Leland Ko + Adria Ye
Elegant Artistry
Artists
Leland Ko, cello
Adria Ye, piano
Naumburg First-Prize-winning cellist Leland Ko and acclaimed pianist Adria Ye present a program of expressive and virtuosic music, ranging from works by Suk, Kabalevsky, and Fauré to Bach, Schumann, and Brahms.
Program
Josef Suk, Ballade and Serenade, Op. 3
Dmitry Kabalevsky, Sonata for Cello and Piano in B-flat major, Op. 71
Gabriel Fauré, Andante from Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 2 in G minor, Op. 117
Johann Sebastian Bach, Adagio from Concerto in D minor, BWV 974, after Alessandro Marcello, Oboe Concerto in D minor, S D935
Robert Schumann, Three Romances for Oboe and Piano, Op. 94 (arr. cello/piano)
Johannes Brahms, Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 1 in E minor, Op. 38
About the Artists
Cellist Leland Ko has performed as soloist and as a chamber musician in Boston, New York, Israel, Korea, Hong Kong, and across Europe. He is a first prize winner of the Concours Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, the Concert Artists Guild Louis and Susan Meisel Competition, and the Walter W. Naumberg International Cello Competition, and he received the Presidential Scholar Award at New England Conservatory for 2022–2024. Violinist Itzhak Perlman has praised his “beauty of sound and subtlety.” Mr. Ko holds degrees from Princeton University and the Julliard School and an Artist Diploma from New England Conservatory. Before college, he studied with Ronald Lowry. He plays a cello by Giovanni Battista Rugeri, Cremona, c. 1710, on generous loan from Canimex, Inc.
Pianist Adria Ye cites a fascination with music among her earliest memories. She began study of the piano at age five and made her orchestral debut with the Oregon Sinfonietta at age nine. Cellist David Finckel has praised her “naturally beautiful sound and lyric instinct.” Ms. Ye has performed as soloist and chamber musician across Europe, China, and the United States. She won the 2022 Music Academy of the West Solo Piano Competition, and she received the Paul Streit Special Prize at the 2022 Concours de Genève. She has been featured in public radio broadcasts of Performance Today and From the Top. Ms. Ye earned Bachelor and Master of Music degrees at the Juilliard School and a graduate diploma at New England Conservatory.
