Foundation for Chinese
Performing Arts
Summer FREE Concert @ NEC 2022
夏日系列音樂會
at New England Conservatory,
Boston, Massachusetts August 11 - 27, 2022
All concerts Admission Free, suggested donation $10 at door
Age 6 and under not admitted
CONCERT 2
Friday, August 12, 2022,
7:30 pm
at
NEC's Williams Hall Rose Hsien
冼柔,
violin
Andrew Hsu
徐鴻,
piano
~Program~ Erich Wolfgang Korngold
(1897-1957)
Four Pieces from the Music to Shakespeare’s Much Ado
About Nothing, Op. 11 The Maiden
in the Bridal Chamber
Dogberry and Verses: The March of the Watch
Scene in the Garden
Masquerade: Hornpipe
César Franck (1822-1890)
Violin Sonata in A major
Allegretto ben moderato
Allegro
Ben moderato: Recitativo-Fantasia
Allegretto poco mosso
~
intermission ~
Fritz Kreisler
(1875-1962) Schön
Rosmarin
Johannes Brahms
(1833-1897) (arr. Jascha
Heifetz) Contemplation
Ede
Poldini
(1869-1957) (arr. Fritz
Kreisler)
Poupée valsante (Dancing Doll)
Fritz Kreisler
(1875-1962) Marche miniature
viennoise
Christoph Willibald Gluck
(1747-1787) (arr. Fritz
Kreisler)
Mélodie from Orphée et Eurydice
"...a
ravishing tone and spotless intonation, Hsien’s playing had depth, myriad
shades and that elusive element of fantasy to fill volumes. She is clearly a
star in the making.." -The Straits Times
Taiwanese violinist Rose Hsien (冼柔),
currently based in London, is building a strong international reputation as
a soloist, recitalist and chamber musician through distinctive and unusually
mature performances. She has performed across Europe, Asia and the United
States with orchestras such as the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Prague
Philharmonic and the Russian Symphony Orchestra and in venues including
Carnegie Hall, the Concertgebouw, Rudolfinum’s Dvorak Hall, the Barbican,
and the Wigmore Hall. Recently she gave a recital tour involving concerts
around the world which included her Tokyo debut at the Suntory Hall in
Japan.
She was a prize winner/finalist in the Yehudi Menuhin International Violin
Competition, the 6th International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young
Musicians, the International Debussy Competition at the Salzburg Mozarteum
and the 2017 1st Berliner International Music Competition. This summer, Rose
got invited back again to participate in the prestigious Marlboro Music
Festival.
Born in Taiwan, Rose moved to Singapore at 14 years of age, where she was
admitted to the Bachelor's programme at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of
Music, National University of Singapore, studying with Qian Zhou. She
subsequently moved to London to study with David Takeno at the Guildhall
School of Music and Drama. She is currently pursuing a PhD at the Royal
Academy of Music. She plays on a Bergonzi violin, generously lent to her by
the Rin Collection.
Andrew
Hsu (徐鴻)
is a Chinese-American composer and pianist based in New York City. The range
and versatility of his musical pursuits range from the classical canon to
modern masterworks and contemporary experimentalism. His music probes the
imagination, searching for a distinct sense of colour and timelessness
within a delicate sonic palette.
Hsu’s compositions have earned international acclaim from performances
across Europe and the USA—notably Alice Tully Hall, Carnegie Hall, Die
Glocke, and Konzerthaus Berlin. As a performer, Hsu has been associated with
the Battle Creek, Castro Valley, Lansing, Louisville, and Oakland Symphony
Orchestras; ensembles Cantata Profana, Metropolis, New Fromm Players, New
Juilliard, and Sejong Soloists; and Aspen Music Festival, Caramoor, Chamber
Music Northwest, Concert Artists Guild, Conservatoire américain de
Fontainebleau, Curtis on Tour, Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts,
Gilmore Keyboard Festival and Rising Star Series, King’s Lynn Festival,
Marlboro Music, Ravinia, Tanglewood, and WQXR. Hsu’s list of honours include
a Charles Ives Scholarship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters,
ASCAP Morton Gould Award, Aspen Music Festival’s Hermitage Prize, BMI’s
William Schuman Prize, and Gilmore Keyboard Festival’s Young Artist Award.
Hsu is a graduate of the Curtis Institute and Juilliard, where he completed
his doctorate; as a student, he held the Kovner, Rising Star Annual, and C.
V. Starr Doctoral Fellowships. His teachers included pianists Gary Graffman
and Eleanor Sokoloff, and composers Samuel Adler, Richard Danielpour, David
Serkin Ludwig, Matthias Pintscher and Steven Stucky.
Thank you for your
generous contribution to
Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts
中華表演藝術基金會
Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts
Lincoln, Massachusetts