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The Seventy-first Season of

The William Nelson Cromwell and F. Lammot Belin

Concerts

National Gallery ofArt

2,935th Concert

Award-Winners ofthe 2013 Joseph and Goldie Feder

Memorial String Competition

Presented in cooperation with

Washington Performing Arts Society

April 6, 2013

Saturday, 3:30 pm

West Building Lecture Hall

Admissionfree
Program

Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)

The Swan from Carnival ofthe Animals

Alanna Li, violinist

Allen Greenberg, pianist

Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787)

“Melodie” from Orfeo ed Euridice

Arranged by Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962)

Anne-Marie Wnek, violinist

Young Ji Kim, pianist

Bernhard Romberg (1767-1841)

Concertino, op. 51

Allegro maestoso

Jenna Wang, cellist

Anna Wu, pianist

Willem Ten Have (1831-1924)

Allegro brillante

Tatsuya Ozu, violinist

Young Ji Kim, pianist

Saint-Saens

Cello Concerto no. 1 in A Minor

Allison Park, cellist

Miriam Avalos Teie, pianist

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Violin Concerto in D Major

Samantha Cody, violinist

Anna Nishegorodtseva, pianist

THE JOSEPH AND GOLDIE FEDER MEMORIAL STRING COMPETITION

AND WASHINGTON PERFORMING ARTS SOCIETY

Established in 1971 by Goldie Feder in honor of her late husband, Joseph, the

Joseph and Goldie Feder Memorial String Competition is open to students in

grades six through twelve. The competition continues to inspire and nurture

local music students while maintaining the vitality ofthe arts in metropolitan

Washington, DC-area schools. Winners ofthe competition are offered free

private lessons, cash awards, summer tuition scholarships, and various

performance opportunities.

For more than forty years, Washington Performing Arts Society (wpas)

has enriched the lives of nearly four million children and adults through

programs held in Washington, DC-area schools, community centers, theaters, and outdoor venues, wpas makes connections through the arts with

programs for all ages, providing diverse educational opportunities that

encourage participation in and appreciation for various art forms. This

concert marks the fourth time that the National Gallery of Art and wpas

have collaborated to provide a showcase for winners ofthe Feder Memorial

String Competition.

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The Musicians

ALANNA II

A pupil ofZina Gendel at the Washington Conservatory ofMusic since 2010,

Alanna Li is the first place winner in the Feder Competition’s “Beginner Violin”

category. A third-grader at the Cold Spring Elementary School in Potomac, 

Maryland, she is, at age nine, the youngest member ofthe Chamber Strings of

the Maryland Classic Youth Orchestras (myco). First-place winner at the 2010

and 2012 Maryland State Music Teachers Association Solo Strings Festivals,

Alanna was nominated in 2012 for the prestigious Vella Silver Recital hosted

by the dean of Peabody Preparatory, a division ofthe Peabody Conservatory of

Music ofJohns Hopkins University.

ANNE-MARIE WNEK

Also nine years old, Anne-Marie Wnelc is a home-schooled fourth-grader. A

violin student of Rebecca Henry at Peabody Preparatory since age three, she

is the first-place winner in the “Aspiring Violin” category. She also earned a

first prize at the 2010 Maryland State Music Teachers Association (msmta)

Solo Strings Competition, and looks forward to a solo appearance next

month at Carnegie Hall. In addition to her violin studies, Anne-Marie takes

piano lessons at Peabody Preparatory; studies ballet at the Metropolitan

Ballet Studio in Rockville, Maryland; and sings in the children’s choir at 

Saint Raphael’s Church in Rockville.

JENNA WANG

First-place winner in the “Intermediate Cello” category, thirteen-year-old

Jenna Wang is an eighth-grader in Eastern Middle School’s humanities and

communications magnet program in Silver Spring, Maryland. An active 

member for five years ofthe Maryland Classic Youth Orchestras, she is

currently co-principal cellist in the myco Symphony, and was previously

principal cellist in myco Young Artists and Chamber Strings. In the 2011

Feder Competition, Jenna won first prize in the “Aspiring Violin” category, 

and between 2007 and 2012, she won first prizes in five consecutive

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msmta competitions. In 2010, the myco Chamber Strings featured her

as soloist in a performance of Vivaldi’s Cello Concerto in A Minor at Strathmore Hall. A violin student of Laurien Laufman, Jenna enjoys singing,

dancing, photography, digital art, and spending time with her friends.

TATSUYA OZU

An eleven-year-old sixth-grader at Churchill Road Elementary School in

McLean, Virginia, Tatsuya Ozu has been playing the violin since age four.

A student ofRebecca Henry at Peabody Preparatory in Baltimore, he took

first prize in the “Intermediate Violin” category. A member ofthe Peabody 

Performance Academy for Strings and Peabody Young Artists Orchestra,

Tatsuya was a first-prize winner at the msmta Solo Strings Competition in

both 2011 and 2012. His interests outside ofmusic include math and reading.

ALLISON PARK

A student of National Symphony Orchestra cellist James Lee, Allison Park is

an eighth-grader at Joyce Kilmer Middle School in Vienna, Virginia. She has

won awards in many string competitions, including first place in the 2013

Northern Virginia Music Teachers Association Concerto Competition, first

place in the local level and second place in the regional level of 2013 Lions

Club Band Music Competition, first place in the 2011 Asian American Music

Society International Competition, and first place in the nvmta Caurine

Easterling Achievement Awards Competition. This is Allison’s second first

prize in the “Intermediate Cello” category, having won the same honor

in the 2011 Feder Competition. In 2011, as the youngest competitor at age 

twelve, Allison won the state level ofthe 2010-2011 Music Teachers National

Association Junior Performance Strings Competition and competed in the

Southern Division finals in Columbus, Georgia. She is currently co-principal

cellist ofthe Symphonic Orchestra ofthe American Youth Philharmonic

Orchestras. In addition to her achievements in music, Allison is a yearround competitive swimmer who has qualified for and competed in the

Junior Olympics for the past four years.

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SAMANTHA CODY

Silver Spring, Maryland, resident Samantha Cody is a senior in the Montgomery Blair High School math and science magnet program. Beginning

her study ofthe violin at age five under the tutelage of Suzuki instructor Effie

Shu, she later studied with Sarah Wetherbee ofthe Levine School of Music,

and currently studies with Emil Chudnovsky, with whom she performs in

public. A veteran at age seventeen ofnumerous intensive summer music

camps, including the Bowdoin, Encore, and Summit International music

festivals, she has placed in numerous local competitions, culminating in her

first prize in the “Advanced Violin” category ofthis year’s Feder Competition.

She has also participated in the Maryland Classical Youth Orchestra for a

number ofyears and is the third chair violinist ofthe mcyo Philharmonic

Orchestra. Apart from her work with the violin, Samantha is also a dancer in

the City Dance Conservatory and is on the Montgomery Blair debate team.

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Upcoming Concerts at the National Gallery ofArt

Danielle DeSwert Hahn, pianist

With National Gallery ofArt and Phillips Camerata resident musicians

Music by Beethoven and other composers

April 7, 2013

Sunday, 6:30 pm

West Building, West Garden Court

National Gallery ofArt Vocal Ensemble

Excerpts from Gilbert and Sullivan’s Patience

and other music by Victorian composers

Presented in honor of

Pre-Raphaelites: Victorian Art and Design, 1848-igoo

April 10, 2013

Wednesday, 12:10 pm

West Building Lecture Hall