 
中華表演藝術基金會
FOUNDATION FOR CHINESE PERFORMING
ARTS
Foundation@ChinesePerformingArts.net
www.ChinesePerformingArts.net
The Foundation
for Chinese Performing Arts, is a non-profit organization registered
in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in January, 1989. The main
objectives of the Foundation are:
- To
enhance the understanding and the appreciation of Eastern
heritage through music and performing arts.
- To
promote Asian musicians and performing arts through
performances.
- To
provide opportunities and assistance to young Asian artists.
The Founder
and the President is Dr. Catherine Tan Chan 譚嘉陵.
AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
The Foundation held its official
opening ceremony on September 23, 1989, at the Rivers School in
Weston. Professor Chou Wen-Chung
周文中 of Columbia
University lectured on the late Alexander Tcherepnin and his
contribution in promoting Chinese music. The Tcherepnin Society,
represented by the late Madame Ming Tcherepnin, an
Honorable Board Member of the Foundation, donated to the Harvard
Yenching Library a set of original musical manuscripts composed by
Alexander Tcherepnin and his student, Chiang Wen-Yeh. Dr. Eugene
Wu, Director of the Harvard Yenching Library, was there to
receive the gift that includes the original orchestra score
of the National Anthem of the Republic of China
commissioned in 1937 to Alexander Tcherepnin by the Chinese
government.
The Foundation awarded Ms. Wha
Kyung Byun as the outstanding music educator. In early
December 1989, the Foundation, recognized Professor
Sylvia
Shue-Tee Lee 李淑德 for her contribution in educating young
violinists.
The recipients of the Foundation's artist scholarship award
were: 1989 Jindong Cai 蔡金冬,
MM conductor ,New England Conservatory, NEC (conductor and
Associate Professor of Music, Stanford University, and currently
the director of the US-China Music Institute and professor of
music and arts at Bard College.). 1990: (late) Pei-Kun Xi,
MM, conductor, NEC; 1991: pianists John Park and J.G.
Park; 1991:pianist Ilia Itin for the 9th Robert Casadesus
International Piano competition where he won the first prize;
1992: Lan Shui 水藍,
Affiliated Conductor of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra,
currently the conductor of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra;
1994: soprano Guiping Deng 鄧桂萍
of Boston University under Phylis Curtain; (currently Director
of Vocal Department, Beijing Central Conservatory Attached High
School,) 1999: cellist Xu Xiao-Jan under Laurence Lesser,
NEC; 2005: pianist Larry Weng at Juilliard and Columbia
University; 2006: violinist Ying Xue under Donald
Weilerstein at NEC. 2007 and 2008: violinists Ying Xue,
Jing Zhang, and Quan Yuan 袁泉
under Donald Weilerstein at NEC. 2009, 2012 and 2013:
violinists Li Lao under Donald Weilerstein at NEC and
pianist Qi Kong under Wha Kyun Byun and Russell Sherman
at NEC Prep Walnut Hill School. 2010 and 2011: pianists Lu
Shen and SiCong Liu under Alexander Korsantia at NEC.
Musician Sponsorship for Boston Philharmonic Orchestra with
Benjamin Zander: 2009 Ying Xue, and 2010, 2011 Quan
Yuan 袁泉. 2011: pianist XiXi
Zhou under Hung-Kuan Chen at NEC, 2011-2012: violinist
Angelo Xiang Yu 于翔 under Donald
Weilerstein at NEC. 2011-2012: cellist Zhou Yi under
Laurance Lesser at NEC. 2012 soprano WanZhe Zhang
张婉哲 at NEC. 2012-2013: cellist
Taeguk Mun under Laurance Lesser at NEC. 2013: flutist
Bi-Le Zhang under Paula Robison at NEC. 2014: violist
Jing Peng under Kim Kashkahiam at NEC. 2014, 2015: saxophone
Kangyi Liu under Kenneth Radnofsky at Boston University.
2014: cellist Ana Kim under Laurance Lesser at NEC.
2015,2016,2017: cellist Jiyoung Lee under Laurance Lesser
at NEC. Composer Delong Wang at NEC and Juilliard. 2017:
saxophone Gary Tsz Kit Lau under Kenneth Radnofsky at
NEC, pianist Ziang Xu under Victor Rosenbaum at NEC.
Cellist Annette Jakovcic under Laurance Lesser. 2018, 2019,
2020: pianist Sean Yu under Meng-Chieh Liu at NEC. 2020:
violinist Dorson Sung Chi Chang 張頌奇 under Paul Biss at NEC.
The Foundation awards about $35,000 annually till 2018 in
scholarships to young musicians attending our Music Festival at
Walnut Hill.
GRANTS
1989:
New England Conservatory Youth Philharmonic Orchestra's (YPO)
concert tour to Taiwan and Korea; 1990: "A Ma Sitson
Retrospective" concert; and Boston Musica Viva "Asian and
Asian-American Composers Concert"; the ALEA III International
Composition Competition, 1990, and 1993-1996; the Jin-Jin
Lin Dancing Company; 1992 and 1993: International
Young Artist Piano Competitions; 1999: composer Shih-Hui
Chen
陳士惠 Showcase at Carnegie
Hall; 2006: New World Trio featuring Kurt Stallmann’s
new work; 2007: New England Conservatory YPO concert tour
to China; 2012: BMOP recording of Chen Yi 's陳怡new
works; 2012: Wu Man’s
吳蠻Return to China
"Discovering a Musical Heartland" recording; 2012: Bion
Tsang
章雨亭recording. 2015:
Sponsored the 2015 China Education Symposium Annual
Conference Closing Performance at Harvard University Graduate
School of Education on May 3, 2015. Program included works
by composer Delong Wang, performed by violinist InMo
Yang, cellist Taeguk Mun, and suona player Yazhi
Guo
郭雅志. 2016, 2017, and
2018: sponsor
New Asia Chamber Music Society新亞室內樂協會
Gala concerts in New
York. 2017, 2018 and 2019: VivaViola Festival in Taiwan by
Hsin-Yun Huang
黃心芸. 2017, 2018 and 2019:
cellist Bion Tsang
章雨亭RNSO
recording projects. 2017:
Wesley Chu
"Zenkora The Seven Eras"
project. Sponsored October 8, 2017 and December 16,
2018
"Music for Food"
concerts at NEC's Brown Hall. 2018
and 2019: BMOP recording
of Chen Yi 's陳怡new
works
"Concertos for String
Instruments".
2018: Han Chen recording project: An Album of Solo Piano
Music by Thomas Adès, which will be released under the Naxos
Records.
COMMISSIONED WORKS
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"The Stream Flows" for solo
violin小河淌水,
Bright Sheng盛宗亮,
1990. World premiere: October 20, 1990 by violinist Nai-Yuan
Hu
胡乃元 at NEC’s Jordan
Hall.
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"Westwinds" for Soprano and
Chamber Ensemble, Theodore Antoniou, 1991. World
premiere: May 4, 1991 by ALEA III Chamber Orchestra at Marsh
Chapel, Boston University.
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"Autumn Air" for flute and
doublebass, Yong Yang
楊勇, 1992. World
premiere: Spring, 1993, London.
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"East-West for Chamber
Orchestra", Theodore Antoniou, 1993. World premiere:
May 1, 1993. ALEA III Chamber Orchestra at Boston University.
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"Run" for flute, clarinet,
harp, piano, and string quartet. Theodore Antoniou, 1996.
World premiere: May 4, 1996. ALEA III Chamber Orchestra at
Boston University.
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"River Songs" for erhu and
cello,Yong Yang楊勇,
2001. World premiere: January 18,2002, by Xu Ke ,erhu at
NEC’s Jordan Hall.
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"Distant Rhythm
新十六版" for erhu, pipa,
violin, viola, and cello. Yong Yang楊勇,
2005. World premiere: January 8, 2005 at NEC’s Jordan Hall.
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"Shu Shong Key
思想起 (Remembrance)." For
viola and chamber ensemble by Shih-Hui Chen
陳士惠2006. Boston
premiere: January 6, 2007 at NEC’s Jordan Hall.
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"The
Echo in the Sky
天際鴻音"for
violin by Ke Xu
徐可,
2014.World premiere January 17,
2015 by violinists Angelo Xiang Yu
于翔at NEC's Jordan Hall.
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"æther"
for solo violin by
Andrew Hsu
徐鴻, 2018.
World premiere March 31, 2018 by
Angelo Xiang Yu于翔at
NEC's Jordan Hall.
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"title to be announced"
Co-Commission a new piece by Lei Liang
梁雷 for Viola and Pipa to be
performed at NEC's Jordan Hall on March 20, 2021 by
Hsin-Yun
Huang 黃心芸 viola and Wu Man
吳蠻 pipa. (Postponed due to
Covid-19 pandemic.)
CONCERTS
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October 21, 1989:
Pianist Yin Cheng-Zong殷承宗.
Boston debut at Harvard’s Sanders Theater. The concert was
favorably reviewed by the Boston Globe and other
newspapers
.
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February 27, 1990: The Foundation, together with the Enchanted
Circle Series of the New England Conservatory, presented “Winds from
China, New Music by Chinese Composers” at Jordan Hall. Works by
Ma Shui-Long, Chen Yi
陳怡,
Tan Dun譚盾,
Bright Sheng盛宗亮,
Zhou Long周龍,
Yong Yang
楊勇
and Qu Xiao-Song
were performed by the ALEA III Chamber Orchestra
conducted by conductor/composer Theodore Antoniou.
Richard Dyer of the Boston Globe said “...the city's
first concert by the young Chinese composers... It is only a matter
of time before Chinese composers begin to take their places in the
international pantheon.”
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October 20, 1990:
Violinist Nai-Yuan Hu胡乃元.
Boston recital debut, at New England
Conservatory’s Jordan Hall. Richard Buell of the Boston Globe
praised the outstanding performance by the
1985 first prize winner of Queen Elisabeth Competition of Belgium
Nai-Yuan Hu
胡乃元and
his accompanist Dr. Ick Choo Moon, and the composer Bright Sheng盛宗亮
, whose solo violin piece
“The Stream Flows” was commissioned by the Foundation
and was premiered at the concert.
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April 6, 1991:
A benefit concert for Boston's South Cove Manor
Nursing Home at Jordan Hall. Featured artists included
pianist Yin Cheng-Zong
殷承宗and
the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston,
under the baton of conductor/composer Theodore Antoniou.
The program included: Yellow River Concerto, Mozart piano
concerto No. 21, and Rachmaninoff piano concerto No. 2. A
sum of $5,000 was presented to the Nursing Home by Professor Susan
Weld (Mrs. Governor Weld of Massachusetts) on behalf of the
Foundation. Richard Dyer of the Boston Globe gave
this concert a fine review. The Foundation also held an
international competition to search for the best Chinese translation
for the “Pro Arte”
博雅Orchestra.
