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Bronze (up to $1,000) Texas State Symphony Welcome Ms. Cristina Carvajal WHR Architects College of Fine Arts and As directors of the fourth Texas State International Piano Festival Communication Silver (up to $5,000) festival, we are delighted to welcome you to San Marcos and to First Presbyterian Church of City of San Marcos Texas State University. San Marcos Classical Artist Development Th e third festival was an overwhelming success. Not only did we surpass Mr. and Mrs. John Fibiger Foundation our already high standard for participants, we were also extremely International Study Programs Embassy Suites fortunate and proud to host a new faculty member from University Mariposa Apartment Homes Grupo Equinoccio (Ecuador) of South Carolina, Dr. Marina Lomazov. Th is year, we are proud to have Dr. Anton Nel, Dr. Sohyoung Park and Dr. Joseph Rackers join Mochas and Javas Texas Commission on the Arts our faculty along with presentations by Dr. Ludim Pedroza and Dr. So Th e Rose Petroff Foundation Texas Public Radio Young Yoon. Further, we are equally delighted to host NPR’s famed Reliable Air of San Marcos Texas State School of Music program “From the Top” with host Christopher O’Riley. Dr. and Mrs. John Schmidt San Marcos Daily Record We are delighted to host 38 young artists and college students Dr. and Mrs. Nico Schuler Steinway and Sons representing all corners of this world. During the next eight days, you Drs. Glenn and Marsha Staats Mr. Walter Wright all will be immersed in an array of artistic events of the highest quality, Mrs. Cindy Smiley combined with extracurricular activities that will enable you to grow Strait Music Company Gold ($5,000 and above) musically while developing lifelong friends and colleagues in music. Texas State Copy Cats We are as always equally proud to host a terrifi c group of auditors Classical 89.5 FM KMFA, Austin comprised of some of the fi nest pianists and music teachers in the state of Texas. Th ank you for your indefatigable support of the students. We hope you will all enjoy everything that the festival has to off er. We believe it will foster your artistic development while helping you create a national and an international network of piano lovers from varied backgrounds. Our faculty and staff look forward to sharing unforgettable moments with you as well as establishing friendships that will last a lifetime. Sincerely,

Dr. Washington García Dr. Jason Kwak Festival Director Festival Associate Director

College of Fine Arts and Communication The Texas State University System Board of Regents Donna N. Williams, Chairman, Arlington • Ron Mitchell, Vice Chairman, Horseshoe Bay • Charlie Amato, San Antonio • Dr. Jaime R. Garza, San Antonio • Kevin J. Lilly, Houston • David Montagne, Beaumont • Vernon Reaser III, Bellaire • Rossanna Salazar, Austin • William F. Scott, Nederland • Matthew Russell, Student Regent, San Marcos • Dr. Brian McCall, Chancellor

34 | 4th Annual Texas State International Piano Festival 4th Annual Texas State International Piano Festival | 3 From the President To all participants and guests of the International Piano Festival: Welcome to Texas State University! We are a diverse university committed to excellence in the arts. We are proud of the vibrant and growing international perspective and range of activities that we off er our students and the community. We applaud Professors Washington García and Jason Kwak for their vision in establishing an annual International Piano Festival, and we are delighted to host the festival. Th e School of Music at Texas State University is an exciting place where students feel at home and are motivated to reach their full potential. You will be immersed in a unique musical environment to create art, develop your talents, and make th lifelong friends. 5 Th e entire university community is looking forward to a weeklong festival fi lled with beautiful piano music performed by students and artists from around the world. Th e community also looks forward to the teaching and presentations by distinguished faculty gathered from across the country. I know that I speak for the entire campus as I wish you all the best in your musical achievements.

Sincerely, Dr. Denise M. Trauth President May 31– June 8, 2014 For more information, visit: www.music.txstate.edu/piano/txipf

4 | 4th Annual Texas State International Piano Festival 4th Annual Texas State International Piano Festival | 33 From the Mayor On behalf of the City of San Marcos, welcome to our beautiful community for the fourth annual Texas State International Piano Festival! Our citizens are honored to have distinguished musicians from around the nation and around the world perform at our great university. Th is prestigious event is providing an outstanding symposium for talented piano students, competition and instruction, along with faculty members from Juilliard, Peabody, Rice, University of Texas, South Carolina, and Texas State University. We want to express our sincere thanks to Dr. Washington García and Dr. Jason Kwak, members of the Texas State music faculty, who are coordinating this signifi cant event. Th e San Marcos community is delighted to serve as the host community for such a wonderful festival. While you are here, we invite you to enjoy the many amenities of San Marcos including the spectacular Texas Hill Country, our beautiful spring-fed river, our historic downtown, our own homegrown music ventures and the best shopping opportunities in the Southwestern United States! You have our best wishes for a wonderful stay in San Marcos and success at the Texas State University International Piano Festival.

