Dr. Samantha Ege and composer Soomin Kim, on Helen Hagan's Piano Concerto

On Oct. 21, pianist and musicologist Dr. Samantha Ege will join Principal Conductor Peter Oundjian and the Yale Philharmonia for the world orchestral premiere of Helen Hagan’s Piano Concerto in C minor, featuring a new orchestration by composer and distinguished YSM alum Soomin Kim ’21MM ’22MMA. We spoke with Ege and Kim about Hagan, who, in 1912, became the first Black woman to graduate from the Yale School of Music, and about the Concerto in C minor.

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