Jan
26
7:30 PM19:30
Girl From the 905
Performance of Vivian Fung’s Girl From the 905, with librettist Royce Vavrek, and soprano Andrea Núñez.
Feb
2
3:00 PM15:00
Ensemble Échappé at American Academy of Arts and Letters
Program to include:
Stephen Andrew Taylor - Variations Ascending (2015) for piano solo
More details TBA
Feb
9
3:00 PM15:00
Music for Youth Recital
Recital presented by Music for Youth, along with its Emerging Artist.
Program:
Chopin: Fantasie-Impromptu, Op. 66
Florence Price: Fantasie Nègre in E minor
Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op. 12
Scriabin: Fantasy in B minor, Op. 28
More details TBA
Feb
28
7:30 PM19:30
Recital at Scandinavia House
Recital at Scandinavia House presented by Piano on Park.
Program:
Chopin: Fantasie-Impromptu (1834)
Price: Fantasie Nègre in E minor (1929)
Lei Liang: Book of Time I (2023)*
(Intermission)
Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op. 12 (1837)
Scriabin: Fantasy in B minor, Op. 28 (1900)
*world premiere
Buy tickets here.
Mar
17
7:30 PM19:30
enSRQ presents: Critical Moments
Program
Kenji Bunch - Until Next Time (2010)
George Perle - Critical Moments (2001)
Kitty Xiao - New Work COMMISSION (2025)
Carolyn Chen - Oceans in Oceans (2014)
Marcos Balter - Violin Concerto (2016)
Apr
12
7:30 PM19:30
NEXUS Chamber presents: UChicago Composers
Composers on the Program:
Justin Weiss, Benjamin Martin, Gabriel Novak, Ryan Garvey, Darlene Castro Ortiz
https://events.uchicago.edu/event/238915-nexus-chamber-music
Apr
18
8:00 PM20:00
Apr
23
7:30 PM19:30
Dec
18
to Dec 19
Nov
16
10:30 AM10:30
Nov
3
3:00 PM15:00
An Afternoon of Music and Art
To celebrate the 125th anniversary of Charles Ives's birth, Ensemble Échappé will play a salon concert of contemporary works composed by recent and past recipients of our Charles Ives Awards in Music. A reception will follow.
Please find more info on the website of American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Oct
10
7:30 PM19:30
Recital at Shannondell
Private Piano Recital at Shannondell at Valley Forge. Program TBA.
Aug
30
8:00 PM20:00
Music of the Dark (Recital)
PROGRAM
Chopin: Two Nocturnes, Op. 27
No. 1 In C-sharp minor
No. 2 in D-flat major
Ligeti: Etudes
No. 2 Cordes à vide
No. 4 Fanfares
No. 10 Der Zauberlehrling
No. 11 En Suspens
No. 13 L’escalier du diable
(Intermission)
Liszt: Années de Pèlerinage, Italie, S. 161
No. 4 Sonetto 47 del Petrarca
No. 5 Sonetto 104 del Petrarca
No. 6 Sonetto 123 del Petrarca
No. 7 Après une lecture du Dante: Fantasia Quasi Sonata
Aug
23
6:30 PM18:30
Music of the Dark (Recital)
PROGRAM
Chopin: Two Nocturnes, Op. 27
No. 1 In C-sharp minor
No. 2 in D-flat major
Ligeti: Etudes
No. 2 Cordes à vide
No. 4 Fanfares
No. 10 Der Zauberlehrling
No. 11 En Suspens
No. 13 L’escalier du diable
(Intermission)
Liszt: Années de Pèlerinage, Italie, S. 161
No. 4 Sonetto 47 del Petrarca
No. 5 Sonetto 104 del Petrarca
No. 6 Sonetto 123 del Petrarca
No. 7 Après une lecture du Dante: Fantasia Quasi Sonata
Aug
7
7:30 PM19:30
Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major
Conductor: Prof. Dan-Wen Wei
The Cross Strait Youth Pianists Festival Orchestra
Jul
12
10:00 AM10:00
Recording of Duo Rapide
Duo Rapide goes into the recording studio to capture recent highlights from their concerts…
Jun
22
4:00 PM16:00
Jun
21
4:00 PM16:00
Jun
8
5:00 PM17:00
Duo Rapide in Recital
Program to include: Chopin Etudes, Op. 25, Tania León Alma, and Boulez Sonatine for flute and piano.
