Yoanna Haeun Jang

On July 19 at 1 pm, the Toronto Summer Music (TSM) REGeneration concert Transfigured Night: Arensky and Schoenberg featured violinist Yoanna Haeun Jang, a 2025 TSM Academy Fellow partly supported by a Fellowship from the WMCT. Board members Sylvia Sarkus and Annette Sanger were delighted to attend and to meet Yoanna. She played beautifully in the Piano Trio no. 1, written in 1894 by the Russian composer of Romantic-style music, Anton Arensky. At just eighteen years of age, Yoanna demonstrated a superb command of her instrument and a deep musicality that belies her young age. Fortunately, she is a local girl so we may well have other opportunities to build on the connection with the WMCT. Watch for her soon in Festival Concerts on July 26 (Elgar), and 30 (Dvořák).

Photo: Lucky Tang