Artists

• Jenő Lisztes

  Cimbalom

  Budapest-born Jenõ Lisztes started to play the cimbalom — Hungary’s most famous instrument — at the age of four, continuing a tradition he inherited from his father and grandfather. After beginning studies with Ágnes Szakály, Lisztes enrolled in the Franz Liszt Music Academy, where he worked with Ilona Szeverényi Gerencsérné and from which he graduated in 2010 as a cimbalom teacher and artist. Lisztes has been a member of Roby Lakatos Ensemble since 2006, and he performed as part of his own jazz trio, the Jenõ Lisztes Cimbalom Project.

  
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• Yi-Fang Huang

  Piano

  Yi-Fang Huang, a native of Taiwan, began playing the piano at age seven, followed by viola at age nine. She received both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in piano performance from The Juilliard School and her doctorate from Rutgers University. She has performed with the New York Philharmonic Ensembles at Merkin Hall, Perlman Music Program, OK Mozart Festival, International Viola Congress, Interlochen Viola Institute, Great Mountains Festival, Sarasota Music Festival, Bowdoin Summer Music Festival, and Music Academy of the West. She has premiered works composed by by Somei Satao, Stuart Smith, and Alessandro Solbiati.