Rising Classical Pianist to Perform at Lincoln Center; Jie Chen to Perform Works of Bach-Petri, Schubert, Mozart and Albeniz.NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- Acclaimed pianist Jie Chen will perform a one-night only solo engagement at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall The Alice Tully Hall is a concert hall that is part of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City. It was created from the donations of Alice Tully, a chamber music benefactor and patron of the arts. on Friday, November 18, 2005 at 8:00 p.m. Ms. Chen's program will include Bach-Petri's "Sheep May Safely Graze," Schubert's "Sonata in A Major, D. 959," Mozart's "12 Variations on a Minuet by Fischer, K. 179" and Albeniz' "Evocacion, Triana." A recent Washington Post review of Chen's Kennedy Center debut called her a "prodigiously talented musician," whose performances of Schubert's Sonata in A and Schumann's Sonata No. 2 were "virtually note perfect and scrupulously measured." Israel's Ha'aretz notes "a star is born." Ms. Chen is not your ordinary classical musician. Her talent flourished in the most unlikely of circumstances. Having grown up in Guang Dong, China, a city where piano teachers were virtually non-existent, she taught herself to play piano at the age of four by listening to audio recordings. At 12, leaving her entire family behind, she moved with her mother to the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. for formal study at the Curtis Music Institute in Philadelphia. Only a mere seven years later, Chen was awarded the grand prize at the second International Piano e-Competition and has been praised by NPR's Performance Today, the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Minneapolis Star Tribune. She made her orchestral debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra at age fifteen and has collaborated with the Milwaukee Chamber Orchestra, the Pottstown Symphony Orchestra, the Minnesota Orchestra, Italy's Sanremo Sifonica Orchestra, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (abbreviation IPO; Hebrew: התזמורת הפילהרמונית הישראלית, and the Madrid Symphony Orchestra This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. . Ms. Chen's performances have been broadcast by the Italian National Television Network RAIUNO, Germany's MDR MDR, n See multidrug resistance. MDR, n the abbreviation for minimum daily requirement, specifically the Minimum Daily Requirements for Specific Nutrients compiled by the United States Food and Drug Administration. Radio Network, Israeli National Television, Spanish National Television, and Minnesota Public Radio Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) is a regional public radio network based in the U.S. state of Minnesota that has been broadcasting since 1967. The network includes more than 50 FM transmitters ranging from low-power translators in small and hard-to-reach areas up to full-power . 2005 has been an especially successful year for Ms. Chen. She won first prize in the Washington International Piano Competition, fourth prize in the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition in Tel Aviv, Israel, the Jury Discretionary Award in the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition The Van Cliburn International Piano Competition was first held in 1962 in Fort Worth, Texas. This was created by Fort Worth area teachers in honor of Van Cliburn, who had won the first International Tchaikovsky Competition four years prior with Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto. , and third prize in the Santander Paloma O'Shea International Piano Competition in Spain. The November 18th performance, sponsored by Yamaha Corporation of America, is part of Chen's prize for taking top honors at the International Piano-e-Competition in 2004, in which contestants performed in the U.S. on a Yamaha Disklavier reproducing piano and their performances were captured digitally as computer data and sent via the Internet to an identical Disklavier in Hamamatsu, Japan. There, note-for-note performances were recreated and synchronized with high-quality video for "e-judging" by a segment of the distinguished jury. Alice Tully Hall is located at Lincoln Center at 65th Street and Broadway in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . Tickets are available through Lincoln Center at (212) 875-5050 or online at www.lincolncenter.org. Discounts are available for seniors and students with valid I.D. For more information about the International Piano-e-Competition, visit www.piano-e-competition.com. |
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