Rachel Cheung Solo Piano Recital
Tuesday, March 27, 2018 at 8 PM
Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
Rachel Cheung, piano
Single Tickets will become available Friday, 1/5/2018 11:00 AM
PROGRAM
RAMEAU Selections from Pièces de Clavecin
SCHUMANN Kreisleriana, Op. 16
JANÁČEK In the Mists
LISZT "Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude" from Harmonies poétiques et religieuses
LISZT Mephisto Waltz No. 1, S. 514
About Rachel Cheung
Described as 'a poet, but also a dramatist' and '...the most sophisticated and compelling music making' (The Dallas Morning News) Young Steinway Artist Rachel Cheung was recently named a finalist at the 15th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, where she also won the Audience Award. She was also a prizewinner at international piano competitions including the ‘ 28th Alessandro Casagrande International Piano Competition’ in Italy in 2008; the Fifth Prize at the ‘16th Leeds International Piano Competition’; a semifinalist at the 16th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, and the Georges Leibenson Prize in the 67th Geneva International Piano Competition. In March 2016, she was awarded the special prize for a Carnegie Weill Hall Debut Recital in the season 2017/2018 at the New York Concert Artists Worldwide Debut Audition.
“Silken tone, subtle sense of color, and stunningly imaginative”
Rachel was awarded scholarships including ‘The Robert H.N.Ho Family Foundation Scholarship’, ‘The Coutts Bank Scholarship’, ‘Lee Shuk Chee Memorial Scholarship’ , ‘Hong Kong Music Scholarship’ and was sponsored by the ‘Simon K.Y. Lee Foundation’ . In 2011, she was awarded the ‘ Hong Kong Jockey Club Music and Dance Fund Scholarship’, ‘Jackie Chan Charitable Foundation Scholarship’, ‘Bernard van Zuidan Music Fund Scholarship’ and ‘School of Music Staff Prize Scholarship’.
As a recognition for making outstanding achievements in the promotion of arts and culture in Hong Kong, Rachel was awarded the ‘Certificate of Commendation’ by the Hong Kong Government in 2004. In May 2010, she received the ‘Award for Young Artist 2009’ presented by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council.
Rachel has performed frequently in Hong Kong and overseas. She made her debut at the City Hall Hong Kong and Uruguay through the sponsorship of the Hong Kong Chopin Society .In 2005 Rachel performed a solo recital at the 33rd Hong Kong Arts Festival as the youngest soloist ever of the festival. She was invited to perform in the ‘Celebration of the 100th Anniversary of Vladimir Horowitz Concert’ in Kiev, concert tours of United States for two consecutive years. She also appeared in many prestigious international music festivals including the 9th Musical Olympus International Festival in Russia ,The International Chopin Festival in Duszniki, Poland, Virtuosos of Planet 2006 in Kiev, Ukraine, The Festival Transeuropéennes in Rouen, France, Miami International Piano Festival, the Golandsky Institute International Piano Festival and the Sun Valley International Piano Festival.
She made her debuts at the Auditorium du Louvre in Paris and the Steinway Hall in London in October 2009. In November 2012, she also made her first appearance at the Richmond Hill Centre for Performing Arts in Toronto.
As an active chamber musician, Rachel has worked with world-renowned musicians including Vladimir Mendelssohn, Dong-Suk Kang, Jan-Erik Gustafasson, Ning Feng, Trey Lee, Latica-Honda Rosenberg, Jens Peter Maintz, Virpi Räisänsen, Jian Wang, and Michel Lethiec, Bruno Canino and the Brentano String Quartet.
She has collaborated with many orchestras including The National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Beethoven Orchestra Bonn , Orchestra at Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts Junior Chamber Orchestra, Hong Kong Sinfonietta, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra with Edo de Waart, the Hallé Orchestra with Sir Mark Elder, the Sydney Symphony under the baton of Vladimir Ashkenazy and the NYCA Symphony Orchestra with Eduard Zilberkant. In November 2015, Rachel performed Mozart’s Concerto for two pianos in E flat major ,K. 365 with Bruno Canino and the London Chamber Orchestra under the baton of Christopher Warren-Green, and the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra with Leonard Slatkin and Nicholas McGegan.
Rachel’s first DVD –‘ RACHEL CHEUNG – KEYBOARD PRODIGY LIVE IN RECITAL MIAMI INTERNATIONAL PIANO FESTIVAL 2005’ was released by VAIMUSIC in June 2007; and her first CD, under the Alpha Omega Sound label of the Chopin Society of Hong Kong, was released in 2009.
Having completed her studies with Prof. Eleanor Wong at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts where she received her Bachelor of Music Degree with First Class Honours at the HKAPA. Rachel continued her artistic development with Prof. Peter Frankl and graduated with a Master of Music Degree from the Yale School of Music, where she was awarded the Elizabeth Parisot Prize for outstanding pianists in the 2011/2012 school year.
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