Upcoming Performances from

Wideman 2024 Medalist

  • Yizhen Chen at Texas Street Arts Series

    On Sunday afternoon, April 27 at 3:00 PM, our 2024 Gold Medalist, Yizhen Chen will be presented in concert on the Texas Street Arts Series in Couch Chapel at First Methodist Church.

    His program will have selections from Schumann, Scriabin, and Schubert.

    The program is free and open to the public, and there will be a reception to meet him in the church parlor below following his program.

  • Yizhen Chen performs Ravel with the Shreveport Symphony

    Yizhen will be returning to Shreveport to perform the Ravel concerto for the left hand on the opening Shreveport Symphony concert on October 19, 2025.

    This is the 150th anniversary of the birth of Maurice Ravel.

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  • Yizhen Chen will perform with the South Arkansas Symphony

    Yizhen Chen will perform Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 “Emperor” with the South Arkansas Symphony on September 27, 2025.


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Upcoming Performances from
Wideman 2023 Medalists

Dmitry Yudin will perform a recital with works by Beethoven, Prokofiev, Brahms and Schumann at the MKZ, Zurich, as part of the Festival KlusClassics on July 4, 2025.

Ilya Shmukler makes his debut at the Menuhin Festival Gstaad. On the opening weekend of this year's festival, 19 July 2025, he will play a recital matinée in the Gstaad Chapel with works by Ravel and Schumann.

Ilya Shmukler and Dmitry Yudin will perform piano concerti with the Verbier Chamber Orchestra in Zurich and La Chaux-de-Fonds on September 10 and 11, 2025.

Congratulations to our
2023 Wideman
Gold and Silver medalists for their success in
Concours Géza Anda 2024


Ilya Shmukler (first prize)
Dmitry Yudin (shared second prize)


Spring Festival 2024

All pianists will perform on April 4‐6 at various schools and assisted living facilities.

The festival will conclude on Saturday April 6th with a private Gala concert.
Evening with food and drink at the Symphony House, followed by the concert at Centenary Hurley Auditorium ($125 per person).

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Featured performers:

Bogang Hwang (South Korea) ‐ Bronze medalist 2022

Dmitry Yudin (Russia) ‐ Silver medalist 2023

Qianli Chen (China) ‐ Bronze medalist 2023

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