In light of President Reif’s announcement on March 10th regarding COVID-19, this event has been CANCELED.
On behalf of Music and Theater Arts and the MIT Community, I apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your support in Music and Theater at MIT. If you have questions or would like further information, please contact performance@mit.edu
Program
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61 (1806)
- Allegro ma non troppo
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Violin Sonata No. 1 in A minor, Op. 105 (1851)
- Mit leidenschaftlichem Ausdruck
- Allegretto
- Lebhaft
About the Performer
Ji Seok Kim is a violin student and undergraduate biophysics major at MIT, where he is a recipient of the Emerson music scholarship. He combines his passion for music with the admiration for understanding the natural world through science. Despite their inherent differences, his musical and academic pursuits are intimately connected, as they reflect the human desire to feel, think, and communicate. He actively performs through solo recitals and concerts with the MIT Chamber Music Society. He has studied violin with James Buswell, chamber music with David Deveau and Marcus Thompson, and conducting with James Orent. He was a prizewinner in the Cremona International Music Competition and a participant in the Sarasota Music Festival, Cremona and Vianden Music Festivals. He was also a violinist in the Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra and performed a concert tour through major halls in central and western Europe with the ensemble in 2018.
About the Emerson Program
Funded by the late Mr. Cherry L. Emerson, Jr. (SM, 1941) the Emerson Program offers merit-based financial assistance for private lessons to MIT students of outstanding achievement on their instrument or voice in classical, jazz or world music via competitive auditions. Each academic year, the Emerson program for private study offers half scholarships and full scholarships to approximately 50 qualified students out of about 100 who apply and audition for scholarships and fellowships. Auditions are held at the start of the fall semester. Private teacher selections, made in consultation with the music faculty, may include instructors from MIT or from the greater Boston musical community.
