Guest Artist Recital: Kim-Singer-Woo Piano Trio

Sunday, January 12, 2025
2:00 p.m.
Allendale Campus
Alumni, Community, Faculty, Staff, Students

Fabiola Kim, violin; Leo Singer, cello; Alan Woo, piano

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Piano Trio in E-flat Major, op. 70, no. 2
Poco sostenuto
Allegro ma non troppo
Allegretto
Allegretto ma non troppo
Finale: Allegro

Anton Arensky (1861-1905)
Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, op. 32
Allegro moderato
Scherzo: Allegro molto
Elegia: Adagio
Finale: Allegro non troppo

Hailed by the New York Times as 'a brilliant soloist' who 'played with extraordinary precision and luminosity,' violinist Fabiola Kim is a dynamic and versatile artist who enjoys a diverse career as a soloist, chamber musician, recording artist and a pedagogue. Her CD, titled '1939' with the Munich Symphony and Kevin John Edusei has gotten many international acclaims from BBC magazine, The Strad Magazine, Gramophone, American Record Guide and many others. After beginning her studies at the age of four, she made her concerto debut with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra just three years later. Ms. Kim is the winner of various awards and competitions, including the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra's Concerto Competition as the youngest competitor in the history of the competition to win. Since then, she has won the Aspen Music Festival Violin Concerto Competition, The Juilliard Concerto Competition, Livingston Symphony Orchestra Young Artists Concerto Competition, the Kumho Prodigy Music Award, an award given to the most promising young musicians in Korea, and was a prize winner at Corpus Christi International Competition and the Irving M. Klein International Competition for Strings.

Her upcoming engagements include concerto concerto performances with Jeonju Symphony, Adrian Symphony, Orchester KlangVerwaltung, Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra of Szolnok, Sofia Philharmony orchestra, numerous recitals, and a release of new CD.

She has collaborated with conductors such as Alan Gilbert, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Gilbert Varga, Jane Glover, and Nicholas McGegan. Her past solo performances include engagements with the Seoul and Suwon Philharmonics; an European tour with Suwon Philharmonic Orchestra to the Bruckner Festival in Linz and Merano Festival in Merano, Italy, The Juilliard Orchestra, Aspen Philharmonia, the Kangnam, Korean, Broward, and Prime Symphony Orchestras; the Livingston Symphony; Koln Chamber Orchestra; North Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; the American Academy of Conducting at Aspen, Orquestra Sinfonica OSUANL, the Budapest Symphony Orchestra MAV, the Hofer Sinfoniker, Berlin Symphoniker, Korean Chamber Orchestra, Westdeutche Sinfionia, Munich Chamber Orchestra and Colburn Orchestra.

An avid Chamber Musician, Ms. Kim has performed at summer festivals like Aspen Music Festival, Ravinia Steans Institute, Verbier Festival and La Jolla Music Society Summerfest.

As a devoted pedagogue, Ms. Kim is an Assistant Professor and full-time faculty at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre and Dance and she is on faculty at the Colburn School. Additionally, she is a Co-founder and Co-Artistic Director of Sounding Point Academy with Robert Lipsett, and she serves as violin faculty at Center Stage for Strings.

Ms. Kim received her Artist Diploma at the Colburn School under the guidance of Robert Lipsett, and she received her Bachelor and Master of Music at the Juilliard School under the tutelage of Sylvia Rosenberg and Ronald Copes.

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Dr. Leo Singer is an active American cellist, teacher, administrator, and scholar. Leo serves as the Artistic Manager for the University of Michigan Youth Performing Arts Pre-College, a program that provides world class music instruction to students in Michigan. Dr. Singer also recently joined the cello faculty at The University of Michigan - Flint, and Concordia University - Ann Arbor. In the summer, Leo is on faculty at the esteemed Center Stage Strings program on the University of Michigan campus. As a performer, Dr. Singer has enjoyed a multifaceted career collaborating with many of the great artists of our time, including members of the Emerson, Cavani, Verona, and Euclid String Quartets, as well as Clive Greensmith, Carol Wincenc, Fabiola Kim, Robert McDuffie, and many others. An experienced orchestral musician, Leo has played principal cello of the Aspen Philharmonic Orchestra, the Yale Symphony Orchestra, the Juilliard Pre-College Orchestra, and more. As a teacher, Leo has seen his students attend the finest music schools and summer festivals in the world, including the Juilliard School, Rice University, Manhattan School of Music, The University of Michigan, The Aspen Music Festival, Pacific Music Festival, Music Academy of the West and others. An avid scholar of technical studies, Leo authored his own book 'Changes of Position,' which focuses on principles and concepts for the left-hand. Previous artistic leadership include serving as Coordinator and Distinguished Artist of Cello at the McDuffie Center for Strings, as well as founding and performing as Artistic Director of the Ann Arbor Chamber Fest. During his college years, Leo was the Music Director of the Low Strung cello ensemble, the largest all-cello rock and pop ensemble in the world. This group has recorded three albums, toured around the United States and the globe, and continues to perform today. Leo received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University, where he graduated with distinction in the Intensive Music Major. He went on to receive his Master's Degree and Doctorate of Musical Arts from the University of Michigan, serving as teaching assistant for world renowned pedagogue Richard Aaron. Previous primary instructors are Ole Akahoshi, Andre Emelianoff and Sibylle Johner. Leo plays an award-winning cello made by Lawrence Wilke in 2012, as well as an Italian cello made in the late 1700s.
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Praised by the New York Times as a pianist with 'assurance and vitality,' Alan Woo made his Lincoln Center debut at Alice Tully Hall performing with the Juilliard Orchestra under the baton of Yannick Nézet-Séguin. He has since collaborated with conductors Daniel Hege, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, and Tito Muñoz in solo appearances with the Houston Symphony, Fort Worth Symphony, and Music Academy of the West Festival Orchestra.

Woo's recent engagements include solo recitals throughout the US, Brazil, Europe, and Asia./He has been featured on The McGraw Hill Financial Young Artists Showcase broadcasted on WQXR in New York and has performed in venues such as Carnegie's Weill and Zankel Recital Halls. As chamber musician, he has made appearances at the New York Philharmonic Ensembles, Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta, Lake George Music Festival, Chamber Music Athens, Brooklyn Chamber Music Society, and La Jolla Music Society's SummerFest series, among others.

Born in Arlington, Virginia, Woo is a graduate of The Juilliard School and Peabody Conservatory where he completed degrees in piano performance under Robert McDonald and Yong Hi Moon. He currently teaches at the University of Georgia as an assistant professor of piano, having previously held positions at Elizabeth City State University and Peabody Institute.

Location Information

Sherman van Solkema Recital Hall

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Contact Information

Department of Music, Theatre, and Dance
(616) 331-3484

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This event was added to the calendar by Bridgett Vanderhoof (vandebri@gvsu.edu) on Wednesday, January 8, 2025 at 1:47 p.m.