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July 12, 2025: Junior Division Showcase VI
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

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007
I. Prelude
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Anahit (Aeon) Bashir, cello (15—Eden Prairie, MN)


Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805)
Cello Concerto in B-flat major, G.482
I. Allegro Moderato
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Ainslea Hong, cello (15—New York, NY)
Ting-Ting Yen, piano


Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major
III. Allegro Molto
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Jay Jaewoo Choi, cello (12—Tenafly, NJ)
Ting-Ting Yen, piano


David Popper (1843-1913)
Polonaise de Concert, Op. 14
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Cerin Yoo, cello (10—San Diego, CA)
  Lynne Mackey, piano


Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33
II. Allegretto con moto - cadenza - Tempo I - Un peu moins vite
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Chloe Auyeung, cello (14—Merrick, NY)
Ting-Ting Yen, piano


Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33
III. Molto allegro
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Charlie May, cello (14—Round Rock, TX)
Ting-Ting Yen, piano


INTERMISSION


Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962)
Recitativo und Scherzo-Caprice, Op. 6 
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San Lee, violin (10—Fort Collins, CO)


Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004
III. Sarabande
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Spencer Chu, violin (14—London, Ontario, Canada)


Ernest Bloch (1880-1959)
Baal Shem: Three Pictures of Chassidic Life
II. Nigun (Improvisation)
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Cooper Li, violin (14—Sydney, Australia)
Minji Lee, piano


Tomaso Antonio Vitali (1663-1745)
Chaconne in G minor 
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Yuiko Yamaguchi, violin (14—Los Alamos, NM)
Minji Lee, piano


Traditional
arr. Li Zili
Fisherman’s Harvest Song, Traditional Chinese folk song
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Henna Lam, violin (14—Alamo, CA)
Jeremiah Padilla, piano


Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28
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Serafina Luk, violin (13—Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong)
Jeremiah Padilla, piano

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