The Fulbright College department of music will feature U of A violin professor, Dr. Er-Gene Kahng in concert on Tuesday afternoon, May 6 at 4:00 p.m. in the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall. She will be accompanied on piano by Ryo Yanagitani. They will be performing works by Claude Debussy, Robert Schumann, Ernest Chausson, and Sergei Prokoviev.
Dr. Kahng joined the faculty of the University of Arkansas in 2007. She studied at the R.D. Colburn School of Performing Arts in Los Angeles and received degrees from UCLA, Yale, and Northwestern. She has served as a cultural and musical ambassador to Hiroshima, Japan, Port-au-Prince, Haiti and Johannesburg, South Africa.
Ryo Yanagitani has distinguished himself as one of Canada’s most promising young concert artists. Currently a student at the Yale School of Music, Yanagitani received his Bachelor Degree in Piano Performance from the University of British Columbia and an Artist Diploma from the Cleveland Institute. He is currently pursuing his doctoral studies at Yale University.
The Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall is located in the Fine Arts Building on the UA campus. Free parking is available in the parking deck, which can be accessed from Stadium Drive and is located directly to the west of the Fine Arts Building. The admission is free and the public is cordially invited to attend. For more information, please call the department of music at (479) 575-4701.
Program
Sonata for Violin and Piano
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
1. Allegro Vivo
2. Fantasque et leger
3. Tres Anime
Sonata in A minor, op. 105
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
1. Mit leidenschaftleichem Ausdruck
2. Allegretto
3. Lebhaft
Poeme
Ernest Chausson (1855-1899)
Sonata no. 1, in F minor, op. 80
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
1. Andante Assai
2. Allegro Brusco
3. Andante
4. Allegrissimo
