Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts
Annual Summer Concert Series
at New England Conservatory,Boston,Massachusetts

 August 7 – 24,2019



All conecrts Admission Free,suggested donation $10 at door.
Age 6 and under not admitted.
 



Concert 6
Wednesday August 14,2019,7:30 pm
at NEC's Burnes Hall


Han Chen 陳涵pianist


~ Program ~


Steven Stucky
(1949-2016)
Sonata for Piano (2014)


Franz Schubert
(1797-1828)
Piano Sonata in A major D. 664
Allegro moderato
Andante
Allegro



~ Intermission ~


Sergey Prokofiev
(1891-1953)
Piano Sonata No. 8 in B-flat major,Op. 84
Andante dolce
Andante sognando
Vivace

 

" …. Han Chen’s playing Wednesday night at NEC’s Burnes Hall in the summer series of the
Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts was so musical, so relaxed, and so balanced among simplicity, directness, and sensitive production that it can stand as a model. "
- David Moran of
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


 


 
Han Chen 陳涵pianist
www.hanchenpiano.com

Hailed by the New York Times as a pianist with "a graceful touch... rhythmic precision... hypnotic charm” (2012) and "sure,subtle touch," (2014) Han Chen is a distinctive artist whose credentials at a young age already include important prizes in competitions of traditional music as well as increasing respect in the avant-garde.

Mr. Chen’s debut CD with Naxos Records,which consists of all-Liszt operatic transcriptions,was released in January 2016 as the first prize winner of the 6th China International Piano Competition. International Piano magazine (UK) praised Mr. Chen’s performance in the competition,stating that “[Chen] displayed extraordinary strength,talent and flair.”

As an enthusiastic advocate for modern music,Mr. Chen actively performs both 20th-century classics and works by emerging composers. His close collaboration with the Juilliard modern music ensemble AXIOM led him to the performance of music by composers such as Pierre Boulez,Toshio Hosokawa,Gyorgy Kurtag,Magnus Lindberg,Steve Reich,Charles Wuorinen. He is currently on the roster of the New York-based group Ensemble Échappé.

Native of Taichung,Taiwan,Mr. Chen received his accelerated Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree of Music at The Juilliard School with professor Yoheved Kaplinsky under the C/Kaplan Piano Scholarship,Susan W. Rose Piano Fellowship and Van Cliburn Alumni Scholarship. After that,he obtained his Graduate Diploma with Prof. Wha Kyung Byun at the New England Conservatory. He is now doing his Doctoral of Musical Arts at the CUNY Graduate Center with Prof. Kaplinsky and Prof. Ursula Oppens.

陳涵,青年鋼琴家、拿索斯唱片公司簽約藝術家、第六屆中國國際鋼琴比賽金獎得主、及紐約現代樂團Ensemble Échappé 駐團鋼琴家。他的演奏曾被各大媒體贊譽:《紐約時報》稱之賦有 "優雅的觸鍵、精準的節奏及催眠般的魅力" 及 "確實而微妙的觸鍵";英國版《國際鋼琴》雜誌說他 "展現了超凡的能力、天份及資質";中國國際鋼琴比賽評委會主席鮑蕙蕎女士在《鋼琴藝術》雜誌中寫道其演奏 "足以顯示了他在大賽中仍能保持清醒、清晰的頭腦和過人的自信。"

陳涵曾多次在國內外各大鋼琴比賽中獲得出色的成績,其中包括:範克萊本鋼琴大賽、魯賓斯坦鋼琴大賽、李斯特鋼琴大賽、香港國際鋼琴比賽、俄羅斯作品國際鋼琴比賽、中國"金橋杯"全國青少年鋼琴比賽等。除此之外,他還榮獲了第二十六屆奇美藝術獎、茱麗亞芒茲鋼琴獎學金、上海藝術人才基金學生獎、牛恩德博士鋼琴音樂獎學金和唐君遠教育教育基金會獎學金。他與國際交響樂團的合作則包括:阿婿肯納吉
(Vladimir Ashkenazy)指揮的香港愛樂樂團、澳門交響樂團、廈門愛樂樂團、德克薩斯州沃斯堡交響樂團、萊克星頓愛樂樂團、仙台愛樂樂團、茱莉亞樂隊、阿斯本銅管樂團、中國交響樂團、廈門樂團、國立台灣交響樂團及上海音樂學院附中樂團。

作為現代音樂的推崇者,陳涵曾多次與茱莉亞學院現代樂團
AXIOM合作,演奏了現代作曲大師皮埃爾∙布列茲(Pierre Boulez)、斯蒂夫∙萊奇(Steve Reich)、查理∙烏瑞尼恩(Charles Wuorinen)等人的作品。他還曾作為獨奏家與其出演約翰∙凱奇(John Cage)的《預置鋼琴協奏曲》以及約翰∙亞當斯(John Adams)的《大型自動鋼琴曲》。在約翰∙凱奇誕辰壹百週年之際,他演奏了整套預置鋼琴的《奏鳴曲與間奏曲》。他也曾舉辦紐約作曲家主題音樂會,演奏了艾略特∙卡特(Elliott Carter)、米西∙馬佐利(Missy Mazzoli)、凱洛琳∙蕭(Caroline Shaw)等人的作品。

陳涵曾跟隨茱莉亞教授菲利普∙拉瑟
(Philip Lasser)學習作曲,並多次發表自己的作品,如鋼琴作品《即興曲》、《四首小品》,重奏作品《玩具鋼琴三重奏》 與管弦樂作品《徒勞》等。在台灣文化部藝術新秀首次發表補助下,陳涵於台灣古典音樂協會以及國立台灣交響樂團演奏廳發表了作品專場音樂會。陳涵的作品還曾在茱莉亞保羅音樂廳、紐約Klaiverhaus聯合教堂、格林威治音樂學校、阿斯本禮拜堂等地進行首演。

出生於台灣台中,陳涵就讀了台中光復國小音樂班,老師包括吳孟樺及洪翠峰老師。九歲隨家人遷居上海,同年進入上海音樂學院附小,隨吳思壹老師學習。於附中開始,在鍾聽及王冠文老師雙重指導下,他成為了第壹位上海音樂學院附中的台灣正式鋼琴生。附中畢業後考入茱莉亞學院
(The Juilliard School),並本碩連讀、提前畢業,師從鋼琴系主任卡普林斯基(Yoheved Kaplinsky)教授。之後又在新英格蘭音樂學院取得了碩士文憑,由卞和暻(Wha Kyung Byun)教授指導。陳涵現居於紐約,在市立大學研究所(CUNY Graduate Center)研讀博士,同時向卡普林斯基教授及厄蘇拉.奧本(Ursula Oppens)教授學習。






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中華表演藝術基金會
Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts
Lincoln,Massachusetts