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

Presenting
 


Sa Chen 陈萨
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)
 

陈萨 钢琴家   (正体字版)

近年来, 陈萨已被公认为当今最具魅力的钢琴家之一。她在2000年的肖邦国际钢琴大赛以及2005年的范.克莱本钢琴大赛中的出色亮相为她打开了国际演奏生涯的道路, 越来越多的观众在倾心于属于陈萨的声音。

出生于中国重庆的一个艺术之家, 陈萨的母亲是一位舞蹈演员, 父亲是一位圆号演奏员。在父亲的启蒙下, 她六岁第一次接触小提琴, 九岁跟随但昭义教授学习钢琴。 1996年成为英国利兹钢琴大赛历史上最年轻的获奖者; 隔年她便以最高奖学金进入伦敦乔凯音乐学院(Guildhall School of Music and Drama)跟随乔安.哈维尔教授学习并在四年之后以演奏家硕士学位结业。

在2000 年, 她参加了第十四届于华沙举办的肖邦国际钢琴大赛, 夺得第四名以及波兰舞曲最佳演奏奖, 并在2005年的美国范克莱本钢琴大赛中斩获水晶大奖。 2007年, 她毕业于德国汉诺威音乐学院阿里.瓦迪教授的门下, 获取演奏家博士学位。

陈萨陆续不断受邀与多个重要乐团合作演出, 其中包括伦敦爱乐乐团、美国洛杉矶爱乐乐团、旧金山交响乐团、德国科隆西德广播交响乐团、 法国广播交响乐团、日本NHK交响乐团、中国爱乐乐团、以色列爱乐乐团、瑞典斯德哥尔摩皇家爱乐等乐团, 合作的指挥家包括西蒙.拉特尔爵士、郑明勋、谢苗.毕契科夫、法比奥.路易斯、瓦西里.派切克和余隆等等。

作为一位同样也热爱室内乐的独奏家, 陈萨与许多杰出的音乐家朋友们保持着经常的合作。曾与吉顿.克莱默, 娜塔莉亚.古特曼多次合作并巡演, 联袂出现在诸多音乐节的舞台上, 其中包括著名的德国石勒苏益格-荷尔斯泰因音乐节, 鲁尔钢琴音乐节; 奥地利洛肯豪斯室内音乐节以及法国普罗旺斯艾克斯音乐节。陈萨也积极参与慈善活动。 2007年, 她受到世界银行和挪威政府的邀请, 在北京与中国国家交响乐团首演了《呼唤绿色多媒体协奏曲》, 作为对其重要的环保项目之一的表率和支持。她也经常造访中国的特殊教育学校并为患有听觉障碍且正在恢复听力的学生们演出, 分享音乐的奇妙。在2015年4月22日, 她受邀在美国华盛顿举行的"全球公民地球日"活动中担任古典音乐演奏嘉宾。

陈萨是一名施坦威艺术家。她曾被列入东京著名的"二十世纪百位伟大的钢琴家" 系列;同时也是《留声机》杂志(中文版)创刊号的封​​面焦点人物。 2009年她被法国《时装》杂志评选为同年最受瞩目的十大中国艺术家之一。 2010年, 在肖邦诞辰200年之际, 波兰政府授予陈萨"肖邦艺术护照", 以褒奖她在演奏肖邦 音乐方面的卓越与贡献。

陈萨的首张录音室专辑《肖邦印象》和《肖邦圆舞曲全辑》分别由JVC和IMC公司于2001年和2006年在日本发行。法国的蒙蒂公司(Harmonia Mundi) 在2005年时全球发行了她在克莱本大赛的现场录音集锦。她与荷兰的五音公司合作的 SACD 系列《肖邦钢琴协奏曲专辑》以及《俄罗斯独奏作品集分别于2008及2009年全球发行。 《肖邦钢琴协奏曲专辑》被伦敦古典FM 评选为当月最佳唱片, 并称(她的演奏)是"发自灵魂深处的演绎"。她的另一张协奏曲专辑《格里格和拉赫玛尼诺夫第二钢琴协奏曲》 于2011年问世。在2015年初, 陈萨的最新唱片《琴怀》由瑞典BIS公司全球发行, 涉猎了近代的中国独奏及协奏作品。专辑问 世后便受到了乐评人及乐迷的高度评价, 英国BBC音乐杂志称"这是迄今听过的 最有意思、最成功的现代中国音乐专辑"。

在2016-17的乐季里, 陈萨将推出德彪西全套前奏曲(上下册)的独奏会, 并在北京国家大剧院, 葡萄牙的里斯本、米兰, 美国的波斯顿、洛杉矶等地上演; 2016年7月陈萨将接受邀请并出席担任悉尼国际钢琴大赛的评委, 接着会出现在澳大利亚室内乐音乐节以及香港的室内乐音乐节。 她将与乌克兰国家交响乐团合作演出拉赫玛尼诺夫第二协奏曲以及肖斯塔科维奇的第二钢琴协奏曲, 并与立陶宛室内乐团在中国巡回演出莫扎特的钢琴协奏曲。
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