The Town of Weston is incredibly fortunate to be the home of many talented musicians, several of whom will perform in the Library Music Committee’s 2025-26 concert season. Come to the Library’s Community Room on Sunday, November 2nd at 3 p.m. to welcome two of these well-respected local performers, recently-retired BSO violinist Bo Youp Hwang and pianist Minkyung Oh. They will perform Mozart’s Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 22 in A Major and Schubert’s Sonata for Piano and Violin in A Major, as well as works for piano by Chopin and Glinka/Balakiev.
Born in Korea, Bo Youp Hwang gave his first violin solo performance with the Seoul Symphony Orchestra when he was twelve. He was assistant concertmaster of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra before joining the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1973. Mr. Hwang performed on several occasions as a soloist with the Boston Pops Orchestra under John Williams and was also active with the Francesco String Quartet for many years. After 49 years, he retired from the BSO at the end of the Tanglewood 2022 season
Graduating with Distinction in Performance from the New England Conservatory, pianist Minkyung Oh has won numerous prizes at various music festivals in Korea, the US, and Europe. She has also earned a Post Graduate Diploma from the Royal Academy of Music in London and a Doctor of Musical Arts from Boston University. She is on the faculty of the Rivers School Conservatory in Weston and the Cremona International Summer Academy in Italy. Dr. Oh’s performances in the Library’s concert series have been enthusiastically received, and she has also held brilliant outdoor recitals at her home in Weston.
The concert is free and open to the public, and the Community Room is handicapped accessible.