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Sunday, September 7, 2025
3 PM
Memorial Hall | OTR
Manami Suzuki
Historic win of prestigious competition
At just 22 years old, Manami Suzuki made history in 2024 as the first Japanese pianist to win the prestigious Hamamatsu International Piano Competition in Japan. In addition to taking home the First Prize, Suzuki also earned the Chamber Music Award and the Audience Prize, marking an extraordinary achievement.

Sunday, October 12, 2024
3 PM
Memorial Hall | OTR
Megan Moore, Lyric Coloratura Mezzo-Soprano
Francesco Barfoed, piano
An artist of versatility and depth
A native of Cincinnati, Megan Moore is quickly garnering attention in the repertoire of Rossini, Handel, and Mozart. Awards include first prize at George London Foundation Competition, Young Concert Artists International Auditions, the Jensen Foundation Vocal Competition, Zenith Opera Competition, National Society of Arts & Letters Voice Award, and the Copenhagen Lied Duo Competition (with Francesco Barfoed).

Sunday, November 16, 2025
3 PM
Memorial Hall | OTR
Bridget Kibbey, harp
Lends her singular virtuosity and verve to the concert harp
Bridget Kibbey, a native of Findlay, Ohio, is known for her great musical instincts that transcend the harp. She interprets the masters—Bach, Debussy, Ravel, Bartok—bringing “a fresh face to the familiar music” (Seattle City Arts Magazine), while being a bold advocate of genre-crossing storytelling and newly-commissioned works. Her virtuosic and soulful ability to communicate draws in the audience. She has appeared as soloist with numerous orchestras and has been featured as soloist in top halls internationally.

Sunday, March 8, 2026
3 PM
Memorial Hall | OTR
Jaeden Izik-Dzurko, piano
Winner of the 2024 Leeds International Piano Competition and recipient of the Dame Fanny Waterman Gold Medal, 25-year-old Canadian pianist Jaeden Izik-Dzurko has been celebrated by audiences, critics and composers alike for his communicative power, refined technical command and artistic maturity. A few months before his triumph in Leeds, Jaeden
became the first Canadian Grand Prize Laureate in an instrumental edition of the Concours musical international de Montréal in May 2024.

Sunday, March 29, 2026
3 PM
Memorial Hall | OTR
Ziggy and Miles, duo guitarists
Winners of the 2023 Young Concert Artists International Auditions
“Australian guitarist brothers making history” (The Age), Ziggy and Miles are two of Australia’s finest young musicians forging an international career. Their performances are known for their “deeply considered musicianship, immaculate care and superlative technique” (5MBS). Winners of the 2023 Young Concert Artists International Auditions, the brothers became the first guitar duo and second guitarists to receive this prestigious award in the organization’s history.
Past Recitals

OUR 2024-2025 SEASON!
Sunday, September 15, 2024
Memorial Hall | OTR
Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt,
VIOLA
Adam Golka,
PIANO
One of the most sought-after violists of her generation

Our 2023-2024 Season!
Sunday, April 21, 2024
Memorial Hall, OTR
Amina Edris
SOPRANO
Pene Pati
TENOR
Robert Mollicone
PIANO
Amazing as soloists, phenomenal together!

Our 2023-2024 Season!
Sunday, March 3, 2024
Memorial Hall, OTR
Yun Zeng
FRENCH HORN
Michael Chertock
PIANO
Representing the new generation of Chinese wind instrumentalists...

Our 2023-2024 Season!
Sunday, March 3, 2024
Westwood First Presbyterian Church
Jasmine Choi
FLUTE
Changyong Shin
PIANO
"The Goddess of the Flute" -- Korean Times

Our 2023-2024 Season!
Sunday, October 29, 2023
Memorial Hall
Julian Schwarz
CELLO
Marika Bournaki
PIANO
Destined to rank among the greatest of the 21st Century...

Our 2023-2024 Season!
Sunday, September 17, 2023
Memorial Hall
Sara Daneshpour
PIANO

Our 2022-2023 Season!
Sunday, May 7, 2023 | 3 PM
Anderson Hills Church
Silver-Garburg
PIANO DUO

Our 2022-2023 Season!
Sunday, March 26, 2023
Memorial Hall | OTR
Elliot Madore
BARITONE
Donna Loewy
PIANO

Our 2022-2023 Season!
Sunday, February 19, 2023
Memorial Hall | OTR
Alexandre Kantorow
PIANO

Our 2022-2023 Season!
Friday, October 28, 2022
Memorial Hall | OTR
Steven Banks
CLASSICAL SAXOPHONE
Xak Bjerken
PIANO

Our 2022-2023 Season!
Sunday, October 2, 2022
Memorial Hall | OTR
Christina Nam
VIOLIN
Rohan De Silva
PIANO

Our 2021-2022 Season!
Sunday, March 6, 2022
Memorial Hall | OTR
Zlatomir Fung
CELLO
Dina Vainshtein
PIANO