Mainstage Chamber Music Concert - July 5

Sarah Camm is a dynamic and expressive trumpet player based in Melbourne, Australia, known for her versatility and engaging musical presence. A passionate performer, she is currently completing her honours year at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music. She has performed with ensembles such as Melbourne Opera, iOpera and Cathedral Brass, bringing spirit and artistry to both orchestral, chamber and solo settings. Sarah is dedicated to building a career in orchestral performance, embracing opportunities to challenge and inspire, as she continues to develop her craft.

Beyond classical performance, Sarah thrives on collaboration and meaningful connection through music. She is a member of Queen of Hearts, a pioneering all-female ensemble blending mariachi and contemporary influences. The group has performed at major festivals, including Port Fairy Folk Festival, Cygnet Folk Festival and is set to appear at the Australian National Folk Festival in 2025.

Alongside her trumpet playing, she is also a guitarist and singer-songwriter, collaborating as part of a folk duo that explores storytelling through music. With a strong belief in music’s power to connect, she continues to refine her artistry through performance and creative collaboration.

Sarah Camm was generously supported by the Finch Chamber Music Scholarship Fund.

Ryan Chao’s musical career revolves around the concept of “play” an evolution of what music and sound-creation can involve, imagination and its realization, and conscious response to audiences and community. These ethics are the product of over a decade-long artistic journey—from orchestral and chamber experience to sound design and production.

As a percussionist, Ryan has premiered numerous chamber and solo works. He’s likewise appeared on multiple studio recordings, including the orchestral arrangement of Wooli and Codeko’s “Crazy” (2022) and “The Hollywood Collection” (2025) by the inaugural Studio Intensive Orchestra. Ryan is currently based in Boston, Massachusetts where he performs regularly with the New England Philharmonic and Reynaliz Herrera's theatrical percussion company, "Ideas Not Theories." He also maintains an active role in the contemporary scene through ongoing collaborations with composers and occasional chamber concerts.

Outside of performance, he also explores creative outputs through composition, graphic design, and baking! Ryan holds an M.M. in Contemporary Classical Music Performance from the Boston Conservatory at Berklee and a B.M. in Performance from Indiana University Bloomington.

Ryan Chao was generously supported by the Banff Centre Artists' Awards.

Andrés Romero is a Colombian violinist with a deep passion for chamber and symphonic performance. Since 2020, he has participated in various orchestras, ensembles, and music festivals in Canada, with notable engagements including Symphony New Brunswick, Tutta Musica Orchestra,Orchestre de la Francophonie  and special projects at Moncton University. In Colombia, he performed with esteemed organizations such as the Bogotá Philharmonic Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra of Bogotá, and the Youth Philharmonic of Colombia.

Currently, Andrés teaches violin at Sistema  New Brunswick in Moncton, where he shares his expertise and inspires young musicians.

He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Violin Performance from the Conservatory of the National University of Colombia and a violin Performance Master’s degree from the University of Montreal.

Andrés Romero Guzman was generously supported by the N. Murray Edwards Family Fund.

Born and raised in Timmins, Ontario, flutist Katie Kirkpatrick is a versatile performer currently based in Toronto. Passionate about solo, chamber, and orchestral playing, she has performed with ensembles across Canada and Europe. Katie has received several distinctions, including the Maritsa Brookes Concerto Competition, the Young-Ja Park Chamber Music Competition, and is a three-time recipient of the Porcupine Music Festival’s Instrumental Plaque and Rosebowl.

She recently appeared as a concerto soloist with both the Timmins Symphony Orchestra and the Western University Symphony Orchestra. Her most recent recording project was in partnership with the Canadian Music Centre on Robert Lemay’s album Clés, released in May 2024.

Katie is currently completing her Master of Music in Flute Performance at the University of Toronto, where she studies with Kelly Zimba Lukić, principal flutist of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. She previously earned her Artist Diploma and Bachelor of Music from Western University, studying with Stephen Tam and Anne Thompson.

Katie Kirkpatrick was generously supported by the Lockwood Family Endowment Fund for Music.

Logan Lambert is a clarinetist and repair technician. She has studied performance in New Orleans, New York, Paris, and Los Angeles, although she has spent the bulk of her career in NYC so far. She received her Bachelor’s of Music from New York University, where her focus was on contemporary solo and chamber performance. She now plans to move to Vancouver and start her Master’s in clarinet performance at the University of British Columbia in the fall. In addition to her Western classical training, she also enjoys playing folk and vernacular music. She loves anything she can dance to and walk away still humming. Logan can otherwise be found in the boxing ring at her gym in Pasadena or at the barre.

Logan Lambert was generously supported by the Finch Chamber Music Scholarship Fund.

