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July 14th
Curtis on Tour:
Elissa lee Koljonen, Violin
Hao Yang, Guitar
Roman-OlivarGray, Cello
Curtis in Nantucket, the island’s highly anticipated annual week of classical music, opens with a performance at the Nantucket Music Arts Society, featuring extraordinary alumni and faculty from the world-renowned Curtis Institute of Music. Violinist Elissa Lee Koljonen (’94), guitarist Hao Yang (’22), and cellist Romain-Olivier Gray present a vibrant program featuring works by Piazzolla, Paganini, and more. Highlights include de Falla’s Siete Canciones Populares Españolas and a transcription of Vivaldi’s “Summer” from The Four Seasons.
July 21st
Ying Li
piano solo
Twenty-six-year-old Chinese pianist Ying Li is the First Prize winner of the 2021 Young Concert Artists Susan Wadsworth International Auditions and a recipient of the Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival Prize. She has earned top honors at competitions including the Antonio Mormone International Prize and the Sarasota Artist Series Piano Competition, and has performed with leading orchestras such as The Philadelphia Orchestra, New Jersey Symphony, Stuttgart Philharmonic, and L’Accademia Orchestra del La Scala under conductors like Xian Zhang and Lina Gonzalez-Granados. This season, she debuts with the Buffalo Philharmonic and tours Italy.
Li made her New York recital debut at Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall and has appeared at the Kennedy Center, Sala Verdi in Milan, and the Konzerthaus in Berlin. A passionate chamber musician, she has performed at the Verbier Festival, Ravinia’s Steans Institute, and La Jolla Music Society. Originally from China, Li studied at the Central Conservatory in Beijing before moving to the U.S. to attend the Curtis Institute of Music and The Juilliard School, where she continues in the Artist Diploma Program under Robert McDonald.
July 28th
Peter Sirotin, violin
ya-ting chang, piano
The husband and wife duo, violinist PETER SIROTIN, and pianist YA-TING CHANG, began their artistic collaboration at Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University in 1997 when they co-founded the Mendelssohn Piano Trio, with which they performed over 600 concerts in US, Europe and Asia, as well as recorded 15 CDs including the complete Haydn piano trios for Centaur Records. Their recordings have received critical acclaim and can be heard on many major classical radio stations in the U.S. including NPR's Performance Today, as well as WETA's Front Row Washington. Sirotin and Chang gave a world premiere of Ching-Ju Shih’s Double Concerto for Violin, Piano and Orchestra at the National Concert Hall in Taipei, Taiwan, as well as a world premiere of Jeremy Gill’s Duo for Violin and Piano at Whitaker Center in Harrisburg, PA.
Since 2011, as co-directors of Market Square Concerts in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Sirotin and Chang presented over a hundred performances featuring artists ranging from Midori and Emerson Quartet to Third Coast Percussion and Limmie Pulliam, as well as developed an educational outreach program “Soundscape” reaching thousands of K-12 age children in Central PA annually. In 2023, the couple received an Arts Award for distinguished service to the arts in the Capital Region.
August 4th
Paul Galbraith
Guitar solo
PAUL GALBRAITH is internationally renowned as one of the foremost guitarists of our time. The searching depth of his interpretations, along with his revolutionary playing style and instrument, have made him an instantly recognizable figure in the world of classical music.
At the age of 17, Paul won the Silver Medal at the Segovia International Guitar Competition. Andrés Segovia, who was present, called his playing "magnificent." This award helped launch an international career including engagements with some of the finest orchestras in Britain and Europe (Royal Philharmonic, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, BBC Philharmonic, Scottish Symphony Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, BBC Scottish Orchestra, Scottish Baroque Orchestra, Ulster Orchestra, Hallé Orchestra and Scottish Chamber Orchestra among them). He toured the U.S. as soloist with the Moscow Chamber Orchestra, and performed in Prague’s Dvorák Hall with the National Chamber Orchestra of Chile. In the USA he has appeared as soloist with the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, Knoxville Symphony, Santa Rosa Symphony and ProMusica Chamber Orchestra, among others.
Born in Scotland and now residing in Cambridge, England, Paul has lived in Basel, Switzerland and São Paulo, Brazil, where he founded the Brazilian Guitar Quartet. He has given countless masterclasses around the world, and has been a professor at the Music Academy of Basel, the Royal Scottish Conservatoire, Columbus State University in Georgia. During the pandemic, he taught virtually for the University of Colorado School of Music.
August 11th
Beo string quartet
Beo String Quartet is a Pittsburgh-based ensemble known for performances that feel cinematic, visceral, and deeply human. We pair core repertoire with living voices and original works—programs designed to draw listeners in quickly, then unfold with purpose. Whether in a concert hall, museum, or alternative space, our goal is the same: clarity, intensity, and connection.
Founded by brothers Jason and Sean Neukom, whose Mexican heritage informs projects such as El Balcón, Beo’s programming reflects both personal narrative and broader artistic dialogue.
August 18th
Christine lee, cello
Jung-a bang, piano
Cristine Lee, Cello
Motivated and hungry for new experiences, Korean-born, Philadelphia-made cellist and activist, Christine J. Lee, crosses cultural boundaries through music and aims to connect people around the world. She is the most recent winner of the Isang Yun international competition in Korea as well as a laureate of the first Queen Elisabeth International Cello Competition.
Some of her highlights for this season includes the American premiere of Andrea Tarrodi's Concerto, as well as her debut at the Berlin Philharmonie lunch series. In her previous seasons, she successfully made her debut with the Brussels Philharmonic playing the Brahms Double Concerto with Augustin Dumay on violin and under the baton of Giancarlo Guerrero. She has appeared with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Monterey Symphony, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra Symphony, Houston Symphony, as well as Young Belgian Strings, Orchestra of Mons, and the National Orchestra of Belgium as a soloist.
Jung-A Bang, pianist
Praised for her “charming and uncompromised virtuosic playing” by the Calgary Herald, pianist Jung-A Bang has appeared in prestigious concert halls across the world as a soloist and collaborative artist. Jung-A has performed in iconic venues, including Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall; Merkin Hall in New York City; Washington, D.C.’s Kennedy Center; Jordan Hall in Boston; Chicago’s Cultural Center (live-streamed by WFMT;) and IBK Hall at Korea Arts Center and Ewon Arts Center, both in Seoul, Korea.
Jung-A earned a Bachelor of Piano degree from New England Conservatory, a Master of Music degree in Collaborative Piano from The Juilliard School, and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Collaborative Piano from New England Conservatory. Currently, she is a faculty member at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Walnut Hill School for the Arts, where she continues to inspire and educate students while sharing her love of music through collaborative work and performances worldwide.