XIAYIN WANG & FRIENDSFeaturing Xiayin Wang (Piano), Bela Horvath (Violin, Viola), David Lisker (Violin) and Hiro Matsuo (Cello)
Xiayin Wang returns to the Historic Lyric Stage! Joining Wang to perform a Chamber Concert are her friends: Bela Horvath (Violin, Viola), David Lisker (Violin), and Hiro Matsuo (Cello).
Program
Brahms
Sonatensatz (Sonata Scherzo in C minor)
Kreisler
Melody
De Falla
Dance Espagnole
Mendelssohn
Song Without Words
Franck
Violin Sonata in A Major
Brahms
Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25
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Xiayin Wang
"Even for the most gifted young pianist, it takes a lot to be noticed . . . Xiayin Wang is clearly doing something right.” – Steve Smith, The New York Times
An artist with a winning combination of superb musicianship, personal verve and riveting technical brilliance, pianist Xiayin Wang conquers the hearts of audiences wherever she appears. As a recitalist, chamber musician and orchestral soloist, she has achieved a high level of recognition for her commanding performances.
Wang, who has been hailed as “a paragon of virtuosity” The Washington Post, began her piano studies at the age of five in her native China. She trained at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, and continued her studies in the United States at the Manhattan School of Music, where she earned her Bachelor, Master and Professional Studies degrees.
Wang has performed to universal acclaim throughout China, Europe and the United States in such renowned venues as Shanghai Concert Hall, Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall. Her recordings showcase her unique interpretations of wide-ranging compositions by Mozart, Ravel, Bach, Scriabin and the Gershwin arrangements of legendary piano virtuoso Earl Wild.
Wang is lauded for her technical brilliance, but she considers the heart of the music to be the most important part of any performance. “I would totally go with the idea that you play music with heart,” she says. “Technique serves the heart. Technique serves the music. It cannot be any more important.”
Bela Horvath
Bela Horvath was born in Hungary. At age of 3 and half, he began to study the violin with his grandfather and continued his violin studies with a famous Hungarian violin teacher, Valeria Baranyai. In 1996, Bela entered the Bela Bartok Conservatory, where he studied with Istvan Kertesz, the first violinist of the Festetics String Quartet.
In 1998, Bela won the National Janos Koncz violin competition in Hungary. The following year, he entered the 9th International Carl Flesch Violin Competition. As the youngest contestant, he was the fourth prize winner of that year and also won a special prize for the best interpretation of a new work written for the competition by Hungarian composer, Miklos Csemicky.
In 2000, Mr. Horvath entered the Franz Liszt University of Music, where he began his studies with Hungarian concert violinist, Miklos Szenthelyi. In 2002, the renowned violinist, violist, and conductor, Pinchas Zukerman invited Mr.Horvath to study with him and his associate, Patinka Kopec, at the Manhattan School of Music.
Bela Horvath has worked with leading violinists and pedagogues including Zakhar Bron, Leonidas Kavakos, Jaime Laredo, Gyorgy Pauk, Ruggiero Ricci, Aaron Rosand, and Joseph Silverstein. Mr. Horvath has also played a great deal of chamber music and has been coached by chamber musicians and teachers like Daniel Avshalomov, Steven Dann, Eugene Drucker, Lawrence Dutton, Timothy Eddy, Joseph Kalichstein, Robert Mann, Sylvia Rosenberg, David Soyer, and Michael Tree.
Bela Horvath made his debut recital at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Hall in 2003. The debut of his Piano Quartet, Amity Players, was at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Hall in October 2006. They have recently released a recording of two piano quartets by J. Brahms for the Canadian label, Marquis Music. As a soloist and recitalist, he has played many concerts around the world, including the Czech Republic, Austria, Germany, France, England, Slovakia, Hungary, the United States and Canada.
In February, 2008, he performed with Pinchas Zukerman at Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall. Mr. Horvath played in Carnegie Hall`s Isaac Stern auditorium as a soloist in June 2008.
Mr. Horvath completed his Bachelors and his Master`s of Music degree at the Manhattan School of Music. He is a faculty member at the Manhattan School of Music’s Pre-college.
