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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 |
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Nancheng Chen 陳南呈, cello www.cellistncc.com  Cellist
Nan-Cheng Chen’s performance was recently described as “personable
and smile-inducing” and “fine playing” by Washington Post and
praised for his “Beautiful Tone” by New York Concert Reviews;
nan-cheng is passionate about sharing music with music lovers. As an active chamber musician, Nan-Cheng currently serves as the executive director of the New Asia Chamber Music Society (NACMS), which he co-founded in 2009; he is also the principal cellist of the Solisti Ensemble and was a member of award-winning trios Sonic Escape and Neptune Trio. As an active soloist, Nan-Cheng has collaborated in cello concertos with renowned orchestras such as Simon Bolivar Orchestra, Vienna International Orchestra, National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra, Queens Symphony Orchestra, Metro-West Symphony, Taipei Symphony Orchestra, Quincy Symphony, and Symphony Pro Musica, which received a review that states: “It was the kind of performance one might hear live only once a decade,” from Worcester Telegram and Gazette. A resident of New York City, Nan-Cheng has taught at CUNY Queens College and currently holds adjunct professorships at Feitian College in Middletown and Mahanaim School in Long Island. Nan-Cheng is a CME Artist under the Center for Musical Excellence roster. Among Nan-Cheng’s many honors and awards is first prize in the 2010 Queens Symphony Concerto Competition, 2009 Lillian Fuchs Chamber Music Competition, 2006 International Chamber Music Ensemble Competition, 2005 Quincy Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition, 2004 Hsin-Tian Temple National Cello Competition in Taiwan, and 2003 Metro-West Concerto Competitions. He also won prizes in the 2010 Long Island Conservatory Young Artist Competition, 2006 Fischoff National Chamber Competition, and 1999 Taiwan National Competition for both piano and cello categories. Nan-Cheng was also featured on NPR’s From The Top national radio broadcast in 2006, performing with its host, pianist Christopher O’Riley. During the summer, Nan-Cheng has been invited to music festivals such as Canada’s Banff Centre, Sarasota Music Festival, Heifetz Institute, Encore School for Strings, and Kneisel Hall. He was a guest-performing artist at Chautauqua Summer Music Festival and a Kaplan Fellow at the Bowdoin International Music Festival. He served as a guest artist at the Annual Music Festival of Walnut Hill. As an educator, Nan-Cheng has given masterclasses to music students at Penn State University, University of Wisconsin, University of Calgary, and internationally at university music departments in North American, South America, and Taiwan. A Native of Taiwan, Nan-Cheng has earned Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees from The Juilliard School, studying with Joel Krosnick, renowned former cellist of The Juilliard String Quartet and current cello departmental chair. Nan-Cheng Chen came to the United States at twelve and attended Idyllwild Arts Academy in California, studying under Eleonore Schoenfeld. He then entered the New England Conservatory Preparatory Program to study with Mark Churchill before attending the Juilliard School. Nan-Cheng is currently a doctoral candidate at CUNY Graduate Center under the guidance of cellist Marcy Rosen while developing a full-time international musical career. Nan-Cheng’s 2021-22 musical season highlights include a collaboration with Vienna International Orchestra performing Vivaldi’s Cello Concerto, RV401, an appearance at New York’s Madison Square Garden performing the U.S. Anthem at a New York Knicks game, a recording release of Schubert’s String Quintet in C major, and an album release with the New Asia Chamber Music Society featuring works by Mozart and a commissioned work by composer Shih-Hui Chen. Yinfei Wang 王寅飛,piano https://www.nymusicschool.org/yinfei-wang  Pianist
Yinfei Wang made his first public appearance at the age of seven in
the Shanghai Concert Hall. Since then, he has performed throughout
China, Singapore, Spain, Australia and the United States. He has
been a prizewinner of many national and international piano
competitions, including Washington International Piano Competition,
Gershwin International Piano Competition, Five Towns Piano
Comeptition in New York, Jacob Flier Piano Competition, Shande Ding
Piano Competition in Shanghai, Chopin Piano Competition in
Connecticut and many others. As a soloist, Mr. Wang has performed
with the Hudson Valley Philharmonic Orchestra, the MSM Symphony
Orchestra, with conductors Vladimir Feltsman, Phillipe Entremont,
among others.
An avid chamber musician, Mr. Wang has performed in many music festivals and concert series, including The Perlman Music Program, PianoSummer at New Paltz, Summer Concerts at NEC in Boston, Walnut Hill Music Festival, the Concerts on the Slope series in New York, and many others. He has collaborated with musicians such as Thomas Hill, Nai-Yuan Hu, Nicholas Kitchen, Kenneth Radnofsky and Cong Wu. His recordings could be found in the Shanghai Conservatory of Music: Seventieth Anniversary Gala Album.
Mr.
Wang received his Bachelor’s degree from the Shanghai Conservatory
of Music, his Master’s and Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the
Manhattan School of Music. His Principle teachers include Phillip
Kawin, Yanxin Chen, Christopher Zhong and Chongfang Zhang. |
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