Performances + Events
Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts Presents: Leland Ko, cello; Adria Ye, piano
Williams Hall
Please reach out to FCPA with any questions regarding programming details at Foundation@ChinesePerformingArts.net.
Artist(s)
Leland Ko, cello, https://www.lelandko.com/about
Described as someone with “Disarming charisma” (South Florida Classical Review) yet simultaneously as someone “Byronic” and “excelling in both poetic longing and dramatic outbursts” (Boston Classical Review), Leland Ko has performed as a soloist and chamber musician in venues across America and abroad. He is a first prize winner of the Concours Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, the Concert Artists Guild Louis and Susan Meisel Competition, and the Walter W. Naumburg International Cello Competition.
He is the cellist of Trio Rai, the OAK Trio, the Phaidros Quartet, and also a frequent member of Sejong Soloists.
Leland Ko was a long-time student of Kirsten Peltz, Ronald Lowry, and Paul Katz before attending Princeton University, where he graduated with an A.B. in German Literature. He went on to complete an M.M. at The Juilliard School under the teaching of Minhye Clara Kim, Timothy Eddy, and Natasha Brofsky, and then earned an Artist Diploma from the New England Conservatory under guidance of Laurence Lesser, Yeesun Kim, and Donald Weilerstein.
Adria Ye, piano
Pianist Adria Ye has been described by cellist David Finckel as having a “naturally beautiful sound and lyric instinct,” she made her orchestral debut at nine with the Oregon Sinfonietta and has since performed as soloist and chamber musician across Europe, China, and the United States. She has been featured in radio broadcasts of “Performance Today” with Fred Child, and National Public Radio’s “From the Top.” Most recently, she was the recipient of the Paul Streit Special Prize at the 2022 Concours de Genéve, and was the winner of the 2022 Music Academy of the West Solo Piano Competition.Adria earned her Bachelor and Master of Music degrees at the Juilliard School with Yoheved Kaplinsky and Julian Martin, and a Graduate Diploma at the New England Conservatory with Wha-Kyung Byun.
Beethoven: Sonata for Piano and Cello No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 5 No. 2 (1796)
Fauré: Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 109 (1917)
Boulanger: 3 Pieces for Cello and Piano (1914)
Schumann: Intermezzo, from the F-A-E Sonata (1853) (arr. cello and piano)
Mendelssohn: Sonata for Piano and Cello No. 1 in B-flat Major, Op. 45 (1838)
