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Wednesday,
May 28, 2008, 12:15pm
Johanna Franzon, Violin
Kuang-Hao Huang, Piano
Scherzo
in C minor, WoO2 from the ”F-A-E” Sonata
Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897)
Moto perpetuo, Op.11
Allegro vivace
Niccólo Paganini (1782 – 1840)
Poeme, Op.25
Ernest Chausson (1855 – 1899)
Havannaise,
Op.83
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835
– 1921)
Finnish-born Johanna Franzon graduated with a Master
of Music degree from the Sibelius-Academy in 2004, and recently completed
her post-graduate studies in Gothenburg, Sweden. She won 1st Prize at
the Royal Conservatory of Brussels as the best string player of the year,
where she studied with Adam Korniszewski.
Ms. Franzon has given chamber music and solo concerts in Europe, the United
States, and Japan. Her first recording, of the Vivaldi Concerto, was made
at the age of nine, and two years later she performed as soloist in the
Violin Concerto in E Major by J.S.Bach at the Finlandia Hall, Helsinki.
More recently, her solo engagements have included concerts with several
Finnish symphonies and chamber orchestras. Her festival activity includes
the Turku New Music Festival, where she joined the Canadian-North-American
ERGO-ensemble. In 2004, she placed among the top six violinists in the
Rodrigo competition in Madrid.
Currently, she holds the position of concert master with the Pori Sinfonietta,
Finland. Previously, she held the same position with the Vasa City Orchestra.
She has collaborated with all the major orchestras in Helsinki as well
as with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra under conductors such as Esa-Pekka
Salonen, Jukka-Pekka Saraste and Herbert Blomstedt.
Johanna Franzon plays a Nicolas Lupot violin from 1797, on generous loan
from the government of Sweden. Among the highlights of the coming season
are her August solo debut with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, playing
the Stravinsky violin concerto, and her commitment to chamber music as
the leader of the Trio FII.
Pianist Kuang-Hao Huang has performed throughout the
United States as well as in England, France, China and South Korea. As
a soloist, he has performed with the New World Symphony Orchestra, and
the Elgin Symphony Orchestra.
Mr. Huang is also an active collaborator, performing concerts and radio
broadcasts with members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and as a regular
guest of the Chicago Chamber Musicians. He has also performed with the
Vermeer and Chicago String Quartets and on Ravinia’s Rising Stars
series.
Mr. Huang serves on the adjunct faculties of the Chicago College of Performing
Arts at Roosevelt University, Concordia University-Chicago and the Merit
School of Music. As a member of the International Music Foundation’s
Bootinsky Piano Trio, he presents educational outreach programs throughout
the Chicago Public Schools. During the summer, he coordinates the piano
program at Northwestern University’s National High School Music
Institute.
Mr. Huang has degrees from the University of Wisconsin, Indiana University
and Northwestern University. His principal teachers include Leonard Hokanson,
Joseph Kalichstein, Howard Karp, Rita Sloan and Sylvia Wang. A native
of Whitewater, Wisconsin, Mr. Huang currently resides in Oak Park, Illinois.
UPCOMING CONCERTS
Jun 4 Andriana Chuchman, Soprano from Chicago Opera Theater
Scott Gilmore, Piano
Jun 11 Callipygian Players
Jun 18 Ilana Setapen, Violin and Kuang-Hao Huang, Piano
Jun 25 Karen Hyo Min Kang, Cello and Hsiao-Ling Lin, Piano