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Division II First Place Winner Chun-Chieh Yen
Chun-Chieh Yen’s preeminence as Taiwan’s foremost young pianist of international caliber came into sharp focus in 1997, when he won the Third Prize at the third Tchaikovsky International Music Competition (Youth) in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Mr. Yen has concertized in Europe, Asia and North America, embracing a wide range of repertoire. Making history at age 13 as the youngest pianist to perform in recital at Taipei’s National Concert Hall, his annual concert tours in Taiwan have brought widespread critical acclaim. His rendition of Balakirev’s Islamey at the Braunschweiger Kammermusikpodium Germany at age 14 drew significant public attention and received rave reviews.
Concerto performances take Mr. Yen to orchestras all over the world including the Russian National Orchestra, Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie, and the National Symphony Orchestra of Taiwan. He has enjoyed collaborations with many prestigious conductors, including Mikhail Pletnev, Uri Meyer and Henry Mazer.
Mr. Yen has given concerts in many leading venues worldwide including the Salle Cortot Paris, Grand Philharmonic Hall St. Petersburg and Alice Tully Hall in New York. In recent seasons, he has frequently appeared in international music festivals, including the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, Braunscheiger Kammermusikpodium, Holland Music Sessions, Sarasota Music Festival and Piano Festival Ferruccio Busoni. Mr. Yen’s debut album, released in December 2007 on Universal, earned him the award of Best Classical Performer at the 19th Golden Melody Awards in Taiwan.
Born in Taipei in 1983, Chun-Chieh began his piano studies with Mei-Fu Chen and Rolf-Peter Wille, and continued under the tutelage of Vladimir Krainev at the Hochschule fur Music und Theater Hannover in Germany. He was given a full scholarship to study with John Perry at The Colburn Conservatory of Music in Los Angeles in 2007. During this time he won numerous prizes in competitions including the First Prize in 1999 at the 4th Hamamatsu International Academy Piano Competition in Japan and Third Prize in 2004 at the 4th Prokofiev International Competition in St. Petersburg. He also received the Prix de l’Ordre du Merite in Luzern where he was praised by Maestro Alexis Weissenberg. |
