2026 Boston University Spotlight

This annual concert presented by Boston University College of Fine Arts School of Music features the winners of the annual BU Spotlight competition. The concert at New York City’s renowned venue features a select group of student performers who showcase their expressive and technical gifts through a variety of short works for soloist and piano accompaniment by the world’s great composers.

PERFORMERS for 2026

Jisoo Kim (CFA’30) • violin – Honza Nori by Young Jo Lee

Grayson Hinrichs (CFA’27) • tuba – Blue Grace by Claire Sievers

Freya Downey (CFA’26) • viola – ko'u inoa by Anne Leilehua Lanzilotti

Shuangxiang Shan (CFA’26) • tenor and Yifang Xu (CFA’29) • piano – Las nubes by Carlos Guastavino

Ying Jin (CFA’27) • flute – Soliloquy, Op. 44 by Lowell Liebermann

Andy OuYang (CFA’29) • violin – Second String Force by Joan Tower

Heming Cao (CFA’27) • tenor and Ethan McGrath (CFA’29) • piano – Two Songs by Franz Liszt

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