Wen-Yin Chan

Age:
26

Country of Birth:
Taiwan, ROC

Country of Citizenship:
Taiwan, ROC

Currently Residing In:
Taiwan, ROC

Musical Selection

Taiwanese pianist Wen-Yin Chan has performed internationally in major cities such as Minneapolis, Moscow, New York, Philadelphia and Taipei. As the winner of both the 2000 and 2003 Young Artist Concert Series in Taipei, Ms. Chan has given a series of recitals throughout Taiwan, most notably in the National Recital Hall. Ms. Chan's numerous competition awards have brought her national and international attention. At the age of 14, she won the first prize at the Taiwan National Music Competition, and a year later, she was awarded the second prize at the Taipei Chopin Piano Competition. In 1996, she received a special prize from the Moscow International Chopin Piano Competition for Young Artists, after which she was invited to perform at the Polish Embassy in Moscow. Her competition accomplishments in the United States include the Great Neck Piano Competition, Missouri Southern International Piano Competition, Fort Collins Symphony Orchestra Young Artists Competition and the International Piano-e-Competition, among others. Ms. Chan began playing the piano at age four. She made her solo debut when she was 13 years old. Three years later, she enrolled at Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia and studied with Peter Serkin. After receiving her Bachelor of Music degree from Curtis, Ms. Chan continued her studies under the tutelage of Claude Frank at Yale School of Music, where she received her Master of Musical Arts degree in 2006. Ms. Chan is currently a doctoral candidate at Yale School of Music.

Solo Repertoire

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
Sonata in B-Flat Major, K. 281

Ludwig van Beethoven:
Sonata No. 26 in E-Flat Major, Op. 81a, "Les adieux"

Frédéric Chopin:
Impromptu No. 1 in A-Flat Major, Op. 29
Impromptu No. 2 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 36
Impromptu No. 3 in G-Flat Major, Op. 51
Fantasie-Impromptu in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 66

Robert Schumann:
Carnaval, Op. 9

Maurice Ravel:
Miroirs

Sergei Prokofiev:
Sonata No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 14

Required Piece

Aaron Copland:
Piano Sonata: Vivace (2nd movement)

Trio

Felix Mendelssohn:
Trio in C Minor, Op. 66

Concertos

Ludwig van Beethoven:
Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 73, "Emperor"

Sergei Rachmaninov:
Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18

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