Sunday July 20, 2025

Amphitheater at 3:00pm 

Join the Chautauqua School of Music Piano Program for a big and bold afternoon of piano music

*70 minute concert with no intermission*

Overture to “Candide” (1955)  

- Leonard Bernstein (1918 – 1990) 

Arr. C Harmon 

Alice (Guannan) Liu, Jen (Ningxin) Zhan 

Danse Macabre, Op. 40 

- Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 – 1921) 

Arr. E. Guiraud 

Jiin Kim, Jiyeon Lee, Ryan Zhang, Seohee Yang 

Barcarolle from Suite No. 1, Op. 5 

- Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 – 1943) 

Leo Choi, Peijun Wang 

Tarantella from Suite No. 2, Op. 17 

- Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 – 1943) 

Andrew Nguyen, Jiin Kim 

Turkish March from Piano Sonata No. 11, K. 331 

- W.A. Mozart (1756 – 1791) 

HyunJee Jung 

En Bateau and Ballet from “Petite Suite” (1886) 

- Claude Debussy (1862 – 1918)  

Vivian Li, Wanyue Zhao 

Finale from “Carnival of the Animals” (1886)  

- Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 – 1921) 

Arr. L Garban 

Soli Nallaseth, Lezi Zhang 

Sabre Dance (1941)  

- Aram Khachaturian (1903 – 1978) 

Arr. S. Kaganovich 

Hanxiao Lai, Huiping Cai, Alice Liu, Jen Zhan 

Preludes Op. 16 No. 1, 2, & 5 

- Alexander Scriabin (1872 – 1915)  

Samuel Han 

Overture to “The Marriage of Figaro”, K. 492 

- W.A. Mozart 

Arr. R. Kleinmichel 

Tessa (Tianxiang) Ni, Vivian Li 

Hungarian Dance No. 5 in F-sharp minor (1872)  

- Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897) 

Yajiao Liang, Wanyue Zhao 

Etude No. 11 (2010)  

- Kenji Bunch (b.1973) 

Tessa Ni 

Two Gershwin Arrangements 

- George Gershwin (1898 – 1837) 

Arr. Logan Skelton 

Jiyeon Lee, Jiani Wu 

Galop Marche (1860)  

- Albert Lavignac (1846 – 1916)  

HyunJee Jung, Jiin Kim, Seohee Yang, Ryan Zhang 

The Chautauqua Piano Program is a highly selective and dynamic five week program for 20 pianists, ages 18–28. Combining an impressive roster of resident and guest faculty with unmatched practice and performance facilities, the program attracts 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.  

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. 

Piano Program Faculty

Nikki Melville, Chair

Alexander Kobrin, Heintzelman Family Artistic Advisor 

Jon Nakamatsu 

JY Song 

Charis Dimaris 

Logan Skelton 

Jonathan Mamora 

Jose Ramon Mendez 

Sara Davis Buechner 

HaeSun Paik 

School of Music Administration 

Sarah Malinoski, Director, Chautauqua Schools of Performing and Visual Arts 

Samantha Minardi-Lopez, Manager of Student Services & Arts Education Business Coordinator 

Alyssa Shimmel, Administrative Assistant 

Mariana Mathewson Bernstein, Connections Coordinator 

Robert Bussell, Piano Technician