Sakaguchi, Bitsch, Brahms, and Prokofiev

  • Free, Student Recital
  • May 13, 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

SAKAGUCHI Meteor Shower

Anastasia Samsel, flute
Nabeel Ansari, oboe
Chin-I Lee, clarinet
Marcus Shaw, horn
Ella Jackson, bassoon

BITSCH Suite Française on Themes from the 17th Century

Nabeel Ansari, oboe
TBD, piano

BRAHMS Sonata No. 1 in E minor, Op. 38

Chi-Wen Wendy Lu, cello
TBD, piano

Intermission
BRAHMS Sonata in F minor, Op. 120, No. 1

Soohyurn Lee, viola
Elena Jivaeva, piano

PROKOFIEV Sonata in D major, Op. 94bis

Kei Saotome, violin
TBD, piano

About the Performers

Nabeel Ansari, from Ottawa, Ontario, a student of Katherine Needleman and Philippe Tondre, is a Curtis Institute of Music Fellow and entered Curtis in 2024. 

Ella Jackson, from Houston, a student of Daniel Matsukawa, is a Curtis Institute of Music Fellow and entered Curtis in 2024.   

Chin-I Lee, from Taipei, Taiwan, a student of Anthony McGill and YaoGuang Zhai, is a Curtis Institute of Music Fellow and entered Curtis in 2024.   

Soohyurn Lee, from Seoul, a student of Misha Amory and Hsin-Yun Huang, is a Curtis Institute of Music Fellow and entered Curtis in 2024.   

Chi-Wen Wendy Lu, from Taipei, Taiwan, a student of Nicholas Canellakis, Gary Hoffman, Yumi Kendall, Christine Lee, and Peter Wiley, is a Curtis Institute of Music Fellow and entered Curtis in 2024.   

Anastasia Samsel, from Guilford, Conn., a student of Jeffrey Khaner, is the Julius Baker Fellow and entered Curtis in 2022.  

Kei Saotome, from Tokyo, a student of Erin Keefe, is the Shaun F. O’Malley Fellow and entered Curtis in 2024.   

Marcus Shaw, from Ossining, N.Y., a student of Jeffrey Lang and Jennifer Montone, is the Bernard M. Guth Fellow and entered Curtis in 2022.  

 

Elena Jivaeva, staff pianist 

    • Date May 13, 2025
    • Time 7:30 p.m.
    • Location Curtis Institute of Music, Field Concert Hall