EVDOL 21 - Keyboard Literature in Concert: Connections, Part I

Lisa Yui
Western classical piano music is full of fascinating links: friendships, rivalries, teacher-student relationships, family ties, and influences that reach across centuries. This course explores those relationships through solo piano music, showing how composers inspired, challenged, and transformed one another’s ideas. Topics include Haydn and Mozart, Chopin and Liszt, Robert and Clara Schumann and Brahms, Bach’s influence on later composers, and more. Through guided listening, historical context, discussion, and live performance, students will hear how musical ideas travel through lessons, friendships, homage, imitation, and reinvention. Each class features live performances by pianists, including Juilliard students and alumni.

Open to all music lovers; no prior musical training is required.

Biography: Lisa Yui

“Lisa is a gifted lecturer and a master at unfolding the most complex concepts with ease. Juilliard has picked a magnificent scholar to share generously a profound depth of knowledge! Bravo.” – Juilliard Extension Student, Fall 2025

Two Sections Available | 8 Classes Total | Extension Holiday Schedule

EVDOL 21 01:

Mondays 5:30–7pm ET

September 14–November 9

Mode: In Person

EVDOL 21 02:

Tuesdays 7:30-9pm ET

September 15–November 10

Mode: In Person

$480

Register by Phone: (212) 799-5000 ext. 273

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