2015 Virtuoso Festival Program and Itinerary

Piano Solo Division

Ages 8 and under
Age 9
Age 10
Ages 11 to 12
Age 13
Age 14
Ages 15 to 16
Ages 17 to 18
Ages 19 and above
Collegiate

Violin Solo Division

Ages 9-10
Ages 11-12
Ages 13-14
Ages 16-17

Chamber Music Division

Ages 14 to 18

Grand Prix

Ages 10 to 18

Piano Solo Division, Ages 8 and under

Takes Place: from 2:40 to 3:20 PM
Venue: Chapel in Sacred Heart Center
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Rio Koya (2:40 PM)
Children’s Album, Op. 39 (Tchaikovsky, Piotr Ilyich)
– No. 12 Sweet Dream
– No. 20 Baba-Yaga

William Wang (2:44 PM)
Album for the Young, Op. 68 (Schumann, Robert)
– The Wild Horseman
Kinderszenen, Op. 15 (Schumann, Robert)
– i. Von fremden Ländern und Menschen

Benicia Zhu (2:49 PM)
25 Études faciles et progressives, Op.100 (Burgmüller, Friedrich)
– Angels’ Voices
– Arabesque

Catherine Xie (2:53 PM)
The Seasons, Op. 37b (Tchaikovsky, Piotr Ilyich)
– No. 3 March – Song of the Lark
8 Études, Op. 42 (Scriabin, Alexander)
– No. 3 in F-sharp major – Prestissimo

Samantha Ryan (3:00 PM)
Album for the Young, Op. 68 (Schumann, Robert)
– First Loss
– Happy Farmer

Alex Zhao (3:04 PM)
Childrens’ Album, Op. 39 (Tchaikovsky, Piotr Ilyich)
– No. 18 Neapolitanisches Tanzlied – Comodo
25 Études, Op. 47 (Heller, Stephen)
– No. 9 in D minor – Moderato

Elizabeth Cameron (3:08 PM)
Night Journey (Gurlitt, Cornelius)
Mazurka, Op. 36/23 (Gedike, Alexander)

Constantina Tsang (3:12 PM)
Étude in F minor, Op. 25/2 (Chopin, Frédéric)
Waltz in A-flat major, Op. Posthumous (Chopin, Frédéric)

Piano Solo Division, Age 9

Takes Place: from 11:25 to 12:30 PM
Venue: Chapel in Sacred Heart Center
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Paul Yevtushenko (11:25 AM)
Album for the Young, Op. 68 (Schumann, Robert)
– Hunting Song
– The Wild Horseman

Meiling Larson (11:28 AM)
Songs Without Words, Op. 62 (Mendelssohn, Felix)
– No. 6 “Volkslied” – Allegretto grazioso
Songs Without Words, Op. 67 (Mendelssohn, Felix)
– No. 4 Presto

Talia Willson (11:34 AM)
Waltz in A minor, Op. Posthumous (Chopin, Frédéric)

Gino Gu (11:39 AM)
Waltz in A-flat major, Op. Posthumous (Chopin, Frédéric)

Minh Pham (11:44 AM)
Nocturne in C-sharp minor, Op. Posthumous (Chopin, Frédéric)
Songs Without Words, Op. 85 (Mendelssohn, Felix)
– No. 1 in F major – Andante espressivo

Travis Lee (11:52 AM)
The Boys’ Round Dance Op. 36/2 (Gade, Niels)
Allegro Brillante Op. 24/25 (Concone, Giuseppe)

Sarah Zong (11:56 AM)
Mazurka in B-flat major, Op. 7/1 (Chopin, Frédéric)
Mazurka in G minor, Op. 67/2 (Chopin, Frédéric)

Sean Woo (12:03 PM)
Mazurka in C major, Op. 67/3 (Chopin, Frédéric)
Album for the Young, Op. 68 (Schumann, Robert)
– Happy Farmer
– The Wild Horseman

Atiwit “Miles” Chanbai (12:09 PM)
Waltz in A-flat major, Op. 69/1 (Chopin, Frédéric)

Mio Dacanay (12:14 PM)
Prelude in A major, Op. 28/7 (Chopin, Frédéric)
Waltz in E-flat major, Op. Posthumous (Chopin, Frédéric)

Patrick Phan (12:21 PM)
Album for the Young, Op. 68 (Schumann, Robert)
– Soldiers’ March
– The Wild Horseman
– Sicilienne

Piano Solo Division, Age 10

Takes Place: from 2:25 to 3:10 PM
Venue: Lee Theatre
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Maco Dacanay (2:25 PM)
Prelude in B minor, Op. 28/6 (Chopin, Frédéric)
Waltz in A minor, Op. Posthumous (Chopin, Frédéric)