Kelly Lenahan is a pianist and organist from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She received a Master’s Degree from the Royal College of Music, London, and an undergraduate degree from Belmont University. In addition to solo performances, Kelly has worked as a répétiteur, choral accompanist, and chamber musician. As an orchestral pianist, she has performed with the Britten-Pears Orchestra, the Royal College of Music Opera Orchestra and New Perspectives Ensemble, Chautauqua Festival Orchestra, and the Nashville Symphony. She has been named a Britten-Pears Young Artist, performing as a soloist with the Britten-Pears Orchestra. Other appearances as a soloist include the Nashville Symphony, Belmont Symphony, Round Top Festival Orchestra, and the Royal Danish Orchestra. As a ballet pianist, Kelly has worked with companies including the Washington Ballet, Mark Morris Dance Group and American Ballet Theatre. Currently, Kelly is devoting her solo work to studying and performing works by female composers. She has taken a particular interest in the music of Louise Farrenc and Lili Boulanger, and has recently given UK and European premiers of rare works by female composers from the 19th and 20th centuries. She lives in Copenhagen, Denmark where she is a pianist for the Royal Danish Ballet and Orchestra.

Kelly Lenahan was generously supported by the Cyril and Elizabeth Challice Fund for Musicians.

Serbian-born pianist Nikola Markovic is a soloist, chamber musician, and recording artist based in Vancouver. He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) from the University of British Columbia, studying under Dr. Terence Dawson. His previous studies include a Master’s degree from Georgia State University with Dr. Sergio Gallo and a Bachelor’s from the University of Novi Sad with Professor Rita Kinka. A versatile performer, Nikola has given solo recitals and concerto performances across Europe and North America. He frequently collaborates with other musicians, most notably with flutist Thomas Law. His performances have been featured on Radio Television of Serbia and Radio Novi Sad. Nikola has earned numerous top prizes, including First Prize at the International Protégé Piano Competition, leading to his debut at Carnegie Hall, as well as First Prize at the Georgia State Concerto Competition and the Atlanta Music Club Competition. He has also won top national prizes in Serbia, including Second Prize at the International Piano Competition Memorial Isidor Bajić. Beyond performing, Nikola is a dedicated teacher. As an RCM-certified teacher, he has helped students achieve success in national and international competitions, many of whom have performed at Carnegie Hall. He has also participated in masterclasses with world-class pianists such as Sándor Falvai, Sergei Kurdjakov, Marina Lomazov, Rustem Hayroudinoff, Konstantin Bogino, Thomas Hecht, and Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.

Nikola Markovic was generously supported by the Alice and Betty Schultz Scholarships Endowment Fund for Dance and Music.

Paul Meyer made his debut in 1982 by winning the prestigious Eurovision Competition at just 17 years old. He was appointed Solo Clarinet at the Lyon Opera Orchestra in 1983, then at the Ensemble Intercontemporain in 1984 and at the Paris Opera in 1985. Very quickly, he left the orchestra for an international soloist career with performances in major international venues with world renowned orchestras (Orchestre National de France, Orchestre de Paris, Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Tonhalle Orchester Zürich, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, NHK Tokyo, Russian State Orchestra, …) and alongside the world’s finest musicians such as Benny Goodman, Isaac Stern, Mstislav Rostropovitch, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Martha Argerich, Yuri Bashmet, Gidon Kremer, Yehudi Menuhin, Yo-Yo Ma or Emmanuel Ax. 

Passionate with chamber music, he has founded the ensemble Les Vents Français and is co-founder with Eric Le Sage and Emmanuel Pahud of the Festival International de Musique de Salon de Provence. 

For his contribution to the Arts in France and throughout the world, Paul Meyer has been awarded Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, France’s highest cultural honour.
 

Originally from Montreal, Caroline Milot has participated in numerous radio-broadcasted concerts across the American and European continents as a chamber musician or principal chair in various orchestras. With her trio Klimt, based in the United States, she won two of the most prestigious chamber music competitions in North America, namely the Coleman Chamber Ensemble Competition in Los Angeles and the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition.

After being a fellow at various festivals in Canada, the United States, and Germany, her career has taken her to perform all over the world, touring with the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, the Orchestre Métropolitain, the chamber orchestra Les Violons du Roy, the Ensemble contemporain de Montréal +, the Jeunesses musicales du Canada, and the Quatuor Ponticello, a cello quartet. In addition to a self-titled album she recorded with this ensemble, Caroline Milot has played on over twenty albums to accompany international artists such as Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Kent Nagano, Gino Quilico, André Gagnon and Raphael Payare, with ATMA, Analekta, and Deutsche Grammophon.

Caroline Milot was generously supported by the N. Murray Edwards Family Fund.