The winner from over 100 entries, Miss Chia-Yu Tu, a senior at
National Taiwan University, received certificate and cash award.
Prof. Rulan Pian (Harvard), Dr. Eugene Wu (Harvard Yenching
Library), and Mr. Ton Wu (Museum of Fine Arts Boston) served as the
judges.
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May 4 and 5, 1991:
The First International Conference on
Chinese Music at Boston University. The objective is to
stimulate discussions of East-West cross cultural influences on
music compositions. Keynote speakers were: Lukas Foss, Earl
Kim, Robert Morris, George Rochberg and Chinary Ung. Ten
junior composers of Chinese-American background (including Chen
Yi
陳怡
, Zhou Long
周龍,
Bright Sheng盛宗亮,
Yang Yong楊勇)
also presented their works. Selected works by the keynote speakers
were presented in a concert on May 4. “Westwinds,” composed
specifically for this conference by Theodore Antoniou,
was premiered. Richard Buell of the Boston Globe
reviewed this concert with remarkable comments.
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April 24, 1992:
Pianist Pi-Hsien Chen.
陳必先
Boston Debut, at
Jordan Hall. Richard Buell of the Boston Globe
wrote: “... Chen a first-rate, penetrating musical intelligence. ”
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November 30, 1992: A special memorial concert for
Alexander
and Ming Tcherepnin for their contribution to Chinese music
at Harvard University’s Sander’s Theatre. In this concert, Yo-Yo Ma played Tcherepnin's Suite for Solo Cello and joined
violinist Lynn Chang
張萬鈞in
the Duo Fantasia. Pianists Luise Vosgerchian, Judith Gordon,
Lily Tong Chou and cellist Rhonda Rider also performed works
of Tcherepnin. The second half of the concert was devoted to
Alexander Tcherepnin's opera “The Nymph and the Farmer,”
in a semi-staged production overseen by Ivan Tcherepnin and narrated
by June Lewin. The singers were Cindy Wang and
Bo Song, both eminent artists from China. The Pro
Arte Orchestra of Boston were directed by Lan Shui,
the Affiliated Conductor of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. The
Boston Globe called it, “An elegant tribute to the
Tcherepnin family!” Even though it was a long concert, Richard Dyer
indicated that he was "hungry for more!" Josiah Fisk of the
Boston Herald called it “a fitting memorial,” and that “the
performers were numerous and superb.”
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January 29, 1993:
Pianist Fou Ts'ong
傳聰at
Jordan Hall. Richard Buell from the Boston Globe: “...his
reputation as a Chopin player is of a kind that no amount of glossy
ads and record-store display can buy...Whose quality is evident from
the first few notes.”
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May 1 and 2, 1993: The
Second International Conference on
Chinese Music at Boston University. Keynote speakers were
Lawrence Moss, Jonathan Kramer, Earl Kim, Chinary Ung and Leon
Kirchner. Fourteen Chinese-American composers (including Chen Yi
陳怡,
Zhou Long周龍,
Bright Sheng盛宗亮
,
Yang Yong楊勇)
also presented their works. Selected works by the keynote speakers
and of Shui-Long
Ma
and the late Daylee Lee-Huei Wu were performed by
ALEA III on May 1. “East-West for Chamber Orchestra” by
Theodore Antoniou was premiered at the
concert and received fine review by Anthony Tommasini of The Boston Globe.
- July 24, 1993: “An Evening of Beethoven” at Boston University Tsai
Performance Center. Featured soloists Lynn Chang
張萬鈞,
Mihae Lee, and Bion Tsang
章雨亭
performed
Beethoven's Triple Concerto in C under the direction of Ronald
Knudsen with members from the Longwood and Newton Symphony
Orchestras. Richard Buell of the Boston Globe wrote:
“...real music-making did get done.”
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October 31, 1993: Pianist Yin Cheng-Zong殷承宗
in celebrating the
10th anniversary of his debut at Carnegie Hall, New
York. Bernard Holland of The New York Times wrote:
“Mr. Yin's absolutely beautiful command of piano color” had made his
concert a pleasure one to attend.
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November 14, 1993:
Pianist Gwendolyn Mok. Boston debut
at Jordan Hall. Richard Buell of the
Boston Globe:
“The initial good impression made by Samuel Barber’s ‘Excursions’
was sustained by a self-possessed, unflashy, but peculiarly spot-on
account of the Ravel ‘Miroirs.”
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May 23, 1994:
The Peacock Princess, dancer Yang
LiPing Boston debut at John Hancock Hall. An sold-out event.
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October 8, 1995:
Taipei Sinfonietta Orchestra debut
performance at Boston’s Symphony Hall. Music Director
Henry Mazer along with pianist
Hung-Kuan Chen
陳宏寬
and trumpet
Timothy Morrison
presented works by Mozart, Shostakovich, Schoenberg and Fou-Tong
Huang to the more than 2000 music lovers at Symphony Hall. Richard
Dyer of the Boston Globe called the Taipei Sinfonietta
“a great string orchestra… The sound was electrifying...”
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February 3, 1996:
Pianist Yin Cheng-Zong殷承宗
at New York
Carnegie Hall (the Main Hall.)
About two thousand attended.
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March 30, 1996: The first joint concert by
Pianists Pi-Hsien
Chen
陳必先
and her brother
Hung-Kuan Chen
陳宏寬at
Jordan Hall. Michael Manning of Boston Globe wrote:
“It was clear from the outset that both are highly accomplished
musicians, very skilled pianists ... “
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May 3 and 4, 1996: The
Third International Conference on
Chinese Music. Keynote speakers were Lukas Foss,
Jonathan Kramer, Lawrence Moss, Rulan Chao Pian, Bernard Rands, Kay
Kaufman Shelemay, David Stock, and Ivan Tcherepnin.
Thirteen Chinese-American composers also presented their works.
Selected works by the keynote speakers and that of Tzyy-Sheng
Lee, Lei Liang, Yang Yong, Po-Yun Hsu, May-Tchi Chen, Joyce Bee
Tuan Koh, and Shing-Kwei Tzeng were performed by
ALEA
III in two concerts on May 3 and 4. “Run” by Theodore
Antoniou was commissioned by the Foundation and premiered at
the concert and received favorable review by the Boston Globe.
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October 5, 1996: “Songs from the World” with
soprano Ree-Ven
Wang, mezzo soprano Ji-Young
Lee,
and pianist Michael Beattie at Jordan Hall.
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March 29, 1997: Pianist
Fou Ts’ong
傳聰gave
an All-Schubert program in celebration of Schubert’s
200th birthday, at Jordan Hall. It was a sold-out event. Michael
Manning of The Boston Globe said: “...The Chinese virtuoso Fou Ts’ong
傳聰
is a legendary
Chopin Mazurka interpreter who hewed the trail now well
trod by Asian musicians.”
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September 27, 1997: Pianist
Tian Ying
應天峰at
Jordan Hall. Richard Dyer of The Boston Globe called
it
“Ying is at pinnacle of pianism”, and started his article by saying
“In the first major piano recital of the
season, Tian Ying set the bar unimaginably high. ”
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March 27, 1998:
Peking Opera at Harvard University’s
Sander’s Theatre. Presented jointly with the
“World Music,” this sold-out event led the enthusiastic audience
through a breath-taking journey. The
57-member Peking Opera Group received top rated reviews from both
The Boston Globe and the Boston Herald.
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April 2, 1998: Traditional Silk and Bamboo Music by
“The China
Found Music Workshop” from Taiwan at Boston University
Concert Hall. Program included traditional Chinese music and new
works by Pan Hwang-Long, Lee Tzyy-Sheng, and a world
premier piece by Hsu Ya-Ming.
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April 10, 1998:
Violinist Cho-Liang Lin
林昭亮,
pianist Li Jian, and cellist Hai-Ye Ni
at Jordan Hall.
Richard Buell of the Boston Globe called it
“high-powered trio of instrumentalists for a program that ventured
enterprisingly beyond safe and standard.”
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September 25, 1998:
Violinist Lynn Chang
張萬鈞,
pianist Hung-Kuan Chen
陳宏寬,
and cellist Bion Tsang
章雨亭
at Jordan Hall. Barbara
Sealock of the Middlesex News called it : “A spellbing
evening… the performers, together and individually, will undoubtedly
garnering further international acknowledge...”
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February 20 and 26, 1999:
Pianist Fou Ts’ong
傳聰
at Jordan Hall and
Carnegie Hall (Main Hall) for an All-Chopin program. Richard Buell
of the Boston Globe praised Fou Ts’ong
傳聰
in this 2 sold-out
performancse: ” ..the lofty position Fou Ts’ong occupies among the
pianistic elite is something you’ll get no arguments about from
those in the know....This recital documented the pianist’s lifelong
devotion to Chopin in the most beautiful and moving of ways....”
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April 20, 1999:
Contemporary Chamber Orchestra Taipei,
Chun-Fung Lee, Music Director, at the
First and Second Church in Boston. Richard Buell of Boston
Globe praised the works by Ma Shui-Ling, Earl
Kim, and Ivan Tcherepnin.
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September 25, 1999:
Alexander Tcherepnin Centennial Concert at
Boston Symphony Hall. A special memorial concert dedicated
to Alexander, Ming, and Ivan Tcherepnin for their contribution to
Chinese Music. More than 2600 people filled the Symphony Hall to its
capacity to hear Yo-Yo Ma, Lynn Chang
張萬鈞,
Hung-Kuan Chen陳宏寬
, and the Pro Arte
Chamber Orchestra directed by Lan Shui.
Both Boston Globe and Boston Herald
announced this event three weeks prior the concert and followed with
several other reports and very favorable reviews. Richard Dyer of
Boston Globe called this concert “An eloquent tribute
to Tcherepnins, the father and son who lived for music” Mr. Lloyd
Schwartz of Boston Phoenix said “...What we now need
is to hear more of his (Alexander) music - more music by all the
Tcherepnins.” The program book with more then 180 pages of special
collection of photos, biographies and tributes to Alexander, Ming
and Ivan written by famous musicians has served as a reference
document for sure.
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January 28, and Saturday, January 29, 2000:
Beijing Kunju
Opera at Harvard University’s Sanders Theatre. Presented
jointly with the “World Music,” this two sold-out evenings led the
enthusiastic
audience through a breath-taking journey. The 60-member group
performed “Borrowing the fan”, “Zhong Kui marries off his sister”, “The crossroads” and “In the
garden from the Peony Pavilion.” The performances received top rated
reviews from both The Boston Globe and
the Boston Herald. Richard Dyer of the Boston
Globe called it “...dazzling show...” “(the) happy audience
experienced one of the world’s most spectacular theatrical forms..”
