[Program]

Gaetano Donizetti (1797–1848) Opera 〈La Favorita〉Act III, Scene 4: " Ô mon Fernand"

 Vincenzo Bellini (1801–1835) Opera 〈Norma〉Act I, Scene 1: "Casta Diva"                                                           

Giuseppe Antonio Rolla (1798–1837) Variazioni Brillanti for Viola and Piano, Op. 13
 ~intermission~
 Antonio Bazzini (1818–1897) 3 Morceaux en forme de sonate for Violin and Piano, Op. 44

No.2 Romanza: Larghetto

Alessandro Rolla (1757-1841) Viola Sonata in E-flat Major, BI 66 (Edited by Alfred Mann)

I. Allegro maestro

II. Romance - Allegretto alla polacca

III. Rondò: Allegretto
 
 [Biography] 

Dr. Yein Son is an active violist and educator dedicated to bridging her performance career with music education. She has appeared in distinguished orchestras and chamber ensembles across both the United States and Korea, showcasing her passionate playing and deep musical insight. She currently teaches orchestral repertoire, chamber music, and viola at Kyung Hee University and serves as the string orchestra conductor at Deokwon Arts High School.
 

Dr. Son's orchestral career includes joining the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra as a tenured member in 2022.She has also performed with numerous renowned ensembles, including the Rachmaninoff International Orchestra under Mikhail Pletnev, the National Symphony Orchestra of Korea, the KG Philharmonic Orchestra, the Gunpo Prime Philharmonic Orchestra, the Syracuse Orchestra, the Albany Symphony, the Illinois Symphony Orchestra, and the Civic Orchestra of Chicago.
 

As an avid chamber musician and soloist, Dr. Son has appeared at major international festivals, including the Emerson String Quartet Festival, the International Summer Academy at Mozarteum University, the Heifetz Music Institute (on full scholarship), and the Montecito International Music Festival (as a fellow and later a faculty member), where she collaborated with prominent artists such as Lynn Harrell, Sam Fischer, Régulo Martínez-Antón, Larry Livingston, and members of the Emerson String Quartet. In the summer of 2022, she attended the Pacific Region International Summer Music Association (PRISMA) Festival on a full scholarship, serving as principal violist. During the festival, she won the concerto competition and performed the first movement of Hindemith’s Viola Concerto with the festival orchestra, receiving enthusiastic acclaim from Canadian audiences.
 

Dr. Son earned her Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Stony Brook University on a full scholarship. She also holds a Master of Music degree from Yale University and a Bachelor of Music degree from Kyung Hee University. Her principal teachers include Sung Hee Park, Jin Won Yoon, Ettore Causa, Steven Tenenbom, Lawrence Dutton, and Matthew Lipman.