3 pm Sunday March 9, 2025
Cicilia Yudha, piano

J.S. Bach English Suite No. 2 in A minor, BWV 807
Robert Schumann Piano Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22 (1838)
Emilie Mayer Impromptu, Op. 44
Margaret Bonds Troubled Water
Trisutji Kamal Sunda Seascapes (selections)
Maurice Ravel Oiseaux tristes and Alborada del Gracioso from Miroirs

Cicilia Yudha, pianist

A versatile solo pianist, avid chamber musician, and dedicated educator Cicilia Yudha has given performances, presentations, and master classes in the US, Europe, and Southeast Asia. She is a frequent soloist with the Duke University Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Maestro Harry Davidson. Navona Records released her debut CD Selected Piano Works by Robert Casadesus and Henri Dutilleux in September 2016. Her second CD, featuring two Piano trios by Emilie Mayer, was released in August.

As a creative artist, she has enjoyed collaborations with musicologist Ewelina Boczkowska, tap dancer Claudia Rahardjanoto, and Polish Folk Dance specialists Christine Cobb and Staś Kmieć. She has presented lecture recitals at National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy, Frances Clark Center for Keyboard Pedagogy “From the Artist Bench” webinar series, TEDx Talks, the Ohio Music Teachers Association Conferences, the College Music Society (CMS) National Conferences, and CMS Regional Conferences. She regularly presents Preview Concert Lectures for the renowned Cleveland Orchestra at the Severance Center.

Passionate about music education and community service, Yudha is a Nationally Certified Teacher of Music and is a recipient of the Steinway Top Teacher Award. She holds degrees from the Cleveland Institute of Music, New England Conservatory, and the University of North Carolina Greensboro. She served as faculty at the Dana School of Music Youngstown State University for over a decade. Currently, she teaches in Hudson, OH, where she lives with her husband and their two young children. She is also on faculty at Akron Music Institute and the University of Mount Union.

-- www.ciciliayudha.com

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