Join Music For Youth on December 6 at Wilton Library for the second Emerging Artists Concert of the season, featuring violinist Julia Hwang, cellist Robin Park and Emerging Artist Giora Nadav.
Registration will be opening soon. Tickets are free but registration is required for this event.
About the Artists
Praised by Gramophone for displaying a “model of expressive purity”, Julia Hwang gave her professional solo debut with the English National Baroque Chamber Orchestra at the age of nine, performing Bach's Concerto in A minor. Following her debut at the Wigmore Hall, other recent concerts include recitals at St Martin in the Fields and the Royal Albert Hall, solo and chamber performances at Yellow Barn, Vermont and the Schoenberg Centre in Vienna, and performances of the Bruch, Korngold and Mendelssohn concertos in the UK and South Korea. An avid chamber musician, she has performed in ensembles around the world.
Julia has appeared many times on live television and radio through the BBC and ITV, and was featured in a BBC4 documentary about ‘The Lark Ascending’ by Ralph Vaughan Williams. Her performance of this work was specifically chosen by the BBC and the documentary has been re-broadcast on many occasions due to popular demand. Her latest CD, featuring works by Grieg, Lutoslawski, Wieniawski and Vaughan Williams, was met with critical acclaim, reviewed by Gramophone as representing “old-world wit and warmth”.
She is a cultural ambassador for the BRACE Alzheimer’s Research, and is also a Concordia Foundation Artist, which has led to many performances in London’s hospitals and care centres. Other charity performances have included concerts to raise money for, among others, The Alzheimer’s Society, the NSPCC, The Prince’s Trust, and MacMillan Cancer Relief.
Julia completed her studies as a Fulbright Scholar at Yale University under the tutelage of Ani Kavafian, and undertook her undergraduate degree as a University scholar at St John’s College, Cambridge. She is the winner of numerous prizes, including the Presser Foundation Award, Hattori Foundation Award, the annual Musicians Company Award, and the Countess of Munster Prize.
She plays on a Peter Guarnerius of Mantua violin c.1698, on generous loan from the Alderson Trust.
Cellist Robin Park has been recognized for his thoughtful musicianship and dynamic playing across the United States, Europe, and Asia. Since his solo debut with the Summit Symphony in 2016, he has built a versatile career as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral player, and currently serves as Principal Cellist of Symphony in C.
Believing all music to be, in some sense, chamber music, Robin co-founded Ensemble V, a chamber music ensemble priding itself in its imaginative programming, in 2024; he currently serves as its Executive Director. Robin also frequently performs with the Grammy Award-winning Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, as well as with the Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players, Symphony in C Virtuosi, and the United Nations Chamber Music Society. He has appeared at the Aspect Chamber Music Series, Lund Beethovenfestival, and Princeton Chamber Music Series.
Robin has won First Prizes at the Gustav Mahler International Competition, Caprio Competition, Newtown Chamber Orchestra Competition, and the International Mozart Competition Vienna, where he became the first American to win first prize in the competition's history. He also received the Yale School of Music's Aldo Parisot Prize.
An advocate for accessible music education, Robin has taught a private studio since 2020 and teaches at the InTempo music school. He previously taught cello at Yale University and MusArt Music School, and coached the Trenton Youth Orchestra. A prolific arranger, he has written for the Boston Symphony, Yale Cellos, and Northwestern University Orchestra, with a particular affinity for cello ensembles.
Robin holds a Master of Music from the Yale School of Music, where he studied with Paul Watkins, and a Bachelor of Arts in History cum laude from Princeton University, studying cello with Richard Aaron of Juilliard. He plays an 1820 Thomas Kennedy cello and a 2022 Morgan Andersen bow.
Giora Nadav is an 11th grade student at Trumbull High School and a dedicated young pianist. He built his musical foundation through early training with his father, and later studied with Dr. Yi-Heng Yang of The Juilliard School.
Giora has earned top awards at regional, state, and international competitions, including the Schubert Club Awards Competition, the Renée B. Fisher Piano Competition, the Connecticut State Music Teachers Association, the International Piano Professionals Association, and the Ocean Music International Piano Competition. He has received masterclasses from renowned teachers including Dr. Melvin Chen of Yale, Dr. Yu Xi Wang of Curtis, and Professor Aviram Reichert of Seoul National University.
Giora has performed widely, including at the Philadelphia International Music Festival and the Leroy Anderson Museum, and took part in the Chamber Music Central program in Connecticut.
He attends Manhattan School of Music's pre-college division on a full-tuition Mikowsky Merit Scholarship Award, studying with Professor Jiayin Li.
About the Program
Experience an intimate afternoon of musical artistry featuring violinist Julia Hwang, cellist Robin Park and Emerging Artist Giora Nadav, performing captivating solos, duets, and Dvořák’s beloved Dumky Piano Trio in E minor. With each of them introducing the pieces and sharing insights along the way, this special concert offers a welcoming, up-close connection to the music and the artists who bring it to life.