Joyce Yang in concert with Festival Musicians

The Sun Valley Music Festival presents its seventh Winter Season at the Argyros Performing Arts Center, from March 6 to 8. The 2025 Winter Season features guest curator and pianist Joyce Yang. A Sun Valley favorite, Ms. Yang has performed several times with Music Director Alasdair Neale and the Festival Orchestra, including the Festival’s Summer Seasons in 2013 (Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1), 2016 (Gershwin’s Piano Concerto in F Major), and 2021 (Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2). Ms. Yang rose to fame in 2005 as the youngest contestant and silver medalist at the 12th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. An accomplished chamber musician, she’ll join forces with Festival Orchestra musicians in a program featuring works by Poulenc, Dohnányi, and Schumann. Ms. Yang will also perform solo piano works by Rachmaninoff each evening.

SERGEI RACHMANINOFF
Preludes
Op. 32, No. 12 in G-sharp Minor: Allegro
Op. 32, No. 10 in B Minor: Lento
Op. 23, No. 4 in D Major: Andante cantabile
Op 32, No. 13 in D-flat Major: Grave
Joyce Yang, piano

FRANCIS POULENC
Sextet for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon, and Piano
Joyce Yang, piano
Andrea Kaplan, flute
Erik Behr, oboe
Jason Shafer, clarinet
Andrew Cuneo, bassoon
Catherine Turner, horn

INTERMISSION

ERNST VON DOHNÁNYI
Serenade in C Major for Violin, Viola, and Cello, Op. 10
Shawn Weil, violin
Adam Smyla, viola
Emileigh Vandiver, cello

ROBERT SCHUMANN
Quartet in E-flat Major for Piano, Violin, Viola, and Cello, Op. 47
Joyce Yang, piano
Jeremy Constant, violin
Marylène Gingras-Roy, viola
Amos Yang, cello

Please enjoy the Winter Season listening list compiled by Peter Henderson, Festival Principal Keyboard. Read and Listen here

Admission is free, but space is limited, and reservations are required

• Public reservations begin Wednesday, February 5 at 9:00 AM (Mountain Time) and will be available online at svmusicfestival.org.
• Reserved seats are limited to two seats per household to any one performance in the series.
• Festival donors at the Patron ($6,000) level and up may make concert reservations early, beginning Wednesday, Jan. 29 at 9:00 AM (Mountain Time), by calling the Festival office at 208.622.5607.

Attending winter performances

• Concerts will take place at 7:00 PM from Thursday, March 6 through Saturday, March 8 at the Argyros Performing Arts Center in Ketchum.
• Doors open 30 minutes before each performance.
• Performance duration will be about two hours and includes one intermission.
• Beer, wine, and non-alcoholic beverages will be available for purchase.

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