Press Release

December 10, 2024

For Immediate Release

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Gail Wein - (646) 484-9691

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January 27: Baruch PAC spring concert season begins with percussionist Michael Yeung

Recital by award-winning artist includes works by J.S. Bach, Debussy, Cage, and Xenakis

Season continues with recitals by pianist/vocalist Chelsea Guo and classical accordionist Hanzhi Wang; see all three for one special price

Baruch Performing Arts Center launches its spring concert season with the award-winning percussionist Michael Yeung. The performance on Monday, January 27, 2025 at 7 pm at Baruch PAC's Engelman Recital Hall displays the vast range of Yeung's skills.

Michael Yeung is winner of the prestigious Susan Wadsworth International Auditions by Young Concert Artists. He has toured the world as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral performer. Yeung has appeared with the internationally acclaimed Percussion Collective and performed with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra under Gustavo Dudamel. In 2024 he curated a series of concerts sponsored by TEDx in Shenzhen, China, and made his Carnegie Hall and Kennedy Center recital debuts.

From arrangements of classics including Debussy's Rêverie and a lute suite by J.S. Bach to Xenakis' 20th-century solo percussion staple Rebonds A and B, Yeung's versatile skills are on full display on this adventurous and unusual program. The recital also features works by Georges Aperghis, Phillippe Hurel, and John Cage's stunningly gorgeous In a Landscape. 

Michael Yeung demo reel

Baruch PAC's spring concert series continues on March 6 with pianist and vocalist Chelsea Guo and May 19 with classical accordionist Hanzhi Wang. A ticket package for all three concerts is available for $75 (three concerts for the price of two). Digital press kits, including photos and bios, are at this link. 

Guo, Wang and Yeung are all on the roster of Young Concert Artists, an organization with a reputation for identifying musicians on their way to major performance careers. "We are committed to showcasing rising artists, as evidenced by our relationship with YCA," said Baruch PAC managing director Howard Sherman. "It gives our audience an opportunity to see these phenomenal performers in an intimate setting at accessible prices."

Tickets to Michael Yeung's recital at Baruch PAC January 27 are $35 general admission ($20 for students), available at bpac.baruch.cuny.edu. A three-concert package deal, which includes tickets for percussionist Michael Yeung (January 27), pianist/vocalist Chelsea Guo (March 6), and classical accordionist Hanzhi Wang (May 19) is available for $75. Baruch Performing Arts Center is at 55 Lexington Avenue (enter on 25th Street between Third and Lexington Avenues, on the south side of the street).

Monday, January 27, 2025 at 7 pm

Baruch Performing Arts Center presents

Percussionist Michael Yeung

Baruch PAC (55 Lexington Ave., New York, NY) (enter on 25th St. between 3rd and Lexington Aves)

Tickets are $35 general admission ($20 students),

available at bpac.baruch.cuny.edu

PROGRAM

Iannis Xenakis: Rebonds B

J.S. Bach: Lute Suite in e minor

Philippe Hurel: Loops II

Claude Debussy: Rêverie (arranged for vibraphone)

Iannis Xenakis: Rebonds A

John Cage: In a Landscape (arr. for marimba and vibraphone)

Georges Aperghis: Le corps a corps

Coming up at Baruch PAC:

• January 8 – February 9: Dead as a Dodo from Wakka Wakka (part of the Under The Radar Festival)
• January 27: Michael Yeung, percussionist
• March 6: Chelsea Guo, pianist and vocalist
• May 13-25: Heartbeat Opera performs Faust
• May 19: Hanzhi Wang, classical accordionist 

Baruch Performing Arts Center is at 55 Lexington Avenue (enter on 25th Street between Third and Lexington Avenues, on the south side of the street) in the heart of Manhattan. Praised for its superb acoustics, the Rosalyn and Irwin Engelman Recital Hall has been called "a perfect hall for chamber music" by Anthony Tommasini of The New York Times.