Episode 23: Stars of Tomorrow

They come from a 25 states and more than a dozen states for the chance to make the main stage in our signature series – the Stars of Tomorrow – the twice-weekly concert devoted exclusively to solo performances by our budding stars, with dazzling virtuosity and touching lyricism on display.  On this episode, you some Stars of Tomorrow performances by our young artists in works by Fritz Kriesler, Henri Vieuxtemps, Robert Schumann, Maurice Ravel, and Camille Saint-Saens, featuring Heifetz artists as young as eleven years old! This Episode’s Playlist J.S. Bach: Violin Sonata No. 2 in A minor, BWV 1003 II. Andante Kayleigh Kim, violin Staunton Augusta Art Center Gallery Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.09.2021 Fritz Kreisler: Praeludium & Allegro SoHyun Ko, violin | Allison Freeman, piano Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA Heifetz Institute Recording | 06.28.2022 Henri Vieuxtemps: Capriccio in C minor, Op. 55, (“Hommage à Paganini”) Steven Baloue, viola Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.29.2019 Franz Schubert: Notturno in E-flat Major, D. 897 [excerpt] Masha Lakisova, violin | Isaiah Kim, cello | Anton Smirnoff, piano Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA Heifetz Institute Recording | 04.16.2016 Robert Schumann: Märchenbilder, Op. 113 I. Nicht shnell II. Lebhaft Adam Savage, viola | Yoon Lee, piano First Presbyterian Church, Staunton, VA Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.19.2019 Luigi Boccherini: Cello Sonata in C major, G. 17 I. Allegro Christine J. Lee, cello | Benjamin Doane, cello Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA Heifetz Institute Recording | 08.02.2016 Camille Saint-Saens: Havanaise, Op. 83 Christina Nam, violin | Allison Freeman, piano Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.07.2019 Georges Enescu: Aubade [excerpt] Nigel Armstrong, violin | Steven Baloue, viola | Juan-Salvador Carrasco, cello South Market Stage, Grace Christian School, Staunton, VA Heifetz Institute Recording | 03.22.2022 Maurice Ravel: Tzigane, M. 76 Corina Deng, violin | Yoon Lee, piano Grisham Hall, St. Anne’s Belfield School, Charlottesville, VA Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.28.2019 Go Deeper The title of this program is also the title of our signature concert series at the Heifetz Institute! Our 2023 Stars of Tomorrow Concerts will take place on Monday and Wednesday nights during the course of the Institute, in the ‘friendly confines’ of Francis Auditorium, on the campus of Mary Baldwin University. Tickets & Info Two out of three ain’t bad! In the spring of 2023 the venerable Boston Symphony Orchestra announced the hiring of three new members – two of whom are Heifetz Institute alums! Cellist Christine J. Lee, (Heifetz 2016) featured in this episode, joins fellow Heifetz alum Roric Cunningham (Heifez 2020 & 2021) in the BSO cello section starting with the orchestra’s summer season at Tanglewood. Violinist Corina Deng, one of this episode’s featured performers, first came to the Heifetz Institute at the age of 10, and is becoming one of the great young emerging artists from Canada.  Now 15 years old, Corina was a competitior in the Yehudi Menuhin competition in Richmond, VA in 2021, and in the spring of 2023 at the special Mini Violini presentation at the Montreal International Violin Competition.