Sarah Yunji Moon is a Toronto-based flautist celebrated for her expressive artistry, technical mastery, and commitment to contemporary music. She has performed as a soloist with esteemed ensembles such as the Seoul Philharmonic and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, and held principal flute positions with Symphony Nova Scotia (2008–2010) and the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra (2016–2018).

An advocate for new music, Moon is the founder of Rosedale Winds, a chamber group dedicated to modern woodwind repertoire, and a member of the Thin Edge New Music Collective. She also performs with Charm of Finches, Canada’s first professional flute quintet, known for its innovative programming and dynamic performances. Ms. Moon’s academic credentials include a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Flute Performance from Carnegie Mellon University and a Master of Music in Contemporary Performance from the Manhattan School of Music.

As an educator, Sarah serves as an Adjunct Lecturer at Queen’s University, where she directs the Flute Choir and teaches flute performance. Her teaching philosophy emphasizes the integration of contemporary works into the classical canon, fostering a deeper connection between performers and audiences. Ms. Moon’s dedication to expanding the flute repertoire and her dynamic presence on stage continue to inspire audiences and students alike.

Sarah Yunji Moon was generously supported by the Frederick Louis Crosby Memorial Endowment.

Contralto Nicole Percifield has featured in concert performances with New Haven Symphony (Messiah), Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra (D. Scarlatti’s Salve Regina and Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater), UTSO (Beethoven’s Mass in C) and Minnesota Orchestra. Recently, Percifield performed Elgar’s Sea Pictures with North Bay Symphony, and workshopped Mahler’s Symphony no. 2 with Mandle Philharmonic. A skilled interpreter of art song, Percifield won the 2024 Norcop Prize in Song, was a 2024 Fellow with both Toronto Summer Music and Académie Francis Poulenc, performed Debussy’s Chansons Baudelaire at Carnegie Hall, and featured on CBC’s Tapestry program. A graduate of Yale Opera, Percifield has worked with Minnesota Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Central City Opera, and Opera Theatre of St. Louis, and was a finalist at the Metropolitan Opera New England Regionals. She can be heard singing the roles of Cathleen (Riders to the Sea), and Hostess (At the Boar’s Head), recorded live at the Beethoven Festival in Warsaw, Poland. The International Classical Music Awards nominated the recording for Best Opera Album, 2017.

Nicole Percifield was generously supported by the Ruby Mercer Endowment.

Nikki Pet, clarinetist, is a D.M.A. student at Yale School of Music, studying with David Shifrin. She also holds an M.M. in clarinet performance from Yale School of Music and a B.A. in computer science from Columbia University, where she was a member of the Juilliard Exchange Program studying with Alan Kay.  Awards Nikki has received include the Philip Francis Nelson Prize, Horatio Parker Memorial Prize, Yale CCAM Studio Fellowship, runner-up in the 2023 Coltman Chamber Music Competition, and Rapaport Prize. Festivals attended include the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival and Kneisel Hall.  A focus of Nikki’s work is producing multimedia performances, often incorporating A.I. technology. Live and digital productions include Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf, Bach’s Second Violin Partita, and Joan Tower’s Wings, to be performed live with reactive animated accompaniment.

Nikki Pet was generously supported by the Banff Centre Artists' Awards.

NIKITA POGREBNOY, Violist, was born in St. Petersburg, Russia where he graduated from the world-famous St. Petersburg Conservatory with highest honors. He then came to the United States by the invitation of Victor Rosenbaum, the Director of the Longy School of Music who after hearing his performance, awarded him a full scholarship to study in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Nikita is the winner of the Valentino Bucchi International Competition in Rome, Italy. Since then he has appeared as both soloist and with various chamber ensembles across Russia, Spain, Central America and the United States. He has also performed at numerous festivals including the International Musical Arts Institute in Fryeburg, Maine, and the Colorado Music Festival among others. He has been broadcast on both television and radio in the United States, including the National Public Radio which aired nationwide.

Viola: Pietro Giovanni Mantegazza (Milano, 1791)

Eric Le Sage is established as a famous representative of the French piano school, regularly boasted for his very subtle sound, his real sense of structure and poetic phrasing. Already when he was 20 years old, the Financial Times had described him as “an extremely cultivated disciple of the great French tradition of Schumann piano”. In 2010, die Zeit, praised his “ideal French piano aesthetics and clarity”.

Eric is invited to perform as a soloist with orchestras at the highest level such as the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Saint-Louis Symphony Orchestra, Berlin’s Konzerthaus Orchester, SWR Symphony Orchestra, Bremer Philharmoniker, Dresden Philharmonie, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Göteborg Symphony Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic, NHK Symphony Orchestra, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony, Tokyo Metropolitan Orchestra, Münchner Kammer Orchester, Dresdner Philharmonie, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Orchestre National de Bordeaux-Aquitaine, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Métropolitain, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, with conductors like Edo de Waart, Stéphane Denève, Pablo Gonzalez, Fabien Gabel, Sir Jeffrey Tate, François Leleux, Alexander Liebreich, Kazuki Yamada, Alondra de la Parra, Lionel Bringuier, François Leleux, Michael Stern, Leonardo Garcia Alarcon, Sir Simon Rattle and Yannick Nézet-Seguin.

