Cellist Leland Ko with Pianist Adria Ye Kick Off the 25-26 Season for the de Blasiis Chamber Series
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Jennifer Brink, Executive Director
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
August 7, 2025
De Blasiis Chamber Series: Cellist Leland Ko with Pianist Adria Ye
Leland Ko:
Described as someone with “Disarming charisma” (South Florida Classical Review) yet simultaneously as someone “Byronic” and “excelling in both poetic longing and dramatic outbursts” (Boston Classical Review), Leland Ko has performed as a soloist and chamber musician in venues across America and abroad. He is the first prize winner of the Concours Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, the Concert Artists Guild Louis and Susan Meisel Competition, and the Walter W. Naumburg International Cello Competition. Leland was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts, before attending Princeton University, followed by the Juilliard School, and the New England Conservatory of Music.
Adira Ye:
Chinese-American pianist Adria Ye has been driven from a young age by a hopeless fascination with music. Described by cellist David Finckel as having a “naturally beautiful sound and lyric instinct,” she made her orchestral debut at nine with the Oregon Sinfonietta and has since performed as soloist and chamber musician across Europe, China, and the United States. She has been featured in radio broadcasts of “Performance Today” with Fred Child and National Public Radio’s “From the Top.” Most recently, she was the recipient of the Paul Streit Special Prize at the 2022 Concours de Genève, and won the 2022 Music Academy of the West Solo Piano Competition.
Adria earned her Bachelor’s and Master’s of Music degrees at the Juilliard School with Yoheved Kaplinsky and Julian Martin, and a Graduate Diploma at the New England Conservatory with Wha-Kyung Byun.
Program:
NADIA BOULANGER (1887-1979) — 3 Pieces for Cello and Piano (1914) 7’
Modéré
Sans vitesse et à l'aise
Vite et nerveusement rythmé
GABRIEL FAURÉ (1845-1924) — Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 1 in D minor, Op. 109 (1917) 20’
Allegro
Andante
Finale — Allegro commodo
FELIX MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847) — Sonata for Piano and Cello No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 45 (1838) 26’
Allegro vivace
Andante
Allegro assai
Tickets:
Sunday, September 21, 2025, 3 pm: de Blasiis Chamber Music Series: Leland Ko, cello with pianist Adria Ye at the Helen Froehlich Auditorium, Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY. This concert is part of the de Blasiis Chamber Series. Tickets $25/Adults, $10/Youth. Available at www.theglensfallssymphony.org or the door with cash/check only.
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