MELVIN CHEN

horowitz piano series

Robert Blocker, Dean

march 27, 2013

Morse Recital Hall · Wednesday at 8 pm · Music by Beethoven, Mussorgsky, and Joan Tower

Presenting

Ludwig van Beethoven1770–1827

Joan Towerb. 1938

Modest Mussorgsky1839–1881

Bagatelles, Op. 126I. Andante con moto. Cantabile compiacevoleII. AllegroIII. Andante. Cantabile e graziosoIV. PrestoV. Quasi allegrettoVI. Presto — Andante amabile e con moto

Steps (2011)

Ebony and Ivory (2008)

intermission

Pictures at an ExhibitionI. PromenadeII. GnomusIII. PromenadeIV. Il vecchio castelloV. PromenadeVI. TuileriesVII. BydłoVIII. PromenadeIX. Ballet des poussins dans leurs coquesX. Samuel Goldenberg et SchmuyleXI. PromenadeXII. Limoges. Le marchéXIII. Catacombes. Sepulchrum romanumXIV. Cum Mortus in lingua mortuaXV. La cabane sur des pattes de pouleXVI. La grande porte de Kiev

As a courtesy to the performers and audience, turn off cell phones and pagers. Please do

not leave the hall during selections. Photography or recording of any kind is prohibited.

melvin chen, piano

March 27, 2013 • Sprague Memorial Hall

Horowitz Piano Series • Boris Berman, Artistic Director

About the Artist

A native of Tennessee, pianist Melvin Chen is recognized as an important artist, having received acclaim for performances through-out the United States and abroad. As a soloist and chamber musician Mr. Chen has performed at major venues in the United States, including Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Merkin Concert Hall, Weill Recital Hall, Kennedy Center, and Boston’s Jordan Hall, in addition to other appearances throughout the United States, Canada, and Asia. Mr. Chen’s performances have been featured on radio and television stations around the globe, including KBS television and radio in Korea, NHK television in Japan, and NPR in the United States. Solo recordings include Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations on the Bridge label, praised as “a classic” by the American

Record Guide, and a recording of Joan Tower’s piano music on the Naxos label. Recordings of the Shostakovich piano sonatas and Gordon’s Orpheus and Euridice were released in 2007. An enthusiastic chamber musician, Mr. Chen has collaborated with such artists as Ida Kavafian, David Shifrin, Pamela Frank, and Peter Wiley, and with the Shanghai, Tokyo, Miami, Penderecki, and Miró quartets. A performer in numerous music festivals, he has performed at the Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival, Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, Bard Music Festival, and Music from Angel Fire, among others. Mr. Chen completed a doctorate in chemistry from Harvard University, and also holds a double master’s degree from The Juilliard School in piano and violin. Previously, he attended Yale University, receiving a bachelor of science degree in chemistry and physics, where he also studied with Boris Berman, Paul Kantor, and Ida Kavafian. Mr. Chen was previously on the piano faculty of the Bard College Conservatory of Music, where he was also associate director. He is also the artistic director of the chamber music program at the Hotchkiss Summer Portals. He is currently Deputy Dean and Associate Professor (Adjunct) of Piano at the Yale School of Music.

New Music New Haven

march 28Morse Recital Hall | Thu | 8 pm

Featuring faculty composersDavid Lang, Martin Bresnick, Jack Vees,

Ingram Marshall, and Hannah Lash.Free Admission

Ekaterina Derzhavina, piano

march 28Whitney Humanities Center | Thu | 8 pm

Music for solo piano by Haydn, Berg, Schubert, and Messiaen.

Free Admission

Brahms Piano Quartets

april 2Morse Recital Hall | Tue | 8 pm

Oneppo Chamber Music SeriesBoris Berman, piano; Julie Eskar, violin;

Ettore Causa, viola; and Clive Greensmith, cello, perform all three Brahms piano quartets.

Tickets: $12–22, Students $6–9

The Classical Style

april 415 Hillhouse Ave. | Thu | 5:30 pm

Collection of Musical InstrumentsThe Yale Baroque Ensemble plays music by

Mozart, Haydn, Dussek, Paganini, and more. Free Admission

Yale Philharmonia

april 5Woolsey Hall | Fri | 8 pm

Yale PhilharmoniaPeter Oundjian, guest conductor.

American music by Barber, Copland, Christopher Rouse, and John Adams.

Free Admission

Music of the Russian Thaw

april 7Morse Recital Hall | Sun | 8 pm

Boris Berman, piano, and YSM students perform music by Schnittke and others.

Free Admission

Robert Blocker, Dean

P.O. Box 208246, New Haven, CT · 203 432-4158 music.yale.edu

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