Thursday 14 December 2.00 pm
Anna Im (violin)
Chiao-ying Chang (piano)
Schubert: Violin sonata in A D574 (22')
Allegro / Scherzo / Andantino / Allegro
C. Schumann: Three Romances Op 22 (11')
1. Andante molto 2. Allegretto 3. Leidenschaftlich schnell
Fauré Violin Sonata No. 1 in A major, Op. 13 (23')
Allegro / Andante / Scherzo / Finale
Anna Im is the First Prize winner of the 10th Michael Hill International Violin Competition in New Zealand. Her prize recording, Amabile, made possible through a partnership with the Tongyeong International Music Foundation and pianist Ilya Rashkovskiy, is now available on various global streaming platforms including YouTube, Spotify, Apple Music, and others. Anna earned her Bachelor of Music degree at the Curtis Institute of Music where she studied with Shmuel Ashkenasi and Aaron Rosand. Upon graduation, she was awarded the Curtis/Milka Violin Artist Prize. The recording of a live performance of the Brahms String Quintet which she led as first violin was selected as the first track of the "Curtis 95 Years of Artistry Season Selections" album.
Anna has been hailed for her extraordinarily beautiful sound and for being an engaging and passionate musician, appearing as a soloist with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, Baden-Baden Philharmonic, and Salzburger Solisten, among others. In addition to having won top prizes at various competitions in her native Korea at an early age, Anna has been a prizewinner, laureate, and finalist in various international competitions. She has also been invited to participate in many festivals including the Kronberg Academy Festival, IMS Prussia Cove, and Aspen Music Festival among others. As a chamber musician, Anna has performed with Steven Isserlis, Christian Tetzlaff, and Tabea Zimmermann as part of Kronberg Academy's “Chamber Music Connects the World”.
Anna began playing the violin at the age of seven and was invited to perform for the Thai Royal Family when she was eight. At the age of nine, she won the Little Mozart Competition in Korea and, as the winner of the competition, was invited to perform at Schlosskonzerte Mirabell in Salzburg, Austria in celebration of the 250th anniversary of Mozart's birth. She moved to the United Kingdom in 2012 to commence studies with So-Ock Kim, professor at the Royal Academy of Music in London. There she attended Millfield school until she entered the Curtis Institute of Music in 2014. Her other mentors include Haiyup Yang, Sungsic Yang, Paul Kim, and Clive Hughes. Anna recently completed her Master's degree at the Royal Academy of Music in London under the tutelage of So-Ock Kim. She is currently pursuing an Advanced Diploma as the recipient of Royal Academy's prestigious Bicentenary Scholarship.
Chiao-Ying Chang was a top prize-winner at the Leeds, ARD Munich, AXA Dublin and Taiwan International Piano Competitions, and has appeared as soloist with many of the world's leading orchestras. She has given recitals at prestigious venues such as Wigmore Hall, Bridgewater Hall, Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, Jacqueline Du Pre Hall, St. Georges Bristol and Carnegie Hall in New York etc. She was selected for representation by the Young Concert Artists Trust in London since 2001. She is a founding member of the Fournier Piano Trio, winner of the 2013 Parkhouse Award and 2nd prize of the 2011 Trondheim International Chamber Music Competition. Born in Taipei, Taiwan, Chiao-Ying gave her debut recital at twelve. She continued her studies with Prof. Yu-Chiou Tchen at the Affiliated High School of National Taiwan Normal University before won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music, where she studied with Christopher Elton and the late Maria Curcio. She was awarded the Hodgson fellowship, and was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music (ARAM) in 2015. Her CD recordings include the complete Schubert Impromptus for German label Audite, a collection of 29 works by Chopin for Musica Indo inc. in Japan, and piano trios by Mendelssohn, Faure and Ravel with Resonus Classics and USK Recordings.
These artist's appearance is supported by funds kindly provided by The Tillett Trust as part of its DEBUT programme which aims to help young musicians of outstanding talent to achieve performance platforms in the early stages of their careers.
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