Monday, July 7, 2025
12 PM
Elegancia Doble, is a gifted duo having won first prize at the 17th Japanese Musician’s Association of California Piano competition in 2016.
Naomi Hobbs was born and raised in Tokyo, Japan and earned her Music Degree at the Musashino Academia Musicae in Tokyo, where she taught for ten years. In 1998, one year before she moved to San Diego, she performed Rachmaninoff’s 2nd Piano Concerto with the Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra. She was the instructor of Music and Piano class at San Diego Community College for Ten years. She was the first prize winner of the 7th International Piano Competition in Mexico in 2012 and the gold medalist of 6th Seattle International Piano Competition in 2015. She performs in concert in San Diego and Japan, and also enjoys composing and arranging music.
Yumiko Oya, as a native of Japan, she began playing piano at the age of 3. As a young adult, she developed major interests in such fields as diverse as Science (BA) and golf. However, her love of music and piano could not be denied. She went back and studied music theory at Orange Coast College, playing Beethoven's 4th Piano Concerto with that school's orchestra. Further studies earned Yumiko a master’s degree in Piano Performance at the California Institute of the Arts. She has been enjoying teaching privately and performing solos and duets with Naomi Hobbs.
Program:
“American Composers”
Leonard Bernstein
Candide
Tonight and America from West Side Story
Samuel Barber
Souvenir Op.28
1. Waltz 3. Pas de deux 4. Hesitation-Tango
George Gershwin
Cuban Overture
Three Preludes No.1, 2 & 3
American in Paris
I got Rhythm (Encore)
Free concerts at noon every Monday year-round . . . no wonder the Mini-Concerts are the longest-running and one of the most popular classical music series at the library! This series was founded by Glenna Hazleton in 1970 at the Athenaeum, and has been going strong ever since. The concerts feature both local and touring musicians, prize-winning students, university music faculty members, local chamber ensembles. . . and the repertoire also includes jazz, folk, and world music. There are no reservations, no tickets . . . just line up at the side door of the Athenaeum before noon. (Donations are always welcome!) Mini-Concerts take place every Monday at noon and last about an hour.
The concerts will be in person at the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library. There are no physical tickets for these events. Doors open at 11:40 a.m. Last entry is at 12:10 p.m. or once capacity is reached. Seating is first-come; first-served. Reservations are not necessary, but seating is limited.