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
Foundation for
Chinese Performing Arts
中華表演藝術基金會
Fou
Ts'ong International Concerto Competition 2022
傅聰國際協奏曲比賽
Concerto 2022 Final
Sunday, August 21, 2022, 7:30-10:30 pm
at
NEC's Williams Hall
announced August 20, 2022
five
Finalists
in alphabetical order
Praised by the New York Times for his “graceful touch,” “rhythmic
precision,” and “hypnotic charm,” pianist Han Chen has established
himself in both the classical music and contemporary music worlds
with his versatile Solo repertoireming and effortless technique.
Since winning the Gold Medal at the 2013 China International Piano
Competition, Chen has gained an international recognition and
released three solo albums under the Naxos label, featuring music by
Franz Liszt, Anton Rubinstein, and Thomas Adès.
As a soloist, Chen has appeared with numerous orchestras, including
the Calgary Philharmonic, Fort Worth Symphony, Lexington
Philharmonic, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Macao Orchestra, National
Taiwan Symphony, China Symphony, Xiamen Philharmonic, Sendai
Philharmonic, to name a few. Chen has worked with renowned
conductors such as Vladimir Ashkenazy, Karina Canellakis, Nicholas
McGegan, Simon Rattle.
An advocate for new music, Mr. Chen actively performs music of our
time. He has worked with eminent composers such as Thomas Adès,
Unsuk Chin, Helmut Lachenmann, Lei Liang and Nina Young, given world
premieres of works by Chin, Molly Joyce, Jonah Haven, among others.
He is a member of the New York-based groups Ensemble Échappé and
PinkNoise Ensemble. His online series Migration Music consists of
interviews and performances featuring immigrant composers, with
support from the Metropolis Ensemble.
Born in Taiwan, Mr. Chen graduated from The Juilliard School and the
New England Conservatory, studying with Prof. Yoheved Kaplinsky and
Prof. Wha Kyung Byun. He is now a doctoral candidate at the CUNY
Graduate Center with Prof. Kaplinsky and Prof. Ursula Oppens.
Po-Wei Ger
葛柏緯(age 26, Taiwan) Born on December 6th, 1995. Pianist Po-Wei Ger graduated from the
Master of Musical Arts degree in Yale School of Music, under the
guidance of Dr. Melvin Chen in 2021, and will enroll in the Doctor
of Musical Arts degree in Manhattan School of Music this fall, under
the tutelage of Dr. Solomon Mikowsky.
Po-Wei began studying piano with Ms. Jia-li Shu at the age of seven.
At the age of ten, he further continued his study with Dr. Ming-Hui
Lin, piano faculty of the National Taiwan Normal University. He has
participated in the Annual Walnut Hill Music Festival in 2009, 2011.
He was also honored to perform in the prizewinner concert of the
Mozarteum University Summer Academy in 2012, as part of the Solo
repertoire of Salzburg Festival. During his Bachelor of Music degree
study, Po-Wei collaborated with the Cuban National Symphony
Orchestra in 2015 and 2016. In April 2021, Po-Wei won the 2nd Prize,
Chamber Music Prize, and the Audience Prize of the Premio Jaén
competition in Spain.
An avid chamber musician, Po-Wei has played in masterclasses of
prestigious musicians such as Mr. Gilbert Kalish. He and his
friends, Chao-Chih Chen and Tzu-Wei Huang, formed the clarinet trio
– Trio Astralis, and won the Youth Chamber Music Solo repertoire of
the Eslite Bookstore, the leading bookstore chain in Taiwan. He has
performed in the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival in 2019, Taos School
of Music in New Mexico, 2021, and will return to the Norfolk Chamber
Music Festival in 2022.
Praised
as an “artist of enormous prowess” (Verbier Festival
Newsletter) with “lots of clarity, confidence, and wisdom”
(New York Concert Review), pianist Sahun Sam Hong brings his
colorful style and riveting energy to the solo, chamber, and
concerto stage.