Sincerely, Daniel Guerrero Mayor of San Marcos

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From the Dean Piano Department On behalf of the faculty, staff , and students in the College of Fine Arts and Communication, I am pleased to welcome you to the Texas State International Piano Festival., Th e artistry of Degrees Offered Dr. Washington Garcia and Dr. Jason Kwak, coupled with an • Bachelor of Arts in Music outstanding array of performers and lecturers ensure that this year’s festival will exceed your highest expectations. • Bachelor of Music in Performance, Jazz Studies, and all-level Teacher Certifi cation We want you to enjoy your week in San Marcos. Tube the river, visit the library, art galleries, theatre and recital halls on the Texas • Master of Music in Performance State campus, enjoy the pizza party and your free time to simply • Master of Music with emphasis in Piano Pedagogy “kick back” and enjoy the fantastic Central Texas weather. Most • Master of Music in Music Education of all, gain new insights and develop new skills through the master classes, presentations, recitals, and interactions with Auditions other festival participants. • Dates for 2014-15 Over the next few days you all will experience an unforgettable festival as you join students from around the world. 2/1/2014 3/1/2014 3/22/2014 Th ank you for being here. Prospective piano students unable to audition in person due Sincerely, to geographic distances may choose to submit a recent DVD Dr. Timothy Mottet recording meeting the audition repertoire requirements. Dean of the College of Fine Arts and Communication Scholarships are awarded on a merit basis. Out-of-state waivers are also available for those applying outside of Texas. Graduate students may also apply for an assistantship depending on availability and qualifi cations.

For more information please, visit: www.music.txstate.edu/piano

6 | 4th Annual Texas State International Piano Festival 4th Annual Texas State International Piano Festival | 31 Texas State International Festival Faculty Washington García Piano Festival Staff Ecuadorian-American pianist Dr. Washington García began his musical studies at the age of 6. Among his teachers have been Dr. Washington García – Founder and Director Genoveva Granja, Toshko Stoyanov, Ann Schein, Yoheved Kaplinsky, and Julian Martin. Dr. García holds a bachelor of Dr. Jason Kwak – Associate Director music from the National Conservatory of Music in Ecuador, and master’s and doctoral degrees from the Peabody Institute of the Valeria Aguilar – Program Coordinator, South America Contact Johns Hopkins University, where he graduated at the age of 25 YuCi Liao – Asia Contact as the youngest Latin American to have received a doctoral degree in piano performance from that prestigious university. Cindy Hessong – Head Counselor and Residence Hall Coordinator Since his debut with the Ecuadorian National Symphony Orchestra at the age of 15, Rebecca Garia – Counselor Dr. García has been an active recitalist, soloist, and lecturer in prestigious venues in Italy, Switzerland, Austria, France, Spain, Hungary, Canada, Israel, Chile, Mexico, Ecuador, Ely Ocampo – Counselor Colombia, Japan, China, Indonesia, Singapore, Taiwan, and the United States. In the United States, he has off ered solo recitals and master classes in almost 30 states. Spencer Perkins – Counselor Dr. García has performed with orchestras in South America, the Middle East, and the John Sessions - Counselor United States, including a last-minute invitation to perform Mozart’s Double Piano Concerto with the Green Valley Chamber Orchestra in Las Vegas. He also toured Italy with the Texas State University Chamber Orchestra, performing Beethoven’s Triple Concerto. Most recently, Garcia was featured as guest soloist with the Austin Symphony Orchestra under the baton of maestro Peter Bay. Mariposa Apartment Homes Dr. García served on the faculty of the Peabody Preparatory of the Johns Hopkins at Hunter Road University and is currently associate professor of piano and assistant director of the School of Music at Texas State University, where he is also the coordinator of the piano department. Additionally, he is the founder and director of the Texas State International Piano Festival, and faculty member at the InterHarmony International Music Festival in Tuscany, Italy.

