BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Acme Widgets\, Inc.//NONSGML ExportToCalendar//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Groupmuses near X-WR-NAME:Groupmuses near BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261004T215213Z UID:a67d11ab-d79e-4802-89f5-ed2310f2d5d1 DTSTART:20270319T230000Z DTEND:20270320T013000Z DESCRIPTION:Hosted by Jonathan D.\nMusicians: Min Young Kang\, Sirena Huang \, and Aaron Wolff\n\n7 PM Doors & Pre-Reception\n8 PM Performance\n10 PM Post-Reception\n\n_____\n\n**Kallos CMS: Beyond the Threshold**\n**[Sirena Huang](https://www.sirenahuang.com/)**\, violin\n**[Aaron Wolff[(https:// www.aaron-wolff.com/)\, cello\n**[Min Young Kang](https://www.minyoungkang .com/)**\, piano\n**Beethoven\, Clara Schumann\, Penderecki\, Montgomery** \n\n[Gotham Arts](https://gothamarts.net) in collaboration with [Groupmuse ](https://www.groupmuse.com/) is excited to present an intimate chamber mu sic performance organized by [Kallos Chamber Music Series](https://www.kal loscms.org/). Home is not only a place returned to\, but a voice recognize d as one's own. From **Jessie Montgomery**\, **Penderecki**\, and *Clara S chumann** to **Beethoven**’s revolutionary *Kreutzer Sonata*\, this prog ram celebrates bold artistic voices across three centuries. Marking the 20 0th anniversary of Beethoven’s death\, it honors a legacy of resilience\ , courage\, and the enduring triumph of the human spirit.\n\nWine will be served.\n\n**Program**\n\nJESSIE MONTGOMERY Duo for Violin and Cello (201 5)\n\nCLARA SCHUMANN Piano Trio\, Op. 17\n\nPENDERECKI Suite for Solo Ce llo: I. Preludio\n\nBEETHOVEN Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 9 in A Majo r\, Op. 47 ("Kreutzer")\n\n_____\n\n**About the Artists**\n\n**Sirena Huan g**\, violin\n\nPraised by The Baltimore Sun for her “impeccable techniq ue…deeply expressive phrasing…and poetic weight\," **Sirena Huang** is one of her generation’s most celebrated violinists. She brings not only technical brilliance and powerful artistry to the stage\, but also a prof ound sense of connection to her audience. Sirena is the 2022 Gold Medalist of the 11th Quadrennial International Violin Competition of Indianapolis\ , and was also awarded eight of the eleven special prizes.\n\nSirena made her solo debut with the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra in 2004 at the age of nine and has since performed in 20 countries across three continent s. She has been a soloist with numerous prestigious ensembles\, including the New York Philharmonic\, Cleveland Orchestra\, Baltimore\, Indianapolis \, Shanghai\, Russian\, Evergreen\, National Taiwan\, and Singapore sympho ny orchestras\, and the Staatskapelle Weimar in Germany. An avid chamber musician and recitalist\, Sirena has also been a guest artist at the Verbi er\, Marlboro\, Montreal\, Ravinia\, Aspen\, Newport\, Music in the Mounta ins\, and Eastern music festivals. In the spring of 2025\, Sirena made he r Carnegie Hall recital debut in Zankel Hall to great acclaim. Her debut recording of the same program with pianist Chih-Yi Chen on the Azica label will be released this season. This season will also feature the world pr emiere of a work by Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR) who she has commissioned to compose a work for her. \n\nSirena has performed before world leaders\ , thinkers and humanitarians. She has appeared at the World Peace Conferen ce held in Petra and at the Opening Ceremony of the Forum 2000 World Confe rence in Prague. In addition to her TED Talk in 2006\, Sirena has been fea tured on numerous radio and television broadcasts\, including WQXR’s McG raw-Hill Young Artists Showcase and NPR’s From the Top. She graduated fr om The Juilliard School\, where she studied with Stephen Clapp\, Sylvia Ro senberg and Itzhak Perlman and holds an Artist Diploma from Yale Universit y’s School of Music\, where she studied with Hyo Kang.\n\nSirena perform s on a Guarneri del Gesù violin\, Cremona 1739 “Kortschak”\, which is on loan from Dr. Ryuji Ueno and Rare Violins In Consortium\, Artists and Benefactors Collaborative.\n\n**Aaron Wolff**\, cello\n\nDescribed as “a musician of quicksilver brilliance\,” (Chicago Tribune)\, **Aaron Wolff ** is a prizewinner of the 2024 Naumburg International Cello Competition a nd cellist of the four-time Grammy-award winning ensemble Eighth Blackbird . As the recipient of the Leo B. Ruiz Memorial Prize\, he made his Carnegi e Hall debut in Weill Recital Hall in 2023\, and has performed at Lincoln Center\, Kennedy Center\, Wigmore Hall\, the Musikverein\, and Metropolita n and Guggenheim Museums.