Young Park (2:31 PM)
Étude-tableau in G minor, Op. 33/7 (Rachmaninoff, Sergei)

Aparna Srinidhi Jagannathan (2:36 PM)
Scherzo in B major (Schubert, Franz)
4 Ländler, D.814 (Schubert, Franz)

Carson Ling-Efird (2:44 PM)
Lyric Pieces, Op. 12 (Grieg, Edvard)
– No. 2 Waltz
Lyric Pieces, Op. 43 (Grieg, Edvard)
– No. 1 Butterfly

Shuai Shuai Li (2:49 PM)
Étude en douze exercices, S.136 (Franz Liszt)
– No. 4 in D minor – Allegretto
Songs Without Words, Op, 53 (Mendelssohn, Felix)
– No. 3 in G minor – Presto agitato

Esther Liu (2:55 PM)
Arabesque, Op. 18 (Schumann, Robert)

Zoey Wong (3:03 PM)
The Seasons, Op. 37b (Tchaikovsky, Piotr Ilyich)
– No. 4 April: Snowdrop

Piano Solo Division, Ages 11 to 12

Takes Place: from 10:55 to 12:30 PM
Venue: Lee Theatre
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David Neese (10:55 AM)
Lyric Pieces, Op. 47/1 (Grieg, Edvard)
– No. 1 Valse Impromptu
Mazurka in C-sharp minor, Op. 63/3 (Chopin, Frédéric)

Adrian King (11:03 AM)
Nocturne in G major, Op. 37/2 (Chopin, Frédéric)
Étude in F minor, Op. 25/2 (Chopin, Frédéric)

Claire Yang (11:12 AM)
Polonaise in G minor, Op. Posthumous (Chopin, Frédéric)
Prelude in B minor, Op. 28/6 (Chopin, Frédéric)

Claire Gong (11:20 AM)
Lyric Pieces, Op. 12 (Grieg, Edvard)
No. 2 Waltz – Allegro moderato

Sophia Beams (11:23 AM)
Six Consolations, S.172 (Liszt, Franz)
– No. 5 in E major – Andantino
Mazurka in A minor, Op. 68/2 (Chopin, Frédéric)

Isabelle Toader (11:31 AM)
Mazurka in A minor, Op. 7, No. 2 (Chopin, Frédéric)
Mazurka in C major, Op. 24/2 (Chopin, Frédéric)

Arthur Yan (11:41 AM)
Gnomenreigen, from 2 Concert Études (Liszt, Franz)

Victor Hu (11:46 AM)
Fantasiestücke, Op. 12 (Schumann, Robert)
– No. 2 Aufschwung

Daniella Tsang (11:53 AM)
Nocturne in C-sharp minor, Op. 19/4 (Tchaikovsky, Piotr Ilyich)
Étude in A-flat major, Op. 72/11 (Moszkowski, Moritz)

Raka Mukherjee (12:00 PM)
Nocturne No. 5 in B-flat major (Field, John)

Liam Ryan (12:06 PM)
Album Leaves, Op. 124 (Schumann, Robert)
– No. 5 – Fantastic Dance
– No. 6 – Cradle Song
– No. 17 – The Elf

Jaden Zhang (12:10 PM)
12 Romances, Op. 21 (Rachmaninoff, Sergei)
– No. 5 Lilacs – Allegretto
Suite Española No. 1, Op. 47 (Albéniz, Isaac)
– No. 5 Asturias (Leyenda)

Claire Ching (12:21 PM)
Tarantella (Moszkowski, Moritz)

Daniel Yevtushenko (12:26 PM)
18 Études, Op. 109 (Burgmüller, Friedrich)
– L’Orage

Piano Solo Division, Age 13

Takes Place: from 12:40 to 2:15 PM
Venue: Lee Theatre
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David Phan (12:40 PM)
Impromptu in A-flat Major, Op. 90/4 (Schubert, Franz)

Connor Zhang (12:50 PM)
Prelude in D major, Op. 23/4 (Rachmaninoff, Sergei)
Étude in A minor, Op. 10/2 (Chopin, Frédéric)

Michelle Lee (12:59 PM)
Polonaise in B-flat minor, Op. Posthumous (Chopin, Frédéric)

Lucinda King (1:07 PM)
Polonaise A major, Op. 40/1 (Chopin, Frédéric)

Caroline Oei (1:15 PM)
Waltz in A minor, Op. 34/2 (Chopin, Frédéric)

Nile Camai (1:23 PM)
Fantasiestücke, Op. 12 (Schumann, Robert)
– No. 2 Aufschwung
Étude in C minor, Op. 25/12 (Chopin, Frédéric)

Ananya Sahoo (1:31 PM)
Song Without Words, Op. 19 (Mendelssohn, Felix)
– No. 2 in A minor – Andante espressivo

Nicholas Chin (1:36 PM)
Intermezzo in A major, Op. 118/2 (Brahms, Johannes)

Steve Silverberg (1:43 PM)
Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23 (Chopin, Frédéric)

Thomas Fung (1:54 PM)
Prelude in G minor, Op 23/5 (Rachmaninoff, Sergei)

Alexandra Christine Ryan (2:01 PM)
Étude en douze exercices, S.136 (Franz Liszt)
– No. 4 in D minor – Allegretto

Martin Shi (2:05 PM)
Nocturne in C-sharp minor, Op. Posthumous (Chopin, Frédéric)
Étude in F minor, Op. 25/2 (Chopin, Frédéric)

Piano Solo Division, Age 14

Takes Place: from 9:50 to 11:15 AM
Venue: Chapel in Sacred Heart Center
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Emily Huang (9:50 AM)
Valse Oubliée N. 1 (Liszt, Franz)

Arthur Liu (9:54 AM)
Impromptu in A-flat major, Op. 90/4 (Schubert, Franz)

Justin Qiu (10:02 AM)
Polonaise in C-sharp minor, Op. 25/1 (Chopin, Frédéric)

Robert Yee (10:10 AM)
Prelude in A minor, Op. 32/8 (Rachmaninoff, Sergei)

Justin Zhu Cai (10:14 AM)
Transcendental Étude No. 10 in F minor (Liszt, Franz)

Derek Bui (10:21 AM)
Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 31 (Chopin, Frédéric)

Andrew Ma (10:33 AM)
Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. 53 (Chopin, Frédéric)

John Knowlton (10:41 AM)
Impromptu in E-flat major, Op. 90/2 (Schubert, Franz)

Larry Wang (10:51 AM)
L’Alouette (The Lark) Song by Mikhail Glinka (transcribed, Balakirev, Mily)

Sichu Liu (10:59 AM)
Étude in A minor, Op. 25/11 (Chopin, Frédéric)

Catherine Oei (11:05 AM)
Waltz in E-flat major, Op. 18 (Chopin, Frédéric)

Piano Solo Division, Ages 15 to 16

Takes Place: from 12:40 to 2:30 PM
Venue: Chapel in Sacred Heart Center
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Namrata Chintalapati (12:40 PM)
Liebestraum No. 3 in A-flat major, S.541 (Liszt, Franz)

Emily Koya (12:46 PM)
Années de pèlerinage, Troisième année, S.163 (Liszt, Franz)
– Les jeux d’eaux à la Villa d’Este

Tiffany Zheng (12:56 PM)
Gnomenreigen, from 2 Concert Études (Liszt, Franz)
Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6 (Schumann, Robert)
– No. 11 Einfach
– No. 12 Mit Humor

Christopher Richardson (1:03 PM)
Impromptu in B-flat major, Op. 142/3 (Schubert, Franz)

Julia Hayano (1:16 PM)
Impromptu in E-flat major, Op. 90/2 (Schubert, Franz)

Millicent McFall (1:24 PM)
Variations on the name “Abegg”, Op.1 (Schumann, Robert)
Concert Étude “By the Seashore” (A Memory), Op. 17 (Smetana, Bedřich)

Ivan Penev (1:38 PM)
Nocturne in E-flat major, Op. 9/2 (Chopin, Frédéric)

Kelly pham (1:44 PM)
Lyric Pieces, Op. 65 (Grieg, Edvard)
– No. 6 Wedding Day at Troldhaugen

Christopher Phan (1:51 PM)
Liebestraum No. 3 in A-flat major, S.541 (Liszt, Franz)

Alex Camai (2:00 PM)
Barcarolle in F-sharp major, Op. 60 (Chopin, Frédéric)

Yilong Tang (2:11 PM)
Étude in A-flat major, Op. 25/1 (Chopin, Frédéric)

Mya King (2:15 PM)
Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58 (Chopin, Frédéric)
– i. Allegro maestoso
Chopin Etude in F major, Op. 10/8 (Chopin, Frédéric)

Piano Solo Division, Ages 17 to 18

Takes Place: from 9:15 to 9:40 AM
Venue: Chapel in Sacred Heart Center
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Yeehyun Jwa (9:15 AM)
Étude in C-sharp minor, Op. 10/4 (Chopin, Frédéric)
Étude in C minor, Op. 10/12 (Chopin, Frédéric)

Yuhan Chua (9:21 AM)
Nocturne in C-sharp minor, Op. Posthumous (Chopin, Frédéric)

Gordon Lee (9:28 AM)
Polonaise in C minor, Op. 40/2 (Chopin, Frédéric)

