Collaborators

Xiaoman Ke, violin
Weian Gu, cello

Program

Program Notes

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Prelude and Fugue in A-flat Major, BWV 862
     from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I

Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Keyboard Sonata No. 60 in C Major, Hob. XVI:50
     I. Allegro
     II. Adagio
     III. Allegro molto

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Papillons, Op. 2

-Intermission-

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Suite Bergamasque, L. 75
     I. Prélude
     II. Menuet
     III. Clair de Lune
     IV. Passepied

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
Trio élégiaque No. 1 in G Minor 
Xiaoman Ke, violin
Weian Gu, cello

About SFCM’s Piano Department

SFCM pianists study in a focused, energized, and supportive environment. Artist-teachers with a wealth of international performing experience provide close instruction and mentorship to an exclusive group of fewer than 50 students. Performance opportunities within the Conservatory and around San Francisco help prepare students for a career at the highest professional level. Students also have the chance to enter a yearly concerto competition, the winner of which performs with the Conservatory Orchestra. Interdepartmental collaboration, guest artist residencies, and master classes round out a transformative piano education. Recent guest artists include Leon Fleisher, Garrick Ohlsson, Sergei Babayan, Stephen Hough, Richard Goode, Menahem Pressler, and Emanuel Ax.

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