Broadcast: Bach, Bottesini, and Coulthard

  • Broadcast, Free
  • Jul 9, 2025 @ 6:00 p.m.

This summer, enjoy the magic of the Curtis Recital Series from home with our summer broadcast series. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to enjoy never-before-broadcast performances from the 2024–25 academic year Wednesdays at 6 p.m.

Program

BACH Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012

Yizilin Liang, viola

BOTTESINI Elegy in D major
Fantasy on Bellini's La sonnambula

Gavin Hardy, double bass
Thomas Weaver, piano

COULTHARD Sonata

Ben Price, oboe
Mark Livshits, piano

VIEUXTEMPS Elegy for Viola and Piano, Op. 30

Emad Zolfaghari, viola
Elena Jivaeva, piano

About the Performers

Gavin Hardy, from Winston-Salem, N.C., a student of Edgar Meyer and Hal Robinson, is a Curtis Institute of Music Fellow and entered Curtis in 2024.   

Yizilin Liang, from Zhejiang, China, a student of Roberto Díaz and Hsin-Yun Huang, is the Bok Foundation Fellow and entered Curtis in 2020.    

Ben Price, from Portland, Ore., a student of Katherine Needleman and Philippe Tondre, is the Anderson and Daria Pew Fellow and entered Curtis in 2022.   

Emad Zolfaghari, from Oakville, Ontario, a student of Misha Amory and Hsin-Yun Huang, is the Elaine W. Camarda and A. Morris Williams Jr. Fellow and entered Curtis in 2021.   

 

Elena Jivaeva, staff pianist 

Mark Livshits, staff pianist

Thomas Weaver, musical studies faculty 

    • Date Jul 9, 2025
    • Time 6:00 p.m.
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