Lingyu Dong, violin

Graduation Recital | Broadcast | Free | May 6, 2024 7:30 p.m.

Graduation recitals display the skill and passion of Curtis Institute of Music students on the cusp of professional musicianship. Members of the current class will share the breadth of their talent through a culminating graduation recital. Admission requires advance registration and is complimentary.

This performance will be broadcast live on Curtis’s Facebook and YouTube channels.

Please note: Performance programs are subject to last-minute changes and cancellations.


PROGRAM
CHEN 陽光照耀著塔什庫爾幹 (Sunshine in Tashkurgan)

Lingyu Dong, violin
Jenny Chen, piano

MOZART Sonata in A Major, K. 526

Lingyu Dong, violin
Adrian Zaragoza, piano

SHOSTAKOVICH Sonata, Op. 134

Lingyu Dong, violin
Jenny Chen, piano

INTERMISSION
BEETHOVEN Quartet No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135

Lingyu Dong, violin
Leah Amory, violin
Emad Zolfaghari, viola
Joan Herget, cello

HANDEL Passacaglia in G minor

Lingyu Dong, violin
Sai Sai Ding, cello

  • May 6, 2024
  • 7:30 p.m.
  • Curtis Institute of Music, Field Concert Hall

About the Performers

Lingyu Dong, from Beijing, a student of Midori, is the Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation Fellow and entered Curtis in 2019.   

Leah Amory, from New York City, a student of Pamela Frank and Erin Keefe, holds a fellowship from an anonymous donor and entered Curtis in 2022. 

Joan Herget, from Calgary, Alberta, a student of Gary Hoffman and Peter Wiley, is the Carol Coe Conway Memorial Fellow and entered Curtis in 2023.   

Adrian Zaragoza, from Davis, Calif., a student of Michelle Cann, is the Hirsig Family 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.   

 

Sai Sai Ding (‘23), from Shanghai, a former student of Gary Hoffman and Peter Wiley, held the Maurice Gendron Memorial Fellowship and entered Curtis in 2019.  

Jenny Chen (Piano ’13), staff pianist 

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