Piano Department Recital
Departmental Recitals showcase performance departments through its students. Featuring various students and repertoire, and curated by the faculty, performances in this recital highlight SFCM programs and the wide range of study.
Program
Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita in G Major No. 5 BWV 829
I. Praeambulum
II. Allemande
III. Corrente
IV. Sarabande
V. Tempo di Minuetto
VI. Passepied
VII. Gigue
Ruixue Han, MM’26
Student of Awadagin Pratt
Thomas Ades: Blanca Variations
Oliver Moore, PSC ‘26
Student of Garrick Ohlsson
Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata in F Minor, Op. 2 No. 1
I. Allegro
II. Adagio
III. Menuetto - Allegretto
IV. Prestissimo
Nathaniel Zhang, AC ‘27
Student of Yoshikazu Nagai
- Intermission -
Maurice Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales
I. Modere - tres franc
II. Assez lent - avec une expression intense
III. Modere
IV. Assez anime
V. Presque lent - dans un sentiment intime
VI. Vif
VII. Moins vif
VIII. Epilogue - Lent
Aleks Shameti, MM ‘27
Student of Jon Nakamatsu
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Corelli Op. 42
Xinang Lei, BM ‘28
Student of Sharon Mann
Piano
Yoshikazu Nagai
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 Emanuel Ax, Sergei Babayan, Richard Goode, Stephen Hough, Menahem Pressler, and Shai Wosner.
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