Jie Chen Takes Lincoln Center by Storm
NEW YORK (November 23, 2005) — Jie Chen, the grand-prize winner of the second International Piano-Competition, performed a solo recital at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall on Friday, November 18, 2005. The 20-year-old Yamaha artist presented a program of works by Bach-Petri, Schubert, Mozart and Albeniz.
The recital, sponsored by Yamaha Corporation of America, was part of Chen’s prize for taking top honors at the International Piano-e-Competition in 2004, in which contestants performed in the U.S. on a Yamaha Disklavier reproducing piano and their performances were captured digitally as computer data and sent via the Internet to an identical Disklavier in Hamamatsu, Japan. There, note-for-note performances were recreated and synchronized with high-quality video for “e-judging” by a segment of the distinguished jury. In addition to a cash award of $25,000, Chen also received a Yamaha DC3A 6' 1" Disklavier polished ebony grand piano and a CD release issue on the Ten Thousand Lakes label.
“I think the Disklavier and the CFIIIS concert grand are instruments of endless possibilities,” says Ms. Chen. “They are highly responsive, and free me to transform the music in my imagination into a reality.”
Of Yamaha Artist Services, Inc. (YASI) she notes, “YASI is like a family to me. They take sincere care of their artists. Its technical staff is like a group of magicians – they can service and tune the instruments in any way you want.”
Born in Guang Dong, China, Ms. Chen is currently a scholarship student at Philadelphia’s Curtis Institute of Music. She has performed with the Philadelphia, Richmond and Minnesota Symphony Orchestras and has performed recitals in Berkeley, Buffalo, Chicago, Cincinnati and San Francisco. Chen was third-prize winner of the 2005 International Piano Competition in Santander, Spain, and has made her recital debut this year at Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall. Chen is the first prize winner of the Washington International Piano Competition and recently made her recital debut at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
Ms. Chen's performances have been broadcast by the Italian National Television Network RAIUNO, Germany’s MDR Radio Network, Israeli National Television, Spanish National Television, Minnesota Public Radio and National Public Radio’s Performance Today. She has been praised by numerous major newspapers, including The Washington Post, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Minneapolis Star Tribune, and Israel’s Ha’aretz.
“Jie’s talent and her career continue to blossom in the wake of her victory at last year’s International Piano-e-Competition,” says Paul Calvin, general manager, Piano Division, Yamaha Corporation of America. “Like our first winner Mei-Ting Sun, we know that Jie’s artistic and professional successes will continue to make us proud in the coming years.”
A growing number of classical artists play Yamaha pianos, and the CF Series in particular is being used by a wide range of successful competition entrants. In New York, Chen practices at Yamaha Artist Services, Inc. on Fifth Avenue, where promising young artists have access to expertly maintained concert pianos and state-of-the-art performance, rehearsal and recording facilities. Chen is formally affiliated with Yamaha Artist Services, Inc.
For more information, write Yamaha Corporation of America, Piano Division, P.O. Box 6600, Buena Park, CA 90622, telephone (714) 522-9011, or e-mail infostation@yamaha.com.
 Pictured, left to right: Director of Yamaha Artist Services Stan Zielinski, Director of the International Piano-e-Competition Alex Braginsky, Pianist Jie Chen, General Manager, Yamaha Piano Division, Paul Calvin, Mrs. Terry Lewis and Sr. Vice President Yamaha Music Marketing Group, Terry Lewis. |
“I think the Disklavier and the CFIIIS concert grand are instruments of endless possibilities,” says Ms. Chen. “They are highly responsive, and free me to transform the music in my imagination into a reality.”
Of Yamaha Artist Services, Inc. (YASI) she notes, “YASI is like a family to me. They take sincere care of their artists. Its technical staff is like a group of magicians – they can service and tune the instruments in any way you want.”
Yamaha artist and 2004 Piano-e-Competition Winner Jie Chen captivated her audience with a program of works by Bach-Petri, Schubert, Mozart and Albeniz. |
Ms. Chen's performances have been broadcast by the Italian National Television Network RAIUNO, Germany’s MDR Radio Network, Israeli National Television, Spanish National Television, Minnesota Public Radio and National Public Radio’s Performance Today. She has been praised by numerous major newspapers, including The Washington Post, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Minneapolis Star Tribune, and Israel’s Ha’aretz.
“Jie’s talent and her career continue to blossom in the wake of her victory at last year’s International Piano-e-Competition,” says Paul Calvin, general manager, Piano Division, Yamaha Corporation of America. “Like our first winner Mei-Ting Sun, we know that Jie’s artistic and professional successes will continue to make us proud in the coming years.”
A growing number of classical artists play Yamaha pianos, and the CF Series in particular is being used by a wide range of successful competition entrants. In New York, Chen practices at Yamaha Artist Services, Inc. on Fifth Avenue, where promising young artists have access to expertly maintained concert pianos and state-of-the-art performance, rehearsal and recording facilities. Chen is formally affiliated with Yamaha Artist Services, Inc.
For more information, write Yamaha Corporation of America, Piano Division, P.O. Box 6600, Buena Park, CA 90622, telephone (714) 522-9011, or e-mail infostation@yamaha.com.
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