*New for #heifetz2020* Returning student Kayleigh Kim and Heifetz faculty pianist Beilin Han (@hanbeilin) performed Dvorak's "Songs My Mother Taught Me," arranged by the legendary nineteenth century composer and violinist Fritz Kreisler, for our Opening Concert & Convocation. This exquisite rendition is lyrical and heartfelt, and evokes the song's original lyrics (adapted from Czech):

"Songs my mother taught me, In the days long vanished; Seldom from her eyelids were the teardrops banished. Now I teach my children, each melodious measure. Oft the tears are flowing, oft they flow from my memory's treasure."

Tune in to our daily livestream concerts on Facebook and YouTube to see more of Kayleigh and the rest of our exceptional students all summer long.

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*New for #heifetz2020* This is Caroline Paulsen's (@carolinepaulsencello) first summer at Heifetz, and she joins our virtual institute from her home in Minnesota. She performed Miklós Rózsa's exciting cello solo, Toccata Capricciosa, for our Opening Concert & Convocation on June 27. This piece is technically challenging for the performer and is often programmed as a showpiece. Caroline's rendition did not disappoint, and we look forward to sharing more of her performances, along with other #heifetz2020 students through our Virtual Concert Hall - with daily live streams all summer long!

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*New for #heifetz2020* Athena Shiu (@athena.shiu) is attending our Virtual Summer Institute from her home in Hong Kong, and she joined us to perform Paganini’s virtuosic Caprice No. 17 for solo violin. This piece highlights the harmonic beauty, along with the technical challenges, of Paganini’s music. Tune in to see all the students of #heifetz2020 perform through Heifetz Rubato: The Virtual Concert Hall, with live broadcasts seven days a week.

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*New For #Heifetz2020* SoHyun Ko and pianist Seonmi Lee joined us for our Opening Concert and Convocation on June 27 all the way from Seoul, South Korea! An alumna of the @heifetzpeg program, SoHyun performed Beethoven's Romance No. 2 in F, Op. 50, originally composed for a reduced orchestra, but the arrangement for violin and piano highlights the harmonic beauty of the melody and accompaniment.

Join us tonight at 7:30 (EDR) for more Beethoven with: The Beethoven Experience with the Borromeo String Quartet: https://heifetz.institute/June30BeethovenBorromeo

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