Quan Yuan
袁泉,
violin
www.yqviolin.com
Quan
Yuan has shown himself to be an accomplished and versatile soloist.
He is the winner of China International Young Artist Competition in
2006, winner of the 2006 Delaware Symphony Orchestra Young Artist
Competition, winner of the 2000 Denmark International Young Artist
Competition, second prize winner of the 2001 China Classical Sonata
Competition and the 2001 Central Conservatory of Music Violin
Competition.
Mr. Yuan has performed as a soloist and chamber musician across the
United States, Europe, and Asia. These venues includes: Library of
Congress, Carnegie Hall, Boston Symphony Hall, Jordan Hall, Beijing
Concert Hall, Merkin Hall, Harvard Sanders Theater, Town Hall of New
York City, Calgary Leacock Hall, Field Concert Hall in Philadelphia,
Chinese People’s Liberation Army Concert Hall, Beijing Century
Theater, Concert Hall of the National Library of China and Xinzhuang
Culture and Arts Center of Taipei. He has played concertos with the
Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra, China National Symphony
Orchestra, Bravura Philharmonic Orchestra, China Youth Chamber
Orchestra, Taipei Youth Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Pro Musica,
Video Game Orchestra, New England Conservatory Philharmonic
Orchestra, NEC Wind Ensemble, NEC Bach Ensemble, and NEC Percussion
Ensemble. As a chamber musician, his coaches have included members
of the Borromeo, Guarneri, Emerson, Tokyo,Takacs, and Juilliard
String Quartets. Mr. Yuan has given master classes in Taipei and
Beijing in 2006 and he has been a judge of the “Golden Beijing”
Violin Competition since 2012. He was on the faculty at Focal
Chinese Music between 2012-2015 in Boston. He currently is on the
faculty of GIPAC Academy of U.S. and Asia Division.
Since 2012, Mr. Yuan has been a member of the prestigious Beijing
Musician Association and he has over 80 commercially successful
recordings including: Passion and Capriccio I-VIII: Solo
Violin,Chamber Music Concert, Violin Masterpiece Explanations,
Sample for Beginners and Intermediates, and Paganini 24 Caprices for
Solo Violin: Wei Zhao and Students Concert, etc. His achievements
have been reported on by major media including: Little Performer,
The Boston Musical Intelligencer, ConcertoNet.com, Music Weekly,
Beijing Evening Newspaper, Global Chinese Times, Chinese News Weekly
Guangming Daily, Bostonese.com, The New York Times, The Boston
Globe, and The Worcester Telegram & Gazette.
Born in Beijing, China, in 1984, Mr. Yuan began his violin studies
at age 4 with Muyun Yang. At age 13, he studied with Wei Zhao in the
Central Conservatory of Music. After graduating with special
distinction, he came to the United States to become a student of
Joseph Silverstein. He has graduated from the Curtis Institute of
Music and continued his studies with Donald Weilerstein at New
England Conservatory of Music from 2008-2015. During that period, he
received his Bachalor’s degree, Master’s degree and Graduate Diploma
from New England Conservatory with academic honors, and one year
teaching assistant of Donald Weilerstein's Studio at New England
Conservatory. He currently is the second violin at The Metropolitan
Opera Orchestra.
Wanzhe
Zhang
張婉哲,
soprano
Soprano
Wanzhe Zhang is acknowledged as one of today’s most evocative
Chinese artists in the United States, Europe, and China. Her
performing arts background includes five years of vocal studies
under world-renowned tenor Haitao Hei at the Central Conservatory of
Music in Beijing, where she received her Bachelor of Arts degree in
Voice and Opera Performance. Ms. Zhang furthered her studies with
American Soprano Karen Holvik at New England Conservatory of Music
in Boston, where she earned her Master of Arts degree as well as a
Graduate Diploma in Vocal Performance.
As an opera singer, Wanzhe has been working closely with principles
of National Theater of Serbia in Belgrade for Director Aleksandar
Nikolić and Aleksandar Ilić's outstanding production "Don Giovanni"
since 2018. As a classical singer, Wanzhe remains an active
performer in concerts and recitals globally. She is on the “x+YZ
Life-long Friendship” World Concert Tour with her husband Quan Yuan,
the violinist of The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, in Serbia,
Greece, Montenegro, United Kingdom and China. Currently a member of
Tanglewood Festival Chorus, she regularly performs with the Boston
Symphony Orchestra and Boston Pops. Her voice has been heard in
hallmark venues across the globe, including Carnegie Hall in New
York; Jordan Hall, John Hancock Hall and Cutler Majestic Theater in
Boston; Sala Luis Galve in Spain; Harpa Concert Hall in Iceland,
Kolarac Hall and Belgrade Philharmonic Hall in Serbia, Beijing
Concert Hall, National Centre for the Performing Arts, Shanghai
Oriental Art Center, and Xinghai Concert Hall in China.