Jason Kwak Pianist Dr. Jason Kwak has already enjoyed a successful career, both as an artist and as a pedagogue. He has earned his degrees in piano performance from the Eastman School of Music and the University of Texas at Austin. His principal piano teachers include David Watkins, Barry Snyder and Nancy Garrett. Dr. Kwak is currently an associate professor of piano at Texas State University. Previously, he held teaching positions at Texas A&M University-Kingsville, the University of Texas at Austin, the University of Texas Extension Program, and the Austin Chamber Music Center. He is consistently in high demand for performances, master classes, lectures and adjudications on a state, national and international level. 30 | 4th Annual Texas State International Piano Festival 4th Annual Texas State International Piano Festival | 7 FUNDING FOR THIS PROGRAM Dr. Kwak has received top prize in many piano competitions, including the Atlanta PROVIDED Steinway Society Competition, Handok Piano Competition, Southern Keyboard Competition, Atlanta Music Club, and the Clara Wells Piano Competition. He has IN PART BY THE made numerous national and international appearances as a solo pianist, including performances with the Victoria Symphony, Jeju Philharmonic Orchestra, the University SAN MARCOS ARTS COMMISSION of Texas Wind Ensemble, the Busan Philharmonic Orchestra and the Rocky Ridge AND Orchestra. Recent international engagements have taken Dr. Kwak all over the world, including stops in England, Turkey, Malaysia, Taiwan and South Korea. TEXAS COMMISSION ON THE ARTS Solo performances have taken Dr. Kwak to many notable venues and festivals, including performances at Seoul Arts Center, San Antonio Convention Center, Jeju National Museum, Bundy Arts Center in Waitsfi eld, Vermont, and Fox Th eatre in Atlanta-as well as performances at more than 40 college campuses. He is a founding member of Trio 488, a chamber group that has performed in prestigious venues, including fi ve international conferences. An advocate of modern chamber music, Trio 488 has already commissioned and premiered several new pieces and has begun their fi rst CD project, due out this year. As an educator, Dr. Kwak is a dedicated teacher who has been recognized numerous times for teaching excellence. In 2011, he received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching from Texas State University. In 2004, Dr. Kwak received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching from Texas A&M University-Kingsville.

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8 | 4th Annual Texas State International Piano Festival 4th Annual Texas State International Piano Festival | 29 Petroff Marina Lomazov Praised by critics as “a diva of the piano” (Salt Lake City Tribune), Piano Competition “a mesmerizing risk taker” (Cleveland Plain Dealer) and “simply spectacular” (International Music Foundation, Chicago), March 2014 Ukrainian-American pianist Dr. Marina Lomazov has established Steinway Piano Gallery, San Antonio herself as one of the most passionate and charismatic performers on the concert scene today. Following prizes in the Cleveland, William Kapell, Gina Bachauer and Hilton Head international piano competitions, she has performed throughout North and South America, England, France, Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Russia, Japan and in most of the 50 United States. In 2009, Lomazov was named to the International Roster of Steinway Artists. Recognized by Th e New York Times for her virtuosity and wit, Dr. Lomazov’s recent seasons include solo debut concerts in New York (Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall), Chicago For more information please visit (Dame Myra Hess Concert Series), Los Angeles (Los Angeles County Museum of Art) and Boston (Steinart Hall). As orchestral soloist, she has performed with the Boston Pops Orchestra, Rochester Philharmonic (New York), South Carolina Philharmonic, www.rpftx.org Charleston Symphony (South Carolina), Missouri Chamber Orchestra, Ohio Chamber Orchestra, Graz Höchschulorchester (Austria), Bollington Festival Orchestra (England) and Chernigoff Symphony Orchestra (Ukraine). She holds degrees from the Juilliard School and the Eastman School of Music, the latter granting her the highly coveted artist’s certifi cate — an honor the institution had not bestowed upon a pianist for nearly two decades. Her principal teachers include Natalya Antonova, Barry Snyder and Jerome Lowenthal. She has recorded for Albany Records, Arizona University Recordings, Centaur Records and Innova Recordings. In July 2009, Centaur released her recording of works by Rodion Shchedrin, hailed by American Record Guide for its “breathtaking virtuosity.” She has been featured on the Bravo cable channel, and her performances are broadcast regularly on National Public Radio’s “Performance Today,” Chicago’s “Live from WFMT,” Boston’s “Live from Fraser” (WGBH) and New York’s “Young Artist Showcase” (WQXR), among others.

Julian Martin Pianist Dr. Julian Martin first came to international attention as winner of the Montevideo International Competition in 1975. He also received major prizes in the Casadeus/Ravel (now Cleveland International), Kapell and Bachauer competitions. In 1982, he was awarded the Jury’s Collaborative Prize at the Tchaikovsky International Competition. He has since served as juror for major competitions, including the Iowa International, Montreal, American Pianists Association and Virtuosi of the Year 2000.

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Dr. Martin was among the original selection committee of the Gilmore Foundation in Texas State International Piano Festival Kalamazoo. Since 1999, he has been faculty a member of the Bowdoin International Proudly present Music Festival, and a guest faculty member of the Glenn Gould Professional School (Canada), the Conservatoire Tibor Varga (Switzerland) and the Banff Centre (Canada). He has presented master classes in Great Britain, Canada, Colombia, Germany, Korea, Switzerland, Taiwan, Venezuela and Israel. Dr. Martin’s teachers include Dr. Leon Fleisher, Dr. Guido Agosti and Nadia Boulanger. He has taught at Oberlin Conservatory, Photo by Edy Perez the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, and has been a member of the piano faculty of the Juilliard School since 1999.

