Violinist Zachary Brandon and pianist Sung Hoon Mo perform works by Claude Debussy and Gabriel Fauré, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
Zachary Brandon is acclaimed for his poetic interpretation and boldly personal sound. A laureate of the Elmar Oliveira International Violin Competition, the International Stradivarius Violin Competition, and the Cooper International Violin Competition, he has performed at venues such as Severance Hall and Carnegie Hall. His interpretations have drawn particular praise for their narrative clarity and expressive nuance. Zachary holds two degrees from the Cleveland Institute of Music, including an Artist Diploma, where he studied with Jaime Laredo, Jessica Lee, Stephen Rose, and Jan Mark Sloman. He is also a graduate of the Colburn Conservatory in Los Angeles, where he trained with Robert Lipsett, and previously studied with renowned pedagogues Almita and Roland Vamos.
Dr. Sung Hoon Mo is a pianist renowned for his extensive performances as a soloist and chamber musician. He studied at the Peabody Conservatory, Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music, and the Eastman School of Music, under the guidance of James Tocco, Leon Fleisher, and Emanuel Ax. Dr. Mo has performed for the American Embassy in Guatemala and toured throughout Puerto Rico, giving concerts at the San Juan Conservatory and the Ponce Museum. He has been featured on PBS and has appeared on radio broadcasts including WQXR in New York City as a winner of the Bergen Philharmonic Concerto Competition. His collaborations include tours in Germany with violinist Victor Tretjakov and violist Yuri Bashmet, and performances with artists such as violinist Charles Castleman and cellists Pieter Wispelwey and Emilio Colón. Dr. Mo is currently on the piano faculty at the Music Institute of Chicago and the Wheaton College Conservatory, where he also serves as the Site Coordinator for the Downers Grove campus.