Jisun Oh

Flutist Jisun Oh is a senior at NEC who studies with Renée Krimsier. NEC hosts her recital as winner of the 32nd James Pappoutsakis Memorial Flute Competition, held earlier this year. Pianist Wenbin Jin will accompany Oh.

Fauré Fantaisie for Flute
Mozart Rondo, K.184
J.S. Bach Sonata in E Major, BWV 1035
Boehm Grand Polonaise for Flute and Piano
Schubert Theme and Variations, Op. 160
Ran East Wind for Flute Solo

In addition to the Pappoutsakis, Jisun Oh has won numerous competitions such as the Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra, Toronto Sinfonietta, Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Orchestra Concerto Competitions, Kiwanis Music Festival, and Ontario Music Festival (OMFA). In the summer of 2008, she was the youngest wind finalist of the National Music Festival (Federations of Canadian Music Festivals).

Jisun also appeared as a soloist with the Toronto Sinfonietta, Kichener-Waterloo Chamber Orchestra, and the Academy Symphony Orchestra of the Royal Conservatory of the Music. In recent years, she attended Banff Music Festival, the Orford Music Festival, and Domaine Forget, where she studied with Emmanuel Pahud, Robert Langevin, Carol Wincenc, Jeffrey Khaner, Mattieu Dufour, and Tara O’Connor. While in Toronto, she was a member of the Royal Conservatory of Music’s Young Artists Performance Program, where she studied with Julie Ranti.

The Pappoutsakis Prize, first presented in 1980, was established in 1979 in memory of James Pappoutsakis, flutist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra for nearly four decades and beloved teacher of generations of fine musicians now performing throughout the world. Finalists in the annual competition are chosen (in a blind preliminary round) from among students at New England Conservatory, Boston University, The Boston Conservatory, The Longy School of Music, and Berklee College of Music.

The Competition is supported in part by: Brannen Brothers Flutemakers, Burkart Flutes, Flute FX, Flutristry Boston, Galdieri Flute Repair, Keefe Piccolo Company, Landell Flutes, Mancke Flutes, Music Espresso, Nagahara Flutes/NNI, Suffolk Dental Group, Verne Q Powell Flutes, Wm. S. Haynes Company, Williams Flutes, Yesterday Service, and Your Flute Works.