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July 9, 2025: Junior Division Showcase V
2025 Festival of Concerts
About the Concert

The Institute’s youngest performers, aged 7–14, now dazzle on the Heifetz main stage of Francis Auditorium. Including a new series of weeknight concerts.

Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University
227 E. Frederick Street


This concert is presented through generous support from:


Program

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Violin Sonatina No. 1 in D major, D. 384
I. Allegro molto
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Sophie Ku, violin (7—Hong Kong)
Minji Lee, piano


Jean-Baptiste Accolay (1833-1900)
Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor
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Eleanor Liu, violin (9—Princeton, NJ)
Hsiao-Ying Lin, piano


Dmitry Kabalevsky (1904-1987)
Violin Concerto in C Major, Op. 48 
I. Allegro molto e con brio
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Artemis Meister, violin (10—New York, NY)
Yadi Liang, piano


Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Violin Sonata No.1 in G minor, BWV 1001
II. Fuga
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Momo Sasaki, violin (11—North Bethesda, MD)


Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962)
Praeludium and Allegro
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Kimber Wu, violin (9—Pleasanton, CA)
Minji Lee, piano


Franz Anton Hoffmeister (1754-1812)
Viola Concerto No. 1 in D major
I. Allegro
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Rohan Sangani, viola (14—San Carlos, CA)
Yadi Liang, piano


Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Violin Concerto in A major, Hob.VIIa:3
I. Moderato
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Eleanor Tall, violin (10—New York, NY)
Minji Lee, piano


Édouard Lalo (1823-1892)
Symphonie Espagnole in D minor, Op. 21
I. Allegro non troppo
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Olivia Wang, violin (15—Atlanta, GA)
Hsiao-Ying Lin, piano


INTERMISSION


Johann Georg Albrechtsberger (1736-1809)
String Quartet in C major, Op. 20, No. 5
I. Adagio
II. Fuga. Vivace

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Avignon String Quartet
Cooper Li, violin (14—Sydney, Australia)
Zen Parris, violin (14—San Diego, CA)
Naomi Schnarch, cello (14—Tenafly, NJ)
Chloe Auyeung, cello (14—Merrick, NY)


Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85
II. Lento – Allegro molto
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Ella Whang, cello (13—Pelham, NY)
Lynne Mackey, piano


Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009
I. Prelude
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Nolan Auyeung, viola (12—Merrick, NY)


Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47
I. Allegro moderato
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Alexander Moon, violin (13—Vienna, VA)
Hsiao-Ying Lin, piano

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