May
18
7:30 PM19:30
Recital at The Lilac Recital Series
Recital at The Lilac Recital Series.
Ligeti - Etude No. 15 “White on White”
Vivian Fung - White on Black (2023)
Ligeti - Etude No. 2 “Cordes à vide”
Jihyun Kim - A leaf falls, the water ripples… (2023)
Shiuan Chang - Digital Chants (2023)
Ligeti - Etude No. 10 “Der Zauberlehring”
Nina Young - it is within you that the ghosts acquire voices (2023)
Ligeti - Etude No. 6 “Automne à Varsovie”
(Intermission)
Liszt - Impromptu “Nocturne” S. 191
Liszt - 3 Petrarch Sonnets, S. 161 No. 4-6
Liszt - Funérailles, S. 173 No. 7
May
9
to May 11
enSRQ: Parisian Refraction (Sarasota, FL)
Han Chen appears in Program 1 (May 9) and Program 4 (May 11).
For the tickets and complete programs for the festival, please click more info.
This ambitious four-concert festival explores musical thought and inspirations from the City of Light. Conor Hanick, Lucy Fitz Gibbon, George Nickson and Samantha Bennett all take solo turns, conducted by Maurice Cohn and supported by a cast of 19 new music all stars.
Programs that involve Han Chen:
Program 1:
Unsuk Chin - Acrostic Wordplay
Kaija Saariaho - Graal Theatre
Program 4:
Boulez - Sur Incises
Apr
23
to Apr 28
enSRQ: Parisian Refraction (Dallas, TX)
PIANIST HAN CHEN TO PERFORM IN “PARISIAN REFRACTION,”
A MICRO-FESTIVAL PRESENTED BY ENSEMBLE NEW SRQ
SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY MEADOWS SCHOOL OF THE ARTS
& THE DALLAS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, APRIL 23 & 28, 2024
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The scintillating pianist Han Chen has been invited to participate in a four-day festival entitled “Parisian Refraction,” in Dallas April 23 – 28, 2024. He will join soprano Lucy Fitz Gibbon for a rendition of Unsuk Chin’s “Acrostic Wordplay” and violinist Samantha Bennett in Kaija Saariaho’s Graal Theatre on Tuesday evening, April 23, 2024, 7:30 p.m. To close the festival, on Sunday, April 28, 2024, 7:30 p.m., he will be part of a performance of Pierre Boulez’ trailblazing Sur Incises, scored for three harps, three pianists and three percussionists, led by George Nickson, Principal Percussionist of the Dallas Symphony. These concerts take place at the Caruth Auditorium of the Owen Arts Center, SMU Meadows School of the Arts (6101 Bishop, Dallas, TX 75205).
“Parisian Refraction” showcases and highlights the similarities and global differences of musicians who have been changed by Paris. It’s an exploration of works and composers that embody the City of Light, have been commissioned by groups in Paris, or are deeply inspired and affected by the French capital. For complete Festival program information please visit Ensemble NEW SRQ’s website.
Apr
12
7:30 PM19:30
Association for the Promotion of New Music presents: Duo Rapide
Duo Rapide: Roberta Michel, flute, and Han Chen, piano
Program:
Alice Shields: Meditation for Flute on a Sanskrit poem for solo flute (2024) *world premiere
Alba Potes: Ternura de las Grullas (Tenderness of Cranes) for solo flute (1995)
Erik Lundborg: Duettino, Fughetta & Scherzo for flute and piano (2012-2015) *New York premiere
(intermission)
Anthony Korf: Departures and Arrivals for solo piano (2024) *world premiere
Tania León: Alma for flute and piano (2007)
Pierre Boulez: Sonatine for flute and piano (1946)
Apr
6
4:00 PM16:00
Argento: Made in America
For event page, please click here.