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February 18, 2000:
Pianist Pi-Hsien Chen
陳必先
at Jordan Hall. Richard
Buell of the Boston Globe praised her talent and
feistiness: “ It was hardly a surprise that Chen’s playing showed an
unexceptionable sylistic ease.”
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April 8, 2000:
New Music from China, Concert and
Seminar, at Longy School of Music. Composers (alphabetically) Shih-Hui Chen
陳士惠,
Chen Yi
陳怡,
Sarana Tzu-Ling Chou, Bun-Ching Lam, Hwang-Long Pan, Bright Sheng,
Yang Yong
楊勇
, and Zhou Long周龍
represent three
generations of Chinese composers from China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong,
and their works are performed by Boston Modern Orchestra
Project with Gil Rose conducting and Wu Man吳蠻
as the pipa
soloist.
More than 400 people, including Pulitzer winner Professor Bernard
Rands and Richard Buell of Boston Globe, filled the
concert hall to its capacity.
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May 12, 2000:
Duo Asiatica (Song Tu, clarinet and Pi-Hsun
Shih, piano) and pianist Elaine Chew at
Jordan Hall. Principal clarinetist of both Shanghai Symphony
Orchestra and Shanghai Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra, Song Tu and
pianist Pi-Hsun Shih performed Weber’s Grand Duo among other works in
“…total homony…”
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September 22, 2000:
Violinist Nai-Yuan Hu
胡乃元,
and pianist Nelson Padgett, at Jordan Hall. Program included works
by Mozart, Bach, and Strauss.
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October 7, 2000.
Pianist Fou Ts’ong
傳聰at
Jordan Hall. Michael Manning of The Boston Globe gave
Mr. Fou a rave review for his triumphant return to another sold out
concert: “Fou is acknowledged as one of the great performers by many
of his most esteemed colleagues, as one of the greatest living
interpreters of Chopin."
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February 2, 2001.
Pianist Dang Thai-Son 鄧泰山
at Boston Debut at
Jordan Hall. Richard Dyer of The Boston Globe praised
Dang: “ a pianist of superb discipline and undeniable distinction.”
Mr. Dyer also recognized the tireless effort of the Foundation
for Chinese Performing Arts, he said “…their series
has been a valuable addition to our cultural landscape, and
over the years it has built a substantial and enthusiastic audience
for Asian artists of all kinds.”
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March 17, 2001.
Pianist Hung-Kuan Chen
陳宏寬at
Jordan Hall. Richard Dyer of The Boston Globe wrote:
“Never will I forget his encore after a blazing performance in
1987-- Brahms’s ‘Paganini’ Variations!” Ms. Ellen Pfeifer of The
Boston Globe titled her review: “Chen takes command at
Jordan Hall” marking Mr. Chen’s triumphant return to the stage after
his severe hand injury in 1992. She described the performance as
“Spectacular!”
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April 7, 2001.
Pianist Tian Ying
應天峰at
Jordan Hall. Michael Minning of the Boston Globe
titled his
review as: "Pianist Tian Ying shows stunning artistry at Jordan
Hall" "Ying’s program was a memorable entry on this year's concert
calendar... There was not a moment that one could call ordinary, nor
a single musical impulse that qualified as mundane..."
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April 27, 2001.
A Traditional Chinese Music Concert
by Ping Li李平,
dulcimer, Jun Qin秦君,
GuZhang, and Zhan-Tao Lin林戰濤,
Erhu
at The Tsai Performance Center at Boston University. The excellent
performances charmed the sold-out American and Chinese audiences.
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May 13, 2001:
Taiwan Heritage Concert 2001 at
Harvard’s Paine Hall. Pianist Hung-Kuan Chen
陳宏寬and
his sister violinist Pi-Chao Chen performed music by
Taiwanese composers: Wen-Yeh Chiang, Shih-Hui Chen
陳士惠,
Hwang-Long Pan, and Gordon Chin.
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October 19, 2001.
The Ju Tzong-Ching
朱宗慶Percussion
Group
Boston Debut at Longy school of Music. The Group charmed a full
house, bringing the enthusiastic audience to their feet, cheering
nonstop. Upon the request of the Foundation for Chinese Performing
Arts, the Group added a special arrangement of Irving Berlin's "God
Bless America" as a tribute to the tragedy of September 11.
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January 18, 2002.
Xu Ke許可
Erhu Recital Music
from the Silk Road
at Jordan Hall. Accompanists are pianist Wang Li, cellist Edward
Arron, and dulcimer player Zhang Zhen-Tian. Program included Erhu
classics, Silk Road music, and world premieres of works by Yang
Yong
楊勇
and Wang Yanquao.
The enthusiastic audience was stunned by Xu Ke’s superb technique
and amazed by the flexibility, speed, dynamism, and hall-filling
tone of this ancient, two-stringed Chinese instrument.
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April 13, 2002.
Pianist Fou Ts’ong
傳聰at
Jordan Hall. Over one thousand enthusiastic audience members packed
Jordan Hall in this special concert dedicated to the memory of
pianist Fei-Ping Hsu
許裴平
(1952-2001), who
was scheduled to appear originally but passed away in a tragic
automobile accident in China. The fruits of a lifelong devotion to
music were displayed in Fou Ts’ong’s Performance. Despite of the
tendentious in his hands, Fou Ts’ong’s penetrating notes reached out
to everyone in the concert hall. In his master class the next
day, Fou Ts’ong explained his ideas to three advanced young pianists
including Ning An安寧,
winner of the Chopin and Rachmoninoff competitions, as well as
nearly one hundred musicians and students.
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October 5, 2002. “Triple Visions” A Gala Concert with
violinist Lynn Chang
張萬鈞,
pianist Hung-Kuan Chen
陳宏寬,
cellist Bion Tsang
章雨亭,
and the New England
String Ensemble Festival Orchestra led by Susan
Davenny Wyner, at Jordan Hall. Program included Beethoven’s
Trio No. 6 in Bb major (“Archduke”), and Beethoven’s Concerto for
violin, cello, piano and orchestra in C major. The three soloists,
each the recipient of individual international acclaim, were united
as one in the trio performances. The concert also featured the
Boston debut of Bright Sheng’s “Post Cards” for
Orchestra, a love letter from China describing the nature, the
people, and the culture.
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October 11, 2002: “Chinese in America” at Jordan Hall.
In collaboration with Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Gill Rose
conductor. Works by Tan Dun, Bright Sheng, Chen Yi
陳怡,
Yang Yong
楊勇
, and Shih-Hui
Chen
陳士惠were
presented, with featuring soloists Wu Man
吳蠻on
pipa and Xu Ke on Erhu. Richard Dyer of the Boston Globe noted the
effort of the Foundation in
promoting the Chinese composers: “…it was amazing to think back to
the first such local program a dozen years ago - it featured four of
the same composers, all of them still or recently students, and some
of them have since become figures of world importance. “
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February 1, 2003:
Cho-Liang Lin林昭亮,
violin and André-Michel Schub, piano
at Harvard’s Sanders Theatre. This concert was recorded live by
WGBH 89.7 FM for future broadcast.
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April 5, 2003:
The Shanghai Quartet
上海四重奏
at Jordan Hall. Their
superb artistry was demonstrated in a program of Beethoven,
Schubert, and selections of “ChinaSong” by Yi-Wen Jiang. The
concert was record live by WGBH 89.7 FM.
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August 29, 2003:
Han-Tang Yuefu Ensemble漢唐樂府
Boston Debut at
John Hancock Hall. Dubbed "spell-binding" by the New York
Times, Han-Tang Yeufu was praised by Richard Dyer of the
Boston Globe as “…a crowd-pleasing journey..the dancing
was graceful and excellent… the founder Chen Mei-O, a singer of
extraordinary plangent resources.. the music was intimate..it came
from a culture that was closer to the rhythms and patterns of nature
than are our lives today." Their lecture and demonstration at
Harvard's Yenching Library on August 23 initiated passionate
discussions among the renowned scholars in attendance. This highly
anticipated performance was featured in both the Boston
Globe's Critics' Picks and Calendar's Choice
sections.
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October 4, 2003:
Pianist Meng-Chieh Liu劉孟捷
Boston Debut
at Jordan Hall. After surviving life-threatening illness, Meng-Chieh
Liu returned to the stage in his Boston debut with brilliance,
depth, and maturity. The audience poured out their unreserved
applause for this moving and inspirational performance. WGBH
89.7 FM invited Mr. Liu for a live performance before the
concert. The Boston Herald published a full page story
and photograph, and Boston Globe cited the concert as
a “Critic’s Choice.”
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January 29, 2004:
National Experimental Choral Group from
Taiwan at Sanders Theatre. The top professional choral group
from Taiwan is celebrating their 18th season with this
US-Canada tour. Soprano Dang Gui-Ping鄧桂萍,
of “Madame Butterfly” fame from Boston also joined the performance.
It was listed on the “Calender Choice” of the
Boston Globe.
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February 28, 2004:
Pianist Dang Thai-Son鄧泰山at
Jordan Hall. The 1st prize winner of 1980 Chopin
International Competition presented a challenging program including
works by Debussy, César Franck, and Chopin. He brought the
house down playing what Boston Globe has described as
“First Class! A pianist of superb discipline and undeniable
distinction.” This concert was recorded live by WGBH 89.7 FM
and was listed on Boston Globe’s Calendar’s Choice.
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March 14, 2004:
Sumptuous Feast Chinese Music for Strings and
More at Forsyth Chapel of Forest Hills. Ching-San Cheung,
Shin-Yi Yang, Elisa Cheung, Lucy Lu, and Chi-Sun Chan performed at a
sold-out concert with traditional Chinese music ranging from
classical to morden arrangement.
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April 17, 2004:
Three Rising Stars at Jordan Hall. Ning An安寧,
piano; Joseph Lin林以信
, violin; and Wendy
Law, cello. Mr. Keith Powers of Boston Herald said
“Virtuosity and musicianship of the highest order were on display
all evening…” They were invited to perform live on WGBH 89.7
FM and was listed on Boston Globe’s Classical Picks.
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August 4, 2004: The
Ju Tzong-Ching
朱宗慶Percussion
Group
at Sanders Theatre. T.J. Medrek of Boston Herald
called them “ Terrific…Striking Performance…, the Ju Percussion
Group positively dazzled in a performance combining the theatrical
energy of the “Stomp” with the sophistication of the finest
contemporary classical ensemble.”
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October 2, 2004: Pianist Fou Ts’ong
傳聰70th
Birthday Concert
at Jordan Hall.
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October 9, 2004:
Pianist Fou Ts’ong 70th Birthday
Concert at Carnegie Hall Isaac Stern Auditorium. In
the two sold-out concerts, Fou Ts’ong performed works by Haydn,
Schubert, Chopin and Soong Fu-Yuan. In his master class October 3
at New England Conservatory, he shared many insights to a depth that
only a few top masters could reach. About two hundred musicians and
students attended. The concert on October 2 at
Jordan Hall was recorded live by WGBH 89.7 FM and was
listed as one of the “Classical Picks” by
Richard Dyer of the Boston Globe.
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January 8, 2005:
Distant Rhythm
遠韻清音:
Musical Encounters with Lynn Chang張萬鈞,
Wu Man吳蠻,
and Xu Ke許可
at Jordan Hall.
Through snow and ice, more than 700 enthusiastic listeners cheered
the performance. The concert also included percussionist Robert
Schulz and pianist Leslie Amper, and cellist Yo Yo Ma applauded from
the audience. Richard Dyer of the Boston Globe called
the performers “superb” and described the music as “enthralling”.
He mentioned Lynn Chang as “expert and indefatigable” and Leslie
Amper as “warm-toned…The strongest impressions were left by Chen
Yi's
陳怡
Ning’ for violin
(Lynn Chang), cello (Carol Ou), and pipa (Wu Man); and Yang
Yong’s
楊勇Distant
Rhythm’ for the same instruments plus erhu (Xu Ke) and viola
(Meng-Hsun Chuang).” Keith Powers of the Boston Herald
wrote in
his review entitled “Distant sounds come together harmoniously” that
the “intelligent sonic explorations of
gorgeous instruments…blended seamlessly with its Western
counterparts, …and Bright Sheng’s ‘The Stream Flows’ was gracefully
interpreted by Lynn Chang and dancer Xiao-Lin Fan.” He was impressed
by erhu’s “surprising volume and clarity.” $5,000 from the proceeds
were donated to The Red Cross for the Tsunami Relief Fund The
concert was recorded live by WGBH 89.7 FM.
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April 9, 2005:
Beethoven’s Complete Sonatas and Variations for
piano and cello by pianist Anton Nel and cellist Bion Tsang
章雨亭
at Jordan Hall. To
an enthusiastic, captivated audience in two back-to-back concerts at
2 and 8 PM, the five sonatas and three variations, performed in
chronological order, showcased Beethoven’s dramatic stylistic
development over his compositional career. The two acclaimed
musicians dazzled the audience with their virtuosity and their
thoughtful interpretations.
The two concerts were
recorded live by WGBH 89.7 FM and has been released by
Artek Recordings.
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May 28, 2005: Pianist
Ruei-Bin Chen
陳瑞斌
at Boston Debut at Jordan Hall.
Just as Boston Globe described before, his performance
was “…powerful, with white-hot energy and virtuosity, can play with
delicacy and imagination.” This concert was listed on Boston
Globe’s Classical Picks by Richard Dyer.
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June 11, 2005: Pianist
Larry Weng
翕來at
NEC Willisams Hall. A fund raising event for this very gifted young
musician and to celebrate the releasing of his first professional
CD
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Sept. 23, 2005:
GuangZhou
廣州
Symphony Orchestra’s
North America Debut at Carnegie Hall Isaac Stern Auditorium; and
Sept. 26, 2005 at Boston Symphony Hall.
Over two thousand music
lovers attended the two successful events. Music critics from The New York Times (James Oestreich) and
The Boston
Globe (Richard Dyer) and celebrities including pianist Lang
Lang, composer Tan Dun, among others, were there cheering
from the audience. Mr. Richard Dyer of The Boston Globe
wrote in his review entitled: “In Chinese symphony’s works, East
vividly meets West.” He praised conductor Long Yu
余隆as
“solid and sturdy”, and the orchestra “played with discipline and
panache.” He gave Chen Qigang’s “Iris Devoilee” (Iris
Unveiled)” the highest remark of the program. Soprano Huang
Ying’s
黃音
lustrous tone in
Western style and Peking Opera Qingyi Ma Shuai ‘s馬帥piercing,
sliding, and eloquent voice made a vivid contrast and an elegant
complementary presentation. French violinist Augustin Dumay played the popular Chinese piece “The Butterfly Lovers
violin concerto” with his own interpretation. He added an encore in
Boston, Revel’s “Tzigane,” that showcased his elegant virtuosity.
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October 22, 2005: Pianist
Ning An
安搴
at Harvard Sanders Theatre.
The program included
works by Haydn, Mozart, Mendelssohn and Chopin.
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December 7, 2005:
Sounds of the Silk Road at Boston
Museum of Fine Arts, in conjunction with the exhibition “Sounds of
the Silk Road: Musical Instruments of Asia.” Traditional Chinese
music performed by renowned musicians: Shin-Yi Yang
楊信宜,
Ching-San Cheung
張正山,
Elisa Cheung
黃少堅,
Kevin Zhen
甄若茅,
on guzheng, dizi, xiao, xun, hulusi, yangqin, erhu, and pipa to a
full-house enthusiasitic audiences.
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January 28, 2006: Pianist
Hung-Kuan Chen
陳宏寬
at Jordan Hall. He
gave a stunning performance that lifted all the audience from their
seats cheering and yelling non-stop. Many of them described
themselves as “completely overwhelmed” by the performance. Chen
presented a gigantic program: Mozart Rondo in A minor; Beethoven’s
sonata in Bb major Op.106 (Hammerklavier); Bartok’s “Out of
Doors Suite”; and Liszt’s Sonata in B minor, yet another huge
pieces. Few pianists dare to perform Beethoven’s Bb major sonata
live, and even fewer perform it well. Chen chose an extremely fast
tempo, thrilling the audience with his risk-taking and virtuosity.
Richard Dyer of The Boston Globe called
his performance: “a stupendous display of power, speed, stamina, and
color allied to an extraordinary depth of feeling and communicative
urgency… Something significant was going on all the time.” Dyer
hailed his Bartok: “propulsive rhythms, terrifying power, and the
sensitivity of a calligrapher”, and his Liszt: “virtuoso élan and a
flamboyant theatricality.” Dyer praised Chen: “the playing of a
master, a pianist transformed by his trials,” that he “is back in
prime form after years of struggle following an injury, but those
years have made him a different pianist, and a better one.” The
concert was recorded live by WGBH 89.7 FM. Chen was
interviewed and performed live at WGBH station one day
before the concert.
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March 18, 2006: Pianist
J.Y. Song
宋如音
at Jordan Hall
presented Taiwanese composer Chiang Wen-Yeh’s江文也
rarely performed
Bagatelles (1-16), and Debussy’s technically demanding Etude
selections with ease, grace, and virtuosity. Guest violinist Tanja
Becker-Bender was brilliant in Stravinsky’s “Suite Italienne”. The
concert was recorded live by WGBH 89.7 FM.
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April 1, 2006: Pianist
Cheng-Zong Yin
殷承宗
at Jordan Hall. He
presented Galuppi’s rarely performed Sonata in C major as well as
Beethoven’s “Appassionata” and Schubert’s Sonata in Bb major,
D.960.
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August 26, 2006:
“Tea and Music in Dialogue”
茶與樂的對話
at Dorothy
Quincy Suite, Back Bay Event Center, Boston. The “Trance Music
Ensemble忘樂小集”
from Taiwan performed a unique combination of Chinese music, tea
ceremony, chanting of poem, flower arrangement and exhibition of
traditional Chinese arts and art objects. The performance involves
two types of tea: Pao Chung
包種茶and
Tie Guan Yin
鐵觀音or
“Iron Goddess of Mercy”. It was an unforgettable event.
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September 29 and 30, 2006: pianist
Meng-Chieh Liu
劉孟捷at
Jordan Hall: Schubert piano sonata cycles 1 and 2. After surviving
life-threatening illness, Mr. Liu returned with two concerts
entirely devoted to six Schubert sonatas: Eb major D568, C major
“Relique” D840, A minor D845, A minor D537, G
major D894, and C minor D958. The two concerts were recorded live by
WGBH 89.7 FM Boston.
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Jan. 6, 2007: “Snow In June”
六月雪
at Jordan Hall. Chosen by
The Boston Globe as the classical “Choice” of
the week, recommended as a “must-see event”, accompanied by a photo
of Wu Man, also listed as one of the Boston Globe’s
Classical Pick, the concert was a smashing success. The enthusiastic
audience, including Yo Yo Ma and many other distinguished musicians,
packed the hall cheering nonstop for the superb performance by an
ensemble of internationally renowned musicians. Violinist Lynn
Chang張萬鈞
and pipa virtuoso
Wu Man吳蠻
were joined by
violist Hsin-Yun Huang黃心芸,
cellist Bion Tsang
章雨亭and
Carol Ou, flutist Fenwick Smith, conductor Scott Yoo, percussionist
Robert Schulz, clarinetist Thomas Hill, as well as Samuel Solomon,
William Manley, Aaron Trant, Steve Kim and Jae Young Cosmos Lee in a
provocative production of Chinese contemporary music. Highlights
included two notable works by Tan Dun
譚盾,
“Elegy: Snow In June” for percussion quartet and cello, and the
rarely performed complete “Ghost Opera.” for string quartet and
pipa, with stone, water, paper, and metal. The concert also includes
Zhou Long周龍
and Wu Man’s
arrangement of Chinese folk tunes and the Boston premiere of
Shih-Hui Chen’s
陳士惠new
“Shu Shon Key (Remembrance)思想起”.
Part of the program was performed and aired on WGBH on
Jan. 5. The entire concert was recorded live by WGBH 89.7 FM
.
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Feb. 3, 2007:
Cho-liang Lin
林昭亮
violin, Hei-Ye Ni
倪海葉
cello, and Helen
Huang
黃海倫,
piano
at Jordan Hall.
The
trio demonstrated its artistic excellence and flowing musical
rapport in a program that included: Debussy's cello sonata,
Mendelssohn’s Piano trio in D minor, and works by renowned composer
Zhou Long
周龍.
The concert was recorded live by
WGBH 89.7 FM Boston
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March 3, 2007:
Pianist Tian Ying
應天峰
at Jordan Hall.
Tian Ying preformed an musically challenging and technically
demanding program that including Rachmaninoff’s Variations on a
Theme of Corelli, Beethoven’s Sonata Op 57 “Appassionata”, Liszt’s
Sonata in B Minor, and Rigoletto Paraphrase. The concert was
recorded live by WGBH 89.7 FM Boston.
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Sept. 29, 2007:
Pianist Fou Ts’ong傳聰at
Jordan Hall. His lifelong devotion to music and the artistry of a
great master was clearly demonstrated and appreciated by the
house-full of enthusiastic music lovers. In his master class at NEC,
he explained his music insight to two advanced graduate students,
faculty members, and other musicians.
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Nov. 3, 2007:
Pianist Peng Peng Gong
龔天鵬and
Marimba soloist Pius Cheung
at Jordan Hall. The
14-year old “Mozart of Aisa” Peng Peng performed works by Mozart,
Rachmaninoff and his own transcription of Ravel’s La Valse. Pius
Cheung transformed the complete Bach’s Goldberg variations on
Marimba.
