An exciting series of concerts featuring piano and chamber music, offered March 6-8, 2025 at the Argyros Performing Arts Center in Ketchum.

Schedule of Events:

Wednesday, March 5, 2025

5:30 PM - 6:30 PM: Upbeat with Alasdair: A Conversation with Pianist Joyce Yang

Join Music Director Alasdair Neale and pianist Joyce Yang in conversation as they prepare for the Music Festival’s upcoming Winter Season concerts at the Argyros. 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 as well as soloist, she and Maestro Neale will discuss this Winter Season’s concert program among other artistic topics.

Location: Community Library, John A. and Carole O. Moran Lecture Hall

Admission is free. Space is limited; reservations are required to attend in person. Reservations open to the public on February 19, at 9:00 AM (MT)

Reservations are required to attend in person and begin Wednesday, February 19 at 9:00 a.m. (MT) on the Festival’s website, or you may contact the Festival office at [email protected] . Reserve your seats early, as space is currently limited in the Library’s lecture hall. Reservations are accepted in the order they are received; reservations made online are received faster. Capacity is unlimited for the online broadcast and reservations are not required to watch online. Only in-person attendees will be able to participate in the Q&A session that will take place towards the end of the presentation.

March 6 - 8, 2025

7:00 - 9:00 PM: Joyce Yang in Concert with Festival Musicians

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

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

Location: Argyros Performing Arts Center

Fest Date: March 6 - 8, 2025

Locations:
Community Library - 415 Spruce Avenue North Ketchum, ID 83340
Argyros Performing Arts Center - 120 Main Street South Ketchum, ID 83340

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