Sahun Sam Hong, Inmo Yang, Luther Warren, Zachary Mowitz

Pianist Sahun Sam Hong, winner of the 2017 Vendome Prize at Verbier, was praised as an “artist of enormous prowess” (Verbier Festival Newsletter) with “lots of clarity, confidence, and wisdom” (New York Concert Review). Hong has been on the roster of Young Steinway Artists since 2010, and received international awards.

In addition to performing, Hong is a prolific arranger of chamber music and orchestral works. His innovative transcriptions are performed all over the world. The chamber music collective Ensemble132 presents Hong’s creative chamber music transcriptions on annual tours throughout the USA.

Sahun Sam Hong and Ensemble 132 will perform at the Summer FREE Concerts @ NEC 夏日系列音樂會on Wednesday, Aug 17, 7:30 pm at NEC’s Williams Hall. Ensemble 132 members are: pianist Hong; violinist Inmo Yang, the first prize winners of both the 2022 Sibelius and the 2015 Paganini Violin Competitions; violist Luther Warren, DMA candidate at NEC with Prof. Kim Kashkashian; and cellist Zachary Mowitz, a graduate from the Curtis and the Royal College of Music in London, where he is now an Associated Artist. Zachary was the First Prize winner at the World Bach Competition in 2020.

Program on Wednesday Aug 17 includes:
Chopin: Nocturne in E-flat Major, Op. 55 No. 2
Chopin: Nocturne in C Minor, Op. 48 No. 1
Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 4 in E-flat Major, K 282
Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24
Schumann/Sahun Sam Hong : Carnaval, Op. 9, arranged for piano quartet