Saturday. September 24. 2016. 8 pm
 at NEC's Jordan Hall

Presenting
 


Sa Chen 陳薩
Pianist

 


  

 



 



~Program~


Frédéric Chopin  :  Barcarole in F sharp major, Op. 60

Claude Debussy  :  Préludes
Book I: Nos. 5, 10
Book II: Nos. 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12


~Intermission~

Franz Liszt  :  Sonata in B Minor, S.178

 



" … an honest, thoughtful artist ... Chen’s performance showed immense power, foremost, being powerful as all get out yet also with a sameness of texture and dynamics... "
 
 

 

  
  

(新聞稿) Sept. 2016

上星期六,九月二十四日,中華表演藝術基金會請到鋼琴家陳薩在紐英倫音樂學院喬登廳舉辦一場音樂會。陳薩榮獲
2000年華沙蕭邦國際鋼琴大賽第四名及波蘭舞曲最佳演奏獎及2005年范克萊本鋼琴大賽水晶大獎。當晚節目有蕭邦的船歌、德彪西的前奏曲上下冊的10章、以及李斯特的B小調奏鳴曲。座席上有從各大音樂學院來的著名音樂家和教師。當天觀眾安可鼓掌聲及歡呼不斷,欲罷不能。陳薩以極具中國風的音樂"平湖秋月"回饋熱情的觀眾。

波士頓音樂雜誌
Boston Music Intelligencer樂評家讚賞她的演出:"充滿了力量和肯定…是誠懇又體貼的藝術家… 她的演出呈現巨大的力量…她強而有力的音樂是有質地及流動的…"

Sa Chen, the "Best Polonaise Performance Award" of the 2000 International Chopin Competition, and the "Crystal Award" of the 2005 Van Cliburn International Competition, gave a stunning performance at NEC's Jordan Hall last Saturday, September 24, presented by the Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts. Including renowned musicians and faculty members from major conservatories, the house of enthusiastic audience were all on their feet cheering nonstop. The standing ovation lasted for a long time. She played a huge program that included Chopin Barcarolle, 10 selections of Debussy Preludes books 1 and II, and the monumental Liszt Sonata in B minor. She rewarded the audience with an encore of Chinese traditional: "Autumn Moon Over the Peaceful Lake 平湖秋月"

The Boston Music Intelligencer praised Sa Chen : "The Power and Promise of Sa Chen: … an honest, thoughtful artist ... Chen’s performance showed immense power, foremost, being powerful as all get out yet also with a sameness of texture and dynamics..."


Sa Chen
  陳薩. Piano

Sa Chen has established herself as one of the most charismatic pianists of her generation. She earned critical acclaim at the International Chopin Piano Competition in 2000 and the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 2005 which was the beginning of her professional performing career. bringing her evocative performances to audience around the world.

In recent years. Sa has performed with many prestigious orchestras. some of which are: the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Los Angeles Philharmonic. San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. WDR Symphony Orchestra. Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France. NHK Symphony Orchestra. China Philharmonic Orchestra. Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. and with renowned conductors including Sir Simon Rattle. Myung-Whun Chung. Semyon Bychkov. Fabio Luisi. Vasily Petrenko. Long Yu among many others.

As an enthusiastic chamber musician. Sa frequently collaborates with many great musicians. She appeared with Gidon Kremer and Natalie Gutman on many tours and music festivals including the prestigious Schleswig Holstein Festival. the Rurl Piano Festival in Germany. the Lockenhaus Music Festival in Austria and the Aix-en-Provence Festival in France.


Sa recorded her first studio album Chopin Impressions for JVC in 2001. and the Chopin complete Waltzes for IMC in Japan in 2006. Harmonia Mundi released her live performance recording from the Van Cliburn competition worldwide in 2005. Her albums with PentaTone include Chopin: The 2 Piano Concertos and Russian Solo Compositions released in 2008 and 2009 respectively. Classical FM selected her Chopin Album as the "Best CD of the Month" applauding her "soulful performance". The concerto album. Rachmaninov’s Concerto No.2 and Grieg’s Piano Concerto was released in 2011. Her latest album. Memories Lost. featuring modern Chinese compositions has been released worldwide by BIS record in January 2015. described as "the most interesting and successful recording of new Chinese music.." by BBC Music Magazine.

Sa is a Steinway Artist. She has been nominated for the esteemed Tokyo series "The 100 Greatest Pianists" and as the cover artist of the launch issue of Gramophone magazine’s Chinese edition. In 2009 Sa was named by the French magazine "L’OFFICIEL" as one of the "Top ten Chinese Artists" . In 2010. the Polish Government honored her with the Chopin Art Passport. appreciating her unique interpretation and achievement in Chopin’s music.

Aside from her busy performance schedule. Sa involves herself in charity work too. In 2007. she was invited by the World Bank and the Norwegian government to premiere the multimedia piano concerto Green Call with the China National Symphony Orchestra in Beijing as part of the environmental protection educational program. She also visits and performs for the students who almost lost their ability to hear at local Special schools in China and on 22nd April 2015. she gave performance in Washington as part of the "Global Citizen 2015 Earth Day" event.

Born in China. Sa grew up in a musical family. Her mother is a professional dancer and her father is a French horn player. She received her first violin lesson from her father at the age of 6 and started her piano lessons with Prof. Dan Zhaoyi at age of 9. She appeared as the youngest contestant at the age of 16 at the 12th Leeds International Piano Competition and won the fourth prize. The year after. she received a full scholarship to study at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with Prof. Joan Havill in London and received her Master’s Degree in Performance. In 2000. she placed Fourth and the Best Polonaise Performance Award at the 14th International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw and received the Crystal Award at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in the year of 2005. Sa graduated from Arie Vardi’s Solo Class at the Hannover Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Germany in 2007. received PhD in Performance.

