Our annual Labor Day-weekend recap of 27 graduating seniors, some highlight performances, and where they’re heading next.
Introductions Class of 2025
Playlist
Pietro Locatelli arr. Alfredo Piatti: Cello Sonata in D:
III. Minuetto
Jan Vargas Nedvetsky, cello; Liang-yu Wang, piano
First broadcast September 14, 2024
Jan Vargas Nedvetsky | Northwestern University, Cello Performance
Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47:
I. Allegro moderato (excerpt)
Leo Zupko, violin; Mischa Zupko, piano
First broadcast May 3, 2025
Leo Zupko | Northwestern University, Violin Performance
Rebecca Clarke: Passacaglia on an Old English Tune (excerpt)
Chloe Cohen, viola; Katherine Petersen, piano
First broadcast July 12, 2025
Chloe Cohen | Northwestern University, Political Science and Viola Performance
Jessie Montgomery: Rhapsody No. 1 (excerpt)
David Roche, viola
First broadcast June 7, 2025
David Roche | Yale University, Music and Economics
Reinhold Glière: Nocturne, Op. 35, No. 10
Elyse Schlesinger, horn; Katherine Petersen, piano
First broadcast July 12, 2025
Elyse Schlesinger | New England Conservatory, Horn Performance
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 12 in F, K. 332:
III. Allegro assai (excerpt)
Jeffrey Wang, piano
First broadcast April 19, 2025
Jeffrey Wang | University of Chicago, Physics and Mathematics
Florence Price: Piano Sonata in E minor:
II. Andante (excerpt)
Kashyap Prasad, piano
First broadcast March 22, 2025
Kashyap Prasad | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Bioengineering and Pre-Medicine
Johann Sebastian Bach: Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, BWV 903
Eddie Zhou, piano
First broadcast March 8, 2025
Eddie Zhou | Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University
Peter Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50:
I. Moderato assai – Allegro giusto (excerpt)
Luminos Piano Trio: Lauren Kim, violin; Lucy Wu, cello; Matthew Hahn, piano
First broadcast October 21, 2023
Matthew Hahn | Yale University, Economics and Mathematics
Franz Joseph Haydn: Piano Sonata No. 62 in E-Flat, Hob XVI 52:
III. Presto
Clara Zhang, piano
First broadcast February 17, 2024
Clara Zhang | University of California Berkeley, Business
Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004:
V. Chaconne (excerpt)
Tristan Zhu, violin
First broadcast March 15, 2025
Tristan Zhu | Stanford University, Physics and Violin Performance
Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Partita No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002:
I. Allemande
Lily Sullivan, violin
First broadcast November 2, 2024
Lily Sullivan | Colburn School, Violin Performance
Ikuma Dan: Fantasy for Violin and Piano No. 1 (excerpt)
Lily Yoshihara, violin; Yoahn Jon Kwon, piano
First broadcast June 28, 2025
Lily Yoshihara | University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Violin Performance and Computer Science
Chad “Sir Wick” Hughes: Cello Suite No. 1:
III. Gigue
Simon Updegraff, cello
First broadcast November 11, 2023
Simon Updegraff | Cello Performance, Indiana University Bloomington
Henryk Wieniawski: Polonaise de concert, Op. 4
Henry Auxenfans, violin; Nathan Canfield, piano
First broadcast June 14, 2025
Henry Auxenfans | Princeton University, Violin Performance and Chemistry
Paul Hindemith: Tuba Sonata:
II. Allegro assai
Kevin Harte, tuba; Katherine Petersen, piano
First broadcast July 12, 2025
Kevin Harte | Carnegie Mellon University, Tuba Performance
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Etude-Tableau in A minor, Op. 39, No. 6, Little Red Riding Hood
Angelika Wang, piano
First broadcast October 12, 2024
Angelika Wang | University of Miami, Keyboard Performance
Daiki Kato: Tears of Hydrangea (excerpt)
Zoe Strange, flute; Caleb McMillin, marimba
Malcolm Arnold: Suite Bourgeoise:
III. Dance (Censored) (excerpt)
Zoe Strange, flute; Lucas Vergara, clarinet; Yoko Yamada-Selvaggio, piano
First broadcast July 26, 2025
Zoe Strange | DePaul University, Flute Performance
Caleb McMillin | Michigan Technological University, Engineering
Lucas Vergara | Illinois State University, Clarinet Performance and Music Education
Eugène Bozza: Image (excerpt)
Jesse Perez, flute
First broadcast June 7, 2025
Jesse Perez | DePaul University, Flute Performance
Benjamin Godard: Suite de trois morceaux, Op. 116:
No. 3, Valse
Jacob Cornejo, flute; Mio Nakamura, piano
First broadcast June 21, 2025
Jacob Cornejo | DePaul University, Flute Performance
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A, K. 622:
III. Rondo, Allegro (excerpt)
Sarah Morris, clarinet; Katherine Petersen, piano
First broadcast June 7, 2025
Sarah Morris | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Clarinet Performance
Clara Frantzen: Morning Hours (excerpt)
Clara Frantzen, violin
First broadcast July 12, 2025
Clara Frantzen | Boston Conservatory, Violin Performance
Alexander Glazunov: Chant du ménéstrel, Op. 71
Diego Dahle, cello; Katherine Petersen, piano
First broadcast June 7, 2025
Diego Dahle | Eastman School of Music, Cello Performance
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19:
I. Lento – Allegro moderato (excerpt)
Kevin Hernandez, cello; Summer Baek, piano
First broadcast April 26, 2025
Kevin Hernandez | Oberlin College and Conservatory, Cello Performance and Psychology
Sergei Lyapunov: Transcendental Etude in B minor, Op. 11, No. 10, Lezginka
Zarin Mehta, piano
First broadcast March 30, 2024
Zarin Mehta | Harvard University, undecided major
Some music has been removed from the podcast version for copyright reasons.
