Yamaha Artist Mei-Ting Sun Performs at Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival
BUENA PARK, Calif. On October 25th, award-winning classical pianist Mei-Ting Sun performed a concert benefiting The Chopin Foundation of the United States at the 21st Annual Fort Lauderdale Film Festival. Held at Cinema Paradiso, located at 503 SE 6 Street in Fort Lauderdale, the performance celebrates the premiere of "Pianists-Defining Chopin," a new documentary produced by The Chopin Foundation.
The 90-minute film follows the four winners of the 2005 National Chopin Piano Competition during their performances as they vie for the Grand Prize at the International Competition in Warsaw. A portion of the proceeds will benefit The Chopin Foundation.
"The audience makes the journey with the pianists and experiences their individual highs and lows, as well as the enormous psychological and physical toll they are required to endure," states Director Tomasz Magierski. "We learn what being a pianist really means."
The International Chopin Piano Competition is held once every five years. The National Chopin Piano Competition is one of the most prestigious music competitions in the United States open exclusively to American pianists between the ages of 17 and 28. The winners of this competition participate in the International Chopin Piano Competition, the oldest and the most celebrated piano competition in the world, set in Warsaw, Poland. To learn more, visit www.chopin.org.
Yamaha artist Mei-Ting Sun is the winner of the 7th National Chopin Piano Competition in 2005 and the first International Minnesota Piano-e-Competition in 2002. The 24-year-old pianist has performed around the world and at many major concert halls, including Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall and Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall. Mr. Sun has been featured several times on WQXR Classical Radio in New York as part of its "Young Artist Showcase" program and on NPR as part of the "Performance Today" program.
His recent appearances include concert tours of Spain, China and Japan, concerto engagements with the Richmond and Winnipeg Symphonies, the National Spanish Orchestra, the Macau Orchestra, Hong Kong Sinfonietta, and the Boca Raton Philharmonic Symphonia.
Trained as a cinematographer at the prestigious Lodz Film School, director Tomasz Magierski began his career with "The Making of Pirates," a documentary about Roman Polanski's film "Pirates" in Tunisia. Since then, he has directed dozens of films for European networks, including CH4, BBC, Canal+, ZDF, France 2 and Polish TV. His most notable work was "The Magic Brothers," a feature-length quasi-documentary on the Cold War in Poland, seen through the eyes of four identical brothers. The film opened the prestigious First Look Series in New York, and later was screened at the Museum of Modern Art, as well as the Hirschhorn Museum in Washington.
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"The audience makes the journey with the pianists and experiences their individual highs and lows, as well as the enormous psychological and physical toll they are required to endure," states Director Tomasz Magierski. "We learn what being a pianist really means."
The International Chopin Piano Competition is held once every five years. The National Chopin Piano Competition is one of the most prestigious music competitions in the United States open exclusively to American pianists between the ages of 17 and 28. The winners of this competition participate in the International Chopin Piano Competition, the oldest and the most celebrated piano competition in the world, set in Warsaw, Poland. To learn more, visit www.chopin.org.
Yamaha artist Mei-Ting Sun is the winner of the 7th National Chopin Piano Competition in 2005 and the first International Minnesota Piano-e-Competition in 2002. The 24-year-old pianist has performed around the world and at many major concert halls, including Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall and Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall. Mr. Sun has been featured several times on WQXR Classical Radio in New York as part of its "Young Artist Showcase" program and on NPR as part of the "Performance Today" program.
His recent appearances include concert tours of Spain, China and Japan, concerto engagements with the Richmond and Winnipeg Symphonies, the National Spanish Orchestra, the Macau Orchestra, Hong Kong Sinfonietta, and the Boca Raton Philharmonic Symphonia.
Trained as a cinematographer at the prestigious Lodz Film School, director Tomasz Magierski began his career with "The Making of Pirates," a documentary about Roman Polanski's film "Pirates" in Tunisia. Since then, he has directed dozens of films for European networks, including CH4, BBC, Canal+, ZDF, France 2 and Polish TV. His most notable work was "The Magic Brothers," a feature-length quasi-documentary on the Cold War in Poland, seen through the eyes of four identical brothers. The film opened the prestigious First Look Series in New York, and later was screened at the Museum of Modern Art, as well as the Hirschhorn Museum in Washington.
About Yamaha:
Yamaha Corporation of America manufactures a complete line of musical instruments, professional audio products, customer-driven support products and computer based products targeted at both the amateur and professional markets.