Anton Nel Winner of the fi rst prize in the 1987 Naumburg International Piano Competition at Carnegie Hall, Dr. Anton Nel enjoys a remarkable and multifaceted career that has taken him to North and South America, Europe, Asia and Africa. Following an auspicious debut at the age of 12 with Beethoven’s C Major Concerto after only two years of study, the Johannesburg native June 8, 2013 captured fi rst prizes in all the major South African competitions 7:30 pm in Evans Auditorium while still in his teens. $35 Reserved Seat | $25 General Admission | $15 Student Admission A student of Dr. Adolph Hallis, he made his European debut in France in 1982, Purchase tickets online or at the door. and graduated the same year with highest distinction from the University of the From the Top, in collaboration with the 4th Annual Texas Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. He came to the United States in 1983 to attend the State International Piano Festival, will feature participants from University of Cincinnati, where he pursued his master’s and doctor of musical arts the Young Artist Division of the festival to be part of a live degrees under Dr. Bela Siki and Dr. Frank Weinstock. performance on National Public Radio. Highlights of Dr. Nel’s nearly four decades of concertizing include performances with the Cleveland Orchestra and the symphonies of Chicago, San Francisco, Seattle, Detroit and London, among many others. Two noteworthy world premieres of works by living composers include “Virtuoso Alice” by David Del Tredici (dedicated to and performed by Dr. Nel at his Lincoln Center debut in 1988) as well as Stephen Paulus’s Piano Concerto, also written for Dr. Nel. Th e acclaimed world premiere took place in New York in 2003. Sponsored by: School of Music As a recitalist, he has appeared at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Metropolitan In association with the Museum and the Frick Collection in New York, at the Ambassador Auditorium in TEXAS STATE INTERNATIONAL PIANO FESTIVAL .MUSIC.TXSTATE.EDU/PIANO Pasadena, Davies Hall in San Francisco, and the Library of Congress in Washington, WWW 512.245.3379 D.C. He has performed recitals in major concert halls in Canada, England, France, Holland, Japan, Korea and South Africa. Spring Series Corporate Sponsor Dr. Nel joined the faculty of the University of Texas at Austin in his early 20s, followed by professorships at the Eastman School of Music and the University of Michigan. In September 2000, he was appointed as the Priscilla Pond Flawn Regents Professor of Piano and Chamber music at the University of Texas at Austin, where he now heads

10 | 4th Annual Texas State International Piano Festival 4th Annual Texas State International Piano Festival | 27 the Division of Keyboard Studies. In January 2010, he became the fi rst holder of the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Endowed Chair in Piano.

Sohyoung Park Pianist Dr. Sohyoung Park, born in Seoul, Korea, is an active soloist and chamber musician. She has performed throughout Europe, the United States and Korea. Her performances include appearances at the Salle de Cortot in Paris, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival in Lübeck, Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena, Auditorium del Museo Revoltella in Trieste, Amalfi Music Festival in Vietri sul Mare, Mozart Museum in Prague, the Seoul Arts Center in Seoul, various venues for a series of the complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas in Lancing, and Duncan Recital Hall and Moore Opera House in Houston. Dr. Park has also appeared as a soloist with the Rice Chamber Orchestra at the Stude Concert Hall in Houston, and with the Ruse Philharmonic Orchestra in Bulgaria. She was the pianist of the Sam Houston Piano Trio at Sam Houston State University. Dr. Park received her doctoral degree from the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University, her master’s degree from the University of Michigan and her bachelor’s degree at the Seoul National University. She also received a diploma of merit from Accademia Musicale di Chigiana in Siena, Italy, and attended the International Chamber Music School of the Trio di Trieste in Italy. As a soloist and chamber musician, she has studied with and has been coached by renowned artists and pedagogues such as Robert Roux, Michele Campanella, Paul Badura-Skoda, Dario De Rosa, John Perry, Russell Sherman, Menahem Pressler, Jean-Yves Th ibaudet, Phillippe Entremont, Lazar Berman, James Tocco, Louis Nagel and Martin Katz. Dr. Park joined the faculty at Rice University in 2005. Prior to that she was on the faculty of Sam Houston State University. Her students have been among winners of competitions and auditions at the local, states and national levels. Th e Houston Music Teachers Association recognized her as the “2012 Teacher of the Year.”

