Today I went to the recital at the Columbia University Miller Theater. It was organized by my friend Yelena. This was a performance of very talented young people who are enrolled in a Barnard-Columbia-Juilliard joiont degree program. This program offers students an opportunity to earn both a B.A. from Columbia or Barnard College and a Master's degree in Music from Juilliard in five years. Barnard and Columbia students apply and audition for the program during their junior year and spend the next two years living in Juilliard dormitories. This Fall concert is part of a bi-annual series presented by Miller Theatre to showcase these skilled young performers.

The performance included the following people (in order of appearance):

Hamilton Barry, cello Daniel Adams, viola Yelena Grinberg, piano Emilie-Anne Gendron, violin Taylor Cowdery, cello Larry Weng, piano Michelle Ross, violin Yi Fang Huang, piano

Yelena and Emilie-Anne are part of "G-Sharp Duo" ensemble. I went to hear them play about a week ago at the Harvard Club. The program included the works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Robert Schumann, Dmitry Shostakovich, Ludwig van Beethoven and Johannes Brahms. The pieces chosen are very technically challenging and the performers aced them without a hitch.

The first video in this playlist is a medley of all performers. The rest are the selected recordings of certain performances.

Photos