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YOU N G CO N C E RT A RT I STS, I N C . Now in our 58th season, Young Concert Artists has peopled the music world with YCA ‘discoveries’ who are now world-renowned performers, teachers and directors of major music festivals.

Selected through the annual YCA International Auditions, young artists compete against a standard of excellence – not each other – and any number can be chosen. Winners play debut concerts in the YCA Series here and in Washington, DC at the Kennedy Center, and are awarded multifaceted, ongoing management, worldwide concert opportunities, career development and educational residency activities.

YCA’s unique composer program, initiated and supported by the YCA Alumni Association, promotes the composition and performance of new music. YCA composers receive management services, and two commissions for YCA artists to premiere in their YCA debuts.

The deeply appreciated financial support of music-loving individuals, foundations and government institutions makes all of Young Concert Artists’ work possible.

The Young Concert Artists Series is made possible, 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.

All photos by Matt Dine, except Dasol Kim (Christian Steiner), Katherine Balch (Kate L Photography), and 2017 Gala Patrons (Alexander Nguyen).

ChAIRmAN Michael Nash Ambler

VICE ChAIRmEN Esther B. Ferguson Sahra T. Lese Ellen Marcus Paul J. Sekhri

ChAIRmAN, ExECUTIVE COmmITTEE Sheldon Soffer

SECRETARY Annaliese Soros

TREASURER John W. Thorne, III

Nicholas D. Constan, Jr. Carole Donlin Barbara E. Field Stephen Fischer Beatrice Francais Alexis Gregory Paul Gridley Dr. William A. Haseltine Marlene Herring Memrie M. Lewis Karen Lindquist Michael L. Lubin Kathleen Ritch Jane F. Ross Roger H. Samet Margo Pollins Schab Judith G. Schlosser

Mitchell B. Sikora Carlos Tome Susan Wadsworth

hONORARY DIRECTORS John French III Bernard Goldberg Annemarie Levitt Frayda B. Lindemann Peter MarinoDr. Marvin Rotman

ChAIRmAN EmERITUS Mortimer Levitt*

ADVISORY BOARDChAIRmAN Emanuel Ax

Jean-Efflam Bavouzet Leon Botstein Carter Brey Kyung-Wha Chung John Corigliano Peter Duchin Christoph Eschenbach Leon Fleisher Gary Graffman Nobuko Imai Jerome Lowenthal Yo-Yo Ma Jorge Mester Anne Akiko Meyers Scott Nickrenz

Heiichiro Ohyama Itzhak Perlman Leontyne Price Carlos Miguel Prieto Paula Robison Ned Rorem Julia Salvi Gerard Schwarz Joel Shapiro Leonard Slatkin Jean-Yves Thibaudet Michael Tilson Thomas Dawn Upshaw Charles Wadsworth Robert White Hugh Wolff Eugenia Zukerman Pinchas Zukerman *In memoriam

ALUmNI ASSOCIATIONPRESIDENT Ani Kavafian

ALUmNI COUNCIL Toby Appel Carter Brey Paul Huang Ida Kavafian Karen Lindquist Anne-Marie McDermott Eugenia Zukerman

B OA R D O f D I R E CTO RS

Dear Friends, Here is the 58th edition of the Young Concert Artists Series!

The Gala Opening at Carnegie’s Zankel Hall presents the first accordionist in YCA’s history! Prepare to be dazzled and enchanted! Three more winners – a cellist, a pianist, and a string quartet – each possessing a fresh and unique voice, will debut at Merkin Concert Hall.

Four YCA artists return by popular demand to our “encores” series – noontime recitals at the elegant and intimate Gilder Lehrman Hall atThe Morgan Library & Museum.

The 2018-19 season culminates in the Gala Concert at Lincoln Center, when three brilliant soloists will thrill us with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s.

I look forward to seeing you!

Yours,

Susan Wadsworth

“The Young Concert Artists Series

sparkles with talent.” – The New York Times

Introducing . . .

In 2014, a young girl traveled from Suzhou, China to Copenhagen, Denmark to study with accordion’s most renowned pedagogue and is now the first accordionist in YCA’s history!