Ludim Rebeca Pedroza A native of Venezuela, Dr. Ludim Rebeca Pedroza teaches courses in the history of Latin American music, general music history, and piano techniques at Texas State University. She studied piano at the Vicente Emilio Sojo Conservatory in the city of Barquisimeto from the age of 6 until her graduation from high school. She earned B.A. and M.A. degrees in music from

26 | 4th Annual Texas State International Piano Festival 4th Annual Texas State International Piano Festival | 11 Antillean College (Puerto Rico) and West Texas A&M University, and a Ph.D. in fi ne arts from Texas Tech University, where she held teaching assistant duties in both the school of music and the philosophy department. Dr. Pedroza’s research focuses on the historical and cultural formation of performative Where Texas endows talent and institutional ideologies of music, and on the junction between “academic” and “popular” musical cultures. Among her publications and presentations are “Music as Communitas: Franz Liszt, Clara Schumann, and the Musical Work” (Journal of Musicological Research 29:4, 2010), “Folk Dance in the Latin American Art Tradition: An Overview of the Venezuelan Joropo at the Piano” (CMS National 2008), and “Priestess at the Piano: Th e Mind/Body Confl ict in Clara Schumann’s Performative Persona” (Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities 2007). Her forthcoming publications engage with the historical and philosophical context of El Sistema, a prominent Venezuelan program of orchestral performance and education. Dr. Pedroza’s performance interests gravitate toward the exploration of Latin American and non-canonical repertoire. Her recent performances have concentrated on works by Osvaldo Lacerda, José Clemente Laya, Moisés Moleiro and Juan Vicente Lecuna.

Joseph Rackers Hailed as an “American virtuoso,” pianist Dr. Joseph Rackers has performed for enthusiastic audiences at venues across Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Bulgaria, Ukraine and extensively throughout the United States. Gramophone writes, “Th e results are consistently compelling…as if Dr. Rackers’ response were primarily to his relationship with the composer as some sort of kindred spirit.” Dr. Rackers is an International Steinway Artist and has given recent concerts at the Infi orata di Genzano in Italy, Sulzbach-Rosenberg International Music Festival in Proudly supports Germany, Burgos International Music Festival in Spain, Cincinnati Conservatory of Music and Piccolo Spoleto Festival, among others. He has recorded for the MSR Classics and Beauport Classical labels and his performances have been broadcast on participants, faculty WFMT Chicago, Radio Libera Tutti in Italy and on NPR affi liate stations throughout the United States. Dr. Rackers is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music, where he earned the doctor and staff of of musical arts and master of music degrees and was awarded the Performer’s Certifi cate. His principal teachers were Natalya Antonova and Raymond Herbert with additional Texas State International Piano Festival study or masterclasses with Julian Martin, Misha Dichter and Blanca Uribe. Also active as a chamber musician, he has performed widely as a member of the Lomazov/Rackers Piano Duo. Th e duo garnered signifi cant attention as the Second Prize Winners of the Sixth Ellis Competition for Duo Pianists, the only national duo piano competition in www.classicalartistsdevelopmentfoundation.org the United States at that time.

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Dr. Rackers is associate professor of piano at the University of South Carolina School Joseph Choi of Music. June 8, 2013, 2 p.m. at Recital Hall A devoted teacher, Dr. Rackers has taught at the Eastman School of Music and was awarded the school’s annual prize for Excellence in Teaching. He has been invited to residencies at the Sichuan Conservatory and Yantai International Music Festival in China Program and has given masterclasses at major universities and colleges across the United States.

Impromptus, Op. 142 Franz Schubert (1797 – 1828) Boris Slutsky No. 1 in F minor Boris Slutsky stormed onto the international music scene when No. 2 in A-fl at major he captured not only the fi rst prize, but also the audience prize No. 3 in B-fl at major and the Wilhelm Backhaus Award at the 1981 William Kapell (University of Maryland) International Piano Competition. His Selections from Preludes, Book I Claude Debussy long list of awards includes fi rst prizes at Kosciuszko Foundation (1862 – 1918) Chopin Competition and San Antonio International Keyboard VIII. La fi lle aux cheveux de lin Competition as well as major prizes at the International Bach X. La cathédrale engloutie Competition in Memory of Glenn Gould, Busoni, Rina Sala Gallo and Ettore Pozzoli XII. Minstrels international piano competitions. He made his orchestral debut at Carnegie Hall with the New York Youth Symphony in 1980. Since then he has appeared on nearly every continent as a soloist and recitalist, Intermission collaborating with such eminent conductors as Dmitri Kitaenko, Andrew Davis and Valery Gergiev. Sonata in C major, Op. 53 Ludwig van Beethoven Slutsky’s more than two decades of chamber music collaborations have included (1770 - 1827) performances with renowned artists, as well as a critically acclaimed recording with violinist Allegro con brio Ilya Kaler of Schumann’s “Sonatas for Violin and Piano.” He joined the faculty of the Introduzione. Adagio molto Peabody Conservatory of Music in 1993 and serves as the Piano Department chair. Rondo. Allegretto moderato — Prestissimo

Tarantella from Venezia e Napoli Franz Liszt So Young Yoon (1811 - 1886) A native of South Korea, Dr. So Young Yoon received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in piano performance from Hanyang University, where she was a student of Dr. Chung Yoon Park. She came to the U.S. in 2000 to continue her studies at the University of Texas at Austin, where she received her doctoral of musical arts degree in 2003 as a student of Dr. Anton Nel. In 2008, she received her artist diploma degree from University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music under the tutelage of Frank Weinstock. She has participated in masterclasses with renowned artists, most notably Herbert Stessin, Leon Fleisher, Margo Garrett, Gilbert Kalish, James Tocco, Guarneri String Quartet, Amerson Quartet, Miro String Quartet and Midori.

