Curtis in 2019.

Danny Yehun Jin, from Seoul, is a student of Ida Kavafian and entered Curtis in 2013.

Haram Kim, from Seoul, is a student of Shmuel Ashkenasi and Ida Kavafian, and entered Curtis in 2016.

Takumi Taguchi, from Seattle, is a student of Shmuel Ashkenasi and entered Curtis in 2018.

Jenny Chen, 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 25, 2022
    • Time 8:00 P.M.
    • Location Curtis Institute of Music, Field Concert Hall