\n\nCommitted equally to tradition and experiment ation\, recent highlights include tracking cello\, vocalization and water percussion on a forthcoming recording of Shawn Okpebholo's "Fractured Wate r\,” playing electronic organ in Steve Reich’s “Four Organs” at Ei ghth Blackbird’s Gilmore Festival performance\, touring Igudesman & Joo ’s “The Music Critic” with John Malkovich\, and performing chamber m usic on gut strings at Valley of the Moon Music Festival. \n\nAaron has be en a prizewinner at the Boston Symphony\, Schadt National String\, Barbash Bach\, and Cleveland Cello Society Competitions\, and a return attendee a t IMS Prussia Cove\, Yellow Barn\, Perlman Music Program and Lucerne Festi val Academy. He has also found creative outlets in acting – most notably a lead role in the Coen brothers’ film A Serious Man – and in arrangi ng and writing about music: he provided string arrangements for Comedy Cen tral’s sitcom Broad City and concert reviews for the online journal I Ca re If You Listen.\n\nAaron holds a BA in comparative literature from Oberl in College and an MM and Artist Diploma from Juilliard. His primary mentor s have been Natasha Brofsky\, Darrett Adkins\, Joel Krosnick\, Tim Eddy an d Mark Steinberg. He is now pursuing a doctorate at CUNY Graduate Center\, where his research will focus on the maverick musical life of cellist and composer Arthur Russell. He plays an 1813 Thomas Kennedy cello made in Lo ndon.\n\n**Min Young Kang**\, piano\n\nKorean-born pianist and artistic cu rator Dr. Min Young Kang is recognized for her dynamic performances and im aginative concert programming. Praised as “an absolute gem” by the Mon tecito Journal\, she has appeared throughout the United States\, France\, and South Korea at venues including Weill Recital Hall\, Merkin Concert Ha ll\, Château de Fontainebleau\, and the Sejong Center M Theater. As a col laborative pianist\, she has performed with distinguished artists includin g Ani Kavafian\, Paul Watkins\, members of the New York Philharmonic\, and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.\n\nHer debut album\, Remembe ring Russia (PENTATONE)\, released in 2021 to critical acclaim. Min Young is the recipient of numerous awards\, including prizes from the J.C. Arria ga Chamber Music Competition\, Artur Balsam Duo Competition\, and Lillian Fuchs Chamber Music Competition\, as well as the Talisman Energy Emerging Artist Award (Canada)\, Kraeuter Musical Foundation Award (USA)\, and the Special Director’s Award and Chamber Music Excellence award from Ecoles D’Art Americaines de Fontainbleau (France). \n\nA passionate advocate fo r chamber music\, she is the Founder and Artistic Director of the Kallos C hamber Music Series in New Haven\, Connecticut. Now in its nineth season\, Kallos has enjoyed significant local acclaim—the New Haven Independent praised Kallos as “resonant with the time\,” while an audience member describes the experience as “impeccably performed\, with witty commentar y and swoon-worthy music.”\n\nIn addition to her performing career\, Min Young has collaborated as a pianist with Carnegie Hall’s Ensemble Conne ct\, The Juilliard School\, and the Yale School of Music. She has particip ated in leading summer music programs including the Music Academy of the W est\, Aspen Music Festival and School\, SongFest\, and the Banff Internati onal Workshop in Piano Collaboration. She also served on the collaborative piano staff at the Fontainebleau Schools of Music & Fine Arts in France. She holds degrees from the Eastman School of Music and Manhattan School of Music and is a former Collaborative Piano Fellow at Yale. She currently s erves as Lecturer in Collaborative Piano at the Yale School of Music. LOCATION:Flatiron\, New York\, 10011 SUMMARY:Kallos CMS: Beyond the Threshold: Beethoven\, Clara Schumann\, Pend erecki\, Montgomery URL:https://www.groupmuse.com/events/17079-kallos-cms-beyond-the-threshold- beethoven-clara-schumann-penderecki-montgomery IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://bunny.groupmuse.com/92503576-f52a-4d2d-89ce-c4d646d 3812d/concert%203%20groupmuse.png?aspect_ratio=1%3A1&width=1200 X-PRICE:$65 tickets ($55 for Supermusers) END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR