Hochstein alumna Annie Jacobs-Perkins, cello, and Katelyn Vahala, piano, present a recital free and open to the public!

Praised for “hypnotic lyricism, causing listeners to forget where they were for a moment,” (The New Yorker), cellist Annie Jacobs-Perkins is the 1st prize winner of the Pierre Fournier Award, Buchet International Cello Competition, Chamber Orchestra of the Springs Emerging Soloist Competition, Father Merlet Award from the Pro Musicis Foundation, New England Conservatory Concerto Competition, and Hennings-Fischer Young.

Applauded as a “highly accomplished pianist....with wonderfully rhythmic and robust playing” (New York Concert Review), Katelyn Vahala was a finalist in the 2022 Leipzig International Bach Competition, where she performed with the Mendelssohn Kammerorchester Leipzig. In addition to winning the 2021 USC Thornton Concerto Competition, Katelyn is the first prize winner of the 2019 Rosalyn Tureck International Bach Competition, where she also won the Contemporary Music Award.