Student Recitals

Thaviu-Isaak Endowed Piano Competition

Saturday, May 6, 2023 at 2:00pm CDT

Galvin Recital Hall

Featuring Northwestern piano students nominated by the Bienen School piano faculty, this annual competition was established by the late violin professor Samuel Thaviu and his wife, Elinor Thaviu, to honor the late piano professor Donald Isaak. The Thaviu/Isaak Award in Piano Performance is the Northwestern piano program’s most prestigious honor. 

Free Event

Competition Program

Domenico Scarlatti, Sonata in A Major, K. 212
Frederic Rzewski, North American Ballads
     III. Down by the riverside
Mily Balakirev, Islamey, Op. 18
Thomas Filipiuk, piano

György Ligeti, Etude for Piano, Book 1, No. 4, "Fanfares"
Maurice Ravel, Gaspard de la nuit
     I. Ondine
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Sonata No. 2, Op. 36
     III. Allegro molto 
Wenting Shi, piano

W. A. Mozart, Sonata in F Major, K. 533/494
     I. Allegro 
J. S. Bach, French Overture in B Minor
     I. Overture 
Franz Schubert, selections from Moments musicaux, D. 780
     I. Moderato in C Major
     III. Allegro moderato in F Minor from
George Gershwin/Earl Wild, "Embraceable You"
Chelsea Wang, piano

Robert Muczynski, Second Piano Sonata, Op. 22
      I. Allegro 
Alexander Scriabin, selections from Eight Etudes, Op. 42
     II. (Quarter=112)
     III. Prestissimo
     IV. Andante
     V. Affanato
Franz Schubert, Four Impromptus, D. 899, Op. 90
     III. Andante
Ke Wang, piano

J. S. Bach, Keyboard Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830
     I. Toccata
Samuel Barber, Piano Sonata, Op. 26
     I. Allegro energico
W. A. Mozart, Piano Sonata in B-flat Major, K. 333
     III. Allegretto grazioso
Seho Young, piano

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Mary B. Galvin Recital Hall

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70 Arts Circle Drive
Evanston, IL 60208
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Located in the Ryan Center for the Musical Arts, this 400-seat hall features a 40-foot glass wall offering views of Lake Michigan and the Chicago skyline. Undulating walls of Forest Stewardship Council–certified wood, covered with a thin layer of African moabi wood, provide optimal acoustics, and the hall is equipped with state-of-the-art sound and video equipment for recording.