Enjoy this performance from almost anywhere in the world viaLIVE@jacobs!Repertoire W. A. Mozart: Trio in E-Flat Major, K.498 ("Kegelstatt")György Kurtág: Hommage à R. Sch., Op. 15d (1990) R. Schumann: Märchenerzählungen, Op. 132 (1853)About the Artists Hungarian-born clarinetist Gábor Varga holds the prestigious position of international vice dean of the Music Department of the Széchenyi István University of Győr, Hungary. He served previously as associate professor of music in clarinet at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. Varga earned diplomas from the University of Szeged and the Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest and a postgraduate degree from the Paris Conservatory. He has held principal clarinet positions with with the Győr Philharmonic Orchestra, Concerto Budapest, and the Singapore Symphony Orchestra. He has been principal in the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra since 1997. He has also worked regularly with the Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra since 2001. Winner of numerous national and international prizes, he has performed in more than 25 countries in the Americas, Europe, and Asia, and has appeared as a soloist in such concert halls as the Musikverein in Vienna and the Gewandhaus in Lepzig, participating in various music festivals and appearing at prestigious clarinet festivals. A keen advocate of new music, he has premiered chamber music and commissioned numerous concertos from such leading Hungarian composers as Kovács, Durkó, Fekete, Szentpáli, and Vajda, and he seeks opportunities to introduce new works to audiences. His recordings include chamber works and concertos by Weber and Mozart for Hungarian Radio and CD recordings of the Nielsen Concerto, Dreamdances by Kovács, chamber music by Druschetzky, and Vajda's clarinet works. He regularly gives master classes at major universities in Europe, Asia, and the Americas, and for the International Clarinet Association and European Clarinet Association clarinet festivals. Before joining the Jacobs School, he held teaching positions at the Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in Singapore, University of Debrecen, and Tibor Varga Faculty of Musical Arts at the University of Győr, and the Royal Northern College of Music, where he was International Chair of Clarinet.Melivia Raharjo is lecturer in music in collaborative piano at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. Born in Indonesia, she is an avid collaborative pianist and has appeared in chamber performances with such renowned artists as the Takács Quartet, Roger Vignoles, Jaime Laredo, Olga Dubossarskaya Kaler, Mark Kosower, and Richard Weiss. One of the official pianists of the 11th International Violin Competition of Indianapolis in 2022, she was awarded special prizes for best performances of the Mozart and Beethoven sonatas with gold medalist Sirena Huang. She also has been playing for the cello master class program in Hidden Valley Music Seminar since 2022. Raharjo is a Music Academy of the West alumna and won the Duo Competition with violist Keoni Bolding in 2021. As part of the prize package, they performed a recital in Santa Barbara for which they created a program including special lighting effects to enhance its theme of night, from dusk through dawn. The recital also included the world premiere of Conrad Tao's "Churn." Previously, she worked as a staff pianist at the Cleveland Institute of Music, where she studied with Anita Pontremoli for her master's degree and artist diploma in collaborative piano. Raharjo discovered her passion in collaborating with other musicians while pursuing a bachelor's degree at Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music in Singapore, studying with Albert Tiu. Performing with other musicians who are passionate about music brings so much joy to her life she hopes that their performances inspire others to play more chamber music in the future.