Monday, January 29th 2018
Wen Shui Arts & Cultural Center
9th floor no. 124 Nanjing East Road Section 2
Zhong Shan District, Taipei City, Taiwan
Ticketing : www.artsticket.com.tw
Youmee Kim, DMA, NCTM
An active performer, pianist Youmee Kim has appeared in over 100 recitals, concerts, masterclasses, and conference presentations in Canada, Serbia, South Korea, Taiwan, and across the United States. She can be heard on a solo piano CD ‘Journey to America: American Contemporary Piano Music’ (Centaur Records 3631, 2017), which includes Benjamin Lees magnificent ‘Odyssey I and II’ and a world premiere recording of Primosch ‘Pure Contraption, Absolute Gift’.
Her solo performances have been described as “wonderfully articulated, terrific, jaw-dropping, magnificent” and "warm, mature, and lyrical" (Benedetto Lupo, pianist). As an active chamber pianist, Dr. Kim recorded ‘Clarinet Fantasies’ with Rebecca Rischin (Centaur Records 3538, 2017), where their performance was described as “...Kim plays with great suavité allied to great delicacy. Rischin has a superb technique and musicality to match” (C. Clarke, Fanfare Magazine) and her collaborative piano performance as "Kim is perfectly supportive recital partner: imaginative and technically immaculate” (R. Grames; Fanfare Magazine). Her other CDs include ‘Ars Nostra: Persona’ piano duo with S. Lee (Centaur Records 3343, 2014), and ‘Samplings, New Recordings for the Bassoon and Piano’ with M. Morris (MSR Music LLC, 2015).
A specialist in American contemporary piano music, she has authored a book ‘An Analysis and Performance Guide to Benjamin Lees' Odyssey I and II’ (VDM Verlag, Germany, 2008), and is frequently invited to premiere new pieces, including the live New York premier of Perino’s Piano Sonata n.2. A dedicated teacher, Dr. Kim has more than 10 years of college teaching experience in Applied Piano, Keyboard Repertoire, Chamber Music, Accompanying Class, Advanced Functional Skills, and Class Piano, and served as a judge for the La Pianista International Piano Competition in Taiwan (Chairperson) and World Piano Teachers Associations International Competition. Dr. Kim received degrees from Ewha Womans University in South Korea (BM), Indiana University (MM and Performer Diploma), and The Ohio State University (DMA) in piano performance where she served as a Graduate Teaching Associate. Dr. Kim served as a faculty at Ohio University in Athens, OH and is currently a faculty at Wright State University in Dayton, OH.
Yung Jen Chen, DMA
" In a programme which opened with a deliciously poised Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue... Liszt's Transcendental Study No.10 ended a demonstration of well - controlled virtuosity. “(by critic Patric Standford) Yorkshire Post
Yung - jen Chen has performed as a soloist in England , Wales, Italy, Japan, Taiwan, and the United States. As a winner of numerous competitions including the third prize of the Florestano Rossomandi International Piano Competition, he has been internationally acclaimed and invited to give solo recitals in re nowned concert halls, including Symphony Hall, and London Steinway hall. He has also performed as a collaborative pianist with many other prestigious musicians and has been a faculty pianist in Eastern Music Festival, Central Ohio Flute Association, and ma ny other workshops.
Yung - jen received his Bachelor degree from Taipei National University of the Arts, studied with Dr. Tai - cheng Chen, and then obtained Performance Diploma from Birmingham Conservatoire, England under Professor Malcolm Wilson. In 2007 he completed Doctor of Musical Arts at the Ohio State University, where he studied with Dr. Caroline Hong. He was a faculty member at Otterbein College before moving back to Taiwan in 2010, and now teaches at National Taichung University as well as other scho ols. He has been Opus Music artist since 2010. Apart from Taiwan where he currently resides, his recent performances include tours in Japan. China, Macau, and Indonesia. Yung - jen Chen’s two albums “Tales from Northland”, “Sound of Northland” were released by Better/Warner Records.