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YOUNG CONCERTARTISTSSERIES

B E TH E FI RSTTO H EAR TH E B E ST

“Young Concert Artists’ track record for spotting the best new talent is legendary.” TH E N EW YO R K TI M E S

2019/2020

YOUNG CONCERT ARTISTS, INC. The Young Concert Artists Series, now celebrating its 59th season, presents the debuts of exceptional young musicians from around the world, all Winners of the annual Young Concert Artists International Auditions. In addition to Washington, DC and New York debuts, YCA winners are awarded ongoing management services, career guidance, educational outreach and concert engagements across the United States.

Young Concert Artists is dedicated to discovering and launching the careers of extraordinary performers; and since 1994 it has also filled that role for outstanding young composers. The 272 great musicians who began their careers with Young Concert Artists are world famous musicians, directors of music festivals, sought-after mentors of today’s newest talents, and the founders of important ensembles here and abroad. They include such luminaries as pianists Emanuel Ax, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Jeremy Denk, Richard Goode, Anne-Marie McDermott, Murray Perahia, Ilana Vered and Jean-Yves Thibaudet; violinists Chee-Yun, Ray Chen, Ida Kavafian, Ani Kavafian, Anne Akiko Meyers, and Pinchas Zukerman; sopranos Dawn Upshaw and Julia Bullock; mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke; the St. Lawrence and Borromeo String Quartets; composers Kevin Puts, Mason Bates, and Andrew Norman.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

CHAIRMAN Michael Nash Ambler

VICE CHAIRMENEsther B. Ferguson Sahra T. Lese Ellen Marcus

CHAIRMAN, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Sheldon Soffer

SECRETARY Annaliese Soros

TREASURER John W. Thorne, III

HONORARY DIRECTORS John French III Bernard Goldberg Annemarie Levitt* Frayda B. Lindemann Peter Marino Dr. Marvin Rotman

CHAIRMAN EMERITUS Mortimer Levitt*

Carole DonlinBarbara E. FieldStephen FischerBeatrice FrancaisAlexis GregoryPaul GridleyDr. William A. HaseltineMarlene HerringMemrie M. LewisKaren LindquistMichael L. LubinJudith PisarKathleen RitchRoger H. SametMargo Pollins SchabJudith G. SchlosserMitchell B. SikoraSusan Wadsworth

*In Memoriam

ADVISORY BOARD CHAIRMAN Emanuel Ax

Jean-Efflam BavouzetLeon BotsteinCarter BreyKyung-Wha ChungJohn CoriglianoPeter DuchinChristoph EschenbachLeon FleisherGary GraffmanNobuko ImaiJerome LowenthalYo-Yo MaJorge MesterAnne Akiko MeyersScott NickrenzHeiichiro OhyamaItzhak PerlmanLeontyne PriceCarlos Miguel PrietoPaula RobisonNed Rorem

Gerard SchwarzJoel ShapiroLeonard SlatkinIsaac Stern*Jean-Yves ThibaudetMichael Tilson ThomasDawn UpshawCharles WadsworthRobert WhiteEugenia ZukermanPinchas Zukerman

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT Ani Kavafian

ALUMNI COUNCILToby Appel Carter Brey Paul Huang Ida Kavafian Karen E. Lindquist Anne-Marie McDermottEugenia Zukerman

YOUNG CONCERT ARTISTS , INC .

Dear Friends,

You are cordially invited to experience the musical magic of the 59th Season of the Young Concert Artists Series!

A Gala Concert opens the season at Carnegie’s Zankel Hall presenting the debut of a phenomenal 16-year-old pianist, and continues with the sparkling debuts of four more Winners of the YCA International Auditions.

In the spring, artists who made their auspicious debuts in recent seasons return by popular demand to the “Encores” series at the Morgan Library and Museum.

As always, the season Finale is a Gala Benefit Concert when a bouquet of great current YCA artists will dazzle in a celebratory tour de force.

We hope you will join us!

Susan Wadsworth Daniel KelloggFounder, President Emerita President

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The Young Concert Artists Series is supported, in part, by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, and public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.

