Emmy Tu,
212.697.6188 ext. 105, emmy@tpecc.org
TAIPEI CULTURAL CENTER
PRESENTS
TAIWAN ELITES: Chiao-Ying
Chang in her New York Recital Debut
The Winner of the First
Taiwan International Piano Competition will
make her New York Debut in a
special presentation along with fellow Taiwanese musicians, all winners of
prestigious international competitions.
Chiao-Ying Chang, Piano,
Ming-Feng Hsin, Violin,
Che-Hung Chen, Viola and
Sophie Shao, Cello
Sunday, October 24th, at 3:00
p.m., Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall
NEW YORK – Tuesday, October 5,
2004 – The Taipei Cultural Center of the Taipei
Economic and Cultural Office in New York is proud to present Taiwan Elites,
a concert featuring four Taiwanese musicians who have won prestigious
international competitions. They will gather together in a special presentation
at Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall.
Chiao-Ying Chang will make her New York recital debut. She will be joined by violinist Ming-Feng
Hsin, winner of the Montreal International Violin Competition, violist Che-Hung
Chen, first-prize winner at the seventh Banff International String Quartet
Competition (as a member of the Daedalus Quartet), and cellist Sophie Shao, winner of top prizes at the Rostropovich Competition
and the Tchaikovsky Competition.
The concert begins at 3:00
p.m. on Sunday, October 24th at Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall (57th
Street & 7th Avenue). Tickets
are $25 and $15 and are available by calling the box office at (212) 247-7800.
Hoping to promote and develop the arts, the Council for Cultural
Affairs (CCA) has recently begun to cultivate programs aimed at nurturing
talent. Through close collaboration with the National Endowment for Culture and
Arts (NECA), young and talented musicians from Taiwan have been selected to
become elite members of the “Treasury of Young Musicians.” This program aims to expand the musicians’ artistic skills and
experiences, thereby allowing them to gain access to international events. As such, it establishes a viable forum through
which these promising musicians can present their artistry on a global stage.
After much success organizing such international events, the CCA proudly
presented the first Taiwan International Piano Competition in 2003. The winner
of this event was 23 year-old Taiwanese pianist Chiao-Ying Chang.
Franz Joseph Haydn: Trio in G major, H. XV, No. 25
("Gypsy Rondo")
Antonín Dvořák: Piano
Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 87
MEET THE ARTISTS
All participating
musicians have Taiwanese roots--three were born in Taiwan, while one was born
in the United States to Taiwanese parents. All received musical training in the
United States and Europe and have won top awards in international competitions
such as the Tschaikovsky International competition, the Montreal International
Competition, and the Banff International String Quartet Competition, among
others.
The musicians:
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Pianist Chiao-Ying Chang
graduated from the Britain’s Royal Academy of Music in 2003. She was a winner at the Leeds, ARD Munich,
AXA Dublin and Ettlingen International Competitions. She has become an
accomplished artist, performing recitals at major festivals in the UK, Italy,
Germany, and Japan. In addition, Ms. Chang has been a featured soloist with the
Collegium Musicum Orchestra in Basel, the National Irish Orchestra, the Bavarian Radio Orchestra, the Regensburg
Philharmonic, and the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra.
l The career of violinist Ming-Feng Hsin includes a remarkable recovery from a hand injury before going on to win the first violin position at the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in 1994. Mr. Hsin has maintained active side careers as both violin soloist and conductor and is an avid chamber musician. Along with his colleagues from the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, he performs regularly in the New York area.
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Violist Che-Hung
Chen joined The Philadelphia Orchestra in spring 2001. He is the first-ever Taiwanese citizen to
become a member of the Orchestra. Mr. Chen was the first prizewinner at the
Banff International String Quartet Competition (as a member of the Daedalus
Quartet). In addition, he has been awarded the Pičce de concert prize for the best performance of a commissioned
work and the Székely Prize for the best performance of a Beethoven quartet.
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Cellist Sophie Shao has won top prizes at the
2001 Rostropovich Competition and the XII Tchaikovsky Competition in 2002.
Strad Magazine has praised her "superior sense of style," while the
World News hailed her "sensitive, stylistic playing, with great finesse,
emotion, and gorgeous tone." Recipient of the prestigious Avery
Fisher Career Grant at the age of nineteen, Ms. Shao can be heard on EMI
Classics and Bridge Records.
The Taipei
Cultural Center of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) in New York
is one of two overseas offices of the Council for Cultural Affairs (CCA) of
Taiwan, Republic of China. Its primary mission is to promote better
understanding between Taiwan and the United States through cultural exchanges
that include academic programs, personnel exchanges, and performing arts/visual
arts exchanges.
For more
information about the Taipei Cultural Center, please call 212.697.6188 or visit www.tpecc.org.
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