Chamber Music Recital
For this special recital on Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025, at 3 p.m., cellist Jesús Castro-Balbi will perform in collaboration with pianist Dr. Hyunjung Rachel Chung in Room 200 of the Mary Schmidt Campbell Center for Innovation and the Arts.
Dr. Chung is an acclaimed performer and professor known for her sensitivity and precision at the keyboard. Their program will include works from the great cello-piano repertoire, showcasing both technical mastery and expressive lyricism. This guest artist performance offers a rare opportunity for Atlanta audiences to hear two renowned musicians in an intimate venue, highlighting the transformative power of chamber music.
Castro-Balbi has developed a distinguished record of artistic and educational leadership nationally and internationally. He has performed extensively across the Americas, Europe, and Asia, including at Carnegie Hall, Mexico City’s Sala Nezahualcóyotl, Seoul Arts Center, Shanghai’s Oriental Arts Center, and at Tokyo’s Suntory Hall, and is featured in 11 albums.
As a soloist, he has collaborated with the China Philharmonic Orchestra, Leipzig MDR Radio Orchestra (Germany), Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra, and the National Symphony Orchestra (Peru), and with conductors Arild Remmereit, Emmanuel Plasson, Fernando Valcárcel, Gregory Vajda, Linus Lerner, Philippe Bender, Ramón Tebar, and Yang Yang. Of note are performances of the Lutoslawski cello concerto with Carlos Miguel Prieto leading the UNAM Philharmonic Orchestra (Mexico); Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations with Germán Gutiérrez and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Osvaldo Golijov’s Azul with Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Michael Ward-Bergeman, Jamey Haddad, Cyro Baptista, and the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra; and Brahms’ Double Concerto with Henning Kraggerud and the Aarhus Symphony Orchestra (Denmark) led by Giancarlo Andretta.