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Dr. Yoon is the recipient of top prizes in several national and international competitions including the Texas Young Artist Competition, the UTSO Concerto Competition, the Giuseppe Mentuccia Russian International Piano Competition, the CCM Concerto Competition, the Artist June 5, 2013, 4:30 p.m. at Evans Auditorium International Competition, the International Chamber Music Competition, the Iowa Piano Competition, the Missouri Southern Competition, the Hankook Newspaper Competition and the Korea Piano Association Competition. Program She has performed extensively as recitalist and collaborative artist in her native country, including performances at the National Art Center, Seoul Arts Center, Keumho Art Partita in E minor, No. 6, BWV 830 Johann Sebastian Bach Center and Sejong Art Center, and as a guest artist in the U.S. including a performance (1685 – 1750) at Carnegie Hall. Dr. Yoon’s orchestral engagements include performances with Nova Toccata Vista Symphony, CCM Philharmonic Orchestra, Kyoungki Philharmonic Orchestra, Allemanda Sungnam City Philharmonic Orchestra, Kangrung City Philharmonic Orchestra, Guri Corrente City Orchestra, Seoul Symphony Orchestra, Rumania Bacau Orchestra, Moldova Air National Orchestra and Rumania Timishuara Orchestra. Sarabande Dr. Yoon is currently on the piano faculty at Hanyang University and is the artistic Tempo di Gavotta director of WE Soloists in South Korea. Gigue

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Sonata Divertimento in A major, Hob. XVI: 12 Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 – 1809)

Impromptu in F-sharp major Frédéric Chopin (1810 – 1849) Etude in B minor, Op. 25, No. 10 Nocturne, Op. 62, No. 1 Rondo a la Mazur, Op. 5

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Sonata No. 15 in F major, K. 533/494 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Fantasia in F minor, D. 940 Franz Schubert (1756 – 1791) (1797 – 1828) Allegro Marina Lomazov and Joseph Rackers Andante Rondo Etude Fantasy (1974) John Corigliano (b.1938) Miroirs Maurice Ravel I. For the Left Hand Alone (1875 – 1937) II. Legato II. Oiseaux tristes III. Fifths to Th irds III. Une barque sur l’océan IV. Ornaments IV. Alborada del gracioso V. Melody Joseph Rackers Scherzo No. 4 in E major, Op. 54 Frédéric Chopin (1810 – 1849) Intermission Variations in B-fl at minor, Op. 3 Karol Szymanowski (1882 – 1937) Preludes, Op. 11 Alexander Scriabin (1872 – 1915) No. 1 in C major No. 4 in E minor No. 10 in C-Sharp minor No. 14 in E-fl at minor

Etude in C-sharp minor, Op. 42, No. 5 Etude in D-sharp minor, 0p. 8, No. 12 Marina Lomazov

Th ree Movements from Petrushka Igor Stravinsky (1882 – 1971) I. Russian Dance II. Petrushka’s Room III. Th e Shrovetide Fair Marina Lomazov and Joseph Rackers

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So Young Yoon Mentuccia has given numerous recitals in Italy: National Academy of Santa Cecilia June 4, 2013, 7 p.m. at Evans Auditorium (Rome), Teatro Carignano (Turin), Chigiana Academy (Siena), Palazzo Barberini (Rome), La Sapienza University (Rome), Teatro Comunale di Todi, Cesi Festival (Acquasparta) and Associazione Concertistica Citta’ di Noto. In the United States, Giuseppe has been guest artist of the Orlando Chamber Orchestra (Florida), where he Program was a featured soloist in concertos of Mozart and Beethoven under the direction of the conductor Pasquale Valerio. 6 Preludes, Op. 6 Robert Muczynski In September 2011, Mentuccia entered the master’s program in piano performance at (1929 – 2010) the Juilliard School under the guidance of Jerome Lowenthal. Currently completing Vivace his degree as a student of Julian Martin, he received a full tuition scholarship under Lento the auspices of Celia and Joseph Ascher and Rosalind Carter. Continuing his interest Allegro giocoso in the works of living composers, he was recently selected as a member of the New Allegretto meno mosso – Allegro con moto Juilliard Ensemble under the direction of Joel Sachs. Th is event marks Mentuccia’s rstfi Moderato professional appearance in Texas. Allegro marcato