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Jan. 12, 2008:
Three Sopranos: Guang
Yang楊光,
Guiping Deng
鄧桂萍,
and Mewas Lin
林惠珍coached
by pianist Timothy Steele
at
Jordan Hall. The virtuoso sopranos performed operatic aria, art
songs, and folk songs in solo, duet, and trio.
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Feb. 5, 2008: Pianist
Hung-Kuan Chen
陳宏寬at
Emmanuel Church, Boston.
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Feb. 10, 2008: Pianist
Hung-Kuan Chen
陳宏寬
at Stern Auditorium
Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall. Program included Messiaen “Le
Baiser” from “Vingt Regards sur l’Enfant Jesus,” Schubert “Sonata
in Bb Major, D. 960,” and Beethoven “Sonata in Fb Major, Op. 106
“Hammerklavier.” What Richard Dyer of Boston Globe
wrote in 2006 was once again reconfirmed: “the performance was a
stupendous display of power, speed, stamina, and color…..the playing
of a master.” Mr. Chen also performed at Boston University on Feb. 3rd
and gave master classes at New England Conservatory and Boston
University.
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April 5, 2008:
Cellist Bion Tsang章雨亭and
pianist Anton Nel
at Jordan Hall. An Evening of
Brahms Sonatas and Hungarian Dances, including E minor, Op. 38, F
major, Op. 99 for piano and cello, and
Hungarian Dances Nos. 1,2,4,5, arranged by Bion Tsang
章雨亭
based
on
Joseph Joachim’s violin originals. Boston Chinese News
called it “Master pieces played masterly.” They were also invited to
perform live on WGBH 89.7 FM. The live concert
recordings
has been
released by Artek Recordings.
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May 10, 2008:
Nai Ni Chen陳乃霓Dance
Company
at John Hancock Hall. Marcia Siegel
of
Boston Phenoix wrote after this fantastic
show: “The program demonstrated how the traditions can nourish
contemporary dance, with practical tools like movement and symbolic
objects as well as philosophical and literary themes. With its quiet
and mysterious moods, its visual spectacle and meticulous dancing,
this beautifully produced program have induced reflection and calm.”
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Sept. 27, 2008:
Violinist Chuan-Yun Li
李傳韻
and pianist Robert
Koenig
at Jordan Hall. Hundreds of enthusiastic followers of Li were
rewarded with a performance of challenging program including
Strauss, Bazzini, Sarasate, Waxman, and more. Sino-American
Times and Boston Chinese Report called his
performance “dazzling, incredible”. The concert was recorded live by
WGBH 89.7 FM Boston.
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October 25, 2008:
“Sound of the Ocean” by U Theatre優人神鼓at
John Hancock Hall. More than 1000 packed the Hall cheering with
lasting standing ovation and tears in their eyes . This sold-out
compelling, performance with seamless work of theatre, percussion,
martial arts and meditation will be remembered for a long time.
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Jan. 10, 2009: Winners of Young Concert Artists International
Audition: Chu-Fang Huang黃楚芳,
piano and Daxun Zhang
張達尋,
double bass
at Jordan Hall. Program includes classics from both East and
West. The audience were amazed by especially the virtuosity from a
double bass in a solo performance.
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March 21, 2009:
Meng-Chieh Liu劉孟捷,
piano at Jordan Hall. “Schubert Sonata Cycle 3” Schubert Sonata in B
major, D. 575, A minor, D. 784, and A major, D. 959.
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Sept. 26, 2009:
Magic Strings: A Dialogue between Pipa and Violin
弦幻:小提琴與琵琶的對話at
Jordan Hall. The 20th Anniversary Season opening was a
huge success. A program designed by violinist Lynn Chang張萬鈞
, contrasting the
Chinese-American composer Chen Yi
陳怡and
the American but Asian-influenced composer Lou Harrison.
performed by Lynn Chang, Wu Man
吳蠻on
pipa, Robert Schulz’s percussion and A Far Cry Chamber Orchestra.
Boston Globe selected this concert on their
“Editors’ Pick” of the week, a preconcert Classical Notes
titled “From two traditions, one true sound” by David Weininger
after intensive interviews with Lynn Chang and Chen Yi
陳怡.
And a very positive Boston Globe review by Matthew
Guerrieri “A study in contrasts at Jordan Hall”. The performance was
a huge success. It was a concert that will be long remembered.
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Jan. 16, 2010:
Three Minds Meeting: Composer, Performers, Audience三心會:
作曲
、演奏、
聽眾之會心
at Jordan Hall.:
Bin Huang黃濱
, violin,Wendy Law羅詠媞,
cello,Chu-Fang Huang黃楚芳,
piano. The
three outstanding classical laides charmed appreciative audience
with works byHandel-Halverson, Cassado, Paganini, and Chopin in solo
and duo, as well as a fantastic performance of Mendelssohn’s Piani
Trio in D minor, Op. 49. Ms. Chu-Fang Huang also gave a piano master
class at Steinert Hall of M.Steinert & Sons of Boston.
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March 12, 2010:
pianist Cheng –Zong Yin
殷承宗at
Harvard Sanders Theatre, as well as a Master Class on March 10 at
the Steinert Hall of the M.Steinert & Sons Boston. Celebrating his
60 years of piano performance, Yin performed an All-Schubert
program to an enthusiastic audience that raised the roof at Sanders.
Four advanced students, Derek Wang, Cun Mo Yin, Minjoo Choo, and
Leonardo Hilsdorf played at his master class. The house at Steinway
was completed full over its capacity.
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March 27, 2010: “Sound
of the Ocean” by U Theatre優人神鼓at
Cutler Majestic Theatre. Another sold-out event with standing
ovation. There were no dry-eyes in the audience for this moving
performance. The lecture Demonstration on March 28 at Harvard Paine
Hall was also a very successful event.
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April 10, 2010:
“Palace in Desert”
荒漠錦堂曲
at Jordan Hall. A
traditional Chinese classical music concert performed by
prize-winning virtuosos lead by Bao Jian包键
and Hu Jianbing胡建兵
. Three North America
debuts including a rarely heard original ancient tune of the
“Beijing Zhihua Temple”
北京智化寺古音乐on
sheng, guanzi, pipa, erhu, flute, xun, and other instruments. The
old music preserved by this Temple carries a significant meaning to
Buddhist music, ethnic music and Chinese musical history.
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April 30, 2010:
pianist Minsoo Sohn, at Jordan Hall. Program included
Kirchner, Beethoven and Ravel to an enthuasiastic audience.
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October 30, 2010:
pianist Dang Thai-Son
鄧泰山
at Jordan Hall.
Celebrating the Chopin 200 birthday year, with Chopin’s Dances,
including Waltzes, Bolero, Tarantella, Mazurkas, and Polonaise
Fantasie to critical acclaim before an enthusiastic audience.
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Nov. 19, 2010:
pianist Hung-Kuan Chen陳宏寬
and students at
Emmanuel Church Boston. Mr. Chen’s top students from NEC (Lukas
Vondracek), Yale (Michael Namirovsky), and NEC Prep
program at Walnut Hill School (Cun Mo Yin) performed a
challenging program to critical accalms.
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Feb. 12, 2011:
Instrumental Minds: violinist NaiYuan Hu胡乃元,
cellist Bion Tsang章雨亭,
pianist Ning An安寧
at Jordan Hall.
The Boston Globe called them “ technically solid,
energetic, and sharply drawn,” “the most high-spirited playing”,
The Boston Musical Intelligencer called the concert “ a
riveting recital.”
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April 9, 2011:
pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii
辻井伸行Boston
Debut at Jordan Hall. A sold-out concert by the winner of 2009 Van
Cliburn Piano Competition. The Boston musical Intelligencer
gave “Nobo” who was blind at birth, very high remarks.
He also gave a demo and Q/A session the day before monitored by
Richard Dyer, and translated by Yukiko Sekino.
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April 19, 2011:
New Asia Chamber Music Society新亞室內樂協會Debut
Performance at Weill Recital Hall of Carnegie Hall, NY. A sold-out
event by guest violist Hsin-Yun Huang黃心芸,
and violinists Tien-Hsin Cindy Wu
吳天心,
Kevin Shue
許愷洋,
Paul Chun-Wen Huang
黃俊文,
Daphne Su
蘇子茵,
violist Wei-Yang Andy Lin
林維洋,
cellists Nan-Cheng Chen
陳南呈,
Yu-Wen Wang
王郁文,
and pianists Helen Huang
黃海倫,
Yu-Chieh Kelly Lin
林雨潔.
Program includes works by Brahms, Tchaikovsky, and Jay Lin’s
林煒傑
world premiere
"..as time flows, and eclipses.." (2011) for Piano and Cello
Quintet.
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October 29, 2011:
pianist George Li
黎卓宇Jordan
Hall Recital Debut. At age 16, George Li is the winner of Gilmore
Young Artist Award, Young Concert Artists International Auditions,
and the Cooper International Piano Competition. He performed a
challenging program before a houseful of enthusiastic audience and
received high commends from Lloyd Schwartz of The Boston
Phoenix, and Brian Jones of The Boston Musical
Intelligencer.
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Jan. 21, 2012:
The Shanghai Quartet
上海四重奏
and pianist
Hung-Kuan Chen
陳宏寬
at Jordan Hall.
Program includes string quartets by Beethoven and Penderecki (Boston
Premiere), and the Brahms’ piano quintet in F minor. Cashman Kerr
Prince of The Boston Musical Intelligencer gave rave
review on the entire concert.
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Feb. 11, 2012:
pianist Sa Chen陳薩
and violinist
Ning Feng寧峰
at Jordan Hall. Sa
Chen lost her passport two days before the concert. Their concert is
postponed. Instead pianist Hung-Kuan Chen
陳宏寬
performed a solo recital
featuring three late Beethoven piano sonatas: Nos. 27, 28, and 29 (Hammerklavier)
to critical acclaim. The Boston Musical Intelligencer
praised Chen’s accomplishment, caliber, and refinement: “Hung-Kuan
Chen is a masterful pianist. His meditative, introspective
interpretations of Beethoven’s late piano sonatas are both
provocative and enlightening.”
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April 7, 2012: double
bassist DaXun Zhang
張達尋and
pianist Tomoko Kashiwagi at Jordan Hall. Mr. Zhang
also gave a master class at the Longy School of Music.
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June 22, 2012: A
“sold-out” Boston Debut. Beijing Central Conservatory of Music
Chorus at Harvard Sanders Theatre, under the baton of
conductor Hongnian Yang
杨鸿年
and assistant conductor
Li Yang楊力.
A moving and powerful performance that left no dry-eyes in the
concert hall.
