Protégé Spotlight Recital: Jonah Ellsworth, Cello
Born and raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts, our 2026 Protégé Cellist Jonah Ellsworth is already making his mark on the world of chamber music. A recent graduate of both New England Conservatory and the Yale School of Music, he has already won critical acclaim for both his solo performances with orchestras across the nation. He is a member of the renowned Boston Trio, the Boston Symphony, and Germany’s Leipzig Gewandhaus. Welcome Jonah as he makes his CMNW debut performing some of his favorite works by Brahms, Eugene Ysaÿe, and Paul Hindemith—and meet him after his recital!
PSU, College of the Arts, Lincoln Recital Hall
Tuesday, 7/7 • 12:00 pm
Program
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- PAUL HINDEMITH “Phantasiestück”
PAUL HINDEMITH (1895–1963) Phantasiestück
- EUGÈNE YSAŸE Sonata for Solo Cello, Op. 28
EUGÈNE YSAŸE (1858–1931) Sonata for Solo Cello, Op. 28
I. Grave. Lento e sempre sostenuto
II. Intermezzo. Poco allegretto e grazioso
III. In modo di recitativo. Adagio
IV. Finale con brio. Allegro Tempo fermo- BRAHMS Cello Sonata No. 2 in F Major, Op. 99
BRAHMS (1833-1897) Cello Sonata No. 2 in F Major, Op. 99
I. Allegro vivace
II. Adagio affettuoso
III. Allegro passionato
IV. Allegro molto
Artists
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Gloria Chien
Piano & Artistic Director
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Taiwanese-born pianist Gloria Chien has one of the most diverse musical lives as a noted performer, concert presenter, and educator. She made her orchestral debut at the age of sixteen with the Boston Symphony Orchestra with Thomas Dausgaard, and she performed again with the BSO with Keith Lockhart. She was subsequently selected by The Boston Globe as one of its Superior Pianists of the year, “who appears to excel in everything.” In recent seasons, she has performed as a recitalist and chamber musician at Alice Tully Hall, the Library of Congress, the Dresden Chamber Music Festival, and the National Concert Hall in Taiwan. She performs frequently with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. In 2009, she launched String Theory, a chamber music series in Chattanooga, Tennessee that has become one of the region’s premier classical music presenters. The following year she was appointed director of the Chamber Music Institute at Music@Menlo, a position she held for the next decade.
In 2017, she joined her husband, violinist Soovin Kim, as artistic director of the Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival in Burlington, Vermont. The duo became artistic directors at Chamber Music Northwest in Portland, Oregon in 2020. They were named recipients of Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s Award for Extraordinary Service in 2021 for their efforts during the pandemic.
Most recently, Gloria was named Advisor of the newly launched Institute for Concert Artists at the New England Conservatory of Music. Gloria released two albums—her Gloria Chien LIVE from the Music@Menlo LIVE label and Here With You with acclaimed clarinetist Anthony McGill on Cedille Records.
Gloria received her bachelor, master’s, and doctoral degrees at the New England Conservatory of Music with Wha Kyung Byun and Russell Sherman. She is Artist-in-Residence at Lee University in Cleveland, Tennessee, and she is a Steinway Artist.
Upcoming Concerts & Events
- Protégé Spotlight Recital: Jonah Ellsworth, Cello (currently selected)
- Crossing Borders: Brahms Piano Quartet
- Crossing Borders: Brahms Piano Quartet
- NEW@NIGHT: Across the Americas
- Universal Harmony: Schumann Piano Quintet
- Voices of Our Land: Dvořák American Quintet
- Americana: “Appalachian Spring”
- Americana: “Appalachian Spring”
- Voices of Our Land: Dvořák American Quintet
- NEW@NIGHT: “Lost Freedom: A Memory”
