Philadelphia International Music Festival
July 2026 Chamber Music Program
Grand Finale Recital
Thursday, July 30, 2026 Chapel of St. Cornelius the Centurion 6:30 PM Valley Forge Military College
“Nikel Day Duet”
Etude Shinichi Suzuki (1898–1998)
Andrew Elias Nikel, violin
Caterina Day, violin
Matthew Sullivan, piano
Anthony Oviedo Aguinagalde, coach
“The Vaughan Steuben Quintet”
Piano Quintet in C minor
Ralph Vaughan Williams
I. Allegro con fuoco (1872–1958)
Alexandra Chasse, violin
Gabriella Bullock, viola
Roshan Mohip, cello
Aidan Rio, double bass
Neal Kurz, piano & coach
“Chocolate M&Ms”
2 Sonatinas, Op.28 No.2
Friedrich Hermann
I. Agitato (1828–1907)
Mikayla Wong, violin
Christian Barton, trombone
Maya Liu, piano
Hsin-Wei Tsai, coach
“Ora Trio”
Piano Trio in D Major, Op.70 No.1
Ludwig van Beethoven
I. Allegro vivace e con brio (1770–1827)
Esther Hong, violin
Daniel Chiang, cello
Ryan Miller, piano
Mădălina-Claudia Dănilă & Hugh Sung, coaches
Reminder: Please silence cell phones and other electronic devices for all performances. PIMF is a program of Sandy Marcucci International Camps, Inc.
“Baroque Strings”
Minuet
Cassandra Arcilla, cello
Navlea Wang, violin & coach
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
“Budapest Trio”
Serenade, Op.10
Ernő Dohnányi I. Marcia (1877–1960)
Deacon Perron, violin
Hayley Lim, viola
Megan Baggott, cello
Carol Gimbal, coach
“Vivaldi Virtuosi”
Concerto in D minor, RV 565
Antonio Vivaldi I. Allegro (1678–1741)
Anrui (Emma) Qu, violin
Oregon Thia Gerrits, violin
Leila Zhang, viola
Sophia Plache, viola
Aidi Li, cello
Hailey Gibson, cello
Rebeca Moura Fe, cello
Ryan Prentice, cello
Dr. Alice Lindsay, coach
Reminder: Please silence cell phones and other electronic devices for all performances. PIMF is a program of Sandy Marcucci International Camps, Inc.
“Ladies in Black”
String Quartet No.2, Op.13
Felix Mendelssohn
I. Adagio Allegro vivace (1809–1847)
Molly Coleman, violin I
Melina Alloy, violin II
Felice Yu, viola
Deanna Yuan, cello
Nina Wilkinson, coach
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“Renegade Regers”
String Trio No.2, Op.141b Max Reger
I. Allegro (1873–1916)
Yejoe (Jeremy) Kim, violin
Ludovico Bertoldi, viola
Hannah Phillippy, cello
Nina Wilkinson, coach
“The Haydn-seek quartet”
String Quartet in F Major, Hob.III:48 “The Dream” Joseph Haydn
I. Allegro moderato (1732–1809)
IV. Finale. Vivace
Liora Hong, violin I
Klaudia Kowalewski, violin II
Amber Yun, viola
Leela Vedanthan, cello
Arlet Tabares, coach
Reminder: Please silence cell phones and other electronic devices for all performances. PIMF is a program of Sandy Marcucci International Camps, Inc.
“The Chausson Piano Trio”
Piano Trio, Op.3
Ernest Chausson
III. Assez lent (1855–1899)
Noura Ossi, violin
Yian Olive Kueh, cello
Alexandra Rescorla, piano
Mădălina-Claudia Dănilă & Hugh Sung, coaches
“A lil’ Blue”
Caprice sur airs danois et russes, Op.79
Camille Saint-Saëns I. Poco allegro (1835–1921)
Han-ya Chen, flute
Madelynn Auyeung, oboe
Wyatt Weller, clarinet
Elisa West, piano
Allister Barnes & Neal Kurz, coaches
“The Spectacular Six”
Souvenir de Florence, Op.70
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky I. Allegro con spirito (1840–1893)
Elijah Brye, violin I
Malina Zhang, violin II
Michelle Nee, viola I
Clara Loy, viola II
Dylan Jiang, cello I
Jayden Cheng, cello II
Young Eun Choi, coach
Reminder: Please silence cell phones and other electronic devices for all performances. PIMF is a program of Sandy Marcucci International Camps, Inc.
“The Edvard 208”
String Quartet No.1, Op.27
Edvard Grieg
I. Un poco Andante Allegro molto ed agitato Allegro agitato (1843–1903)
Più mosso Presto Prestissimo
Haoqi Wang, violin I
June Day, violin II
Jamie Seto, viola
Matthew Kim, cello
Young Eun Choi, coach
“The Gustava Quartet”
Piano Quartet, GMW F52
Gustav Mahler I. Nicht un schnell (1860–1911)
Liliana Gulde, violin
Laurily Merzatta, viola
Eliza Rizk, cello
Yan Ki Liang, piano
Hsin-Wei Tsai, coach
Reminder: Please silence cell phones and other electronic devices for all performances. PIMF is a program of Sandy Marcucci International Camps, Inc.