MAXIM LANDO piano

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7 at 8:30 PMZANKEL HALL at CARNEGIE HALL

Sixteen-year-old American pianist Maxim Lando came to public attention when he appeared on the piano bench at 14 alongside pianist Lang Lang at Carnegie Hall’s Gala Opening Night, performing the part intended for Mr. Lang’s injured left hand. As First Prize Winner of the 2018 YCA International Auditions, he also won four performance prizes. He has soloed with Russia’s Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra in St. Petersburg, the Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra, Moscow Philharmonic, Kazakh State Philharmonic and the Israel Philharmonic. Gold Medal Winner at the 2017 Berlin International Competition and alumnus of the Lang Lang Music Foundation, he works with Hung-Kuan Chen (YCA Alumnus) and Tema Blackstone at the Juilliard Pre-College.

Program

KAPUSTIN: Concert Etude, Op. 40 no. 3, “Toccatina”

BEETHOVEN: Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109

LYAPUNOV: Transcendental Etude no. 2, “Ronde des Fantômes”

MEDTNER: Fairy Tale, Op. 51 no. 3

SCRIABIN: Etude in D-sharp minor, Op. 8 no. 12

LISZT: Twelve Transcendental Etudes, S. 139

“Maxim Lando produced a variety of colorful,

evocative images as the music unfolded. His spirit

burned bright to the end.” CLEVEL AN D CL AS S I CAL

Opening NightThe Peter Marino Concert

Introducing . . .

Debut

RANDALL GOOSBY violin

ZHU WANG piano

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1 1 at 7:30 PMMERKIN HALL at K AUFMAN MUSIC CENTER

Brilliant 22-year-old American violinist Randall Goosby won First Prize in the 2018 YCA International Auditions and five special awards, including the Sander Buchman Prize sponsoring his New York debut. As a ‘Sphinx Virtuoso,’ he has soloed with the Cleveland Orchestra and the Nashville Symphony, among others. Coming up is a performance of Bach’s Double Violin Concerto with his mentor, Itzhak Perlman, with the Grand Rapids Symphony (MI).

Program

TOMASO ANTONIO VITALI: Chaconne in G minor

DEBUSSY: Violin Sonata in G minor, L. 140

WILLIAM GRANT STILL: Suite for violin and piano

R. STRAUSS: Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 18

“The most remarkable performance of the evening

by Randall Goosby, was also one of the most refined.

He not only delivered the music flawlessly, but also

displayed an astonishing degree of musical maturity.”

TH E CLEVEL AN D PL AI N D E ALER

Introducing . . .

Debut

DO-HYUN KIM piano

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4 at 7:30 PMMERKIN HALL at K AUFMAN MUSIC CENTER

Winner of First Prize at the 2017 Young Concert Artists International Auditions, 24-year-old Korean pianist Do-Hyun Kim was also awarded special prizes from the Embassy Series for a concert in Washington, DC, the Tri-I Noon Recitals Prize at Rockefeller University, and the John Browning Memorial Prize. Important engagements include a concerto performance with the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra at the St. Petersburg Piano Festival, at the Verbier Festival in Switzerland as Winner of the 2017 Vendome Prize Piano Competition, at the Gilmore Keyboard Festival (MI), and as a Piano Fellow at the Bravo! Vail Music Festival.

Program

J.S. BACH: Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826

MOZART: Sonata No. 5 in G major, K. 283

BARTÓK: Sonata, Sz. 80

CHOPIN: Twelve Etudes, Op. 25

“Do-Hyun Kim is an extraordinarily gifted

talent of the highest caliber. He has everything

which makes a great artist.” S ERG EI BABAYAN

The Peter Jay Sharp ConcertIntroducing . . .

Debut

JONATHAN SWENSEN cello

pianist to be announced

TUESDAY, MARCH 3 at 7:30 PMMERKIN HALL at K AUFMAN MUSIC CENTER

Up-and-coming 22-year-old Danish-American cellist Jonathan Swensen fell in love with the cello at 6 after hearing the Elgar concerto with his father, Joseph Swensen, conducting. In 2018, he won First Prize in both the YCA International Auditions and the Khachaturian Cello Competition, which brought him a concerto appearance with the Yerevan Symphony Orchestra. His numerous YCA winnings include the Buffalo Chamber Music Society Prize, the Embassy Series Prize (Washington, DC), and performances at Germany’s Usedom Music Festival.

