Chopin and Schubert

Chopin and Schubert is a free Curtis student recital presented as part of the Curtis Recital Series, which showcases the work of the institute’s emerging artists through more than 100 performances each year. The program features music by Schubert, Chopin, and Ravel, performed by student instrumentalists in Field Concert Hall, with a livestream also available.

The recital opens with Schubert’s Rondo in B minor, D. 895, followed by Chopin’s Étude, Op. 10, No. 3 (“Tristesse”), in an arrangement by Yokoyama, and Ravel’s *Tzigane, rapsodie de concert*. Yenfei Wang then performs Chopin’s *Andante spianato et Grande polonaise brillante*, Op. 22. After intermission, Romain-Olivier Gray and Delvan Lin perform Schubert’s Sonata in A minor, D. 821, known as the “Arpeggione.”

When: October 30, 2026

Showtime: 7:30 p.m.

Venue: Curtis Institute of Music, Field Concert Hall

Tickets: Free admission with advance ticket registration required.

Format: In-person recital with livestream availability.

Program: Schubert’s Rondo in B minor, D. 895 (“Rondeau brillant”); Chopin’s Étude, Op. 10, No. 3 (“Tristesse”), arranged by Yokoyama; Ravel’s *Tzigane, rapsodie de concert*; Chopin’s *Andante spianato et Grande polonaise brillante*, Op. 22; and, after intermission, Schubert’s Sonata in A minor, D. 821 (“Arpeggione”).

Performers: Jonathan Okseniuk, violin; Xuanyan Jessie Gong, piano; Yenfei Wang, piano; Romain-Olivier Gray, cello; and Delvan Lin, piano.

Artist details: Xuanyan Jessie Gong, from Shanghai, studies piano with Robert McDonald and entered Curtis in 2025 as the Gerry and Marguerite Lenfest Piano Fellow. Romain-Olivier Gray, from Québec City and Woodbridge, Virginia, studies cello with Nicholas Canellakis, Yumi Kendall, Christine Lee, and Peter Wiley; he is the Maurice Gendron Memorial Fellow and entered Curtis in 2022. Delvan Lin, from Auckland, New Zealand, is the Eleanor and Vladimir Sokoloff Fellow in Piano Chamber Music and first entered Curtis in 2023. Jonathan Okseniuk, from Mesa, Arizona, studies violin with Midori and is the Efrem Zimbalist Fellow; he entered Curtis in 2023. Yenfei Wang, from Taipei, Taiwan, studies piano with Ignat Solzhenitsyn and is the Nancy Maruyama, M.D. Fellow; she entered Curtis in 2024.

Intermission: The performance includes an intermission before the Schubert sonata.

Note: The program may be changed or canceled at the last minute.