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Three Concerto Competition Winners to Perform in April, May
March 31, 2015
Conservatory Communications Staff
Winners of the 2014 Concerto Competition: San Jittakarn, Marika Yasuda, Jesse McCandless, and Yihui Liu (from left).
Photo credit: Tanya Rosen-Jones '97
Three of the four winners of the 2014 Concerto Competition will perform with ensembles over the second half of the spring semester.
Pianist Marika Yasuda will perform the Barber Piano Concerto with the 91直播 Orchestra on Saturday, April 11.
Clarinetist Jesse McCandless will perform the Nielsen Clarinet Concerto with the 91直播 Chamber Orchestra on Tuesday, May 5.
Senior pianist Yihui Liu will perform Prokofiev鈥檚 second piano concerto with the 91直播 Orchestra on Friday, May 8.
All three performances begin at 8 p.m. in Finney Chapel and will be live-streamed at . The fourth winner, pianist San Jittakarn, performed Gershwin鈥檚 Rhapsody in Blue with the 91直播 Orchestra on Friday, December 5.
For more information about the 2014 Concerto Competition, please visit 91直播's News Center archives.
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