Program
| Composer | Work | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Ludwig van Beethoven | Violin Sonata No. 4 in A minor, Op. 23 | 1801 |
| Johann Sebastian Bach | Violin Sonata in C major, BWV 1005 | 1720 |
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| Robert Schumann | Violin Sonata No. 1 in A minor, Op. 105 | 1851 |
| Maurice Ravel | Tzigane, M. 76 | 1924 |
| Fritz Kreisler | Recitativo and Scherzo-Caprice, Op. 6 | 1911 |
About the Artists
Emma Meinrenken
Praised for her effortless technique and virtuosity, as well as her skill in interpreting contemporary music, Canadian-German violinist Emma Meinrenken is a recipient of the 2023 Sylva Gelber Music Foundation Award, the 2023 Yale Presser Foundation Music Award, and a 2024 Yale Alumni Association Award. Upon graduating from the Curtis Institute of Music, where she studied with renowned pedagogue Ida Kavafian, Meinrenken received the Milka Violin Artist Prize. Originally from Toronto, Canada, she spent her formative years in the studio of Atis Bankas as a student in the Taylor Performance Academy for Young Artists. She has a Master of Musical Arts from Yale, where she was under the tutelage of the violin luminary Augustin Hadelich, and will start her doctorate degree at the CUNY in the fall.
She received 1st place at the Stradivarius International Violin Competition, the Prix Ravel at the Ecole d’Art Américaines de Fontainebleau, and has participated in festivals such as the NUME Festival in Italy, the Gstaad Menuhin Festival, the Verbier Festival Academy, the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, and the Four Seasons Winter Workshop. Meinrenken debuted with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra in 2011, and has since performed with orchestras across North America and Europe. She often collaborates with composers, and has been the dedicatee of many new compositions for violin. She made her Carnegie Hall debut giving the New York premiere of a piece for violin and guitar by Fred Lerdahl, and most recently premiered a violin concerto by Maya Miro Johnson with the Curtis Symphony Orchestra.
She currently plays on the 1717 Windsor-Weinstein Stradivarius violin, generously on loan from the Canada Council for the Arts.
Jungeun Kim
Jungeun Kim began piano studies at age three and made her public debut at age eight. After winning a Presidential Prize in the Korean National Music Competition, she performed with the Korean National Philharmonic. She earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the Juilliard School.
Ms. Kim has won numerous awards, including the Young Musicians Foundation Competition and VOCE Competition in Los Angeles. She has performed as a recitalist and guest artist with orchestras and ensembles in the United States, Canada, South America, Europe, and the Far East; and she has appeared on CBS, CBC, Voice of America, and NPR broadcasts. She has been featured in the Philadelphia Orchestra’s chamber music series and has collaborated with such distinguished artists as Sarah Chang, Ida Kavafian, Ruggiero Ricci, Aaron Rosand, Peter Wiley, Riccardo Chailly, James DePreist, Charles Dutoit, Kurt Masur, and Wolfgang Sawallisch.
Ms. Kim joined the faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music in 1999.