Robert Blocker, Dean
faculty artist series
Kyung Yu, violin with Melissa Rose, piano Monday, March 2, 2020 | 7:30 pm | Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Memorial Hall
Johann Sebastian Bach 1685–1750
Sonata No. 3 in E major for violin and piano, BWV 1016 I. Adagio II. Allegro III. Adagio ma non tanto IV. Allegro
Edvard Grieg 1843–1907
Sonata No. 3 in C minor for violin and piano, Op. 45 I. Allegro molto ed appassionato II. Allegretto espressivo alla Romanza III. Allegro animato
Intermission
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 1840–1893
Sérénade mélancolique, Op. 26
Maurice Ravel 1875–1937
Tzigane, M. 76
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Artist Profiles Kyung Yu, violin
Melissa Rose, piano
Violinist Kyung Yu holds a bachelor of music degree and a master of music degree from The Juilliard School and a master of music degree from the Yale School of Music. She has studied with Dorothy DeLay, Paul Kantor, and Emanuel Zetlin. Yu was concertmaster of the New Haven Symphony Orchestra from 1988 until 1999 and has appeared as a soloist with the Seattle Symphony, New Haven Symphony Orchestra, and Yale Philharmonia. She has performed numerous recitals in New York City, Seattle, Aspen, and throughout Korea, and made her New York debut in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall as a winner of the Artists International Competition.
Pianist Melissa Rose has a 30-year career partnering with instrumentalists and singers in concerts throughout the United States and at venues in Argentina, Malta, Santorini, and Russia. She’s a sought-after collaborative pianist whom critics describe as “powerfully musical” (Kansas City Star) and “an exceptional partner” (kcmetropolis.org).
Yu performs extensively with pianist Elizabeth Sawyer Parisot, with whom she has played numerous recitals throughout the world. She performed the Beethoven Triple Concerto with Parisot and cellist Ole Akahoshi with the Yale Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Shinik Hahm. Yu has taught at the Aspen Music Festival and School, Lehigh University, and Swarthmore College (Penn.), and has served on the faculty at the Yale School of Music since 1988. She served on the Fulbright Scholarship Screening Committee for Strings from 1999 to 2002.
Rose has performed for twenty-three years with the Summerfest Chamber Music Series in Kansas City. In Nashville she is a member of ALIAS Chamber Ensemble and performs frequently with the Nashville Ballet. She has recorded and edited arrangements for viola/piano of the Tonadillas by Granados (ViolaSound), one of which was included in the 2017 Grammy-nominated music film, The Music of Strangers. Her chamber music recordings are on the Naxos, Centaur, Blue Griffin, Delos, Good Child Music, and Navona Records labels. As a pianist keenly interested in performing contemporary music, Rose has participated in numerous premieres and residencies with leading American composers. Her most recent chamber music recordings feature two works by Paul Moravec: Tempest Fantasy with ALIAS (Delos 2016) and a premiere of the Trio with Leslie Norton, horn, and Jared Hauser, oboe (forthcoming on Good Child Music).
She received a master of music degree from the Yale School of Music, and a doctor of musical arts degree in collaborative piano from the University of Michigan. At Vanderbilt University, she teaches collaborative pianists, coaches chamber music, and is Associate Dean of the collegiate program at the Blair School of Music.
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