Matous Michal, Violin & Joseph Yungen, Piano

Chamber Music Concerts and the Tutunov Piano Series present Matous Michal, violin, and Joseph Yungen, piano, on Friday, September 12th at 7:30pm at the Southern Oregon University Music Recital Hall, 450 S Mountain Ave, Ashland, OR. 

Chamber Music Concerts (CMC) and the Tutunov Piano Series (TPS) are excited to collaborate to present these fine young artists. Joseph Yungen is a former piano student of Dr. Alexander Tutunov, and was the first winner of CMC’s Music Scholarship at SOU in 2008. Matous Michal was appointed to the violin section of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra by Maestro Riccardo Muti in February 2016. Prior to joining the CSO, he held a position in the first violin section of the Grant Park Orchestra. A native of the Czech Republic, Matous began his violin studies at age four, and at 14, he began studies at the Prague Conservatory. After graduating he completed his bachelor’s degree at the Juilliard School and master’s degree from the Manhattan School of Music. Since joining the CSO, Matous has regularly performed new music at the MusicNow series as well as chamber music with his colleagues at the CSO chamber series. Joseph Yungen has established an international reputation for his consistent excellence as soloist and collaborator in a wide variety of musical contexts and repertoire. Joseph has served as faculty at the Music Academy of the West, the New Jersey Young Artist Piano Competition, and Frostburg State University. Winner of the “Audience Favorite” and “Best Performance of the Music of Szymanowski” awards in the Seattle International Piano Competition, Joseph received First Prize in the Schubert Club Piano Competition in Minneapolis, the Pianist’s First Prize in the Jessie Kneisel Lieder Competition, and the Barr Award for Excellence in Accompanying at the Eastman School of Music.

The concert program features Franz Schubert’s Sonata in D Major, Op. 137 no. 1 (D. 384); Clara Schumann’s Three Romances for Violin and Piano; Bedrich Smetana’s From the Homeland; Charles Ives’ Violin Sonata no. 2; and Bohuslav Martinu’s Violin Sonata no. 3, H. 303. Tickets are $35, and can be purchased online at http://ChamberMusicConcerts.org or by calling 541-552-6154. All ticket proceeds will be donated to music scholarships at Southern Oregon University.