Music from Bach to today sounds as if it were written for her. The great Russian composer Sofia Gubaidulina writes: “I heard Hanzhi Wang play my piece, De Profundis. The impact of her

playing was enormous, even dazzling. Her technical perfection, the phenomenal quality of feeling evoked through the tone and timbre of her instrument, her understanding of the piece, all were

incredible. But still, one part of her performance stood apart: her display of the highest levels of inner concentration, so memorable as to affect both the soul and spirit.”

GA L A S E A S O N O P E N I N G T H E P E T E R M A R I N O C O N C E RT

h A N z h I wA N G accordionGuest Artists:

T h E zO Rá ST R I N G QUA RT ETDEChOPOL KOwINTAwEEwAT and hSUAN-hAO hSU violinsPABLO mUñOz SALIDO viola, zIzAI NING cello

mO N DAY, O CTO B E R 22 at 8:30 Pm zA N K E L h A L L at CA R N E G I E h A L L

j . S . BACH: Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826GuBAIdulInA: De ProfundisMozArT: Andante, K. 616PIAzzollA: Three Tango SelectionsThree pieces by MARTIN LOHSEMoSzkoWSkI : Etincelles

Debut

Distinctive among today’s young string quartets, the Omer Quartet captured the Gold Medal at the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition in Indiana. Upon winning the 2017 YCA

International Auditions, they also captured four performance prizes: concerts at rockefeller university, Tryon Concert Association in North Carolina, as well as the Buffalo Chamber Music Society and

Hayden’s Ferry Chamber Music Series (Arizona). Committed to community engagement, they have received a Tarisio Trust Young Artists Grant to inaugurate a Music for Food series in Washington, DC.

“For an impressive number of highly talented performers,

Young Concert Artists has meant the chance to be heard.

For each of them, and for our musical life in general, this

organization fulfills a vital function.” – Leonard Bernstein

Introducing . . .

T U E S DAY, D E C E m B E R 11 at 7:30 Pm m E R K I N CO N C E RT h A L L

HAYdn: String Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 20 No. 1

deBuSSY: String Quartet

CHrIS roGerSon: String Quartet No. 1(YCA Composer)

BeeTHoven: Grosse Fuge, Op. 133

T H E H E L E N F. W H I TA K E R C H A M B E R M U S I C C H A I R

T H E P E T E R J AY S H A R P C O N C E R TAdditional support from the Summis Auspiciis Fund

ThE OmER QUARTETmASON YU and ERICA TURSI violins

JINSUN hONG viola, ALEx COx cello

Debut

YCA Composer-in-Residence: KATHERINE BALCH

Cellist Zlatomir Fung has already established his charismatic presence as soloist with orchestras including the Boston Pops, the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, the Grand Rapids Symphony, and the New England

Philharmonic. In addition to winning the 2017 Young Concert Artists International Auditions, Mr. Fung won First Prize in four other major competitions: The George enescu International Cello Competition, the Johansen International Competition, the Stulberg International String Competition, and the Irving Klein

International Competition. Outside of music, he enjoys cinema, reads philosophy, and plays chess competitively.

“This series consistently presents musicians

of the highest caliber.” – The Washington Post

Introducing . . .

T H E R H O D A W A L K E R T E A G L E C O N C E R T

z L AT O m I R f U N G cello

T E N G KU I R fA N piano

T U E S DAY, f E B RUA RY 19 at 7:30 Pm m E R K I N CO N C E RT h A L L

dAll’ABACo: Three Caprices for solo cello

BloCH: Baal Shem, B. 47

BerIo: Sequenza

kATHerIne BAlCH: Premiere(YCA Composer-in-Residnece)

BrAHMS: Sonata in E minor, Op. 38

T H E A N N E & G E O R G E P O P K I N C E L L O C H A I R

Debut

“Young Concert Artists’ track record for

spotting the best new talent is legendary.” – The New York Times

Winner of the YCA International Auditions, pianist Do-Hyun Kim was also awarded four special prizes from the Korean Concert Society, the Embassy Series in Washington, DC, the Tri-I Noon Recitals at

Rockefeller University and YCA’s Michaels Award. Recent engagements include a concerto performance with the Mariinsky Orchestra at the St. Petersburg International Piano Festival, at the Gilmore Keyboard

Festival (MI), at the Verbier Festival in Switzerland, at Pianofest in the Hamptons, and as a Piano Fellow at the Bravo! Vail Music Festival. He is currently pursuing a Master’s degree at the Juilliard School.

