Curtis on Tour: Osmo Vänskä, clarinet, Erin Keefe, violin, & Musicians from the Curtis Institute of Music
In person: $30-$35
Stream: $25
- Osmo Vänskä, clarinet
- Erin Keefe, violin
- Julin Cheung, flute
- Asha Kline, bassoon
- Christine Ott, French horn
- Jinyoung Yoon, violin
- Soyoung Cho, viola
- Hun Choi, cello
- Dimitrios Mattas, double bass
Ernst von Dohnányi — Serenade in C major for string trio, Op. 10
Erwin Schulhoff — Concertino for Flute, Viola, and Double Bass
Jean Sibelius — En Saga ("A Saga"), Op. 9
This first Curtis on Tour program of the season culminates in Sibelius' mesmerizing tone poem En Saga for flute, clarinet, two violins, viola, cello, and double bass.
It unfurls from a trio of works for elements of these forces by Mozart, Dohnányi, and Schulhoff. Musicians from the Curtis Institute of Music are joined by the acclaimed conductor laureate of the Minnesota Orchestra – the dazzling clarinetist Osmo Vänskä in an uncommon appearance on his instrument – and current Minnesota Orchestra concertmaster Erin Keefe on violin. An inspired chamber music program from some of Curtis' most esteemed musicians.
Online streaming also available for 72 hours following the performance. An access link will be emailed to you after purchase.
About Curtis on Tour
Curtis on Tour features extraordinary emerging professional artists performing alongside celebrated faculty and alumni. Grounded in Curtis's "learn by doing" philosophy and steeped in the school’s distinguished history of artistic excellence, this innovative global touring initiative is an integral component of a Curtis education.
For more than 10 years, Curtis on Tour artists and ensembles have delighted audiences around the globe with performances that are "exhilarating from beginning to end" (Washington Post).
https://www.curtis.edu/curtis-performances/on-tour/About 92Y
About Osmo Vänskä, clarinet
https://www.minnesotaorchestra.org/about/our-people/artistic-roster/music-director/
About Erin Keefe, violin
About Asha Kline, bassoon
Asha Kline is in her third year of undergrad studies at the Curtis Institute of Music, where she is a student of Daniel Matsukawa. She currently holds the position of assistant principal bassoon in the New Haven Symphony. In 2022, Kline was named the first prize winner of the Boston Woodwind Society's Matthew Ruggiero International Bassoon Competition, and the 2023 Meg Quigley Vivaldi competition first prize. Kline has appeared as soloist with orchestra as a two-time winner of the Baltimore Symphony Youth Orchestra's concerto competition (2020, 2018) and the Columbia Orchestra's Young Artist Competition (2017). She hails from Ellicott City, Maryland.
About Christine Ott, French horn
About Jinyoung Yoon, violin
Jinyoung Yoon, from Seoul, entered the Curtis Institute of Music in 2016 and studies violin with Midori. All students at Curtis receive merit-based, full-tuition scholarships, and Ms. Yoon is the John S. Price Fellow.
Ms. Yoon has appeared as a soloist with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Myung-Whun Chung. In 2010, she was selected to perform in the Kumho Prodigy Concert Series. Ms. Yoon is the winner of the grand prize in the Music Education Newspaper Competition and first prize in the Baroque Competition in Korea.
She has attended the Sejong International and Great Mountains music festivals as well as the Yellow Barn Young Artists Program.
Prior to entering Curtis, Ms. Yoon attended the Juilliard Pre-College Division. Her previous teachers include Bok-soo Kim, Joseph Kim, Hyo Kang, and Elissa Koljonen. Ms. Yoon began violin lessons at age five.
Nathan Lee, from Seattle, is a student of Robert McDonald and entered Curtis in 2019.