Faculty Artist Series: Wei He, violin, with Yoshikazu Nagai, piano, and Keisuke Nakagoshi, piano

A faculty artist series featuring Wei He on violin, Yoshikazu Nagai on piano, and Keisuke Nakagoshi on piano.

Chinese American Violinist Wei He won numerous awards in his native China before coming to the United States. He played with the San Francisco Symphony for two seasons. He was a founding member of the award winning New China Trio, top prize winner of Yellow Spring Chamber Music Competition and Carmel Chamber Music Competition in 1996. He gives regular solo recitals and master classes at conservatories and festivals both in the United States and Asia. He is also an active chamber musician playing with artists and ensembles across the United States and abroad. Passionate about teaching, Mr. He was approached by his mentor Camilla Wicks to become her teaching assistant upon his graduation from the San Francisco Conservatory in 1998. The following year, he joined the Conservatory’s collegiate faculty. He is a faculty artist at Icicle Creek Chamber Music Festival in Washington and former artistic director of The Crowden School in Berkeley. His major teachers include Wen Yuan Chen, Eugene Gratovich and Camilla Wicks. Mr. He lives in the Bay Area with his wife, Ming, and their dog, Pingping.

Program:
Béla Bartók
Sonata for Solo Violin, Sz. 117, BB 124
I. Tempo di ciaccona

Johannes Brahms
Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 100

Laura Schwendinger
The Violinists in My Life (world premiere)

Sergei Prokofiev
Violin Sonata No. 2 in D Major, Op. 94bis

Performers:
Keisuke Nakagoshi, piano
Wei He, violin
Yoshikazu Nagai, piano