20th Annual Benno Rubinyi Piano Undergraduate Student Competition
Wednesday, June 7, 2023, 5:00 p.m.
Evelyn & Mo Ostin Music Building, Ensemble Room
The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music proudly presents the Benno Rubinyi Award to the top piano undergraduate student finalists in honor and memory of Benno Rubinyi’s musicianship and through the generosity of the late Jeannette Rubinyi and the Rubinyi family.
The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music welcomes contributions to the Benno Rubinyi Scholarship Fund. Scholarship support is greatly needed to recruit and sustain talented young musicians.
For more information, please contact School of Music Development, at (310) 825-4238 or development@schoolofmusic.ucla.edu
Judges
Repertoire
Terry Hsu
Barcarolle in F-sharp major, Op. 60
Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
Sonata No. 3 in C Major, Op. 2, No. 3
Ludwig van Beeethoven (1770-1827)
Aiden Tang
Tarantella
Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Miroirs, III, "Une Barque sur l'océan"
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Claire Wang
Sonata No. 10 in C Major, K.330, mvts I and II
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
"Gretchen Am Spinnrade," S. 558/8
Franz Schubert (1797-1828), arranged for piano by Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Danzón # 2
Arturo Márquez (b. 1950)
Rubi Choi
Sonatine
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Sonata in E minor, Hob. 16, No. 34
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Yeonwoo Chu
The Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971, mvt I
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Sonata No. 13 in B flat major, K. 333, Op. 13, mvt I
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Fiona Mai
Images, Book I, "Reflets dans l'eau" in D flat major
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22, mvt I
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
--Intermission--
Ashley Chen
Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53, mvt I
Ludwig van Beeethoven (1770-1827)
Ballade No. 2 in F major, Op. 38
Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
Jaeyeon Jung
Sonata No. 9 in D major, K. 311, mvt I
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Étude No. 7, pour les degrés chromatiques
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Valerie Chang
Excursions Op. 20, No. 3
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
Partita No. 1 in B flat major, BWV 825
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Grace Chen
Sonata No. 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 11, mvt I
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, BWV 903
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Jessica Li
Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58, mvt I
Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
Miroirs, II, "Oiseaux Tristes"
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Etude Op. 2, No. 4 in C minor
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Rin Homma
Sonata No. 2 in G sharp minor, Op. 19, mvt I
Alexander Scriabin (1871-1915)
Variations on the name "Abegg" in F major, Op. 1
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Program Notes
About Benno Rubinyi
Born in Chicago, Benno Rubinyi began studying piano at age four. He moved to Los Angeles at age seven and by his teenage years, had won a number of piano competitions including summer study at the Chicago Conservatory. He spent three years at the Juilliard School of Music studying with famed pianist and composer, Leopold Godowsky. Rubinyi won a competititon to work with Nadia Boulanger in France but was prevented from going due to World War II. Returning to Los Angeles, Rubinyi broadened his musical repertoire to include popular music and jazz. In addition to performing concerts and teaching, he worked as a studio rehearsal pianist for Columbia, Universal, and RKO Pictures. He also performed on tours throughout the U.S. and Canada with Nat King Cole, Lloyd Bridges, Yvonne de Carlo adn others. Later in his career, he received his Bachelor and Master of Arts degrees from the Department of Music here at UCLA. He gave his wife, Jeannette, and his children, Lois, Susan, and Bob, a life-long appreciation for music in its many forms and brought an enthusiastic approach to life. Piano performance remained Rubinyi's passion throughout his musical career and he would have been pleased to know that his legacy proudly lives on at his alma mater.
The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music welcomes contributions to the Benno Rubinyi Scholarship Fund. Scholarship support is greatly needed to recruit and sustain talented young musicians.
For more information, please contact School of Music Development, at (310) 825-4238 or development@schoolofmusic.ucla.edu
