August 18, 2005
Thursday, 8 PM
Recital
David Ta-Wei Tsai, piano
Jimmy Chi-Wei Lo, piano
Grace Shu-Hui Yang, piano
Steven Yi-Yang Chen, piano
Julianna Lin, viola
Yue Chu, piano
  

Program

Beethoven: Sonata Op. 27, No. 1
David Ta-Wei Tsai, piano

Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 10
Jimmy Chi-Wei Lo, piano

Liszt: Memphisto Waltz
Grace Shu-Hui Yang, piano

Intermission

Prokofiev: Sonata No.3, Op. 28
Steven Yi-Yang Chen, piano

Rebecca Clarke: Sonata for Viola and Piano
Impetuoso
Vivace

Julianna Lin, viola
Yue Chu, piano


Mr. David Ta-Wei Tsai from Taiwan is a rising junior at Walnut Hill School majoring in piano under Ms. Sylvia Chambless. He was the 2nd prize winner of the 2005 Steinway Society of Massachusetts Piano Competition, and the first prize winner of the 2000 Taiwan National Yamaha Piano Competition.

Mr. Jimmy Chi-Wei Lo, 12, from Taiwan was the 2nd prize winner of both the 2002 Taiwan National Yamaha Piano Competition and the Kaohsiung City Piano competition. He was also the first prize winner of the 2002 Formosa viola competition.

Miss Grace Shu-Hui Yang is a freshman at National Taiwan Normal University majoring in piano and minor in violin. She was the top prizes winner of the 2001 Taipei City Piano Competition, and the 1999 Chang-Hua City Piano Competition in Taiwan. Miss Yang was selected as the soloist this year, along with Mr. Ita Wong, to perform with Longwood Symphony Orchestra under Mr. Jonathan McPhee.

Mr. Steven Yi-Yang Chen, 15, from Taiwan, is a 9th grader from the Affiliated High School of National Taiwan Normal University. He was the 2nd place winner of the 2003 Taiwan National Yamaha Piano Competition and the 2nd prize winner of the Taipei City piano competition.

Violist Julianna Peiling Lin from Taiwan was the first prize winner of both the 1995 and 1996 Taipei viola competitions. She was also the third prize winner of the 1997 Vienna Piano Competition in Taiwan. An alumni of the Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts’ 9th Annual Music Festival, she was selected as the soloist that year performing the Beethoven 5th piano concerto with the Longwood Symphony Orchestra under Mr. Francisco Noya. After the summer music festival, she continued her studies at Walnut Hill School and became the principal violist of the New England Conservatory’s Youth Philharmonic Orchestra under Mr. Benjamin Zander. As a member of Walnut Hill School’s chamber music group, she performed at the Purcell High School and the Royal Academy in England. She was also chosen to play for Mr. Yo Yo Ma at his master class at Walnut Hill School. Miss Lin is a rising senior at Juilliard School of Music study with renowned violist Ms. Hsin-Yun Huang.

Mr. Yue Chu is a sophomore at New England Conservatory under Mr. Russell Sherman. He studied with Mr. Hung-Kuan Chen in Canada and with other famous pianists in China. He was the winner of the 2004 Rose Bowl Competition, the 2004 Prince Edward Island Music Festival piano solo competition in Canada and the recipient of the 2004 New England Conservatory’s Presidential Prize.


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