Program

BEETHOVEN: Seven variations on “Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen” in E-flat major, WoO 46

LIGETI: Sonata for solo cello

STRAVINSKY: Suite Italienne for cello and piano

FRANCK: Sonata in A major, M. 8

“Jonathan Swensen is one of the greatest instrumental

talents of our time. He makes the cello sing.” ALLE NYH ED ER

The Michaels Award Concert

Introducing . . .

Debut

ARISTO SHAM piano

TUESDAY, APRIL 7 at 7:30 PMMERKIN HALL at K AUFMAN MUSIC CENTER

Pianist Aristo Sham, born in Hong Kong and educated at London’s Harrow School, currently attends Harvard and the New England Conservatory. In 2018, at the age of 22, he won First Prize in the first Charles Wadsworth International Piano Competition in Newnan, GA, and First Prize in YCA’s International Auditions. He has appeared with the Minnesota Orchestra, l’Orchestre de Chambre of Lausanne, and the English Chamber Orchestra. Coming up, Rachmaninoff’s Concerto No. 3 with the London Symphony under Sir Simon Rattle in Hong Kong.

Program

SCHUMANN: Gesänge der Frühe, Op. 133

CARL VINE: Sonata No. 1

SAAD HADDAD, YCA Composer-in-Residence: World Premiere

BRAHMS: Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 5

“This young artist’s potential is boundless. He can already hold

his own with the best.” TH E WAS H I N GTO N POST

SAAD HADDAD 2019-2021 YCA Composer-in-Residence

Photo: Dennis Christians

The Rhoda Walker Teagle ConcertIntroducing . . .

Debut

“The collaboration of the Omer Quartet and Hanzhi Wang was the real surprise of the evening – a genuine delight.” COMMUNITIES DIGITAL NEWS

(Washington, DC)

“There was no doubt about Gewirtzman’s virtuoso credentials after this thrilling performance.”

THE WASHINGTON POST

“Baker brought virtuosity, refinement and youthful exuberance to a daunting program.”

THE NEW YORK TIMES (NY Debut)

“ Fung showed a mastery of his instrument that was truly a thing to behold.” BENICIA HERALD(California)

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“ENCORES” FOUR NOON -TIME RECITALS Each including music by a YCA COMPOSER GILDER LEHRMAN HALL These concerts are generously sponsored by Paul J. Sekhri & Mark Gude.

TOMER GEWIRTZMAN piano WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1 9works by HAYDN, CHRIS ROGERSON (YCA Composer), CHOPIN, and RACHMANINOFF

Young Concert Artists in collaboration with the Morgan Library & Museum

The Summis Auspiciis ConcertOMER QUARTET and HANZHI WANG accordionWEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29works by SCARLATTI, SCHNITTKE, MOSZKOWSKI, HAYDN, KATHERINE BALCH (YCA Composer), and NELSON

BENJAMIN BAKER violinDANIEL LEBHARDT pianoWEDNESDAY, MARCH 1 8works by BEETHOVEN, TONIA KO (YCA Composer), and FAURÉ

ZLATOMIR FUNG cellopianist to be announcedWEDNESDAY, APRIL 1 5works by WEBERN, MYASKOVSKY, DAVID HERTZBERG (YCA Composer), CHOPIN, and TSINTSADZE

TUESDAY, MAY 19 at 7:00 PMZANKEL HALL at CARNEGIE HALL

Gala Concert

MOZART: Flute Quartet in D major, K. 285MILHAUD: Scaramouche, suite for two pianosLUTOSLAWSKI: Variations on a theme by Paganini for Two PianosMOSZKOWSKI: Suite for two violins and piano, Op. 71 CASSADO: Suite for solo celloSCHUBERT: Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667 “The Trout”

Sponsorship for this concert has been generously provided by Tsuneko and Shoji Sadao

Maxim Lando, pianist Nathan Lee, pianist

Aristo Sham, pianist Anthony Trionfo, flutist

Randall Goosby, violinist

SooBeen Lee , violinist

Z latomir Fung, cellist The Omer Quartet

Xavier Foley, double bassist

YCA

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ZLATOMIR FUNG

XAVIER FOLEY

RANDALL GOOSBY

SOOBEEN LEE

ANTHONY TRIONFO

ARISTO SHAM

NATHAN LEE

MAXIM LANDO

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