Wanzhe Zhang is the President of Boston Chinese Musicians
Association. She has served as Secretary-General of Boston Chinese
Musicians Association between 2012 and 2018. She has both performed
as resident artist and served on the board of BCMA. In April 2016,
she served as vocal coach for the BCMA chorus and performed as a
soloist in “The Sounds of China: Music from the Dream of Red
Chamber.” Ms. Zhang has world-premiere the traditional Chinese
Symphonic Opera “ Ms. Liu San Jie” in the United States in 2018.
As Secretary-General of National Classical Music Performing Arts
Associates, Ms. Zhang managed the Hawaii International Piano
Festival and Hawaii International Summer Vocal Academy in Honolulu.
She also led the 2015 Annual Classical Singer International Vocal
Competition and Masterclass Series of China and U.S. Cultural
Exchange and hosted the “International Vocal Performance Forum” in
Beijing. In February 2016, she coordinated the MRL International
Music Festival in New York Kaufman Music Center. Ms. Zhang has also
been invited to serve as executive director of the 2016 Cleveland
International Music Festival in August. Since 2017, Ms. Zhang has
co-founded Global Intercultural Performing Arts Cast which brings
together a global network of highly accomplished performing arts
trainers and institutional partners to create an international
platform for high-achieving artists at hallmark performance venues
around the world.
For the past fourteen years, Ms. Zhang has worked as a freelance
voice teacher and vocal coach for numerous musical establishments.
In addition, she continues to coach singers of all levels to develop
their vocal confidence and artistry. Ms. Zhang has prepared many
students for the Walnut Hill School for the Arts, New England
Conservatory of Music, Manhattan School of Music, Mannes School of
Music, Longy School of Music of Bard College, and Boyer College of
Music at Temple University. She served as Music Director and Head
Teacher at Focal Chinese Music from 2011 to 2015. She is currently
the President of GIPAC Academy - US Division. Ms. Zhang is also on
the voice faculty of Dana Hall School of Music in Wellesley, United
States.
B.A., in Vocal and Opera Performance, Central Conservatory of Music,
Beijing, China; M.M., G.D., in Vocal Performance, New England
Conservatory of Music, Boston, MA; President, Boston Chinese
Musicians Association. President, GIPAC Academy - US Division;
Co-Founder of Global Intercultural Performing Arts Cast; Co-Artistic
Director of Universal Artists Festival
Jia Shi
施珈,
piano
Jia Shi,
pianist, embarked on a teaching career in the Boston region, was
born into a musical family in Guangzhou. She was strongly influenced
by her grandfather, Mingxin Shi, a renowned conductor there. Her
talent was evident at an early age, and she received much of her
beginning piano instruction from her grandfather. Ms. Shi’s many
competition awards include the Sendai Piano Competition in Japan,
the Kaiserburg Competition in China, the Horowitz Piano competition
in Kiev, Ukraine, and in 2005 the National Haiziman Piano
Competition in China, where she won First Prize and recognition for
Best Performance. Her musical education includes several
scholarships for undergraduate and graduate studies, four years of
study for Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees at the Central
Conservatory of Music in Beijing under world renowned professor
Zhihong Guo. Ms. Shi furthered her study with international soloist
Alexander Korsantia at the New England Conservatory, where she
earned a second Master’s Degree in Piano Performance.
Ms. Shi teaches at several Boston schools and at the New England
Conservatory as well, as teaching assistant to Mr. Korsantia, her
students are undergraduates and non-piano majors. She recently
performed publicly with him at one of a concert series on Cape Cod
featuring New England Conservatory performers. Ms. Shi has performed
across the United States and in both China and Europe, featuring in
such venues as Jordan Hall, Tanglewood Music Theater in
Massachusetts; Steinway Hall in New York; Basilica di San Pietro,
Sala Dei Notari in Perugia; the Colegiata de San
Juan Bautista, Centro Municipal Integrado de Pumarín Gijón Sur in
Spain; Beijing Concert Hall, Xinghai Concert Hall, Hong Kong Academy
for Performing Arts in China.