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November 3, 2012:
The Long Piano Duo Boston Debut, Beatrice and
Christina Long
隆信真與隆愛真雙鋼琴at
Jordan Hall. Accompanied by “The St. Botolph Strings”,
an ensemble consists of 18 top level players from the New England
Conservatory of Music, coached by Lynn Chang
張萬鈞.
This concert was selected as “Editor’s Pick” by
Boston Globe.
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Feb. 2, 2013:
Empty Choreography玄門步虛Buddhism
and Taoism Temple Music,
featuring the four virtorosos of Chinese wind instruments: BaoJian包鍵、Hu
Jianbing胡建兵、Chen
Tao陳濤、and
Guo Yazhi郭雅志,
at Jordan Hall. Both the pre-concert lecture (Waifong Loh
陸惠風English
translation) and concert were attended by enthusiastic audience with
warm reception.
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March 30, 2013:
violinist Lynn Chang張萬鈞,
pianist Ya-Fei Chuang莊雅斐,
cellist Carol Ou歐逸青,
violist Jennifer Chang, violinist Amanda Wang, and the Grammy
Awarded Ying Quartet
performing “Music From Around The World” at Jordan
Hall. Works by Randall Thompson, Samuel Barber, Shih-Hui Chen
陳士惠,
Joaquin Turina, and Felix Mendelssohn were performed to an
enthusatic audience with standing ovation. Chen, composed the sound
track for the award winning film “Returning Souls讓靈魂回家”,
appeared on stage with the film director Tai-Li Hu
胡台麗
showing part of
the film. The concert was one of the “Featured Events” on Boston.com, and received a rave review from
The Boston
Musical Intelligencer.
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April 15, 2013:
Pianist Meng-Chieh Liu
劉孟捷at
Jordan Hall,performing Schubert Sonata cycle 4: A Major, D 664, D
Major, D 850, and B flat major, D 960. The concert was one of the
“Featured Events” on Boston.com., and received a rave review
from The Boston Musical Intelligencer.
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Oct. 26, 2013:
Light and Shadow
流光靜影
featuring
Nai-Yuan Hu胡乃元,
violin, Scott Lee李捷琦,
viola, Bion Tsang章雨亭,
cello and Meng-Chieh Liu劉孟捷,
piano
at Jordan Hall, performing works by Mozart, Mendelssohn, and Faure.
It was selected by Boston Globe Calendar as “Editor's
Pick”, and received a rave review from The Boston
Musical Intelligencer.
-
Nov. 15, 2013:
Pianist Cheng-Zong Yin殷承宗
at Jordan Hall.
Celebrating his 30th anniversary of Carnegie Hall Debut.
It was listed among Boston Globe's “Featured Events.”
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Nov. 21, 2013:
New Asia Chamber Music Society新亞室內樂協會
at the Zankel Hall
at Carnegie Hall. World Premier Gordon Chin's “Moon Night Sorrow”.
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Jan. 25, 2014:
pianist Sa Chen
陳薩and
violinist Feng Ning寧峰at
Jordan Hall. This concert was listed as one of Boston Globe's
“Featured Events.” Due to passport issues, Sa Chen
cannot arrive Boston on time. The program was slightly changed.
Feng Ning performed with pianist Hung Kuan Chen陳宏寬
on
Brahms Sonata in D minor No. 3,
with Niu Niu
牛牛
on
Waxman's Carmen Fantasie,
and with Peter Chuang Chuang Fang方壯壯
on
Beethoven's Sonata No.9. Both Niu Niu and Fang are
current students of Hung-Kuan Chen at New England Conservatory.
Praised by the enthusiastic audience as the "Chinese Heifetz," Feng
Ning
gave a
stunning
performance with standing
ovations .
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March 1, 2014:
violinist Paul Huang黃俊文
and pianist
Helen Huang黃海倫
at Jordan Hall.
This concert was listed as one of Boston Globe's “Featured
Events.” Program “Italian and Slavic Influences” with works
by Vivaldi, Respighi, Stravinsky, Glazunov, and Sxymanowski.
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May 24, 2014:
pianist Sean Chen陳宣堯,
Boston
Debut
at Jordan
Hall.
This
concert was listed as one of Boston Globe's “Featured Events.”
Crystal Award Winner of the Van Cliburn Competition, Sean Chen plays
Bach, Debussy, Scriabin, Chopin, and his own arrangement of Ravel's
La Valse.
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September 27, 2014: pianist Jue Wang
王珏at
Jordan Hall. This concert was listed as one of Boston Globe's
“Featured Events.” Program includes Chopin Ballade and
Rachmaninov's Barcarolle and Sonata No. 2 in Bb minor.
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January 17, 2015: violinist
Angelo Xiang Yu
于翔
and pianist
Qing Jiang蔣晴
at
Jordan Hall. Program include world premier piece “The Echo in the
Sky天際鴻音”
by Ke Xu徐可.
The stunning virtuosity of Angelo and Qing received rave reviews
from The Boston Musical Intelligencer and major
Chinese newspapers.
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March
28, 2015: pianist Ya-Fei Chuang
莊雅斐at
Jordan Hall. The stunning virtuosity of her playing draw rave
reviews from The Boston Musical Intelligencer and
major Chinese newspapers.
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May 2,
2015: Fragrant Stream
新泉香如故,
at Jordan Hall. Chinese traditional music from the mid-16th century
along with recent compositions including world premiere and US
premiere, performed by virtuoso instrumentalists Bao Jian包键,
Hu Jianbing胡建兵,Chen
Tao陳濤,Liu
Li
劉麗,
Zhou Yi
周懿
, Weng Hui
翁慧,
and Cai Zhenqi
蔡振起.
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May 22, 2015: pianist
Hung-Kuan Chen
陳宏寬at
Carnegie Zankel Hall. Program
included
Bach, Liszt, Chopin and Scriabin. He rewarded two encores to the
house-full enthusiastic audience after receiving several standing
ovations and shower of bouquets. Distinguished pianists Gary
Graffman, Phillip Kawin, among others were there in person. Renowned
pianist Ruth Slenczynska
, now in her 90's admired
“...a
thoughtful artist who expressed music in a careful and personal
way. An extraordinary concert.
“
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Sept. 26, 2015:
Yazhi Guo郭雅志
, suona “Desert
River大漠長河
”at Jordan Hall, accompanied by Lin Lin
林琳,
piano, Tao He
何涛,
erhu, and Ping Li
李平,
dulcimer. This concert was selected by The Boston Globe
as one of the “Critic Choice” of the week. Program includes Chinese
classic and world premiere of works by renowned Chinese composers.
The performance was warmly received with major media attention.
-
January 23, 2016:
pianist Dang Thai-Son
鄧泰山at
Jordan Hall. Quote from The Boston Musical Intelligencer
titled: “Thai-Son in Knockout” “During Saturday night’s
snow, those brave enough—or wise enough—to venture out to Jordan
Hall were warmed by real artistry from Vietnamese pianist Dang
Thai-Son. In this recital Dang showed why he was the 1980 first
prizewinner at the International Chopin Competition, showcasing
works by four composers—Schubert, Chopin, Fauré, and Debussy—each
seemingly an old friend. “
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March 26, 2016:
The Ying Quartet
殷氏四重奏at
Jordan Hall presenting an All-Beethoven Program: Quartet in E-flat
Major, Op. 127, and Quartet in F Major, Op. 59, No.1. The
Boston Globe selected this concert as one of the “Classical
Ticket of the Week.” The Boston Musical Intelligencer
praised The Ying Quartet “...delivered Beethoven quartets with great
intensity and high-spirited energy.”
-
May 14, 2016:
pianist Haochen Zhang
張昊辰
at Jordan Hall.
Program includes works by Chopin, Schubert, and Prokofiev. His
stunning performance received standing ovation from a house full of
enthusiastic audience. The Boston Music Intelligencer
praised him: “.... from the opening notes the presentation sounded
so probing and nuanced, the voicing so originally textured, the
thoughtfulness so arresting, that you were seemingly hearing the
works for the first time... among the most promising under-30
superhuman keyboard entrants, now include Zhang’s name.”
-
September 24, 2016:
pianist Sa Chen
陳薩at
Jordan Hall, performed Chopin Barcarolle, 10 selections of Debussy
Preludes books 1 and II, and Liszt Sonata in B minor, to a house of
audience who were on their feet cheering nonstop. The Boston
Music Intelligencer praised her: “… an honest, thoughtful
artist ... Chen’s performance showed immense power, foremost, being
powerful as all get out yet also with a sameness of texture and
dynamics...”
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January 21, 2017:
Bion Tsang
章雨亭
cello and Adam
Neiman piano
at Jordan Hall. To the amazing and
unforgettable Bion Tsang and Adam Neiman performed works by Dohnanyi,
Britten, and Grieg, the Boston Musical Intelligencer
says: “... a wonderfully innovative program... It was wonderful to
hear this ( Dohnányi) work which infrequently graces our concert
halls... In (Grieg’s) sonata, we hear the warmth, the comfort, the
love of an amiable home and functional family... I applaud the Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts for bringing Bion Tsang
to Boston, and pairing him with his frequent collaborator Adam
Neiman.”
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March 25, 2017:
FOUR WINDS
四面來風-
Music Dialogue and Cooperation (Series 5) with Meng-Chieh Liu
劉孟捷,
piano, Borromeo String Quartet and Forbidden City Chamber Orchestra
紫禁城室內樂團
at Jordan Hall.
Program include Chinese traditional tune from Han Dynasty to two
world premiere works by Daniel Walker and Xiaogang Ye
葉小綱.
The Boston Music Intelligencer said “ .. A truly
enlightening and satisfying evening. With such splendor on stage
from every performer to an ever so fascinating range of traditional
Chinese instruments mingling with the traditional European string
quartet, the eye was as fulfilled as the ear. Dignity was
everywhere on Jordan’s stage, both sight- and sound-wise... “
Special credits were given to “ Wang Hua
王華,
bamboo flute, the xiao, with sensitive silk and satin tones. .. Shen
Cheng
沈誠,
Zhang Zunlian
張尊連,
on huqin, or Chinese fiddle, masters of that instrument, voicing a
pureness reaching all the way to the soul.... Meng-Chieh Liu
劉孟捷magnificently
captured the youthful extravaganza from the delicately shaded
impressionistic opening to the virtuosic crashing close. “
-
May 13, 2017:
Pianist Eric Lu
陸逸軒at
Jordan Hall. The Boston Music Intelligencer said: “By
concert’s end, little doubt remained as to Lu’s extraordinary
facility, his nearly flawless playing, power, and lightning speed.
… with blinding technique and formidable energy such as that of a
rock super star. ...for those who caught Eric Lu in concert
at Jordan there was certainly more than enough from the 19-year-old
to bring his audience to its feet, asking for more....”