Joseph Choi Sonata in F-sharp minor, Op. 25, No. 5 Muzio Clementi (1752 – 1832) One of America’s most brilliant young artists, Joseph Choi is a Piuttosto allegro con espressione graduate of the Butler School of Music at the University of Texas Lento e patetico at Austin. Choi was born in Hawaii. After moving to Austin, Presto Texas, with his family, he became a student of the great piano artist and pedagogue Anton Nel at the age of 15. Partita No. 1, BWV 825 Johann Sebastian Bach Choi began his piano studies at the age of 6 under the tutelage (1685 – 1750) of Ellen Masaki and made his debut at the age of 10 with the Allemande Honolulu Symphony, where he played Mozart’s Piano Concerto in C major. He has Corrente competed in several competitions, winning his fi rst prize at the age of 7 in the HMTA Sarabande Piano Competition. Minuet I As a high school student, he won the Austin Symphony Young Artists Competition Minuet II and subsequently performed Saint-Saen’s Concerto in G minor with the Austin Gigue Symphony. More recently, he won second prize in the San Antonio Tuesday Musical Club Competition. Th is year, Choi was the winner of the University of Texas Concerto Intermission Competition. Choi has performed the Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-fl at major with the UT Symphony Orchestra and has participated at summer festivals in Europe as well as Sonata No. 2 in B-fl at minor, Op. 36 (revised version) Sergei Rachmaninoff at the Aspen Music Festival, the International Institute for Young Musicians, and the (1873 – 1943) Prague International Piano Master Classes. He recently was selected as Artist Fellow in Allegro agitato Residence by the Classical Artists Development Foundation and has been accepted at Non allegro — Lento Julliard, where he will pursue a master’s degree. L’istesso tempo — Allegro molto

16 | 4th Annual Texas State International Piano Festival 4th Annual Texas State International Piano Festival | 21 Guest Artist Series Rising Star Artists Rieko Tsuchida Anton Nel Pianist Rieko Tsuchida, 18, was born in Japan and began her June 6, 2013, 7 p.m. at Evans Auditorium piano studies at age 3. Since giving her fi rst public performance that same year, Ms. Tsuchida has performed across the United States and in Japan, Switzerland, England and the Netherlands Program as a soloist and chamber musician. In 2011, Ms. Tsuchida made her professional debut with the California Symphony at a sold-out concert, performing Sonata in B minor, Hob. XVI: 32 Franz Joseph Haydn Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1. Th at same year she was one of eight pianists chosen (1732 – 1809) from around the world to participate in the Verbier Festival Academy in Switzerland. Allegro moderato She has performed with the Rochester Philharmonic, the California Youth Symphony, Menuet the El Camino Youth Symphony and the San Domenico Orchestra. In 2009, she made Finale: Presto her Carnegie Hall debut as fi rst-prize winner of the Bradshaw and Buono International Piano Competition. Estampes Claude Debussy (1862 – 1918) Ms. Tsuchida has won numerous other awards. In 2012, she won the Avanti Award, a Pagodes generous grant awarded to artists of any age pursuing a career in the visual or performing La soirée dans Grenade arts. She was named a fellow of the YoungArts 2012 program of the National Foundation Jardins sous la pluie for Advancement in the Arts, which granted her the opportunity to perform at the New World Center in Miami. In 2003, Ms. Tsuchida was the youngest prizewinner in the Allegro de Concierto Enrique Granados Chopin International Piano Competition in Asia. (1867 – 1916) After relocating to San Francisco from Japan in 1999, Ms. Tsuchida studied in the Preparatory Division of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music as a scholarship student of John McCarthy. She has appeared in a joint program with opera stars Placido Intermission Domingo at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and with Dame Kiri Te Kanawa and Frederica Von Stade at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music’s Annual Gala. In August, she will perform Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2 at the Perugia Music Fest in Italy. Sonata in B-fl at major, D. 960 Franz Schubert (1797 – 1828) Molto moderato Giuseppe Mentuccia Andante sostenuto Italian pianist Giuseppe Mentuccia began his piano studies at age Scherzo: Allegro vivace con delicatezza 5. He fi rst worked with Almerindo d’Amato and Elisabetta Pacelli Allegro ma non troppo at the Conservatory of Santa Cecilia in Rome and with Sergio Perticaroli at the National Academy of Santa Cecilia, graduating with highest honors. He has performed in master classes of Alfred Brendel, Jerome Rose, Nikolai Demidenko and Sandro De Palma. Mentuccia has received numerous prizes including the Vittoria Prize as best 2006 graduate of the Conservatory of Santa Cecilia and the diploma d’onore at Torneo Internazionale di Musica. In December 2011, he won the Stravinsky Concerto Competition at the Juilliard School and in February 2012 he won the Prix Chevrolet-Sogel at Pontoise Piano Competition (France).