Piano Solo Division, Ages 19 and above

Takes Place: from 9:45 to 10:45 AM
Venue: Lee Theatre
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Theodore Lim (9:45 AM)
Études-tableaux, Op.39 (Rachmaninoff, Sergei)
– No. 2 Lento assai
– No. 5 Appassionato

Joan Romano (10:09 AM)
Années de pèlerinage, Première année: Suisse, S.160 (Liszt, Franz)
– No. 9 Les cloches de Genève: Nocturne

Toni Langlinais (10:18 AM)
Mazurka in F minor, Op. 68/4 (Chopin, Frédéric)
Étude in F minor, Op. 10/9 (Fryderyk Chopin)
Prelude in G major, Op. 32/5 (Rachmaninoff, Sergei)
Prelude in G-sharp minor, Op. 32/12 (Rachmaninoff, Sergei)

Alex Stabile (10:31 AM)
Piano Sonata No. 4 in F-sharp major, Op. 30 (Scriabin, Alexander)
– i. Andante
–  ii. Prestissimo volando

Piano Solo Division, Collegiate

Takes Place: from 9:15 to 9:35 AM
Venue: Lee Theatre
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Hui-Yin Ho (9:15 AM)
Ballade No. 3 in A-flat major, Op. 47 (Chopin, Frédéric)

Lewis Thompson (9:26 AM)
Ballade No. 2 in F major, Op. 38 (Chopin, Frédéric)
Prelude in B minor, Op. 32/10 (Rachmaninoff, Sergei)

Violin Solo Division, All Ages

Takes Place: from 3:20 to 3:40 PM
Venue: Lee Theatre
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Note, each performer is judged only within his or her own age group, even though they are presented here all together

Josh Peng (3:20 PM)
Ages 9 to 10
Méthode de violon, Op.102 (arrangement) (de Bériot, Charles-Auguste)
– Mélodie

Cathy Wu (3:23 PM)
Ages 11 to 12
Humoresque (Dvořák, Antonín)

Thomas Shen (3:28 PM)
Ages 13 to 14
Sonatina in G major, Op. 100 (Dvořák, Antonín)
– iii. Scherzo

William Shen (3:33 PM)
Ages 15 to 16
Csárdás (Monti, Vittorio)

Chamber Music, Ages 14 to 18

Takes Place: from 3:30 to 3:40 PM
Venue: Chapel in Sacred Heart Center
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Kyran Addams and Hannah Kim, piano, 4-hands (3:30 PM)
Carnival of the Animals (Saint-Saëns, Camille)
– vii – Aquarium
– xiii- Le Cygne
– xiv – Final

Grand Prix

Takes Place: from 3:55 to 6:10 PM
Venue: Chapel in Sacred Heart Center
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Dante M. Hays (3:55 PM)
Étude in C minor, Op. 10/12 (Chopin, Frédéric)
Six Consolations, S.171a (Liszt, Franz)
– No. 3 in D-flat major – Lento placido

Kevin Yip (4:04 PM)
Étude in E major, Op. 10/3 (Chopin, Frédéric)
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 13 in A minor, S.244 (Liszt, Franz)

Erica Li (4:19 PM)
Années de pèlerinage, Deuxième année: Italie, S.161 (Liszt, Franz)
– No. 5 Sonetto 104 del Petrarca
Étude in G-flat major, Op. 10/5 (Chopin, Frédéric)

Angela Lin (4:31 PM)
Polonaise in C minor, Op. 40/2 (Chopin, Frédéric)
Années de pèlerinage, Deuxième année: Italie, S.161 (Liszt, Franz)
– No. 5 Sonetto 104 del Petrarca

Casey Sim (4:47 PM)
Widmung, Liebeslied (1848) by Robert Schumann, S.566 (transcribed, Liszt, Franz)
Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. 53 (Chopin, Frédéric)

Kyran Adams (5:01 PM)
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6 in D-flat major, S.244/6 (Liszt, Franz)
Ballade No. 2 in F major, Op. 38 (Chopin, Frédéric)

Christopher Richardson (5:19 PM)
Étude in A minor, Op. 25/11 (Chopin, Frédéric)
Rhapsodie Espagnole, S.254 (Liszt, Franz)

Christopher Erling (5:36 PM)
Ballade No. 3 in A-flat major, Op. 47 (Chopin, Frédéric)
Six Grandes Études de Paganini, S.141 (Liszt, Franz)
– No. 3 La campanella – allegretto

Robert Yan (5:52 PM)
Valse de l’opéra Faust, S.407 by Charles Gounod (transcribed, Liszt, Franz)
Étude in C-sharp minor, Op. 10/4 (Chopin, Frédéric)