Introducing . . .

T H E M I C H A E L S A W A R D C O N C E R T

D O - h Y U N K I m piano

T U E S DAY, m A RC h 26 at 7:30 Pm m E R K I N CO N C E RT h A L L

j . S . BACH: Par tita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826

MozArT: Sonata in F major, K. 332

BArTók: Sonata, Sz. 80

CHoPIn: Twelve Etudes, Op. 25

Debut

JANUARY 30SOOBEEN LEEviolin

“ Lee has a luxurious sound and an approach that was extroverted, highly dramatic and technically immaculate.”

– The Washington Post

APRIL 10xAVIER fOLEYdouble bass

“ Mr. Foley established himself with prodigious playing, hall-filling sound, and passionate involvement in the music.”

- Oberon’s Grove

mARCh 13A NThON YTR IONfOflute “ Trionfo was spellbinding, playing with expressive maturity and authoritative intellect.”

- Santa Barbara Voice

fEBRUARY 27DASOL K Impiano “ Dasol would surely have been celebrated in the 19th century as a magician of the keyboard. Merely watching him was breathtaking and the music one heard was fascinating.”

– Der Norddeutsche Bericht

YOU N G CO N C E RT A RT I STS in collaboration with T h E mO RGA N L I B RA RY & mUS E Um present

SOOBEEN LEE violinDINA VA INShTEIN pianowEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30BEETHOVEN: Sonata No. 8 in G major, Op. 30BARTóK : rhapsody no. 1, Sz. 87SAINT-SAëNS: Sonata in d minor, op. 75

ANThON Y TR IONfO fluteA LBERT CA NO SmIT pianowEDNESDAY, mARCh 13IAn ClArke: Orange Dawnj.S. BACH: Sonata in E minorCoPlAnd: Duo for f lute and pianovon WeBer/TAFFAnel: Fantasy on Der Freischütz

DASOL K Im pianowEDNESDAY, fEBRUARY 27WorkS BY: Beethoven, Ravel and Kapustin

xAVIER fOLEY double bassK ELLY LIN pianowEDNESDAY, APRIL 10VIVALDI: Sonata No. 3 in A minorSCHUBERT: Arpeggione SonataFOLEY: selections from Star SonataGLIèRE: Intermezzo & Tarantella

These concerts are generously sponsored by Paul J. Sekhri & Mark Gude

“encores” four noon-time recitals

“It has become a spring tradition for this essential organization

to present a gala concert featuring select winners in concerto

performances. Hearing young musicians with orchestra reveals

further dimensions of their artistry.” – The New York Times

A NThON Y TR IONfO SOOBEEN LEE NATh A N LEE

ORChESTRA Of ST. LUKE’S TEDDY A BR A mS, Conductor

ThURSDAY, mAY 16 at 7:00 PmALICE TULLY hALL, LINCOLN CENTER

Gala Concert

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presenting 3 concerto debuts

“Performers clearly bound for stardom.”

- The New York Times anthony Trionfo

f lu teIBERT

Flute Concerto

SooBeen Leev io l in

CHAUSSONPoème, Op. 25

Nathan Leepiano

MENDELSSOHNPiano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25

Patrons celebrating the Young Concert Artists Gala Concert 2017 at Alice Tully Hall.

“This amazing organization has continued to play

an invaluable role in our musical life by its dedicated

cultivation of young talents, and greatly deserves all

of our support.” – Jeremy Denk, pianist, YCA Alumnus

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ALICE TULLY hALL GALA CONCERT zone A: $70 (orchestra rows G - u) zone B: $45 (orchestra rows v – z, Front Balcony, and Boxes B and C) zone C: $25 (rear Balcony, rows B - d)

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Cover photo: SooBeen Lee by Matt Dine

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