Last Sunday - Oct. 7 - 2012 - Skokie Library had it's first in the series of the monthly recitals of young talented musicians - namely - The first concert in the - 31st Young Steinway Concert Series - started with the "bang" as the four young performers took the stage in the recitals taking place the first Sunday of the month - Oct. 2012 through June 2013.
Derek Chung - a fourteen-year-old student of the Long Grove Middle School (a suburb of Chicago) - demonstrated a huge mastery of the piano as he easily played standard concert pieces by Beethoven, Chopin, Mendelsohn, Prokofiev without using the recorded sheet scores. His musical memory must be equal to that of the musical genius.
We congratulated his music teacher - a slender lady in her late thirties - who - herself could pass for a college student.
The other three youngsters performed Schubert, Piazzola, Beethoven on the following instruments - Krystian Chiu - cello; Hannah White - violin; Ryan Jannak-Huang - piano. Their play demonstrated a high level of maturity - even if they used the musical sheets for the advanced compositions they easily performed - flawlessly - in a super harmony.
The Skokie Library director of events - chose a magnificent repertoire to showcase the super gifted youngsters - she - also - needs to be commanded. It was a great afternoon - followed by a sumptuous reception - prepared by the parents of the young artists.
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