Mr. Chengzong Yin

Chengzong Yin, the world-renowned pianist, Tchaikovsky 2nd prize winner and a musical icon in China, is on the board of APS.He, with all other volunteer APS board members and officers, actively participates in enriching American cultural life with Asian music.
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Chengzong Yin is our featured soloist for the concert.He is indeed the premier performer of "The Yellow River" concerto of which he was a key composer.

Ticket information and a full program for this multi-cultural event are listed below and on the APS Web .
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(Piano: Chengzong Yin)

IV. Piano Concerto "The Yellow River" Chengzong Yin ,Wanghua Chu, Lihong Sheng & Zhuang Liu
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(Piano: Chengzong Yin)

Asiatic Philharmonia Society

CHENGZONG YIN

PIANIST

One of the world's leading pianists, Chengzong Yin, was born on China's "Piano Island" of Gulangyu in Xiamen, Fujian Province.He gave his first recital at age nine.Three years later he entered the pre-college of the Shanghai Conservatory, later transferred to the Central Conservatory in Beijing.Mr. Yin traveled to Russia in 1960s to study with Tatiana Kravchenko, and graduated from the Leningrad Conservatory and Central Conservatory in Beijing.
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Mr. Yin made his debut in New York's Carnegie Hall in 1983 and has returned five times as a soloist.The New York Times has called him "China's best pianist."Throughout his career Mr. Yin has touched millions of souls with his music.
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Through the years, Mr. Yin has traveled worldwide, performing under the baton of Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra, Claudio Abbado and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Kirill Kondrashin and the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, and Sir Malcolm Sargent and the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra.
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Formerly a professor and artist-in-residence at the Cleveland Institute of Music, Mr. Yin now lives in New York City.

Mr. Yin is not only a virtuoso interpreter of Western masters, he is also a composer of highly renowned piano pieces.His piano arrangements and interpretations of traditional Beijing opera and other classic Chinese music, combined with his contribution to the Yellow River Concerto have made him a household name in China.His recording of the latter piece received a Gold Record award, which has already over 3 million copies sold.He has become a legend in the music world and is one of four Chinese musicians who are listed in the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, published in 1980.

Mr. Yin has released more than 20 albums, among them recent releases of an all-Chopin CD and a recording of Debussy's Preludes, super CDs of The Seasons by Tchaikovsky, and various Chinese ancient and traditional pieces arranged by Mr. Yin and others.His recordings of the Yellow River Concerto and Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 with the St. Petersburg Philharmonic was released recently.

In autumn of 2002, Mr. Yin brought the prestigious Fourth Tchaikovsky International Competition for Young Musicians to his hometown, Xiamen, China, where he served as the Head Chairman of the Competition.He also served on the jury of the Third China International Piano Competition in 2004. The year 2005 marks the 55th anniversary of Mr. Yin's musical career.His extensive tours in North America and China during the year have included cities of Atlanta, Washington, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Beijing, Shanghai, Shenyang, Xiamen, Guangzhou, etc. In September and October, Mr. Yin performed the "Yellow River" Concerto at the Grand Theatre of Beijing's Palace for Nationalities and New York's Carnegie Hall respectively, marking the 35th anniversary of this work which he worked on as the primary composer and premiered in 1970.Mr. Yin has so far held six recitals and one concerto performance in Carnegie's main hall.

Chengzong YinPianist
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Chengzong Yin is one of the world's leading pianists of our time.He was born in 1941 on China's "Piano Island" of Gulangyu in Xiamen, Fujian.As a child prodigy, Yin gave his first recital at age nine.He was subsequently trained at Shanghai Conservatory, at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, and at the Leningrad Conservatory under the famed Tatiana Kravchenko.He received international acclaim as the second-prize winner of the International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1962 (Vladimir Askkenazy took first prize that year), and since that time he has garnered numerous honors and awards.

In May of 1967 Yin risked his life by defiantly performing an upright piano for three days in the middle of Beijing's Tiananmen Square just a year after the Red Guard had confiscated and destroyed every piano it could find.According to Daniel Powers, "By the clever act of hauling his piano into the fields and playing revolutionary songs for the masses, Yin established the 'bourgeois' piano as an instrument acceptable within the musical pantheon of the Cultural Revolution."
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Yin made his debut in New York's Carnegie Hall in 1983 and has returned five times as a soloist.The New York Times has called him "China's best pianist."Throughout his career Mr. Yin has touched millions of souls with his music.
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Mr. Yin is not only a virtuoso interpreter of Western masters, he is also a composer of highly renowned piano pieces.His piano arrangements and interpretations of traditional Beijing opera and other classic Chinese music, combined with his contribution to the Yellow River Concerto have made him a household name in China.His recording of the latter piece received a Gold Record award, which has already over 3 million copies sold.He has become a legend in the music world and is one of four Chinese musicians who are listed in the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, published in 1980.

Mr. Yin has released more than 20 albums, among them recent releases of an all-Chopin CD and a recording of Debussy's Preludes, super CDs of The Seasons by Tchaikovsky, and various Chinese ancient and traditional pieces arranged by Mr. Yin and others.His recordings of the Yellow River Concerto and Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 with the St. Petersburg Philharmonic will soon be released.

In autumn of 2002, Mr. Yin brought the prestigious Fourth Tchaikovsky International Competition for Young Musicians to his hometown, Xiamen, China, where he served as the Head Chairman of the Competition.He also served on the jury of the Third China International Piano Competition in 2004.

2005 marks the 55th anniversary of Mr. Yin's musical career.Extensive tour of North American and Chinese cities includes Atlanta, Washington, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Beijing, Shanghai, Shenyang, Xiamen, Guangzhou, etc. In September and October, Mr. Yin performed the "Yellow River" Concerto, which he worked on as one of the primary composers and premiered, at Beijing's Minzu Theater New York's Carnegie Hall respectively, marking the 35th anniversary of this work.

Formerly a professor and artist-in-residence at the Cleveland Institute of Music, Mr. Yin now lives in New York City.

Unity -- Saint Vincent College, 300 Fraser Purchase Road, is presenting a concert by pianist Chengzong Yin at 8 p.m. Saturday in the Science Center Amphitheater as part of its classical concert series.