Kennedy Center Concert 2013
April 15, 2013
Four Bienen student soloists perform in a concert at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C The performance marks the ninth consecutive year that the Bienen School has been invited to participate in the Kennedy Center’s Conservatory Project, an initiative that features some of the best young talent from the country’s premier music institutions.
PROGRAM
Jing Qiao, a master's violin student of Almita Vamos, performs Paganini’s “Andante” and Wieniawski’s “Carnaval Russe.”
Baritone Evan Bravos, a master's student of Karen Brunssen, performs “The Dodger” from Copland’s “Old American Songs,” Ravel’s “Cinq melodies populaires grecques,” and “Tanzlied” from Korngold’s “Die tote Stadt.”
Danny Lai, a dual degree music performance and economics undergraduate, studying viola with Roland Vamos, performs “Three Preludes” by Gershwin and “Sarasateana” by Efrem Zimbalist.
Xia Jiang, a doctoral piano candidate studying with Alan Chow, performs “Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14” and “Liebesfreud” by Rachmaninoff.