Formal Concert 2024-03-09

The Fortnightly Music Club In cooperation with The City of Palo Alto Arts and Culture Division
Palo Alto Art Center
1313 Newell Road

*guest performers

Pianist Corinne Barkin, a resident of Menlo Park has performed as a soloist with orchestras and in chamber
groups on the East Coast and around the Bay Area. She received her training at the Juilliard School of Music,
Oberlin Conservatory, and the Manhattan School of Music. Her debut recital took place at Carnegie Recital
Hall in 1962. Corinne has been a member of the Fortnightly Music Club since 1968.

Pianist Wenchun Ku is a major prize winner of the 2021 King’s Peak International Music Competition, 2021
International Music Award (Vienna, Austria), and Harrison Winter Concerto Competition. Dr. Wen-Chun Ku
has performed extensively in the United States including the Friedberg Concert Hall at Peabody Conservatory,
Le Petit Trianon Theatre in San Jose, Recital Hall at Santa Clara University and at prestigious venues in her
native Taiwan, such as the National Concert Hall in Taipei. Wenchun received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree
from Taipei National University of the Arts, and Master of Music, Doctor of Musical Arts degrees from Peabody
Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University where she was awarded as a merit scholarship student under the
guidance of the pianists Benjamin Pasternack and Boris Slutsky. In addition, Wenchun has worked closely with
her mentor Menchieh Liu at Curtis Institute for many years. She is currently an active pianist in the San
Francisco Bay Area.

Pianist Hyun-Ju Sung has appeared as a solo pianist at various venues including Seoul Arts Center, Gyeonggi
Arts Center, Kerr Cultural Center, Katzin Concert Hall, Chopin Hall, Weigel Hall, Hughes Hall, Goldmark Hall.
After she moved to the Bay Area in 2009, she gave four solo piano recitals at Santa Clara University Recital Hall
and Tateuchi Hall from 2012-2018. She has also performed numerous duo ensembles and chamber concerts in
Korea and the U.S. She received both Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Hanyang University in Seoul,
Korea. In the United States, she received her second Master’s degree from the Mannes College of Music and
Doctor of Musical Art degree from Arizona State University. Dr. Sung is also very successful and enthusiastic as
a piano teacher. She was awarded an outstanding music teacher diploma of recognition from the US
International Music Foundation four times (2017-2020). She was also recognized as an outstanding dedicated
teacher from Bay Area Music Association in 2021-2023. Currently, she runs a private studio in San Jose as an
active member of the Music Teachers’ Association of California and the Music Teachers National Association.