August 19, 2004
Thursday, 8 PM
Recital
Mann-Wen Lo, violin
Evan Wong, piano
Jannie Lo, piano
Program
Saint-Seans: Introduction and Rondo Carpriccioso Op. 28 in A minor
Sibelius: Concerto in D minor, Op. 47
Mann-Wen Lo, violin
Jannie Lo, piano
Bach: Well Tempered Clavier Bk.I. No. 17 BWV 862
Beethoven: Sonata No. 23, Op. 57, 1st mvt
Chopin: Etude No.4, Op. 10
Chopin: Ballade No.4, Op.52
Evan Wong, piano
Brahms: Klavierstucke Op. 118
Scriabin: Sonata-Fantasy, Op. 19
Chopin: Scherzo No. 4, Op 54
Jannie Lo, piano
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Mann-Wen Lo, 14, from Taiwan will be a ninth grader at Walnut Hill School
this fall, majoring in violin. She performed numerous concertos in Taiwan with Taipei
Symphony Orchestra and Academy Taiwan Strings at Taiwan National Concert Hall. She was the
second prize winner of the 2002 First TOYAMA Asian Youth Musician Competition. She
attended the Fourth International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians. She was
awarded at the 2004 2nd Treasury of Young Music by the Taiwan Council for Cultural
Affairs.
Evan Wong, 14, is currently studying at the Preparatory High School of Taiwan National
Normal University under the tutelage of Rolf-Peter Wille. He has
performed at Wen-Hwa University and the National Normal University. This year, he
participated in the 5th International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians. He was
an active participant at the 2002 Graz Summer Festival in Austria where he studied under
Professors Hoffer and Voike.
Jannie Lo, 18, began to learn the piano at the age of three. She is a sophomore at the
Peabody Conservatory of John Hopkins University under the guidance of Boris Slutsky. Her
past principal teachers include Mack McCray and Rui-Xing Li. She has participated in
numerous master classes by artists including Vladimir Feltsman, Yoheved Kaplinsky, Andre
Laplante, Jerome Lowenthal, Alexander Slobodyanik, and the Peabody Trio, among others.
Awards include first prizes from the Ross McKee Piano Foundation, the Pacific Musical
Society, the San Francisco Young Pianists Competition, and the Stravinsky Awards
International Piano Competition. From 2001-2003, she was keyboardist of the San Francisco
Symphony Youth Orchestra. She appeared in San Francisco Noontime Concerts since age ten,
and has performed with the Fremont Symphony Orchestra, and at the Junior Bach Festival. In
New York City, she appeared in a "Young Virtuosos" Gala Concert in the Weill
Recital Hall of Carnegie Hall. She has participated in numerous music festivals including
the Yellowbarn Summer Music Festival, Piano Summer in New Paltz (led by Vladimir
Feltsman), and most recently TCU/Cliburn Piano Institute in Forth Worth, TX.