In addition to her performing career, Ms. Shi is coaching for
pianists of all ages and stages. Many have gone on to music
conservatories. Ms. Shi participates in production of the Boston
Modern Orchestra’s concerts as well as various competitions, here
and in China. Ms. Shi is the Executive Director of New England Young
Artist Cultural Exchange Association, and successfully organize
international piano programs with Boston University in Tanglewood
since 2016; She serves as the Chairperson of Hamlet
Davidson Piano Competition; Currently, Ms. Shi has joined the Board
of the New England Piano Teachers’ Association; and the director of
Global Outstanding Chinese Artist Association. Ms. Shi has also been
invited to serve as the Artist Faculty at San Francisco Conservatory
Music’s Piano Festival; Piano Faculty at both Dana Hall School of
Music and Concord Conservatory.
Sue-Ellen Tcherepnin,
flute
Sue-Ellen
Hershman-Tcherepnin first appeared with the Boston Symphony
Orchestra as flute soloist at the age of 16, and has subsequently
performed throughout Europe, Latin America, South America, Russia,
and the US as both soloist and recitalist. With pianist David
Witten, she frequently performs as a member of Dúo Clásico. Since
1986 the Duo has represented the US on State Department-sponsored
foreign tours.
Hershman-Tcherepnin is both founding member and flutist of Pro Arte
Chamber Orchestra of Boston. Other local activities have included
performances with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston Pops
Esplanade Orchestra, Boston Lyric Opera Company, New England Ragtime
Ensemble, Portland (Maine) and Springfield (Mass.) Symphonies, and
Broadway productions in the musical theaters of Boston.
Deeply committed to new music, Sue-Ellen performs regularly with
numerous contemporary music ensembles. She has given many world
premieres, including flute concertos by Tom Flaherty and William
Eldridge, the latter of which was written in memory of her late
husband, composer Ivan Tcherepnin. She has been flutist with
Dinosaur Annex Contemporary Music Ensemble since 1985, and was
appointed Artistic Director in 2002.
Sue-Ellen was raised in Norwood, Massachusetts (USA), received her
Bachelor of Music degree from Boston University and Master of Music
degree from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Her
principal teachers were Phillip Kaplan, Jean-Pierre Rampal and
Samuel Baron.
Ms. Hershman-Tcherepnin has been a visiting artist at many
universities and conservatories, including the Shanghai Conservatory
(China), the Mozarteum (Austria), and the Porto Allegre Conservatory
(Brazil). Closer to home, Sue-Ellen has taught at South Shore
Conservatory (Hingham, MA), New School of Music (Cambridge, MA), New
England Conservatory (preparatory division) and Tufts University.
She has served as the principal flute instructor at MIT since 1991,
where she is also founding director of MIT’s Flute Ensemble, The
Institooters. From 1995-1999 Hershman-Tcherepnin also served as
President of the 1800-member American Federation of Musicians Local
9-535-Boston.
Vladimir Andrić,
baritone
Born in Valjevo,
Serbia, Vladimir Andric graduated from the Academy of Arts in Novi
Sad, as a student of Professor Biserka Cvejic. His first operatic
performance was in the role of Montano in Verdi’s Otello, which he
learned and performed in just one day in 1994. Since 1996, he has
been a resident member of the National Theatre in Belgrade, where he
currently serves as principal baritone.
His major roles include Don Giovanni, Figaro (Il Barbiere di
Siviglia), The Count (Le Nozze di Figaro), Enrico Ashton (Lucia di
Lammermoor), Rodrigo (Don Carlo), Germont (La Traviata), Belcore
(L’Elisir d’Amore), Papageno (The Magic Flute), Eugene Onegin,
Valentin (Faust), Escamillo (Carmen), Sharpless (Madama Butterfly),
Marcello (La Bohème), and Dandini (La Cenerentola). Andric also sang
the European premiere of Robert Ward's opera, The Crucible, as well
as two first performances of Serbian works, Mandragola by Ivan
Jevtic, and Mileva by Aleksandra Vrebalov, in which the role of
Albert Einstein was written for him. He has appeared as guest artist
in opera houses of Serbia, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Lithuania, St.
Petersburg, Italy, Portugal, Croatia and Russia.
Andric has been highly praised for his role as Inspector Javert in
the musical Les Misérables at Madlenianum Opera (Serbia). His
repertoire also includes works by Schubert, Schumann, Loewe,
Strauss, Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky, as well as oratorios and
cantatas by Bach, Fauré, Brahms and Orff.
He also performed as a
soloist in Hong Kong, Taipei, Mexico City, Venice and Athens with
two prominent Serbian choirs, Collegium Musicum and Obilic.
Mr. Andric won first prize at the International Jeunesses Musicales
Competition in Belgrade, and third prize at the George Enescu
International Festival in Bucharest. He received the Davidoff Award
for his role as Dandini in Rossini’s La Cenerentola, and
Commendation of the National Theatre in Belgrade for the same
production.
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