Jae Kyo Han, Piano
Avital Mazor, Violin
Yukiko Kuhara, Viola
Chris Egerton, Cello
Program
Scriabin - Romance for Cello and Piano
Beethoven - Cello Sonata No. 1 in F major, Op. 5 No.1
Adagio
Allegro
Brahms - Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60
Allegro non troppo
Scherzo - Allegro
Andante
Finale - Allegro comodo
Jae Kyo Han is a pianist, piano teacher, resident piano technician at the Soapbox Gallery and founder of A4 Music Inc. He grew up listening to his sisters play the piano, and eventually began lessons when he was 4. Early on he began to compete, receiving top prizes in several competitions such as NEPTA, MMTA and was a finalist in the 14th Chiang Wen-Yeh International Young Artist Piano Competition. He was also twice selected to perform in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, both times as a winner of the American Fine Arts Festival. Jae has also participated in piano festivals in New York City (The Beethoven Institute, IKIF), Austria (Mozarteum International Summer Academy), and England (Oxford Philomusica).
Avital Mazor, originally from Israel, has been an active violinist in NYC since 2016. He has performed worldwide as both a soloist and chamber musician. Avital has participated in music festivals including Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Jerusalem Chamber Music Festival, Green Mountain and many others. He has been the recipient of the America-Israel Foundation scholarships as well as a laureate of the Rosen Schaffel and Gritz competitions. Avital is an alumnus of the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, University of North Carolina School of the Arts as well as Mannes School of Music. He resides in Brooklyn where he devotes much of his time to recording solo and chamber music as well as maintaining a private studio. Apart from playing the violin, Avital enjoys woodworking and studying languages.
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Yukiko Kuhara is a New York City based violinist and music educator. Currently on faculty with the Riverdale School of Music, she also maintains her own private studio. A finalist in multiple competitions, she has also performed concertos with Boston Chamber Orchestra, Boston youth and muse festival orchestra and the Queensboro symphony orchestra. In 2019, Yukiko appeared on WQXR weekly radio show Young Artists showcase. Yukiko received her Bachelor’s degree from Mannes the New School for Music in 2020 where she was a concertmaster of its orchestra in their 2019-2020 season. As a former violinist of Trio Solace, she received CMA’s (Chamber Music America) Ensemble Forward Grant for its 2021 season.
Chris Egerton studied cello at Oberlin Conservatory, where he received his bachelor's degree in music. He is currently unemployed.