July 28, 2024
Elizabeth S. Lenna Hall at 3:00pm
The Sigma Alpha Iota Philanthropies Inc. host their annual concerto competition within the School of Music Piano Program. Today's final round includes 5 young pianists competing to come back to Chautauqua next year and play with the MSFO.
Preliminary Round Judges
Eliran Avni
Charis Dimaras
Akiko Konishi
Final Round Judges
Sara Davis Buechner
John Milbauer
Timothy Muffitt
Collaborative Pianist
Carlos Avila
Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467
-Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791)
HaEun Yang
Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58
-Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827)
Kyuree Kim
Concerto No. 22 in E-flat major, K. 482
-Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791)
Alexei Aceto
Concerto in G major, 1931
-Maurice Ravel (1875 – 1937)
Sean Yang
Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11
-Frédéric Chopin (1810 – 1849)
Karina Tseng
The Chautauqua Piano Program is a highly selective and dynamic five week program for 20 pianists, ages 18–28. Combining an array of resident and guest faculty with unmatched practice and performance facilities, the program is designed to inspire young pianists from all over the globe. Students will have solo and chamber music performance opportunities, plentiful private lessons, and faculty-led discussions and master classes focused on advanced pianistic growth and building a career path. In 2024, the piano program will also host the SAI Concerto Competition.
A special feature of the Chautauqua Piano experience is the depth of student interaction with each one of our faculty. The program is carefully curated to be more intimate, centering deep conversations and fostering real relationships. Each student will have the time and opportunity to forge connections that will become part of their lifelong music community.
Sigma Alpha Iota is an organization, which promotes interaction among those who share a commitment to music. Members of SAI are active in all areas of campus music and campus life, working closely with faculty, administration, campus and community groups, music professionals and patrons. In addition to personal encouragement and support, members may receive scholarships, loans and awards in many areas and at all levels of music-related study. Sigma Alpha Iota has long been recognized as a leader in the field of music and provides a lifetime of fraternity contact.
The SAI Alumnae Association allows alumnae members to remain active and supportive of the ideals of SAI.
Members of Sigma Alpha Iota, in collegiate and alumnae chapters, devote their talents and energies to many national and international projects including those of Sigma Alpha Iota Philanthropies, Inc.:
- The SAI quarterly, PAN PIPES, comprehensively lists American premieres and works-in-progress in each special edition, and is included in the Library of Congress Archives.
- The People-to-People Music Project sends music, instruments, and educational materials to deserving musicians world-wide.
- The triennial Inter-American Music Awards (IAMA) and commissions recognize and encourage the finest in creative composition throughout the western hemisphere.
- Undergraduate, Graduate, and Doctoral Scholarships, Summer Music Scholarships, and Chapter Outreach Grants are available to SAI members and chapters.
Sigma Alpha Iota accepts with pride the responsibilities and privileges of being a leader in the pursuit of music creation, performance, and scholarship.