Past Festivals - 2024
Download the 2024 MostArts Festival Program (PDF)
Award Winners
- $10,000 Grand Prize: Jonathan Mei, 15 years old from Charleston, SC
- $5,000 2nd Prize: Yufei Cathy Chen, 16 years old from New York City, NY, and Henry Shao, 16 years old, from Sylvania, OH
- $500 Jury Discretionary Award: Henry Shao
- $500 Audience Favorite Award: Yufei Cathy Chen
Meet the 2024 Young Pianist Competition Finalists
Sunday, July 14
Opening Gala Concert
7:30 PM, Miller Theater (Tickets Required)
MostArts Festival Orchestra
Yuval Zaliouk, Conductor
Mozart: Overture to La Clemenza di Tito, K 621
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26
Anna Bray, soloist
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90 "The Italian"
Monday, July 15
12:00 PM Chamber Music Series
Sound Bites Sampler
Holmes Auditorium, Harder Hall (Free Event)
An Evening of Jazz
7:30 PM, Miller Theater (Tickets Required)
Pianist Dave Miller and Friends return for An Evening of Jazz
Tuesday, July 16
12:00 PM Chamber Music Series
Sound Bites Sampler
Holmes Auditorium, Harder Hall (Free Event)
Family Concert
7:30 PM, Miller Theater (Tickets Required)
MostArts Festival Orchestra
Yuval Zaliouk, Conductor
Jonathan Ziese, Narrator
Rossini: William Tell Overture
Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf
Leroy Anderson: The Typewriter
Copland: Appalachian Spring "Variations on a Shaker Melody"
Strauss: Radetzky March
Wednesday, July 17
12:00 PM Chamber Music Series
Sound Bites Sampler
Holmes Auditorium, Harder Hall (Free Event)
2:30 PM Recital
Miller Theater (Free Event)
Competition Recitals
Young Pianist Competition Finalists
Music Under The Stars
BBQ & Gallery Hop at the Alfred Ceramic Art Museum (Tickets Required)
Music & Cocktails begin at 6:30 PM
Dinner at 7 PM
Live Music & Dancing, 8-10 PM
Thursday, July 18
12:00 PM Chamber Music Series
Sound Bites Sampler
Holmes Auditorium, Harder Hall (Free Event)
7:30 PM Evening Concert Series
Miller Theater (Tickets Required)
Featuring Finalists of the Young Pianist Competition. Meet and Greet the Contestants Reception in Lower Miller Lobby.
MostArts Festival Orchestra
Steven Thomas, Conductor
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Così fan tutte Overture, K. 588
Jonathan Mei, Grand Prize Winner 2024, 15 years old from Charleston, SC
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concerto No. 23 in A Major K. 488
Henry Shao, 16 years old from Sylvania, OH
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concerto No. 20 in D Minor K. 466
Yufei Cathy Chen, 16 years old from New York, NY
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concerto No. 24 in C Minor K. 491
Friday, July 19
12:00 PM Chamber Music Series
Sound Bites Sampler
Holmes Auditorium, Harder Hall (Free Event)
7:30 PM Evening Concert Series
Orchestra "Spotlights"
Miller Theater (Tickets Required)
MostArts Festival Orchestra
Steven Thomas, Conductor
Bach: Concerto for Oboe & Violin in C minor
Stuart Breczinski, oboe & Noemi Miloradovic, violin
Mozart: Symphony No 34 in C Major
Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Jeanne Sperber, Flute & Rosanna Moore, Harp
"Singing the Night Among Fishing Boats" for Guzheng and Orchestra
Daisy Wu, Guzheng
Saturday, July 20
7:30pm Gala Finale Concert: Featuring pianist Asiya Korepanova performing the Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto
Miller Theater (Tickets Required)
MostArts Festival Orchestra
Yuval Zaliouk, Conductor
Grand Finale Concert
Verdi: Overture to "La Forza del Destino" (The Power of Fate)
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23
Asiya Korepanova, soloist
Awards announcements and presentations for the Young Pianist Competition Winners. Gala Reception with food and wine in Ade Hall located across the street. The public is invited to meet and greet with the artists.
Asiya Korepanova
The only pianist currently performing Liszt's 24 Etudes as a single program and one of few to possess a concerto repertoire of over 60 works, Asiya Korepanova is a pianistic powerhouse, who is also highly recognized as a composer, visual artist, and poet.
Read Asiya Korepanova's full bio...
Lucy Mauro
Lucy Mauro’s recent recordings for Delos have been hailed in Gramophone, awarded a Recording of the Year 2011 by MusicWeb International, calling it "the revelation of the year," and featured on iTunes in their New and Noteworthy among other recognitions.
Anthony Pattin
Pianist Anthony Pattin gave his New York debut recital at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall in 1998. In a review of that concert, the critic for the New York Concert Review magazine called Pattin "a pianist of definite skills and strengths."
The MostArts Festival Orchestra is an exquisite Mozart-sized orchestra comprised of first class musicians from around the world. Our FREE noon hour Sound Bite Sampler Chamber Music Series showcase our musicians performing gems of the chamber music repertoire as the audience enjoys lunch or dessert.
The Evening Concert Series features renowned soloists performing with the Festival Orchestra under the baton of Maestro Yuval Zaliouk, Steven Thomas and Lisa Lantz, in the magnificent Miller Theater. Then, top off the evening with a glass of wine at our Meet and Greet the Artists Reception following each concert.
1st Violin
- Noemi Miloradovic
- Hyeri Choi
Blanca Gonzalez - Yurie Mitsuhashi
- Adam von Housen
- Reuben Foley
- Jessica Anthony
- Karino Wada
- Lisa Lantz
2nd Violin
Viola
Cello
Sibora Miloradovic
Rintaro Wada
Bryan Eckenrode
Brian Donat