Friday, October 5, 2018
1-2pm | Maison Française
PROGRAM
J.S. Bach: Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011
I. Prelude
Camille Saint-Saëns: Feuillet D’album, Op. 81
Claude Debussy: Préludes, Book I
XII. Minstrels: Moderate
Gabriel Fauré: Papillon, Op. 77
I N T E R M I S S I O N
Franz Schubert: Impromptu No. 3, Op. 90
Franz Schubert: Schwanengesang (“Swan song”), D. 957
IV. “Ständchen” (“Serenata”)
Franz Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata, D. 821
I. Allegro Moderato
II. Adagio
III. Allegretto
BIOGRAPHY
Lucie Ticho, cellist, is a native of Chicago. She currently resides in New York City, where she is pursuing her bachelor’s degree at Columbia University. As a student of the Columbia-Juilliard exchange program, she takes cello lessons with Richard Aaron. Before coming to New York, she studied with Tanya Carey and served as the principal cellist of the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra. Lucie has performed as a soloist with the Elgin Symphony, the CYSO and its chamber symphony, and a number of other Chicago area orchestras, and has appeared on NPR’s From The Top and Performance Today. She has been a semifinalist in the Stulberg, Klein, and Johansen International String Competitions. She was also a Youngarts Foundation laureate and a medalist in the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s Crain Maling Concerto Competition and the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) Competition.
Lucie has attended numerous music programs, including the Aspen Music Festival, the New York String Orchestra Seminar, the Bowdoin International Music Festival, and the National Youth Orchestra of the United States. She has collaborated with internationally acclaimed artists such as violinist Stefan Jackiw and dancer Charles “Lil Buck” Riley, and she has performed at venues as diverse as Carnegie Hall and NBA stadiums.
When she is not playing cello, Lucie enjoys reading, being outdoors, and seeing her cats. She is pursuing a degree in political science at Columbia.
Hana Mizuta, pianist, started playing the piano at age 5, and is currently a member of the Music Teachers’ Association of California Young Artists’ Guild. She was a YoungArts Foundation Finalist and a Presidential Scholar in the Arts Semifinalist, and has received awards at the San Francisco Chopin Competition, the Menuhin-Dowling Music Competition, the Pacific Musical Society Competition, the American Fine Arts Festival Golden Era of Romantic Music International Competition, the Music Teacher’s Association of California State Solo Competition, and the Henry and Carol Zeiter Piano Competition. Hana also participated in the Aspen Music and the Bowdoin International Music Festivals, where she studied with John O'Conor and Boris Slutsky.
Hana is an avid chamber musician, and attended the Music@Menlo Chamber Music Institute Young Performers Program for three summers. She was also a member of the Sophos Trio in the Young Chamber Musicians Program directed by Susan Bates, with which she won the Galante Competition. In addition, she participated in the San Francisco Conservatory of Music PreCollege Chamber Music Program for three years. She has received master classes and coachings from members of the Lee Trio, the Dover Quartet, the Escher Quartet, the Telegraph Quartet, the St. Lawrence String Quartet, and the Borromeo Quartet.
Hana is currently a Computer Engineering major at Columbia University. Prior to college, she studied at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music PreCollege under Heidi Hau’s tutelage.