The Arazzo Music Festival is proud to present the 2026 Irma Vallecillo Visiting Artist Recital, featuring acclaimed pianist Chaeyoung Park. In this program, Park explores the dramatic tension between structural mastery and vivid, rhythmic movement, charting a course from the intellectual rigor of the German classics to the evocative colors of the French and Spanish traditions.

The first half of the recital focuses on Beethoven’s innovative Op. 31 sonatas. These works capture a composer at a crossroads, trading traditional forms for a "new path" of musical expression. Park navigates this transition by balancing sharp, subversive wit with the restless, atmospheric "storm" of the “Tempest” Sonata, a centerpiece of 19th-century piano literature. The program then travels through the folk-inspired landscapes of the Iberian Peninsula before ascending into the spiritual and the spectacular. The afternoon concludes with the intoxicating, swirling energy of Ravel’s La Valse, a decadent and virtuosic finale that brings this journey of contrast to a thrilling close.

Arazzo is honored to partner with Duncaster Senior Living to present this concert!

If not a resident at Duncaster, please email info@arazzofestival.org to RSVP and receive more information on guest parking.

Performer: Chaeyoung Park, piano — 2026 Irma Vallecillo Visiting Artist