Octandre (1923)
Edgard Varèse
for chamber ensemble
Mother and Child (1943)
William Grant Still
for string orchestra
The Housatonic at Stockbridge (1921)
Charles Ives
for soprano and piano
Three Places in New England (1903-1929)
Charles Ives
for chamber orchestra
-intermission-
Hoarding Behaviors (2022-2023) WORLD PREMIERE
Sang Song
for soprano and 11 instruments
Mar
18
to Mar 22
Mar
3
3:00 PM15:00
Ensemble Échappé @ American Academy of Arts and Letters
Music by Roscoe Mitchell, Nicole Mitchell, Eve Beglarian, and David Ludwig. For more details, please visit: https://artsandletters.org
Feb
3
3:00 PM15:00
Ursula Oppens's 80th Birthday Concert
Han is joining a group of Ursula’ friends to perform at Ursula’s 80th birthday concert at Merkin Hall. Han will perform Colon Nancarrow’s Two Canons for Ursula.
Jan
21
1:00 PM13:00
Recording of Daniel Hass's Piano Quartet
Recording session for Daniel Hass’s Piano Quartet “Been There Once Before” at the Samurai Hotel with Rannveig Marta Sarc, Brian Hong, and Daniel Hass.
Nov
20
7:30 PM19:30
Ligeti concert with ensembleSRQ
Ligeti 100
Concert presented by ensembleSRQ in Sarasota, FL
Program to include Ligeti Études and Horn Trio.
Nov
10
to Nov 11
Private Performances with pianist Adria Ye
Han has hosted two private concerts in Lafayette Hill, PA to perform with pianist Adria Ye. Program to include Janacek’s In the Mists and Beethoven’s Sonata Op. 111.
Oct
24
8:00 PM20:00
Princeton Sound Kitchen - Tom Morrison
Han is performing works by Tom Morrison at the Princeton Sound Kitchen.
Oct
20
7:30 PM19:30
Piano Recital at Piano on Park
Salon concert at the Piano on Park. Program to include Beethoven and Corigliano.
Sep
24
7:30 PM19:30
Piano Recital at National Sawdust
This fall pianist Han Chen world-premieres his latest commissioning project, “Infinite Staircase” at National Sawdust. Inspired by György Ligeti's 18 Piano Etudes, “Infinite Staircase” brings together 18 contemporary composers, hand-picked by Chen to represent a more diverse and creative future of classical music. Each composer is paired with one of the Ligeti etudes as a starting point for a new work. Chen, who has just released a new recording of the complete Ligeti Piano Etudes on Naxos, will perform all thirty-six works in one evening as a celebratory tribute to the iconic avant-garde composer’s centenary this year.
Check the National Sawdust event page here.
Sep
22
1:30 PM13:30
Piano Recital at Cremona Musica
Piano Recital of complete Ligeti Études at Cremona Musica.
Sep
10
7:30 PM19:30
Irvine Conservatory International Music Competition
Han is serving on the jury for the Irvine Conservatory International Music Competition 2023.
Aug
19
to Aug 23
Global Music Camp - Masterclasses
Han has organized an in-person masterclass in New York that runs between August 19-23. Participating masters include Jerome Lowenthal, Ursula Oppens, Carmel Lowenthal, Lucille Chung, and Jiayan Sun.
Aug
18
7:30 PM19:30
Piano Recital at New England Conservatory
Summer Concerts @ NEC 2023 presented by Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts
Program:
Alban Berg: Piano Sonata, Op. 1
György Ligeti: Études for piano, Book 1
I. Désordre
II. Cordes à vide
III. Touches bloquées
IV. Fanfares
V. Arc-en-ciel
VI. Automne à Varsovie
~ Intermission ~
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat major, Op. 106 “Hammerklavier”
I. Allegro
II. Scherzo: Assai vivace
III. Adagio sostenuto
IV. Largo - Allegro risoluto
Aug
13
3:00 PM15:00
House concert in Luzern
A House concert in Luzern, Switzerland with music including Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat major, Op. 106 “Hammerklavier”