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Melvin Chen in Columbia March 30-31Missouri Classical Music News and Notes : Missouri Music Teachers Association
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The amazing Melvin Chen is coming to Columbia to give
a master class (Sunday, March 30, 2008 at 1pm) anda solo piano recital (Monday, March 31, 2008 at 8pm) in Whitmore Recital Hall on the campus of the University of Missouri-Columbia.The master class will include performances by talented high school pianists and MU piano students.Dr. Chen's recital will include the Ligeti Etudes Book I, Liszt Dante Sonata, and the Brahms F Minor Sonata.
Both events are free and open to the public (there is a $5 suggested donation for the recital).The events are co-sponsored by the Mid-Missouri Area Music Teachers Association (MMAMTA), the Mid-Missouri Collegiate Chapter (MMCC) of Music Teachers Association (MTNA), the Plowman Chamber Music Competition presented by the Missouri-Symphony Society, the MU School of Music and MU's Asian Affairs Center and MU's Organization Resource Group.
Dr. Chen is one of the most incredible human beings I know, brilliant in chemistry and physics, in which he got his undergraduate and PhD degrees from Yale and Harvard respectively, and also a double threat in the field of music, with MM degrees from the Juilliard School of Music in both violin and piano.He is currently Associate Director of the Bard College Conservatory of Music.His complete bio is down below.
MELVIN CHEN
A native of Tennessee, pianist Melvin Chen is recognized as an important young artist, having received acclaim for performances throughout the United States and abroad.As a soloist and chamber musician Mr. Chen has performed at major venues in the United States, including Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Merkin Concert Hall, Weill Recital Hall, the Frick Collection, Kennedy Center, and Boston's Jordan Hall, in addition to other appearances throughout the United States, Canada, and Asia.
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In recent seasons Mr. Chen's concerts have included two solo recitals at Weill Recital Hall, concerto performances with the American Symphony Orchestra, and numerous solo and chamber music appearances internationally and in the United States.
He was the pianist in Ricky Ian Gordon's Orpheus and Euridice, which was presented by Lincoln Center in 2005 and which received a special citation from the Obie awards.Mr. Chen's performances have been featured on radio and television stations around the globe, including KBS television and radio in Korea, NHK television in Japan, and NPR in the United States . Recently released recordings include Beethoven's Diabelli Variations on the Bridge label and a recording of Joan Tower's piano music on the Naxos label.
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An enthusiastic chamber musician, Mr. Chen has collaborated with such artists as Ida Kavafian, Steven Tenenbom, David Shifrin, Steven Isserlis, Pamela Frank, and Peter Wiley; with the Shanghai, Tokyo, Miami, Penderecki, Borromeo, and Miro quartets; and in contemporary music collaborations with the Da Capo Chamber Players and The St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble.
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Mr. Chen is an alumnus of Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: Chamber Music Society Two, where he appeared with members of the Chamber Music Society in performance and educational programs for two seasons.A performer in numerous music festivals, he has performed at the Bravo!Vail Valley Music Festival, Music Mountain, Chautauqua, Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, Chamber Music Northwest, Bard Music Festival, and Music from Angel Fire, among others.
Mr. Chen completed a doctorate in chemistry from Harvard University, and also holds a double master's degree from The Juilliard School in piano and violin, where he studied with Seymour Lipkin and Glenn Dicterow, respectively.At Juilliard, he was the recipient of the U.S. Department of Education Jacob Javits Fellowship, as well as the William Petschek Piano Scholarship and the Ruth D. Rosenman Memorial Scholarship.Previously, he attended Yale University, receiving a bachelor of science degree in chemistry and physics.Upon graduation he was awarded the New Prize by the fellows of Jonathan Edwards College.During his tenure at Yale he studied with Boris Berman, Paul Kantor, and Ida Kavafian.
Mr. Chen is on the piano faculty of the Bard College Conservatory of Music, where he is associate director, and has previously served on the piano faculty at the Yale School of Music.He is also the artistic director of the chamber music program at the Hotchkiss Summer Portals.
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