Music for All Seasons presents home concerts by CCM student pianists
Graduate students Diana Chubak, Ariadne Antipa and Yaoyue Huang share at-home concerts
Cincinnati’s Music for All Seasons presents online mini-concerts featuring UC College-Conservatory of Music graduate piano students.
Organized by Cincinnati arts patrons Rafael de Acha and Kimberly Daniel de Acha, the virtual performances showcase students while giving them the opportunity to perform for online audiences during the pandemic. Learn more and watch the performances in the links below.
Diana Chubak
Diana Chubak. Photo/Music for All Seasons.
Diana Chubak is pursing a Master of Music in Piano, studying with CCM Professor Dror Biran. She submited two past performances for the Music for All Seasons concert featuring Franz Liszt's Grandes Études de Paganini No. 6, in A Minor; and Liszt's Mephisto Waltz No. 1.
The Ukrainian pianist has concertized widely throughout Ukraine, Poland, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Belgium and the U.S., performing with the National Presidential Orchestra of Ukraine, Poland’s Academia Dell’Arco Chamber Orchestra, the Kyiv Symphony Orchestra and the Lviv Festival Orchestra. In 2019 she received a scholarship from the Richard Wagner Society for participation in the Bayreuth Festival.
Watch and learn more about Chubak's performance for Music for All Seasons.
Ariadne Antipa
Ariadne Antipa. Photo/Music for All Seasons.
Ariadne Antipa is pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts in Piano, studying with CCM Professor Ran Dank. In the Music for All Seasons at-home concert, she performs the first movement of Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 8 in A Minor, K. 310; and Arno Babadjanian's Prelude and Vagarshapat Dance.
Originally from the foothills of Northern California, Greek-American pianist Antipa has won first place in numerous competitions. She has also performed extensively throughout the U.S., Africa and Europe. Antipa has a keen interest in Greek culture; as a member of the traditional Greek band, Oi Bounisi, she plays the santouri and loves Greek folk dancing.
Watch and learn more about Antipa's performance for Music for All Seasons.
Yaoyue Huang
Yaoyue Huang and Scott Sherman. Photo/Provided
Artist Diploma student Yaoyue Huang studies with CCM Professor Soyeon Kate Lee. The young pianist performs The Blood of the Stars by Scott Sherman and “Regard du Père” from Vingt Regards sur l'enfant Jesus by Olivier Messiaen. Huang focuses her playing on new music and exploring rarely performed 20th-century and contemporary works for solo piano and ensemble.
This performance includes a personal connection for the pianist; The Blood of the Stars composer Scott Sherman is Huang’s husband. Sherman graduates from CCM with an Artist Diploma in piano this year. In 2016, the couple took third place at the prestigious International Piano Duo Association’s 20th Piano Duo Competition in Tokyo — they were the only duo from the U.S. to advance that far in the competition.
Watch and learn more about Huang’s online concert for Music for All Seasons.
About Music for All Seasons
Music for All Seasons has presented a series of concerts in Cincinnati since 2016. Due to the current restrictions on public gatherings we have decided to present informal on-line concerts featuring some of the musical artists that have performed in our concert series over the past several years. These are videos created by the artists themselves with the sole purpose of sharing their talents and giving the gift of music during the crisis we are all enduring. We hope you will receive them in the same spirit by giving thanks to the artists and by sharing them with your music-loving friends.
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