-
September 23, 2017:
Reflections on Diaspora花果靈根集at
Jordan Hall. Renowned Chinese instrumentalists (Bao Jian
包鍵
guanzi ,Hu
Jianbing
胡建兵
sheng, Chen Tao
陳濤
dizi, Zhou Yi
周懿
pipa ,Xia Wenjie夏文傑
erhu, Weng Hui翁惠guzheng,
Liu Li
劉麗
qugin) and
cellist Mike Block
performed Chinese traditional master pieces and contemporary
improvisations. The Boston Musical Intelligencer
praised the concert: “ Chinese Banquet for Ear and Eye Alike” and “
Almost without exception, the eight musicians reigned in sonic
magnificence. “
-
November 4, 2017:
The Parker Quartet and special guests Jung-Ja Kim,
piano and Charles Clements, double bass,
at Jordan Hall. Co-presenting with the Korean Cultural Society of
Boston.This concert was
recommended by The Boston Globe and listed on the “Critic's
Tips”. Program included the string quartets of Mozart,
Prokofiev, and the Schubert Trout Quintet. Enthusiastic music lovers
and renowned faculty members from NEC, Boston Conservatory, Boston
University, Longy School were in the audience, cheering with pride
for their former students, now achieved musicians. The Boston
Musical Intelligencer said: “ ... [the Prokofiev Quartet No.
2] Adagio reposed with as much beauty as you can ever hear from four
strings. (Even among today’s topflight competition, these artists
stand out individually.) “
-
January 27,
2018: Pianist Pi-Hsien Chen
陳必先at
Jordan Hall, performing Mozart, Schoenberg, Boules, Liang and
Schubert For some this was their first experience hearing live
performance of Boulez. The Boston Musical Intelligencer
said “... her first offering, Mozart’s dark Fantasia in C Minor
KV475, completely surprised us with waves to terror as if from the
Commendatore’s burning hand. She grabbed us and would not let go.”
Many Boston musical celebraties among the enthusiastic audience were
there cheering and giving her standing ovation.
-
March 31, 2018:
Violinist Angelo Xiang Yu
于翔and
composer-pianist Andrew Hsu
徐鴻
at Jordan Hall,
performing Mozart, Brahms, Beethoven, Sarasate and Andrew Hsu's
world premiere: “ æther for solo violin”, dedicated to
Angelo Xiang Yu
于翔.
The Boston Musical Intelligencer
praised the performance in a review titled “ Duo That Can Melt
Icebergs” and said: “ Among the many excellent violin-piano recitals
given in Boston this season, the concert by violinist Angelo Xiang
Yu and composer /pianist Andrew Hsu at Jordan Hall Saturday night
stands out as dazzlingly stellar.“ Many musical celebraties and the
enthusiastic audience were there cheering and giving both musicians
standing ovation.
-
May 12, 2018:
Pianist Dang Thai-Son
鄧泰山at
Jordan Hall. The Boston Musical Intelligencer praised
him: “Not since Shura Cherkassky played in Jordan Hall in 1990 have
I heard piano tone as beautiful as Dang Thai Son’s...” Many of his
students who are also noted internationally, including Eric Lu, Tony
Yang, among other musical celebrities were there cheering
enthusiastically.
-
September 15, 2018:
Pianist Hung-Kuan Chen
陳宏寬at
Jordan Hall performing the last 3 piano sonatas of Schubert, D958,
959, and 960. The Boston Musical Intelligencer praised
him: “ ... A remarkable musical performance is marked by subtlety,
nuance, depth of sound with buoyancy and balance, not excess
weight.... It demands, in the most polite manner, introspection...
it offers up layers of hedonistic pleasure. It’s missed when it’s
gone, but not so much, because the experience is encapsulated and
remembered. It’s a onetime deal, and you knew that going in.” A
house-full of enthusiastic audiences gave him standing ovation
started from the intermission.
-
January 26, 2019:
Violinist Paul Huang黃俊文,
and pianist Helen Huang
黃海倫
at Jordan Hall
performing Dvorak, Prokofiev, Ysaye, and Franck. The Boston
Musical Intelligencer called: “ Huang Teamwork in the
Highest” “.... Paul with poised, noble, clean expression. Both
players listened to each other attentively as they emphatically spun
out the charming musical tales..” Stephen Wigler of
the International Piano Magazine wrote about Helen
Huang: “ ... it had been nearly 20 years since I had heard
anything from or about her. As this recital demonstrated, Helen
Huang is not only still an extravagantly talented pianist, but also
one who has matured into genuine mastery. The Huangs’s performance
of the great Prokofiev sonata was good enough to compare to the live
recordings made by David Oistrakh and Sviatoslav Richter in the
early 70s. In the final movement, the pianist’s huge, granite-like
sonorities evoked the movement’s tolling death knell and helped
bring the piece, along with the violinist’s haunting, menacing
scales, to its chilling conclusion. The performance.... made the
music’s final moments, which end in joyous delirium and celebration,
seem utterly inevitable.”
-
March 30, 2019:
Pianist Daniel Hsu
徐翔
at Jordan Hall.
The 2017 Van Cliburn Bronze medalist gave an amazing Jordan Hall
debut, performed works by Bach, Rachmaninov,
Tchaikovsky, Chopin, Liszt, and Mussorgsky. Leon Golub of the
Boston Musical Intelligencer wrote entitled “Daniel Hsu
Masterful in Musical Pictures”, that “Hsu delivered a powerful,
thoughtful, and sensitive program connected by strong imagery and an
enigmatic French-Russian dimension, as part of the first-rate
concerts sponsored by the Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts.
This deeply inquisitive artist’s inner probing brought fresh meaning
to great warhorses, reaching well beyond his stunning mastery of
technical difficulties.” Stephen Wigler of International Piano Magazine London
wrote: “ His performance
of Bach C-sharp Minor Prelude and Fugue was beautiful and
thoughtful. Rachmaninov’s Etude-Tableau in E-flat Minor emerged in
all its passionate turbulence and led inexorably to its climax.
Tchaikovsky’s Dumka in C Minor showed remarkable comprehension of a
piece that eludes most Western pianists. Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at
an Exhibition” was among the best and most authentically
Russian-sounding performances of the piece I’ve ever heard.... “
Music celebrities including Dan Thai-Son among others were in the
audience.
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May 11, 2019:
Violinist Soovin Kim and pianist Gloria Chien
簡佩盈at
Jordan Hall. Program included works by Ravel, Webern, Szymanowski,
Prokofiev, and Strauss. Susan Miron of The Boston Musical
Intelligencer: “Duo Exceeds High Expectations” “Violinist
Soovin Kim and pianist Gloria Chien, both well-known to Boston
audiences as soloists and chamber musicians, played a thoughtfully
conceived program with passion and a passionate attention to detail
at Jordan Hall Saturday night with many distinguished NEC faculty in
attendance...The Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts has been
presenting some extraordinary musicians in first-class concerts for
30 years. My high expectations were actually exceeded … I can
think of no higher compliment. ...”
-
September 28, 2019:
Pianist Hong Xu
徐洪at
Jordan Hall Debut. Program includes Mozart, Liszt, and Scriabin.
Students and friends came from San Francisco, New York, including
his former teacher from Juilliard, 90 yrs Mr. Jerome Lowenthal. Jim
McDonald of The Boston Musical Intelligencer: “ Only a
few seconds into his program, we realized that something special was
unfolding. … it was one of the finest musical performances and piano
recitals I have had the privilege to witness.”
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January 31, 2020:
Violinist Joseph Lin
林以信at
Jordan Hall performing JS Bach's complete Sonatas and Partitas for
solo violin (BWV 1001-1006). Susan Miron of The Boston Musical
Intelligencer wrote “The amazing Joseph Lin honored the
300th-anniversary of Bach’s six sonatas and partitas for violin solo
by playing them all in a single evening; he delivered with superb
taste and crystalline musicality... little had prepared me for this
extraordinarily powerful Bach recital.” Video recording of this
amazing performance is on Foundation's YouTube Channel.
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February 29, 2020:
Pianist Dang Thai Son
鄧泰山at
Jordan Hall performing Debussy, Schubert, and Chopin. For his 6th
appearance at NEC's Jordan Hall, Dang Thai-Son's enchanting
performance in front of a packed house of the most enthusiastic
audience was unforgettable. Jim McDonald of The Boston Musical
Intelligencer said: "He demonstrated extraordinary control
of sound, keyboard, and pedaling. Rubinstein would have been
envious, had he been there to witness." Stephen Wigler of
International Piano Magazine UK wrote: “ … this
Vietnamese-born and Russian-trained musician is one of the best
pianists alive. The authenticity of Dang's Chopin playing easily
made one understand why this pianist, forty years after his
first-prize victory in Warsaw's International Chopin Competition, is
regarded in Poland with something of the veneration usually reserved
for national heroes. “ Video recording of a portion of this amazing
performance is on Foundation's YouTube Channel.
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November 29,
2020: Pianist Evren Ozel at Isabella Stewart
Gardner Museum's Calderwood Hall. Celebrating Mr. Russell
Sherman's 90th birthday. The first live concert since March.
Under Covid-19 guidance only 19 attendants allowed.
-
March 13, 2021:
Pianist George Li at Isabella Stewart Gardner
Museum's Calderwood Hall. Celebrating Mr. Russell Sherman's
90th birthday.
-
March 20, 2021:
Pianist Kate Liu at Isabella Steward Gardner
Museum's Calderwood Hall.
-
April 17, 2021:
Cellist Brannon Cho and pianist Eric Lu
at Isabella Steward Gardner Museum's Calderwood Hall.
-
May 14, 2021:
Pianist Xiaopei Xu徐小培 at Isabella Stewart
Gardner Museum's Calderwood Hall.
-
June 5, 2021:
Violinist Angelo Xiang Yu 于翔 and pianist Feng
Nu 牛豐at Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum's Calderwood Hall.
-
June 12, 2021:
Pianist Marc Ponthus
at Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum's Calderwood Hall.
Celebrating Mr. Russell Sherman's 91st birthday.
-
July 24, 2021:
Pianist Larry Weng 翕來at Isabella Stewart
Gardner Museum's Calderwood Hall.
-
August 28,
2021: Pianist Daniel Hsu 徐翔 at Isabella
Stewart Gardner Museum's Calderwood Hall.
-
October 2,
2021: Pianist Hung-Kuan Chen 陳宏寬 at NEC's
Jordan Hall.
-
November 6,
2021: Violinist Stella Chen and Pianist
Henry Kramer at NEC's Jordan Hall.
-
March 12, 2022:
Pianist Haochen Zhang 張昊辰at NEC's Jordan Hall
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May 7, 2022:
Violinist Cho-Liang Lin林昭亮, cellist
Clive Greensmith, pianist Juho Pohjonen
at NEC's Jordan Hall
SUMMER FREE CONCERTS @
NEC 2019
夏日系列音樂會and
the INTERNATIONAL CONCERTO COMPETITION 2019.
