The University of Wyoming’s Beth Vanderborgh, cello, and Jiwon Han, piano, will perform
as part of the Department of Music Faculty Recital Series at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov.
18, in the Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts recital hall. The program is free
and open to the public.
The recital will feature Claude Debussy’s “Sonate pour violoncelle et piano” and Frank
Bridge’s Cello Sonata in D minor, H125.
Vanderborgh, a UW music professor, maintains a vigorous performing, teaching and recording
career. She was top prizewinner of the National Society of Arts and Letters Cello
Competition, as well as the Baltimore Chamber Awards and the Ulrich Solo Competition.
As United States Information Service Artistic Ambassador and member of the Fadial-Vanderborgh
Duo, she has performed on four continents, including recitals at the Kennedy Center,
the Phillips Collection, the Teatro Nacional in Costa Rica and American University
in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria.
Her recent recordings include discs of the “Chamber Music of Gwyneth Walker” and “Chamber
Music of Jennifer Higdon,” in collaboration with the Pulitzer Prize-winning composer.
Vanderborgh is an artist faculty member of the Eastern Music Festival and principal
cellist of the Cheyenne Symphony.
Han, a South Korean-born musician, is an award-winning pianist. He first gained attention
in 1997 at age 10 when he appeared as a soloist with the Korean Philharmonic Orchestra
performing Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488. The same year, he gave
a solo recital at Incheon Culture and Arts Center.
He widely performs as a chamber musician, orchestral pianist and collaborative pianist,
and he also teaches and conducts regularly. Han has released two solo albums: “Debut”
and “Romanticism.” Additionally, he has released two collaborative albums: “Bach-Schubert,”
a live performance with violinist Zia Shin, and “Works by German Composers” with violinist
Fangting Chen.
He performs with various chamber music ensembles, as a collaborative pianist with
prominent musicians, and as an orchestral pianist in a wide range of genres.
For more information, call Kathy Kirkaldie, UW Fine Arts coordinator, at (307) 766-2160
or email [email protected].