Curtis Student Recitals

The Curtis Institute of Music's talented students share with Longwood audiences the high level of music-making they have honed during their studies, as they perform solo and chamber music in pre-graduation recitals.

The Curtis Institute of Music brings its remarkable young talents to Longwood Gardens throughout the spring for hourlong recitals. One of the world's great conservatories, Curtis trains the legends of tomorrow in a unique, intimate environment that has nurtured a long line of great performers, from Leonard Bernstein to the Guarneri Quartet to Hilary Hahn.

All recitals begin at 1:00 pm in The Ballroom.

Sunday, April 1

Summer Hu, cello
Jungeun Kim, piano

Summer Hu, 18, from Potomac, Md., entered the Curtis Institute of Music in 2007 and studies with Peter Wiley, cello of the Guarneri String Quartet. She has given recitals at the embassies of Finland and Switzerland through the Washington Performing Arts Society Embassy Adoption Program and at the Harman Center for the Arts in Washington, D.C., as a Feder Memorial String Competition award winner. Ms. Hu performs regularly on the Curtis Student Recital Series and also has participated in master classes with cellists Carter Brey, Gary Hoffman, Janos Starker, Jan Vogler, and Jian Wang.

Jungeun Kim began piano studies at age three and made her public debut at age eight. After winning a Presidential Prize in the Korean National Music Competition, she performed with the Korean National Philharmonic. Ms. Kim has performed as a recitalist and guest artist with orchestras and ensembles in the United States, Canada, South America, Europe, and the Far East, and she has appeared on CBS, CBC, Voice of America, and NPR broadcasts. She has been featured in the Philadelphia Orchestra's chamber music series and has collaborated with such distinguished artists as Sarah Chang, Ida Kavafian, Ruggiero Ricci, Aaron Rosand, Peter Wiley, Riccardo Chailly, James Depreist, Charles Dutoit, Kurt Masur, and Wolfgang Sawalish. She has been director of instrumental accompaniment and outside performances at Curtis since 2009.

Tickets

Recitals are free with Gardens admission. First-come, first-served seating.

About the Curtis Institute of Music

The Curtis Institute of Music educates and trains exceptionally gifted young musicians for careers as performing artists on the highest professional level.

One of the world's leading conservatories, Curtis is highly selective, with an enrollment of about 165. In this intimate environment, students receive personalized attention from a celebrated faculty. A busy schedule of performances is at the heart of Curtis's distinctive "learn by doing" approach, which has produced an impressive number of notable artists since the school's founding in Philadelphia in 1924.

Grounded in this rich heritage, Curtis is looking to the future in a flexible and forward-thinking way, evolving strategically to serve its time-honored mission.

For information about Curtis, visit their web site.

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