Faculty Artist Series: Kirsten Yon, Violin - A Kaleidoscope of Love
Monday, March 24, 2025
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Come enjoy the another exciting recital in the Moores School of Music Faculty Artist Series! Associate Professor of Violin and String Division Head, Kirsten Yon performs her recital featuring fellow faculty members Brian Suits (piano), Timothy Hester (piano) and Eunghee Cho (cello).
Dr. Kirsten Yon is Associate Professor of Violin and Head of the String Division at the University of Houston Moores School of Music. Her active solo career includes recital engagements and masterclasses throughout the United States (including Carnegie Hall, Weill Recital Hall), Brazil, Czech Republic, England, South Korea, Honduras, Mexico, Germany, France, Iceland, and Norway. Previously on the faculty of Texas Tech University, Yon additionally taught for many years at the Interlochen Center for the Arts, the International Music Academy Pilsen (Czech Republic), the Nathan Schwartzman String Festival (Uberlândia, Brazil), and the Cambridge International String Academy (England). She toured Brazil with the Botticelli String Quartet and pianist Cristina Capparelli Gerling, traveling to Curitiba, Florianopolis, and performing several concerti with the Orquestra de Câmara Theatro São Pedro in Porto Alegre (Brazil). The winner of multiple competitions, Yon received outstanding accolades for her performances as a concert soloist, chamber musician, and for her concerto appearances.
To learn more about Kirsten Yon and her accomplishments, please visit: uh.edu/kgmca/about/admin/bios/yon-kirsten.php
PROGRAM
“A Kaleidoscope of Love” is an exploration of love in many forms, and through a variety of lenses. The love of poetry, art, and the infinite nature of music intertwine as one in the Rumi Settings by Augusta Read Thomas. The love of a parent and young one shine with warmth and depth in the middle movement of William Grant Still’s Suite for Violin and Piano, inspired by the multiple sculptures and paintings titled “Mother and Child” by Sargent Johnson, a prominent artist associated with the Harlem Renaissance of the 1930s. Lastly, the Sonata for Violin and Piano by César Franck is the culmination of eros in musical form, a masterpiece that was written for the wedding of Eugene Ysaÿe and explores the many facets of romantic love.
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- Location
- Dudley Recital Hall
- Cost
- Free
- Contact
- msmprog@central.uh.edu