Cellist Yi Qun Xu performs a free concert as part of the Perlman Music Program’s ongoing Stires-Stark Alumni Recital series. Pianist Yoon Lee will accompany Yi Qun Xu at the virtual recital.
The performance will be available for free to the public on Sunday, January 17 at 2:30 PM. To view it visit perlmanmusicprogram.org/pmp-from-home. From there you can also watch other performances from the 2020/21 alumni series.
About the artist
Cellist Yi Qun Xu has performed extensively as a soloist and chamber musician across the United States. A native of China, she says she was fascinated by the cello as a child. She studied at China’s Central Conservatory of Music, where she won multiple top prizes in Chinese national cello competitions.
After moving to to the United States, she performed at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and Marlboro Music Festival, and has collaborated with Itzhak Perlman and members of the Cleveland, Juilliard, and Tokyo Quartets.
Yi Qun Xu, a teacher and director, has been an active participant of Perlman Music Program and serves as a Starr Doctoral Fellow at The Juilliard School in New York City.
Other recitals in the series
Other recitals in the series for 2021, also on Sundays at 2:30 PM are:
- March 4, Stella Chen, violin
- April 11, Michelle Cann, piano
- May 2, IIya Gringots, violin
The Stires-Stark Family Foundation generously underwrites the series that showcases PMP’s amazing graduates, many of whom hold leadership positions among renowned orchestras and faculties.
Members of the PMP Virtuoso Society are invited to a Zoom reception to meet the artists after each premiere.
To learn more visit, perlamnmusicprogram.org/stiresstark-recitals.