Hong was the winner of the 2017 Vendome Prize at Verbier,
and received Second Prize at the 2017 International
Beethoven Competition Vienna. He was also a recipient of a
2021 American Pianists Award, and finalist in the 2018
International German Piano Award and 2017 American Pianists
Awards.
On the roster of Young Steinway Artists since 2010, Hong has
been featured as a guest soloist with orchestras including
ORF-Vienna, Milwaukee, Indianapolis, Camerata New York, Fort
Worth, Richardson, Racine, Waco, Galveston, and Brazos
Valley Symphony. He has performed in prestigious venues such
as Carnegie Hall’s Weill Hall, Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully
Hall, the Vienna Musikverein, Église de Verbier, Merkin
Hall, and the Kennedy Center.
In addition to performing, Hong is a prolific arranger of
chamber music and orchestral works. His innovative
transcriptions are performed all over the world. The chamber
music collective ensemble132 presents Hong’s creative
chamber music transcriptions on annual tours throughout the
United States.
At the age of 16, Hong graduated magna cum laude from Texas
Christian University (TCU) with a Bachelor of Music degree
in Piano Performance, studying with John Owings. He also
studied for six years with Leon Fleisher at the Peabody
Institute of the Johns Hopkins University. Hong continues
his studies with Yong Hi Moon at Peabody.
Nan Ni
倪楠
(age 23, China) Nan Ni was born in Anhui, China. She began studying piano at the age
of five. At 10, she was admitted to the Music Middle School
affiliated with the Shanghai Conservatory of Music studying under
Natalia Filippova. She graduated from the New England Conservatory
in 2021 with a Bachelor of Music and is continuing at NEC for her
master’s degree with Bruce Brubaker, chair of the Piano Department.
Nan won first prize at the Los Angeles Young Musician International
Piano Competition, third prize at the Conero International Piano
Competition, second prize at the Shenzhen Piano Open Competition and
is a three-time winner of the Piano Department Honors Competition at
NEC. A recipient of the Tan Family Grant Scholarship at NEC, she was
also awarded a Shanghai Government Scholarship and Niu Ende Piano
Music Scholarship and won the Audience Award at the winners’
concert.
Nan has participated in many prestigious music festivals including
the Summer Academy Mozarteum in Salzburg and the Music Academy of
the West, at which she was awarded the 2020 Sharon and David
Bradford Full Scholarship and 2021 Hyon Chough and Maurice Singer
Full Scholarship in solo piano. She has taken master classes from
Arie Vardi, Jeremy Denk, and Dmitry Alexeev, among other
distinguished musicians.
Nan is also an organist studying under Thomas Handel at NEC. She has
performed as a solo organist at the Church of the Covenant in
Boston, as well as with the NEC concert choir and chamber singers.
As an active chamber musician, she and her fellow chamber music
partners have won the first prize in the Chamber Music Competition
at Shanghai Conservatory.
Peter Yide Shi
石以德 (age 20, China) Peter Yide Shi, currently a student of Professor Meng-Chieh Liu in
New England Conservatory, started his journey with piano at the age
of five. When he was nine, he started his professional music study
with Professor Chang at Central Conservatory of Primary School in
Beijing. Shortly after that he was accepted to Central Conservatory
of Middle School at the age of twelve.
He has appeared in many festivals and venues, including the Oxford
Philharmonic Piano Festival, PYPA Festival in Philadelphia, Miami
International Piano Festival, Salle Cortot in Paris, Jacqueline du
Pre Music Hall in Oxford, Zhonghuilou Concert Hall in Beijing, Field
Concert Hall of Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, Adolfo
and Marisela Cotilla Gallery in Miami and AOVA Concert Hall in
Philadelphia.
He is also a winner of multiple important piano competitions. His
major prizes include the 2nd prize in National Xinghai Piano
Competition, the 3rd prize in National Pearl River Kayserburg Piano
Competition Amateur Group Three in Guangzhou, the 5th in National
CCTV Piano and Violin Competition in Beijing, the 2nd in the
International Philadelphia Piano Competition Group A in
Philadelphia.
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
