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Washington Debut

JAMES BAIK, cello

2025-2026 Season Opening Night

Tuesday, September 30, 2025 at 7:00 pm

Generously sponsored by the Rita Adrosko Charitable Trust, C. Braxton Moncure

Program

BOCCHERINI: Sonata in G Major, G. 5
DEBUSSY: Cello Sonata, L.135
BRITTEN: Cello Sonata in C Major, Op. 65
MENDELSSOHN: Cello Sonata No. 2 in D Major, Op. 58

Kennedy Center Terrace Theater

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New York Debut

KIRON ATOM TELLIAN, piano

2025-2026 Season Opening Night

Tuesday, October 21, 2025 at 7:30 pm

The Peter Marino Concert

Program

SCRIABIN: Piano Sonata No. 2 in G-sharp minor, Op. 19, “Sonata Fantasy”
CHOPIN: Selected Etudes
SCRIABIN: Selected Etudes
R. SCHUMANN: Symphonic Etudes Op. 13

Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall

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2025 WINNERS CONCERT

Monday, November 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM 

YCA announces and introduces the winners
of the 2025 Susan Wadsworth International
Auditions in an exciting evening of music and
conversation. Get to know the newest Jacobs
Fellows as they perform selections from their
winning audition and engage the audience with
a short interview. Don’t miss the action! Watch
live on the The Violin Channel, the YCA YouTube
channel or the YCA Facebook page.

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Washington debut

RADU RATOI, accordion

Special guest: Lun Li, violin

Tuesday, November 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM

Generously sponsored by Jessine Monaghan

Program

RAMEAU: Overture from Pygmalion, RTC52
J. S. BACH: Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582
LISZT: Transcendental Etudes, S. 139, No. 10, “Appassionata”
SCHUBERT: Presto from String Quartet in D minor, D. 810
PER NØRGÅRD: Anatomic Safari
SAINT-SAËNS: Danse macabre, Op. 40
STRAVINSKY: Suite Italienne

Plus, a Washington, D.C. premiere by YCA Composer-in-Residence Hannah Ishizaki

Kennedy Center Terrace Theater

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New York debut

RADU RATOI, accordion

Special guest: Lun Li, violin

Thursday, December 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM

The Rhoda Walker Teagle Concert

Program

RAMEAU: Overture from Pygmalion, RTC52
J. S. BACH: Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582
LISZT: Transcendental Etudes, S. 139, No. 10, “Appassionata”
SCHUBERT: Presto from String Quartet in D minor, D. 810
PER NØRGÅRD: Anatomic Safari
SAINT-SAËNS: Danse macabre, Op. 40
STRAVINSKY: Suite Italienne

Plus, a New York premiere by YCA Composer-in-Residence Hannah Ishizaki

Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center

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New York recital

YCA ON TOUR

RISA HOKAMURA, violin
TOBY APPEL, viola
OLIVER NEUBAUER, violin
JAMES BAIK, cello
BENETT TSAI, cello

Thursday, February 5, 2026 at 7:00 PM

The Summis Auspiciis Concert

Program

JOSÉ ELIZONDO: Latin American Dances
ERNST VON DOHNÁNYI: Serenade for String Trio in C Major, Op. 10
FRANZ SCHUBERT: String Quintet in C Major, D. 956

Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center

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Encore

MICHAEL YEUNG, percussion

OLIVER NEUBAUER, violin

Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 12:00 pm

Gilder Lehrman Hall at The Morgan Library & Muesum

Works by J.S. Bach, Arvo Pärt, Gabriela Ortiz, and more.

This concert is generously sponsored by Paul J. Sekhri and Mark Duvall Gude and the Sekhri Family Foundation

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Washington Debut

KIRON ATOM TELLIAN, piano

Tuesday, March 31, 2026 at 7:00 pm

The Alexander Kasza-Kasser Concert

Program

SCRIABIN: Piano Sonata No. 2 in G-sharp minor, Op. 19, “Sonata Fantasy”
CHOPIN: Selected Etudes
SCRIABIN: Selected Etudes
R. SCHUMANN: Symphonic Etudes Op. 13

Kennedy Center Terrace Theater

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Encore

ZIGGY & MILES, guitar duo

Wednesday, April 15, 2026 at 12:00 pm

Gilder Lehrman Hall at The Morgan Library & Muesum

Works by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Elizabeth Younan, and J.S. Bach.

This concert is generously sponsored by Paul J. Sekhri and Mark Duvall Gude and the Sekhri Family Foundation

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New York Debut

JAMES BAIK, cello

Thursday, April 23, 2026 at 7:00 pm

The Peter Jay Sharp Concert

Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center

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Washington recital

YCA ON TOUR

RISA HOKAMURA, violin
TOBY APPEL, viola
OLIVER NEUBAUER, violin
JAMES BAIK, cello
BENETT TSAI, cello

Sunday, April 26, 2026 at 2:00 PM

Generously sponsored by the Galena-Yorktown Foundation

Program

JOSÉ ELIZONDO: Latin American Dances
ERNST VON DOHNÁNYI: Serenade for String Trio in C Major, Op. 10
FRANZ SCHUBERT: String Quintet in C Major, D. 956

Kennedy Center Terrace Theater

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2026 SEASON FINALE

TODD PALMER, clarinet

ANTHONY TRIONFO, flute

GWYNETH WENTINK, harp

BENJAMIN BEILMAN, violin

RISA HOKAMURA, violin

HSIN-YUN HUANG, viola

JAMES BAIK, cello
ANNE-MARIE MCDERMOTT, piano

YING LI, piano

ANI KAVAFIAN, violin

MARCUS THOMPSON, viola

TOBY APPEL, violin

DANIEL PHILLIPS, violin

Wednesday, May 13, 2026 at 7:30 PM

Program

RAVEL: Introduction & Allegro, M. 46
SOFIA GUBAIDULINA: De profundis
GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue (arr. for piano four hands by Henry Levine)
TCHAIKOVSKY: Serenade for Strings in C Major, Op. 48

Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall

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