Jiyeon Kim, cello

  • Graduation Recital
  • Apr 21, 2022 @ 8:00 P.M.

Jiyeon Kim’s graduation recital features works by Luigi Boccherini, Franz Schubert, and César Franck. She is joined by cello studio-mate Matthew Christakos, and piano student Élias Ackerley.

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

Program

BOCCHERINI Sonata No. 3 in G major, G. 5

Largo
Allegro alla militaire

Jiyeon Kim, cello
Matthew Christakos, cello

SCHUBERT Sonata in A minor, D. 821 ("Arpeggione")

Allegro moderato
Adagio—Allegretto

Jiyeon Kim, cello
Élias Ackerley, piano

INTERMISSION
FRANCK Sonata in A major

Allegretto ben moderato
Allegro
Recitativo-Fantasia
Allegretto poco mosso

Jiyeon Kim, cello
Élias Ackerley, piano

About the Performers

Jiyeon Kim, from Seongnam, South Korea, entered the Curtis Institute of Music in 2019 and studies cello with Gary Hoffman and Peter Wiley. All students at Curtis receive merit-based, full-tuition scholarships, and Ms. Kim is the Thomas D. Watkins Fellow.

Ms. Kim won first prize of the David Popper International Cello Competition in 2015. As a soloist, she has appeared with the Seocho and Gangnam symphony orchestras and the Orchestral Ensemble Seoul. She attended the Morningside Music Bridge in 2016 and 2017, and performed with the Seoul Baroque Ensemble in 2017.

Before coming to Curtis, Ms. Kim attended the Korea National University of Arts. She previously studied with Kangho Lee. She began playing cello at age eight.

Élias Ackerley, from Shrewsbury, England, is a student of Meng-Chieh Liu and entered Curtis in 2019.

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

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 21, 2022
    • Time 8:00 P.M.
    • Location Curtis Institute of Music, Field Concert Hall