About the program
We think of Tchaikovsky as a Russian composer but he also had Ukrainian family connections. This concert features his Symphony No. 2 which he composed at his sister’s house in Kamianka and uses Ukrainian folk songs in its thematic material. Andrew Chun will solo with NDSO on Schumann’s Cello Concerto in A minor. The program opens with an audience favorite The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave) by Mendelssohn.
Program subject to change.
The Hebrides, op. 26 (Fingal’s Cave) |
Felix Mendelssohn (1805-1847) |
Concerto, op. 129, A minor Andrew Chun- violoncello |
Robert Schumann (1810-1856) |
Intermission |
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Ukrainian National Anthem The National anthem of Ukraine is “Shche ne vmerla Ukraina” “Ukraine Has Not Yet Perished” |
Michail Berdinsky Pavlo Chubinsky arr. Cody Parks |
Symphony No. 2, op. 17, C minor |
Piotr Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) |
guest cellist - Andrew Chun
Andrew Chun is an 18-year-old cellist in the Columbia-Juilliard exchange program. He has previously graduated from The Juilliard School’s Pre-College Division, studying with Minhye Clara Kim. Andrew is also a winner of the National YoungArts Foundation, and received the first prize of the Camerata Artists International Competition, the first prize and gold prize of the Vivo International Competition, the first prize and virtuoso prize of the NYYVC Competition, the first prize of the Enkor International Competition, the first prize of the United States International Music Competition, and was a finalist on NPR’s From the Top radio show.
Andrew has participated in masterclasses and studied with Laurence Lesser, Zvi Plesser, Joel Krosnick, Astrid Schween, and the Borromeo Quartet. Andrew was admitted to the Morningside Music Bridge Program with full scholarship during the summer of 2020. He has attended the Perlman Music Program since the summer of 2021, under the tutelage of Itzhak and Toby Perlman.
Andrew has participated in masterclasses and studied with Laurence Lesser, Zvi Plesser, Joel Krosnick, Astrid Schween, and the Borromeo Quartet. Andrew was admitted to the Morningside Music Bridge Program with full scholarship during the summer of 2020. He has attended the Perlman Music Program since the summer of 2021, under the tutelage of Itzhak and Toby Perlman.
