2026 Summer Festival Concerts

Festival Opening Concert
Saturday, June 27, 7:30pm

Featuring guest and faculty artists Yukiko Sekino, Alan Woo, Sam Gingher, Keiko Sekino, and Kwan Yi. Ticketed.

 

 

 

Wei-Yi Yang in Recital
Tuesday, June 30, 7:30pm

Pianist Wei-Yi Yang has received worldwide acclaim for his captivating performances and imaginative programming. Winner of the gold medal at the San Antonio International [now ‘The Gurwitz’] Piano Competition, he has performed at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and across America, Asia, Europe, and Australia. His debut at Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium as the soloist in Messiaen’s Turangalîla-Symphonie was hailed by The New York Times as “sensational.” Ticketed.

Stephen Beus in Recital
Thursday, July 2, 7:30pm

“Strikingly original… an interpretive voice all his own” (Fanfare Magazine). In the space of four months, American pianist Stephen Beus won first prize in the Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition, first place in the Vendome Prize International Competition (Lisbon) and he was awarded the Max I. Allen Fellowship of the American Pianists Association (Indianapolis). As a result of winning the Juilliard School Concerto Competition Mr. Beus made his Carnegie Hall debut with the Juilliard Orchestra and James DePreist, playing Prokofiev Concerto No. 3. He has subsequently performed throughout North America, Europe and China. Ticketed.

YOUNG ARTIST PROGRAM FINAL CONCERTS

Young Artist Program Final Concert I
Sunday, July 5, 10am

Featuring young pianists from across the United States invited to participate in the East Carolina Piano Festival Young Artist Program. Free.

Young Artist Program Final Concert II
Sunday, July 5, 2pm

Featuring young pianists from across the United States invited to participate in the East Carolina Piano Festival Young Artist Program. Free.

All concerts in A. J. Fletcher Recital Hall, School of Music
East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina

Location:
A.J. Fletcher Music Center, Greenville, NC (Directions)
(Intersection of E. 10th Street & College Hill Drive, Greenville, NC)

Parking:
Free parking is available for festival concerts. Patrons are welcome to park in the A1 parking spaces adjacent to the Fletcher Music Center, or in any of the B parking lots located nearby on College Hill Drive (Directions). (Please avoid parking in any specially reserved spaces.)