Mrs. Laura Park Chen This is Me

Education

 Web References

1. 1. Grant Park Music Festival | Biography

   www.grantparkmusicfestival.com - [Cached]

   Published on: 12/16/2007   Last Visited: 12/16/2007

   Laura Park Chen Grant Park Music Festival | Biography
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   Violinist Laura Park Chen is a member of both the Lyric Opera Orchestra and the Grant Park Symphony Orchestra. At the age of 19, she joined the Philadelphia Orchestra. Beginning In 1991, she served as Assistant Concertmaster with the Boston Symphony for 5 years. She then became Concertmaster of the Brooklyn Philharmonic and Guest Concertmaster of the Royal Opera in Stockholm, Sweden.
   
   As a soloist, Mrs. Chen has appeared with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Seoul Philharmonic, Korean Broadcasting System Orchestra, Lithuanian National Philharmonic, and Aarhus Symphony Orchestra in Denmark. In 1995, she performed the John Adams Violin Concerto with the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra and also with the Louisville Orchestra to honor John Adams, the 1995 recipient of the Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition. In 1998, she gave the New York premiere of the Ligeti Violin Concerto with the Brooklyn Philharmonic and also performed it with the New World Symphony.
   
   Mrs. Chen has participated in chamber music performances at the Aspen Music Festival, Tanglewood Music Center, Marlboro Festival, and with the Boston Symphony Chamber Players. She studied with Jascha Brodsky and Arnold Steinhardt at The Curtis Institute of Music.
   
   Mrs. Chen is both Head of Strings and a faculty member of the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University. In addition to being a former faculty member of the Boston Conservatory and the Round Top Festival, she has coached at The Juilliard School, New England Conservatory, and DePaul University.

2. 2. Highland Park Strings - Chamber Orchestra

   www.highlandpark.org/hpstring/ - [Cached]

   Published on: 1/1/2003   Last Visited: 4/4/2004

   Robert Chen - Laura Chen, Violins
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   Robert Chen - Laura Chen, Violins
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   Laura Chen, a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, is a violinist with the Grant Park Symphony and Lyric Opera Orchestra. At age 19, she joined the Philadelphia Orchestra for seven years and, in 1991 she was appointed Assistant Concertmaster of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, where she remained for five years. She has also enjoyed an extensive chamber music and solo career, and has premiered several new works, including the John Adams and Ligeti Violin Concertos. She has taught at The Boston Conservatory, The Juilliard School and the New England Conservatory.

3. 3. Grant Park Music Festival | Biography

   www.grantparkmusicfestival.com - [Cached]

   Last Visited: 2/13/2007

   Laura Park Chen Grant Park Music Festival | Biography
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   Violinist Laura Park Chen is a member of both the Lyric Opera Orchestra and the Grant Park Symphony Orchestra. At the age of 19, she joined the Philadelphia Orchestra. Beginning In 1991, she served as Assistant Concertmaster with the Boston Symphony for 5 years. She then became Concertmaster of the Brooklyn Philharmonic and Guest Concertmaster of the Royal Opera in Stockholm, Sweden.
   
   As a soloist, Mrs. Chen has appeared with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Seoul Philharmonic, Korean Broadcasting System Orchestra, Lithuanian National Philharmonic, and Aarhus Symphony Orchestra in Denmark. In 1995, she performed the John Adams Violin Concerto with the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra and also with the Louisville Orchestra to honor John Adams, the 1995 recipient of the Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition. In 1998, she gave the New York premiere of the Ligeti Violin Concerto with the Brooklyn Philharmonic and also performed it with the New World Symphony.
   
   Mrs. Chen has participated in chamber music performances at the Aspen Music Festival, Tanglewood Music Center, Marlboro Festival, and with the Boston Symphony Chamber Players. She studied with Jascha Brodsky and Arnold Steinhardt at The Curtis Institute of Music.
   
   Mrs. Chen is both Head of Strings and a faculty member of the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University. In addition to being a former faculty member of the Boston Conservatory and the Round Top Festival, she has coached at The Juilliard School, New England Conservatory, and DePaul University.