In the 2016/17 season. Sa will perform Debussy’s complete preludes ( Book I and II) in Beijing. Lisbon. Milan. Boston. Los Angeles and many other major venues. In July 2016. Sa is invited to be the jury for the Sydney International Piano Competition. followed by the Australian Festival of Chamber Music. Other engagements will include the Chamber Music Festival in Hong Kong. performance with the Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra with Rachmaninov and Shostakovich’s concertos. and a tour in China with the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra performing Mozart’s concerto. among many others.

(2016)
 

陳薩 鋼琴家   (簡體字版)

近年來, 陳薩已被公認為當今最具魅力的鋼琴家之一。她在2000年的肖邦國際鋼琴大賽以及2005年的範.克萊本鋼琴大賽中的出色亮相為她打開了國際演奏生涯的道路, 越來越多的觀眾在傾心於屬於陳薩的聲音。

出生於中國重慶的一個藝術之家, 陳薩的母親是一位舞蹈演員, 父親是一位圓號演奏員。在父親的啟蒙下, 她六歲第一次接觸小提琴, 九歲跟隨但昭義教授學習鋼琴。 1996年成為英國利茲鋼琴大賽歷史上最年輕的獲獎者; 隔年她便以最高獎學金進入倫敦喬凱音樂學院(Guildhall School of Music and Drama)跟隨喬安.哈維爾教授學習並在四年之後以演奏家碩士學位結業。

在2000 年, 她參加了第十四屆於華沙舉辦的肖邦國際鋼琴大賽, 奪得第四名以及波蘭舞曲最佳演奏獎, 並在2005年的美國范克萊本鋼琴大賽中斬獲水晶大獎。 2007年, 她畢業於德國漢諾威音樂學院阿里.瓦迪教授的門下, 獲取演奏家博士學位。 

陳薩陸續不斷受邀與多個重要樂團合作演出, 其中包括倫敦愛樂樂團、美國洛杉磯愛樂樂團、舊金山交響樂團、德國科隆西德廣播交響樂團、 法國廣播交響樂團、日本NHK交響樂團、中國愛樂樂團、以色列愛樂樂團、瑞典斯德哥爾摩皇家愛樂等樂團, 合作的指揮家包括西蒙.拉特爾爵士、鄭明勳、謝苗.畢契科夫、法比奧.路易斯、瓦西里.派切克和余隆等等。 

作為一位同樣也熱愛室內樂的獨奏家, 陳薩與許多傑出的音樂家朋友們保持著經常的合作。曾與吉頓.克萊默, 娜塔莉亞.古特曼多次合作並巡演, 聯袂出現在諸多音樂節的舞台上, 其中包括著名的德國石勒蘇益格-荷爾斯泰因音樂節, 魯爾鋼琴音樂節; 奧地利洛肯豪斯室內音樂節以及法國普羅旺斯艾克斯音樂節。陳薩也積極參與慈善活動。 2007年, 她受到世界銀行和挪威政府的邀請, 在北京與中國國家交響樂團首演了《呼喚綠色多媒體協奏曲》, 作為對其重要的環保項目之一的表率和支持。她也經常造訪中國的特殊教育學校並為患有聽覺障礙且正在恢復聽力的學生們演出, 分享音樂的奇妙。在2015年4月22日, 她受邀在美國華盛頓舉行的"全球公民地球日"活動中擔任古典音樂演奏嘉賓。 

陳薩是一名施坦威藝術家。她曾被列入東京著名的"二十世紀百位偉大的鋼琴家" 系列;同時也是《留聲機》雜誌(中文版)創刊號的封面焦點人物。 2009年她被法國《時裝》雜誌評選為同年最受矚目的十大中國藝術家之一。 2010年, 在肖邦誕辰200年之際, 波蘭政府授予陳薩"肖邦藝術護照", 以褒獎她在演奏肖邦 音樂方面的卓越與貢獻。

陳薩的首張錄音室專輯《肖邦印象》和《肖邦圓舞曲全輯》分別由JVC和IMC公司於2001年和2006年在日本發行。法國的蒙蒂公司(Harmonia Mundi) 在2005年時全球發行了她在克萊本大賽的現場錄音集錦。她與荷蘭的五音公司合作的 SACD 系列《肖邦鋼琴協奏曲專輯》以及《俄羅斯獨奏作品集分別於2008及2009年全球發行。 《肖邦鋼琴協奏曲專輯》被倫敦古典FM 評選為當月最佳唱片, 並稱(她的演奏)是"發自靈魂深處的演繹"。她的另一張協奏曲專輯《格里格和拉赫瑪尼諾夫第二鋼琴協奏曲》 於2011年問世。在2015年初, 陳薩的最新唱片《琴懷》由瑞典BIS公司全球發行, 涉獵了近代的中國獨奏及協奏作品。專輯問 世後便受到了樂評人及樂迷的高度評價, 英國BBC音樂雜誌稱"這是迄今聽過的 最有意思、最成功的現代中國音樂專輯"。

在2016-17的樂季裡, 陳薩將推出德彪西全套前奏曲(上下冊)的獨奏會, 並在北京國家大劇院, 葡萄牙的里斯本、米蘭, 美國的波斯頓、洛杉磯等地上演; 2016年7月陳薩將接受邀請並出席擔任悉尼國際鋼琴大賽的評委, 接著會出現在澳大利亞室內樂音樂節以及香港的室內樂音樂節。她將與烏克蘭國家交響樂團合作演出拉赫瑪尼諾夫第二協奏曲以及肖斯塔科維奇的第二鋼琴協奏曲, 並與立陶宛室內樂團在中國巡迴演出莫扎特的鋼琴協奏曲。 
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