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1. Ani Kavafian in an educational residency at a Wisconsin elementary school, 1975. 2. Alice Tully talking with Anne-Marie McDermott after her 8 New York debut, 1983. 3. The YCA Staff in 1977: Susan Wadsworth, Edna Landau, Nancy 6 7 Wellman, Judith Kurz. 4. Rebecca Wadsworth Diallo, Leonard Bernstein, Susan Wadsworth, 9 Charles Wadsworth: Benefit evening, 1988. 5. YCA at the White House, 1993: Geoff Nutall, Lesley Robertson, Barry Shiffman, Marina Hoover of the St. Lawrence String Quartet, Chee-Yun (between them, in pink), Hillary and President Clinton, Camellia Johnson, Neal Goren, Akira Eguchi, Isaac Stern, Susan Wadsworth. “To better understand the role of Young Concert Artists 6. Todd Palmer engages students in an educational residency at a Wisconsin school, 1994. in the world of classical music, close your eyes for a 7. Naoko Takada, marimba, in the Annaliese Soros Educational Residency Program with students in Iowa, 2005. moment and imagine a few of the stellar careers the 8. Mary Mochary, David Guerrier, Gilan Corn: Benefit Evening, 12 organization has helped jump-start. Now, imagine classical 2005. 10 9. YCA Artists of the 35th Anniversary Concert: Front row: 11 Nokuthula Ngwenyama, Yeesun Kim, Richard Goode, music without them. The void would be deafening.” Susan Wadsworth, Alban Gerhardt, Beverly Hoch, Toby Appel, Benny Kim. Second Row: Carter Brey, Chee-Yun, Anne-Marie —The New York Times McDermott, Scott St. John, Marya Martin, Joseph Kalichstein, Ruggero Allifranchini, Hsin-Yun Huang, Geoff Nutall, Ilana Vered, Nicholas Kitchen, Ida Kavafian, Makoto Nakura, Chris Pedro Trakas, Fred Sherry. 10. The first three Presidents of the YCA Alumni Association: Ruth Laredo, Emanuel Ax, Eugenia Zukerman. 11. Top: Gleb Ivanov, Front: Scott Yoo, Dora Seres, Mimi Levitt, Chu-Fang Huang, Susan Wadsworth. After Lincoln Center Gala, 2007. 15 12. 18-year-old Murray Perahia at his New York debut. 16 13. Susan Wadsworth setting up chairs for the first Young Concert Artists Series, 1961, in Greenwich Village. 13 14. Susan Wadsworth, Vicki Margulies, Monica Felkel. 15. Scott St. John, Susan Wadsworth, Makoto Nakura, Irene Diamond, Nokuthula Ngwenyama, Lawrence Smith: 14 After YCA Gala at Lincoln Center, 1996. 17 16. Jeremy Denk in the Annaliese Soros Educational Residency Program in Missouri in 1998. 17. Paavali Jumppanen, Irene Diamond, Ju-Young Baek, Kurt Masur, Peter Marino: Gala Concert, 2002. 18. Sara Sill, Frayda Lindemann, 1987. 18 19. The first YCA Leipzig Auditions, 1994: Stefan Schoenknecht (Mendelssohn Hochschule coordinator), Mark Hayman; Winners Diana Doherty and Fazil Say; Jurors: Joel Shapiro, Susan Wadsworth, Kurt Masur, Lorraine Nubar, Christiane Edinger. 20 20. Caroline Goulding, Anne Paolini, Charlie Albright, 2009. 21 21. Esther Ferguson, Mortimer Levitt, Susan Wadsworth, 1988. 22. Geoff Nuttall, Susan Wadsworth, Barry Shiffman, Annaliese Soros, Marina Hoover, Scott St. John, Lesley Robertson: The St. Lawrence String Quartet performing at the YCA office, 1994. 23. From the 35th Anniversary Concert: Chee-Yun, Ilana Vered, Carter Brey.
19 Photo credits include: Christian Steiner, Stanley Jesudowich, 23 Clara Hoover, Steve Sherman, Alfred Statler 22