Date and Time: Friday, August 21, 2026  7 PM-8:30 PM  No intermission.
Location: Island Arts Center, 1127 US Rt 2, North Hero, VT 05474
Tickets: $25 – $30

New York City concert pianist Sohyun Ahn returns to Island Arts for the fifth year. An Island Arts’ favorite, Sohyun’s well-attended concerts of the last four summers have  continued to elicit raves, including “dreamy”, “amazing delicacy”, and “world class.”  This program showcases Sohyun Ahn in a solo piano concert featuring shorter works by J. S. Bach, Robert Schumann, and other composers to be announced.

J. S. Bach has long been an important composer in Sohyun Ahn’s repertoire. Her 2021 recording of Bach’s Goldberg Variations is described by critics: “crystalline clarity,” “insightful nuance,” and “dynamic breadth”, and offering a “perfectly balanced elegance” and “emotional storm,” with a high level of technical skill.

She is described as “an absolute master” by the New York Concert Review, and as an “amazing pianist” by the Classical New Jersey Society. Our Vermont audience raved: “Absolutely superb.” “I was enthralled.” “Such a different experience from the big city hall where you are miles from the performer.”

From Piano Music Magazine, Korea: “Such a gifted virtuoso, wonderful performing the emotional storm … with the perfectly balanced elegance.”

Your enjoyment of this fine concert will be enhanced by the improvements to the Island Arts barn completed this past winter. The 2025 renovations include new sound-proofed walls, doors, and windows to improve listening pleasure and comfort.

Sohyun will play a Yamaha C7 concert grand piano provided through the courtesy of the  Vermont Youth Orchestra Association. Island Arts is most grateful for their support.