From
August 7 to 24, 2019, the FOUNDATION presented 15 successful free
concerts at NEC including an International Concerto Competition.
This concert series was recommended by The Boston Globe
“The Ticket” and The Boston Globe/Magazine “Five
things to do”. The Boston Musical Intelligencer
published 9 reviews from 5 critics. The following musicians (in
order of appearance) performed at NEC's Jordan Hall, Brown Hall,
Burnes Hall, and Williams Hall. Hsiang John Tu
涂祥,
piano, The Formosa Duo (Sam Ou
歐維聖,
cello and Chi-Chen Wu
吳紀禛,
piano), Chi Wei Lo
駱奇偉,
piano, Jiyoung Lee, cello, and Victor Cayres, piano, Hung-Kuan Chen
陳宏寬,
piano, Han Chen
陳涵,
piano, X+YZ Ensemble (Quan Yuan
袁泉,
violin; Wanzhe Zhang
張婉哲,
soprano; Jia Shi
施珈,
piano; Sue-Ellen Tcherepnin, flute; and Vladimir Andrić,baritone),
Larry Weng, piano, Angelo Xiang Yu
于翔,violin
and Feng Niu
牛豐,
piano, Andrew Li, piano, Peter Fang
方壯壯,
piano, Ji Yong Kim, piano, and Mercury Orchestra, Channing Yu,
conductor.
The concerto competition
is opened for anyone age 30 and under. The 2019 piece was Brahms
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15. Applicants were from USA,
China, Taiwan, United Kingdom, and Indonesia. After video
evaluation, the Semi-Final and the Final rounds, Zhiye Lin
林之燁
from
China won the first prize. He received $3000 cash, performance at
Jordan Hall on August 24 with Mercury Orchestra, and a returning
solo recital for the Summer concert series at NEC 2020. The second
prize was Sam Sahun Hong of USA. He was also invited back for a solo
recital at Summer Concert Series 2020. The concerto piece for 2020
is Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 (Emperor)
MUSIC FESTIVAL at Walnut
Hill
胡桃山音樂營
and SUMMER FREE
CONCERTS @ NEC夏日系列音樂會
.
Since July 1990 to August 2018, the Foundation has organized a
successful summer music festival at the Walnut Hill School in
Natick, MA. Each year about 50 talented young musicians, chosen by
auditions, come from Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Korea, Canada, and
the United States to an intensive musical program with world
renowned masters on an one-on-one basis. The faculty of the
festival who has taught at the festival were:
PIANO:
Russell Sherman, Robert Levin , (late) Luise Vosgerchian, (late) T.
Krafchenko, Hung-Kuan Chen陳宏寬
, Pi-Hsien Chen
陳必先
, Yin Cheng-Zong
殷承宗,
(late) Anthony di Bonaventura, Wha Kyung Byun, David Deveau,
Meng-Chieh Liu
劉孟捷,
Ilya Itin, Minsoo Sohn, Ya-Fei Chuang
莊雅斐,
Alexander Korsantia, Vivian Weilerstein, Bruce Brubaker, Victor
Rosenbaum, Sylvia Chambless, Tema Blackstone, Jonathan Bass, Mana
Tokuno.
VIOLIN:
Lynn Chang
張萬鈞,
(late) Marylou Speaker Churchill, (late) Masuko Ushioda, James
Buswell, Nai-Yuan Hu
胡乃元,
Nicholas Kitchen, Magdalena Richter, Donald Weilerstein, Kristopher
Tong, Amy Galluzzo.
VIOLA:
Scott Lee, Mai Motobuchi, Gillion Rogell, Hsin-Yun Huang
黃心芸,
Jessica Bodner.
CELLO:
Laurence Lesser, Mark Churchill, Bion Tsang
章雨亭,
Michael Bonner, Carol Ou, Sam Ou. Yeesun Kim, Paul
Katz. DOUBLE BASS: Edwin Barker, DaXun Zhang, Pascale
Delache-Feldman.
COMPOSITION:
Yuhudi Wyner, Samuel Headrick, Yong Yang楊勇
, Shih-Hui Chen
陳士惠.
FLUTE:
(late) Doriot Dwyer, Jean DeMart, Sue-Ellen Tcherepnin. OBOE:
Kathy Lord. Joyce Alper.
VOICE:
Guiping Deng
鄧桂萍,
Ree-Ven Wang, Patty Thom, Maxwell Li.
PERCUSSION:
Robert Schulz, Pius Cheung. CLARINET: Thomas Hill,
David Samour.
FRENCH HORN:
Neil De Land. BASSOON: Tracy McGinnis. TROMBOME:
Brian Diehl.
SAXOPHONE:
Kenneth Radnofsky. INTERPRETATIONS OF MUSIC: Benjamin
Zander
OTHERS:
Erhu: Zhan-Tao Lin, Dulcimer: Ping Li, Tai-Chi: Tai-Chun Pan.
Along with private lessons, chamber ensembles, master classes and
work shops, the students were taken to Tanglewood, concerts, musical
performances, museums, piano factory, and many historical sites in
the greater Boston area. Pianist Lang Lang郎朗
(1996),Yeol Eum Son
(2nd prize of 2009 Van
Cliburn competition), Kate Liu (3rd prize 2015
Chopin International Competition in Warsaw), Eric Lu ( First
prize of 2015 US National Chopin Competition, and 4th
prize 2015 Chopin International Competition in Warsaw), and many
other talents were students of this program.
Each
year, the faculty members and the students of the music festival
perform about 25 concerts/master classes/lectures. The Longwood
Symphony Orchestra, participated in the program from 1996 -
2013, to perform with the festival participants at the Boston
Esplanade to an audience of over 8000. Starting from 2014,
Mercury Orchestra under music director Channing Yu
collaborated with the Festival and performed at Harvard Sanders
Theatre, MIT Kresge to a full-house with standing ovations. The
festival concert series are of top quality and captured media
attentions. Great reviews were given by The
Boston Globe and the
Boston Musical
Intelligencer,
among others.
After nearly 30 years of successful operation, this program had to
concluded in 2019 due to venue issues. The
concert performances and the concerto competition part of the Music
Festival have moved to New England Conservatory, become the
“Summer FREE Concerts @ NEC夏日系列音樂會
“
including the
International Concerto Competition in August, 2019. The
transformation was a success, and will be continued.
ALL-AMERICAN YOUTH
CHINESE BRUSH PAINTING AND CALLIGRAPHY COMPETITION
Since 1991, the
Foundation organized the All-American Youth Chinese Brush
Painting and Calligraphy Competition annually in April. Each
year nearly 250 entries from about 25 different Chinese Schools in
10 different States are submitted. Winners receive cash awards,
certificates, and also posted on the Foundation’s website. The
panel of judges is made up of renowned scholars and artists.
Details on
www.ChinesePerformingArts.net.
YOUTH POETRY IN SILK AND
BAMBOO
From 2008-2017, the Foundation successfully organized the Annual
Chinese Music Instrument Audition and Concert,
絲竹春吟青少年中國器樂賽及音樂會,
at the First Church of
Boston . Students from New England and special guess artists
participated annually. Details on
www.ChinesePerformingArts.net.
SPONSORS (2019-2020):
$3,000+
Catherine Tan Chan
Bi Yun Chen
Kathleen Mclsaac and Robert
Goldsmith
William Hawes
Anna Yinfei Hu
Yu-Sing and Lena Jung
The TAN Family Culture Fund
$1,000+
G. Stewart
Barns
Ellen and Ronald Brown
Bi Yun Chen
Kathleen Mclsaac and Robert Goldsmith
William Hawes
Yu-Sing and Lena Jung
Nai Nan Ko
Ching-Shu Lin
Ernest Tsai
Christine Shi Chuei Wang Tu
Richard Yee
Xiaohua Zhang and Quan Zhou
$500+
Anonymous
Rumiko M. Adamowicz
Lily Chen
Chung-Ming Ho
Eugene Kuo
James Lai
Laurence Lesser
Renne Chen Lu
Hung-Chang Hubert and Susan Su
Shih Huei Wang
Shawn Weng
Wanzhe Zhang and Quan Yuan
$100+
Anonymous
Paul K. Chan
Irene N. Chang
Vickie Chang
Stanley Chen
Yueqing Chen
Hong-Ming and Betty Cheng
Kevin Chiang
Lijian L. Chiang
Wanchin W. Chou
Michael Chu
Mark Churchill
Suefen Wang Cuti
Paul Demakis
David Deveau
Keh-Ping Dunn
Sheryl Fay
Fermata Music
Yanlong Zhang and Hong Guo
Yidan Guo
Larry and Sophia Ho
Anne and Spencer Hu
Mei Hung
Winnie Ip
Daisy Jao
Song Jin
Jared and Song-Mei Keyes
Byung Kim
Linda Law
Paul K. Lee
Shiao-Yu Lee
Huimin Li
May and David Li
Meei H. Li
Qun Li
Xiabin Li
Xiao Jian and Katie Li
Der-Hua Lin
Li-Hua Lin
Linda Lin
Shuwan Lin
Richard Linden
Chung-Li Ling
Bing Liu
Chien Liu
Joshua and Chinhui Liu
Carolyn Lueders
Georg Bernhardt-Miller
Nick and Tomie Nichols
Wanda Paik
Palotec Products
Tai-Chun and Tong-Mei Pan
A. Ramon Rivera
Shih Nam Sak
Doris Sasson
David and Katharine Shaw
Linda and T.Y. Shen
Wenhua Shi
Grendy Shih
Janice Tilson
Huei-Ling Tsai
Ming-Chi Tsai
Lily Lawn-Tsao
Yuan-Shion Tung
Reichi Torbert
Qing Charles Wang
Robert Wang
Martin Stephen Wigler
June Chen and Mark Witinski
Carolyn Wong
Chang-Ning Wu
F.Y. And Jane Wu
Hung Ha Wu
Sing-Yung Wu
Kuang Xu
Albert Yang
Sze Cheng Yang
Cynthia Ying
Robert Yuan
Sun Shine Yuan
Yueqing and Ziming Xuan
Wen Liu and Ligang Zhang
$50+
Anonymous
Peter Chan
Peter and Shirley Chen
Liz Diamond
Laura Freid
Hsing-Yi Huang
Yeong-Chang Hwang
Hong Ngo
Christopher Pandiscio
Helen Routh
Ching-Mi Li Sun
Barbara Trachtenberg
David Wooddell
MEMBERSHIP
The membership is open to any individual who supports the
objectives. To become a member, email your name and address to:
Foundation@ChinesePerformingArts.net, 3 Partridge Lane, Lincoln,
MA 01773. There is no membership fee. Tax-deduction donations
are greatly appreciated. Donation can be made online at
www.ChinesePerformingArts.net.
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