Eric has performed recitals and chamber music concerts in major venues across the world such as Wigmore Hall, Suntory Hall, Carnegie Hall, Hamburg’s Laeiszhalle, Paris Philharmonie, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Radio France, Cologne Philharmonie, Essen Philharmonie, Dresden Philharmonie, Frankfurt’s Alte Oper, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, Schwartzenberg’s Schubertiade, Salzburg Mozarteum, Ludwigsburg Festival, Prague’s Rudolfinium, Taipei National Concert Hall, Konzerthaus Vienna, Luxembourg Philharmonie, Dublin’s celebrity series, Edinburgh International Festival, Düsseldorf Tonhalle, la Roque d’Anthéron Festival, Potsdam Sanssouci, Brussels’ Bozar, Berlin’s Boulezsaal, Konzerthaus Berlin, Berlin Philharmonie.

Eric Le Sage released many albums, all of which were critically acclaimed and received multiple awards. Besides his world-famous Schumann cycle in 2010 that were awarded the very prestigious Jahrespreis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik, other milestones include Francis Poulenc's complete chamber works with piano (BMG, 1998), Fauré¹s complete works for chamber music with piano, and Brahms complete chamber music works (B-Records, 2021).

Two magnificent albums were released in 2022: A Mozart album under the baton of his longtime stage partner François Leleux and the Gävle Symphony Orchestra on Alpha (concertos n° 17&24) and a solo album on Sony Classical featuring rare French repertoire from the beginning of the 20th century. In the last few years Eric released Fauré’s complete Nocturnes on Alpha (2019) and Beethoven's last 3 Sonatas (2014). Other recent chamber music recordings include collaborations with such artists as tenor Julian Pregardien for a Schumann album (2019) or Emmanuel Pahud, Paul Meyer, Daishin Kashimoto, Aurélien Pascal and more for albums around repertoire from Vienna in the 1900s, and works by Nino Rota.

A true chamber music lover, Eric regularly plays with friends like Emmanuel Pahud, Paul Meyer, Quatuor Ebène, François Leleux, Jean-Guihen Queyras, les Vents Français, François Salque, Lise Berthaud, Daishin Kashimoto, Claudio Bohorquez, Julian Prégardien, Sandrine Piau, Olivier Latry and many other musicians.

Born in Aix en Provence, Eric Le Sage was the winner of major international competitions such as Porto in 1985 and the Robert Schumann competition in Zwickau, in 1989. He was also a prize-winner at Leeds International competition the same year, which allowed him to perform under the baton of Sir Simon Rattle. Eric Le Sage is Professor at the Hochschule für Musik in Freiburg, Germany.

PATRICIA SHIH, Violinist, became a pupil of the legendary Josef Gingold at Indiana University at age 14. He described her as "one of the greatest talents that I have ever taught. Her great technique, inborn musicality, sense of style and virtuosity are unequalled." Patricia has appeared worldwide as soloist and recitalist in major halls including Wigmore Hall in London and Carnegie Hall in New York performing the Wieniawski Concerto No. 1 at age 15. The same year, she won the Special prize at the Wieniawski International Competition in Poland. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Sylva Gelber Award for the most outstanding young Canadian musician and the Mozarteum prize in Salzburg. Patricia has performed as guest soloist with major orchestras such as Royal Philharmonic, Halle Orchestra, Toronto, Singapore and Seattle Symphonies, National Orchestra of Mexico, Munich Chamber Orchestra and the Polish National Radio Orchestra. Her DVD of Vitali's Chaconne was featured on the Classic FM Channel across Europe. Recently, a half-hour documentary on Patricia's career was televised on the Biography Channel across North America.

Violin: Lorenzo Storioni (Cremona, c 1780)

Born in Korea, Sung-Won Yang graduated from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris and was assistant to Janos Starker at Indiana University in the United States. He is regularly invited to be in the jury of the International Competitions such as International String Quartet competition in Banff, Canada, the International Cello Competition André Navarra in France, the International Cello Competition Cassado Japan and the Tongyeong International Competition in Korea. Recipient of Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres by the French government, he is currently a professor of cello at the School of Music Yonsei University in Seoul, visiting professor at the Royal Academy of Music and Artistic Director of the Festival Beethoven à Beaune, in France, as well as Music In PyeongChang Festival.