2026 PianoTexas Festival

Young Artists recitals

 

Friday | June 5 | 7:30pm
Van Cliburn Concert Hall

 

Bach: Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826
Attila Szaniszló

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109
III. Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung
Alyssa Gabrilovich

Schumann: Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6, Selections
Nos. 1, 2, 5, 6, and 9 from Book I
Nos. 10, 14, 16, 17, and 18 from Book II
Ningxin (Jen) Zhan

Brahms: Piano Sonata No. 3 in F Minor, Op. 5
II. Andante espressivo
Bairun Liu

Ravel: Alborada del gracioso
Chopin: Étude in B Minor, Op. 25, No. 10
Kako Hayashi

Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 7 in B-flat Major, Op. 83
I. Allegro inquieto
Spencer McKee

Stravinsky: Suite from The Firebird, arr. Guido Agosti
Daria Podorozhnova

 

 


 

 

Tuesday | June 9 | 7:30pm

Van Cliburn Concert Hall

 

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 4 in E-flat Major, Op. 7
I. Allegro molto e con brio
IV. Rondo: Poco allegretto e grazioso
Spencer McKee

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 24 in F-sharp Major, Op. 78
Taige Wang

Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Minor, Op. 35
Donghwi Kang

Chopin: Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52
Emily Wu

Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 7 in B-flat Major, Op. 83
II. Andante caloroso
III. Precipitato
Zhuoya Kevin Zhu

Barber: Piano Sonata, Op. 26
I. Allegro energico
IV. Fuga: Allegro con spirito
Jiarui Zhang

 

 


 

 

Wednesday | June 10 | 1:00pm
PepsiCo Recital Hall

 

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-flat Major, Op. 31, No. 3
Edenia Maureen

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat Major, Op. 110
Runyang Wang

Chopin: Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52
Chonglin Xu

Jalbert: Toccata
Kako Hayashi

 

 


 

 

Wednesday | June 10 | 7:30pm
Van Cliburn Concert Hall  

 

Haydn: Piano Sonata in E Major, Hob. XVI:31
Michael Groner

Liszt: Grand Concert Fantasy on Bellini’s La sonnambula, S. 393
Letizia Rosaria Palmieri

Liszt: Ballade No. 2 in B Minor, S. 171
Xuanxiang Wu

Brahms: Piano Sonata No. 2 in F-sharp Minor, Op. 2
Shan Jiang

Scriabin: Fantasy in B Minor, Op. 28
Iren Pilikyan

Rachmaninoff: Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Minor, Op. 36 (1913)
Seiran Tozlian

 

 


 

 

Thursday | June 11 | 1:00pm
PepsiCo Recital Hall

 

Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 13 in A Major, D. 664
I. Allegro moderato
II. Andante
Yu Qin

Chopin: Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23
Peter Parra

Liszt: Mephisto Waltz No. 1, S. 514
Attila Szaniszló

Brahms: Ballades, Op. 10, Nos. 1 and 2
Jessie Soolim Lee

Scriabin: Fantasie in B Minor, Op. 28
Michael Groner

 

 


 

 

Friday | June 12 | 1:00pm
Van Cliburn Concert Hall

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-flat Major, Op. 31, No. 3
I. Allegro
II. Scherzo: Allegretto vivace
Peter Parra

 Piano Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58
Allegro maestoso
Yu Qin

Brahms: Ballades, Op. 10, Nos. 3 and 4
Jessie Soolim Lee

Debussy: Images, Book II
I. Cloches à travers les feuilles
(Bells through the Leaves)
II. Et la lune descend sur le temple qui fut
(And the Moon Descends on the Temple That Was)
III. Poissons d’or  (Goldfish)
Emily Wu

Scriabin: Fantasie in B Minor, Op. 28
Xuanxiang Wu

 


 

 

Thursday | June 18 | 1:00pm
PepsiCo Recital Hall

 

 

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-flat Major, Op. 31, No. 3
I. Allegro
II. Scherzo: Allegretto vivace
Kako Hayashi

Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 13 in A Major, D. 664
I. Allegro moderato
II. Andante
Jessie Soolim Lee

Chopin: Scherzo No. 4 in E Major, Op. 54
Spencer McKee

Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 5, Op. 53
Jiarui Zhang

Barber: Piano Sonata, Op. 26
III. Adagio mesto
IV. Fuga: Allegro con spirito
Letizia Rosaria Palmieri

 

 

 


 

 

Monday | June 22 | 1:00pm
PepsiCo Recital Hall

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 4 in E-flat Major, Op. 7
III. Allegro
IV. Rondo: Poco allegretto e grazioso
Zhuoya Kevin Zhu

Schubert: Piano Sonata in E-flat Major, D. 568
III. Menuetto: Allegretto
IV. Allegro moderato
Ningxin (Jen) Zhan

Rachmaninoff: Études-tableaux, Op. 33 Nos. 1, 2, 5, and 8
Yu Qin

Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 5, Op. 53
Emily Wu

Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 9, Op. 68
Seiran Tozlian

 

 


 

 

Tuesday  | June 23 | 1:00pm
PepsiCo Recital Hall

Schumann: Piano Sonata No. 3 in F Minor, Op. 14
I. Allegro brillante
Michael Groner

Brahms: Piano Sonata No. 3 in F Minor, Op. 5, I. Allegro maestoso
Bairun Liu

Brahms: Six Pieces for Piano, Op. 118, Nos. 1 and 2
Donghwi Kang

Stravinsky: Suite from The Firebird, arr. Guido Agosti
Shan Jiang

Rachmaninoff: Élégie in E-flat Minor, Op. 3, No. 1
Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin
I. Prélude
VI. Toccata
Xuanxiang Wu

 

 

 


 

 

Tuesday | June 23 | 7:30pm
PepsiCo Recital Hall

 

Schumann: Piano Sonata No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 22
Iren Pilikyan

Wagner: Isoldes Liebestod, S. 447
from Tristan und Isolde, transcr. Franz Liszt
Liszt: Rhapsodie espagnole, S. 254
Taige Wang

Rachmaninoff: Étude-tableau in D Major, Op. 39, No. 9
Liszt: Réminiscences de Norma, S. 394
Alyssa Gabrilovich

Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42
Daria Podorozhnova

 

 


 

 

Wednesday | June 24 | 7:30pm
Van Cliburn Concert Hall

 

Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 19 in C Minor, D. 958
I. Allegro
Jiarui Zhang

Liszt: Scherzo und Marsch, S.177
Chonglin Xu

Brahms: Piano Sonata No. 3 in F Minor, Op. 5
V. Finale. Allegro moderato ma rubato
Bairun Liu

Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 2 in G-sharp Minor, Op. 19
Edenia Maureen

Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 5, Op. 53
Runyang Wang

Rachmaninoff: Études-tableaux, Op. 39 Nos. 1, 5, and 9
Zhuoya Kevin Zhu

Chaminade: Caprice-Impromptu, Op. 153
Hough: Sonatina Nostalgica
Letizia Rosaria Palmieri

Liebermann: Gargoyles, Op. 29
Peter Parra