MARCH 6, 2020 LEITH SYMINGTON GRISWOLD HALL

Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915) Piano Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 6 Allegro con fuoco Adagio Presto Funèbre

Hao Liu, piano

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Three Intermezzi, Op. 117 Andante moderato Andante non troppo e con molto espressione Andante con moto

Chengcheng Yao, piano

Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915) Piano Sonata No. 5 in F-Sharp Major, Op. 53

Shinae Hwang , piano

Nikolai Kapustin (b. 1937) Eight Concert Etudes, Op. 40 I. Prelude VI. Pastorale VII. Intermezzo

Jiin Kim, piano

Up Next for Friday Noon:30 Friday, March 13, 2020 - Woodwinds - Griswold

The use of cameras and audio/video recorders without the express prior written permission of Peabody is strictly prohibited. Hao Liu is studying with Boris Slutsky in Peabody Conservatory for the Master of Music degree. In 2014, she was accepted into the Shanghai Conservatory of Music with the highest score and studied with Min-duo Li. During her years at the Conservatory, she won many performance opportunities and received high praise from many renowned musicians. She was the top student of Shanghai Conservatory of Music and received music and academic scholarship every year. In 2015, she played in the frst CCOM piano festival as the representative student of Shanghai Conservatory. In 2017, she won the BNP Paribas Rising Star competition and played in a concert of Piano aux Jacobins in 2018. Also, she has given performances in many places such as Shanghai, Beijing, Hongkong, Suzhou, Ningbo, and Guiyang, as well as cities in Europe and America. She began learning to play the piano from a kindergarten music program at the age of four and then studied with Xiaosheng Zhao, Zhengxiao Que and Jin Tang at the Music Middle School afliated to the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. She made her solo debut at the age of nine. During the school years, she won awards of many piano competitions, such as the Kawai Asia piano competition, Louisiana International Piano Competition and BNP Paribas Rising Star competition.

Chengcheng Yao was born in the Chinese province of Hebei and began studying the piano at the age of four. She performed Rachmaninof Piano Concerto No. 3 with Hebei Symphony Orchestra when she was sixteen, which was a resounding success and won her critical acclaim. As a soloist, Ms. Yao has performed in venues such as Alice Tully Hall in New York City, Steinway Hall in Hamburg, and National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing.

Ms. Yao holds two master’s degrees from The Juilliard School and Yale University, where she worked with Jerome Lowenthal, Matti Raekallio, Peter Frankl, and Hung-Kuan Chen. Currently residing in Baltimore, Ms. Yao is pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at The Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University, where she studies with Leon Fleisher.

A native-Korean pianist, Shinae Hwang has performed in numerous concert halls, including the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall and Merkin Concert Hall in New York, Symphony Hall and Jordan Hall at the New England Conservatory in Boston, and Shriver Hall at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. She has won top prizes in Nanpa Competition, Young Artists Piano Show Case, Killian Competition and VIVO international music competition, and appeared as a performer in masterclasses of renowned artists, including Benjamin Zander, Hee Sung Joo, Arthur Greene, and Leon Fleisher. She worked with world famous pianists and pedagogues, including Jerome Lowenthal, Julian Martin, Robert Mcdonald, Alexander Korsantia, Meng-Hsieh Liu, in Summer festivals. Shinae holds her degrees in Music from New England Conservatory (BM) and Peabody Institute (MM), and is currently pursuing her Graduate Performance Diploma at the Peabody Institute. Her Principal teachers include Hung Kuan Chen, Victor Rosenbaum, and Alexander Shtarkman.

Pianist Jiin Kim, born in Seoul, started playing piano at the age of three. After studying at Yewon School and Seoul Arts High School, Jiin Kim graduated summa cum laude from Seoul National University in 2019. She is currently pursuing her Master of Music degree at the Peabody Conservatory under the tutelage of Ellen Mack.

Jiin has won prizes in competitions including the winner of Korea Young Artist Competition, 3rd prize of Hong Kong-Asia Open Competition, 2nd prize of Korea Herald Piano Competition. She was awarded Piano Excellence Scholarship and Academic Eminence Scholarships at Seoul National University.

Jiin has performed solo recitals throughout Europe and Korea. Her performances include appearances at Muiderslot in Holland, Musikhochschule Trossingen in Germany, Uijeongbu Arts Center and Young Artist Concert in Seoul Arts High School. In addition, she has participated in numerous prestigious masterclasses of Christopher Elton, Pascal Rogé, Boris Berman, Mikhail Voskresensky, Oxana Yablonskaya, and Rebecca Penneys.