Program

Paul Wiancko
Sonata for Viola and Piano “Buoyant Forces”
     I. Paracosm 
     II. Maladaptive Daydream
     III. Charivari (Theme and Variations)

George Enescu
Concert Piece

Michael Djupstrom
Walimai

Intermission

Ernest Bloch
Suite for Viola and Piano
     I. Lento - Meno lento - Animato
     II. Allegro ironico
     III. Lento
     IV. Molto vivo

Performers

Dimitri Murrath, viola
with Hyeyeon Park, piano

Performer Profiles

Born in Brussels, Belgian American violist Dimitri Murrath has made his mark as a soloist on the international scene, performing regularly in venues including Jordan Hall (Boston), Kennedy Center (Washington), Wigmore Hall, Purcell Room, Royal Festival Hall (London), Kioi Hall (Tokyo), the National Auditorium (Madrid), and Théâtre de la Ville (Paris).

A recipient of a 2014 Avery Fisher Career Grant, Dimitri is a first prize winner at the Primrose International Viola Competition. Other awards include second prize at the First Tokyo International Viola Competition, the special prize for the contemporary work at the ARD Munich Competition, and a fellowship from the Belgian American Educational Foundation. In 2012, he was named laureate of the Juventus Festival, an award recognizing young European soloists.

An avid chamber musician, Murrath is a member of the Boston Chamber Music Society and of Mistral Music. He has collaborated with Miriam Fried, Pamela Frank, Richard Goode, Gidon Kremer, Menahem Pressler, Mitsuko Uchida, and members of the Mendelssohn, Takács, Guarneri, Cleveland, Jerusalem, and Juilliard String quartets.

He has performed concertos with orchestras including Orchestre National de Lille, Toho Gakuen Orchestra, Tokyo Philharmonic, Brussels Philharmonic and London Mozart Players.

Dimitri Murrath began his musical education at the Yehudi Menuhin School studying with Natalia Boyarsky and went on to work in London with David Takeno at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He graduated with an Artist Diploma from the New England Conservatory as a student of Kim Kashkashian. He joined the viola faculty at New England Conservatory aged 26, and taught there for 8 years. He is now on the viola faculties of San Francisco Conservatory of Music and Bowdoin International Music Festival.

Described as "a pianist with power, precision, and tremendous glee" (Gramophone Magazine), and praised for her "very sensitive" (Washington Post) and "highly nuanced" (Lucid Culture) playing, Hyeyeon Park has appeared as a soloist and chamber musician on major concert stages throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, Germany, Austria, Italy, Spain, Japan and her native Korea. Since making her debut at the age of ten performing Beethoven's First Piano Concerto with Seoul Symphony Orchestra, Ms. Park soloed with Seoul Philharmonic, Seoul Symphony, KNUA Chamber Orchestra, Gangnam Symphony Orchestra, Seoul Arts Center Festival Orchestra and Incheon Philharmonic, to name but a few. Her recent concerts have been presented at the Dame Myra Hess Recital Series in Chicago, the Trinity Wall Street Series in NYC, Philips Collection in Washington DC as well as such distinguished venues as Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, Merkin Recital Hall, Kennedy Center and Seoul Art Center, among others.

A Seoul Arts Center "Artist of the Year 2012", Ms. Park is prizewinner of numerous international competitions, including Oberlin International Piano Competition (USA), Ettlingen International Piano Competition (Germany), Hugo Kauder International Piano Competition (USA), Maria Canals International Piano Competition (Spain), Prix Amadeo International Piano Competition (Germany), and Corpus Christi International Music Competition (USA). Her performances have been broadcast on KBS and EBS television in Korea, RAI3 (Italy), WQXR (New York), WFMT (Chicago), WBJC (Baltimore), WETA (Washington DC), radio and channel LOOP in the States.

An avid chamber musician, Ms. Park has collaborated with such musicians as David Shifrin, Ani Kavafian, Ida Kavafian, Paul Neubauer and many others appearing frequently at Yellow Barn Festival (Vermont), Santander Music Festival (Spain), Great Mountains Festival (Korea), Music@Menlo Festival (California), and Chamber Music Northwest (Oregon). She is the founding member of Atapine-Park duo and Atria Ensemble, groups that respectively won the prizes at Premio Vittorio Gui International Chamber Music Competition (Italy) and Plowman Chamber Music Competition (Missouri). Her duo recordings for cello and piano with cellist Dmitri Atapine were distributed by Naxos to a great critical acclaim. The duo's recent world-premiere recording of Lowell Liebermann's complete works for cello and piano was reviewed as "a valuable disc for the collector" by American Record Guide. Her solo CD ‘Klavier 1853' was released in 2017 under Blue Griffin label. An advocate for new music as a passionate musician who pursued career as a composer as well, Ms. Park enjoys working closely with contemporary composers.

Ms. Park holds Bachelors of Music degree at Korea National University with Prof. Daejin Kim, Master of Music degree and Artist Diploma from Yale School of Music with Prof. Peter Frankl where she was a Post-Graduate Artist Associate following her graduation. She holds the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Peabody Conservatory with Prof. Yong Hi Moon. Currently Ms. Park is the Associate Professor of Piano at the University of Nevada, Reno, where she also is the artistic director of the Apex Concerts.