2001 Gina Bachauer Competition Winners Soyeon Lee and Xun Wang

NYPR Archives & Preservation | Jan 1, 2000

Robert Sherman opens the 25th anniversary of Young Artists Showcase by welcoming an audience to The Juilliard School's Paul Recital Hall for a live concert broadcast on WQXR featuring the winners of the 2001 Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition: Soyeon Lee and Xun Wang.

Robert Sherman - host
Soyeon Lee - piano
Xun Wang - piano
Joseph W. Polisi - President of The Juilliard School
Terry McGraw - Chairman of McGraw-Hill Companies, sponsor of Young Artists Showcase
Betty Allen - President of the Harlem School of the Arts
Barbara Field - Executive Director of the Third Street Music School Settlement
Juliana Fonda - on-site engineer
Harold Chamber - station producer
Charles Pitts - program engineer

[introduction]

Set I
Soyeon Lee - piano

Franz Liszt: Petrarch Sonnet, No. 104 (Sonetto 104 del Petrarca) {live} 
Maurice Ravel: La Valse {live} 

[intermission conversation and announcements with Bob Sherman, Terry McGraw, Betty Allen and Barbara Field]

Set II
Xun Wang - piano
Franz Liszt: Petrarch Sonnet, No. 47 (Sonetto 47 del Petrarca) {live} 
Igor Stravinsky: Three Movements from Petrushka, 2nd and 3rd mvts. {live} 

[closing remarks and broadcast credits]

 

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