Foundation for Chinese
Performing Arts
Summer FREE Concert @ NEC 2023
夏日系列音樂會
at New England Conservatory,
Boston, Massachusetts Aug
10 to 26, 2023
All concerts Admission Free, suggested donation $10 at door
Age 6 and under not admitted
CONCERT 5
Monday, August 14, 2023,
7:30 pm
at
NEC's Williams Hall
Hai-Ye Ni
倪海葉,
cellist
Xun Pan
潘洵,
pianist
~Program~
Ludwig von Beethoven
(1770-1827)
Twelve variations in G major on "See the conquering hero
comes"
from Handel's Judas Maccabeus, WoO 45
Ludwig von Beethoven
(1770-1827) Sonata No. 3
in A, Op. 69
Allegro ma non tanto
Scherzo. Allegro molto
Adagio cantabile - Allegro vivace
~Intermission~
Johannes Brahms
(1833-1897)
Sonata No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 38 Allegro non
troppo
Allegretto quasi Menuetto
Allegro
Claude Debussy
(1862-1918)
Beau Soir (Beautiful Evening)
Frédéric Chopin
(1810-1849)
Introduction et Polonaise Brillante in C, Op. 3
It is not uncommon for principals of major
orchestras (in this case, the Philadelphia) to take
to other stages as sought-after soloists and chamber
players; such is the case with cellist Hai-Ye Ni,
with her frequent partner, the accomplished pianist
Xun Pan, the masterful duo brought well-honed skills
to welcome fare. Chopin’s Introduction et Polonaise
Brillante in C Major, Opus 3 (1829) - a lively
showpiece, performed here with dazzle and verve. An
encore, the beautiful “Swan” from Saint-Saëns’s
Carnival of the Animals, rewarded the warmly
responsive audience, floating with aristocratic
grace. -
Julie Ingelfinger, The Boston Musical Intelligencer
Admission Free, suggested donation $10 at door.
Age 6 and under not admitted.
中華表演藝術基金會
Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts
Lincoln, Massachusetts
event photos: Xiaopei Xu and Chi Wei Lo
Hai-Ye Ni
倪海葉,
cellist
http://www.haiyeni.com/
An exceptional musician renowned for her fluid technique, gorgeous
tone, and brilliantly expressive performances, Hai-Ye Ni enjoys a
distinguished career as principal cellist of the Philadelphia
Orchestra and as a sought-after soloist and chamber musician.
Praised by the press as “soulfully expressive” (Washington Post),
Ms. Ni has appeared as soloist with orchestras such as Philadelphia,
New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Hong Kong, and the Vienna Chamber
Orchestra. Her recital credits include the Kennedy Center,
Smithsonian Institute, and Alice Tully Hall. She has collaborated
with pianists Jeffrey Kahane, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, and Yefim
Bronfman, and violinists Joshua Bell, Gil Shaham, and Leonidas
Kavakos. Among her festival credits are Ravinia, Marlboro, Aspen,
Spoleto, and Kuhmo.
Ms. Ni has performed the Tchaikovsky Rococo Variations, the Brahms
“Double” Concerto, Beethoven’s “Triple” Concerto, and John
Williams’s Memoirs of a Geisha with the Philadelphia Orchestra.
Prior highlights include a Baroque concerti program with the
Philadelphia Chamber Orchestra as soloist and conductor, and the
Tchaikovsky trio with Lang Lang at Carnegie Hall.
Hai-Ye Ni has recorded a solo CD on Naxos and a chamber CD Spirit of
Chimes on Delos.
Hai-Ye Ni won the prestigious Naumburg International Cello
Competition in 1990. Other awards include first prize in the 1996
International Paulo Cello Competition in Finland, and second prize
in the 1997 Rostropovich Competition. Ms. Ni was associate principal
cellist of the New York Philharmonic from 1999 to 2006.
Ms. Ni has been featured on ABC’s “20/20,” on NPR, and in The Strad
magazine. She has given masterclasses at Curtis, Manhattan School,
and Shanghai and Beijing Conservatories. She served on the jury of
the Fifth Paulo International Cello Competition in 2013 and the
Naumburg Competition.
She began her study with her mother and at the Shanghai
Conservatory. She also studied at the San Francisco Conservatory and
the Juilliard School.
Xun
Pan
潘洵,
pianist
http://www.xunpanpianist.com/
A Steinway Artist, pianist Xun Pan received his early musical
training from his grandmother and pianists-parents, Pan Yiming and
Ying Shizhen. He continued his studies at the Central Conservatory
of Music in Beijing, Syracuse University in New York, and earned the
Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Rutgers University in New Jersey.
Mr. Pan has won many international piano competitions and awards,
beginning with first prize in the 1986 China National Piano
Competition in Beijing, and the "Dr. Luis Sigall" International
Piano Competition in Chile in 1987, the International Festival Piano
Competition in Korea in 1990, the Frinna Awerbuch International
Piano Competition in New York in 1992, and the Artists International
Competition in New York in 1993. A student of Theodore Lettvin, Mr.
Pan has performed solo recitals and chamber music concerts worldwide
from Carnegie Weill Hall to the Beijing National Center for
Performing Arts. He has performed in Moscow, Santiago, Singapore,
Beijing, Shanghai, London, Los Angeles, Frankfurt, Taipei, Budapest,
Salzburg, Sicily, New York, Seoul, Pyongyang, Biel, Bern, Brussels,
Vina Del Mar, Washington DC, Lisbon, Toronto, Boston, San Jose, San
Francisco, and many other cities in the world. He “…excites his
audience with extraordinary power and masterful technique.” (The
Star-Ledger)
A noted chamber musician, Mr. Pan is the pianist of the Newstead
Trio, Trio Clavino, and Gabriel Chamber Ensemble. Their work has
been broadcast live on radio and television, and they have released
several highly acclaimed recordings. Trio Clavino toured seven
cities in China with Fulbright Grants managed by US Embassy in
Beijing in 2014, and again in 2016. Mr. Pan has been served as a
judge in many competitions include "Frinna Awerbuch" International
Piano Competition in New York, United States Music Open Competition
in Oakland, CA, United States International Music competition in
Stanford, CA, Pancho Vladigerov International Piano Competition in
Shumen, Bulgaria, and Maria Clara Cullell International Piano
Competition in San Jose, Costa Rica.
Dr. Pan is the Director of Keyboard Studies of The Tell School of
Music at Millersville University of Pennsylvania and is a visiting
professor at many universities and conservatories in China, includes
Central Conservatory of Music and China Conservatory of Music. He
also taught master classes at Manhattan School of Music, Boston
University, Frost School of Music at University of Miami, University
of West Florida, Benjamin T Rome School of Music at The Catholic
University of America, Dartmouth College, Mozarteum University
(Austria), Bellini Music Institute (Italy), Tbilisi State
Conservatoire (Georgia), and others. He taught and served as the
Chairman of the Piano Department at Pennsylvania Academy of Music
between 1996 and 2009.
Dr. Pan is one of the founding members and the Co-Artistic Director
of the Lancaster International Piano Festival in Pennsylvania, USA.
He performed the entire 32 piano sonatas, 10 piano/violin sonatas,
and 8 piano/cello works of Beethoven to celebrate his 250th
anniversary of birth a couple of year ago.
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