David Lisker
As a testament to his exceptional versatility, David Lisker has appeared as soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral performer in many of today’s most prestigious concert halls including New York’s Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, Alice Tully Hall, and Merkin Hall, The Mann Auditorium in Israel, The Orange County Performing Arts Center in California, The National Arts Centre in Ottawa, and The Shanghai Theatre in China. Mr. Lisker has also performed on the live PBS broadcast of “Live from Lincoln Center”, recorded and interviewed for Bob Sherman’s “Young Artist Showcase” on WQXR in New York, and was the only violinist ever to be featured on David Dubal’s “Piano Matters” on WWFM Radio.
Recent highlights include a one week residency at the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music at California State University Long Beach where he gave a masterclass and performed a recital, a performance at the Singer Festival in Warsaw, Poland, a performance of the C Major Mozart Viola Quintet at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York with Itzhak Perlman, a performance in the Chicago Beethoven Festival live on WFMT, and solo appearances with the South Coast Symphony Orchestra under Maestro Barry Silverman in California, and the Queretaro Philharmonic Orchestra under Maestro Guadalupe Flores performing the Glazunov Violin Concerto live on Mexican radio. Mr. Lisker has also released a CD this year entitled “Duets” alongside internationally acclaimed Hungarian violinist, Bela Horvath, which is currently available on Amazon and iTunes worldwide.
Born in Novosibirsk, Russia, Mr. Lisker immigrated to America with his parents when he was 4 and began studying violin at the age of 5 with his father. He continued his studies with Terrine Gomez in Champagne, Illinois, Linda Rose in Los Angeles, and Mark Zinger in Chicago. At 14, he was one of 18 young violinists selected to participate in the renowned summer music program, The Perlman Music Program, where he studied with Itzhak Perlman for 5 years. Mr. Lisker also participated in the National Centre's Young Artists Program in Ottawa for 4 years. Further associations have included Eric Friedman, Vadim Repin, Joseph Kalichstein, Michael Tree, Lawrence Dutton, and Robert Mann.
Mr. Lisker received his Bachelor of Music degree from the Manhattan School of Music where he studied with Pinchas Zukerman and Patinka Kopec, and went on to receive his Master of Music degree from the Juilliard School where he studied with Itzhak Perlman.
Hiro Masuo
A native of Chicago, cellist Hiro Matsuo began his musical studies at ten and had already been featured on a PBS television program performing Saint-Saëns’ “The Swan” within a year into his studies. A bronze medalist in the 2006 Stulberg International Competition, Matsuo has earned wide recognition winning numerous competitions and awards from an early age including first place awards in National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts, all divisions of Society of American Musicians Competition, Musichorale Competition, MTNA Illinois and Midwest Regional Competition, University of Illinois Cello Festival Competition and the Mary Alice Cox award from National Federation of Music Clubs. As winner of the Kishwaukee Young Artists Concerto Competition, Matsuo made his concerto debut with the Kishwaukee Symphony Orchestra in 2002 performing Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations.
An avid chamber musician, he has collaborated with such distinguished artists as Paul Biss, Roberto Diaz, Ida Kavafian, Alexander Kerr, Anne-Marie McDermott and Joseph Silverstein. His involvement with chamber music began at 12 when he was the principal cellist of the cello trio Tre Cellisti, which, among other honors, was featured on an A&E television documentary, “The Competition.” In 2002, Tre Cellisti performed with Yo-Yo Ma on the nationally syndicated radio program "From the Top". Matsuo has since continued extensive chamber music studies receiving guidance from Pamela Frank, Miriam Fried, Gary Graffman, Ida Kavafian, Meng-Chieh Liu, Seymour Lipkin and Steven Tenenbom among others.
In the past summer seasons, Matsuo has performed solo and chamber music recitals throughout North America, Europe and Japan. In 2009, he was invited to tour the United States as a member of the “Curtis on Tour” chamber ensemble, which also included Joseph Silverstein, former concertmaster of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and Roberto Diaz, former principal violist of the Philadelphia Orchestra and current president of the Curtis Institute of Music, performing works by Boccherini, Brahms and Dohnanyi. In 2006 and 2007, he was a fellow at Ravinia Festival’s Steans Institute and, in 2008, at the Kirishima International Music Festival in Japan. This summer, Matsuo has accepted an invitation to participate at Music@Menlo chamber music festival.
Having earned his Bachelor’s Degree from the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music under the tutelage of Carter Brey, David Soyer and Peter Wiley, Matsuo is currently studying with Timothy Eddy at The Juilliard School, where he is a recipient of the Irene Diamond Graduate Fellowship, M. & E. Cohen Scholarship and J. & B. Werter Scholarship.
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