20 | 4th Annual Texas State International Piano Festival 4th Annual Texas State International Piano Festival | 17 2–4 p.m. 7–8:30 p.m. Sat. June 8 Festival Schedule ★Master Class with Recital: Anton Nel Anton Nel 8–8:45 a.m. Sat. June 1 4:30–5:30 p.m. 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Evans Auditorium Evans Auditorium Breakfast Recital: ★ Master Class with 2–3:30 p.m. 2–4 p.m. 10 p.m. 8:45 a.m. Reiko Tsuchida Julian Martin Master Class with Lights out Morning meeting Check in and move in Evans Auditorium Evans Auditorium ✦ San Jacinto Hall Marina Lomazov 9–10:30 a.m. 5:30–6:30 p.m. 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Room 222 Fri. June 7 4–5 p.m. Practice/Warm up Dinner ✦ Master Class with 4:30–5:30 p.m. for Recital Orientation meeting Washington García 8–8:45 a.m. and pictures 7–8 p.m. Recital: Breakfast 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. resentation by Room 222 Recital Hall P Giuseppe Mentuccia Community Recital I Ludim Pedroza 12:30–1:30 p.m. Evans Auditorium 8:45 a.m. 5:30–6:30 p.m. Morning meeting Mariposa Apartment Recital Hall Lunch 5:30–6:30 p.m. Homes Inaugural reception 9–10:30 a.m. 10 p.m. 1:30–2 p.m. Dinner 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Flowers Hall 230 Lights out Warm up Practice/Lessons 7–8:30 p.m. 7–8 p.m. Community Recital II 2–4 p.m. Presentation by 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. First Presbyterian Recital: Mon. June 3 Q/A with Marina Lomazov and ★ Master Class with Sohyoung Park ✱ Church of San Marcos 8–8:45 a.m. Washington García Recital Hall Anton Nel Joseph Rackers RecitalHall 12:30–1:30 p.m. Evans Auditorium Breakfast Recital Hall 10 p.m. Lunch 8:45 a.m. 2 –4 p.m. Lights out 12:30–1:30 p.m. 10 p.m. Lunch 2–3 p.m. Lights out Morning meeting ✦ Master Class with Recital: Julian Martin 9–10:30 a.m. Th u. June 6 1:30–2 p.m. Joseph Choi Evans Auditorium Warm up Sun. June 2 Practice/Lessons 8–8:45 a.m. Recital Hall 4–6:30 p.m. 2–3 p.m. 8–8:45 a.m. 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Breakfast 5:30–6:30 p.m. Q/A with Dinner at the River Festival Students’ Dinner Breakfast ✱ 8:45 a.m. Recital I Boris Slutsky 7–8:30 p.m. Morning meeting 6:30–7 p.m. 8:45 a.m. Evans Auditorium Recital: Evans Auditorium Morning meeting 9–10:30 a.m. “From the Top” 12:30–1:30 p.m. So Young Yoon 3–3:30 p.m. Reception Lecture Evans Auditorium Practice/Lessons 9–10:30 a.m. Lunch 3:30–5 p.m. Evans Auditorium Auditions 10 p.m. 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Festival Students’ 1:30–2 p.m. Master Class with 7:30–9p.m. 10:30–12:30 p.m. Warm up Lights out ★ Recital II “From the Top” ★ Master Class with Marina Lomazov Evans Auditorium Boris Slutsky 2–4 p.m. Wed. June 5 Room 222 10 p.m. Lights out Master Class with 5–5:30 p.m. Reception Evans Auditorium ✱ 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Joseph Rackers 8–8:45 a.m. 5:30–6:30 p.m. Sun. June 9 10:30–12:30 p.m. Evans Auditorium Breakfast ✦ Master Class with Anton Nel Dinner ✦ Master Class with 4–5:30 p.m. 8–8:45 a.m. Jason Kwak 8:45 a.m. Morning Evans Auditorium 6:30–7 p.m. Free time/“From the meeting Breakfast Recital Hall 12:30–1:30 p.m. Warm up Top” Rehearsal 9–11 a.m. 9–10:30 a.m. Lunch 7–8:30 p.m. 12:30–1:30 p.m. 5:30–6:30 p.m. Practice/Lessons Check out Lunch Dinner 1:30–2 p.m. Festival Students’ San Jacinto Hall 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Warm up Recital III 1:30–2 p.m. 10 p.m. Q/A with Evans Auditorium Warm up Lights out ✱ 2–4 p.m. Julian Martin 8:30–9 p.m. Reception 2–4 p.m. Evans Auditorium ✱Master Class with ★ Master Class with Tue. June 4 Sohyoung Park 10 p.m. Jason Kwak 12:30–1:30 p.m. Evans Auditorium Lights out 8–8:45 a.m. Lunch Recital Hall Breakfast 4 p.m. 2–4 p.m. 1:30–2 p.m. Trip to Outlet Mall 8:45 a.m. Warm up and Dinner ✦ Master Class with Morning meeting ★ Young Artist Boris Slutsky ✦ College Division Evans Auditorium 9–10:30 a.m. Practice/Lessons ✱ All

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