Yang Shen

Age:
30

Country of Birth:
China

Country of Citizenship:
China

Currently Residing In:
USA

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Musical Selection

Yang Shen has given concerts and recitals in Asia, North America and Israel. She received her masters of music and DMA at the University of Southern California, studying with pedagogue John Perry. Prior to moving to California, she graduated summa cum laude from the Conservatory of Music at Lynn University with a bachelor of music as a student of Roberta Rust. Her other prominent piano teachers have included Jerome Lowenthal and Arie Vardi. Ms. Shen has been awarded top prizes in numerous competitions, including the National Society of Arts and Letters Competition, Josef Hofmann International Piano Competition, Los Angeles Liszt Piano Competition and Carmel International Piano Competition, among others. She has also been invited to participate in the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition, Leeds International Piano Competition, and was a semi-finalist in the 2004 Sydney International Piano Competition in Australia. Most recently, Ms. Shen has performed in Fort Worth, Tempe, Salt Lake City, Sioux City and Minneapolis. Her performances have been broadcast on ABC Classics of Australia, the Israel Cultural Channel, WXEL "Classical Variations" in Florida and on Minnesota public radio, as well as on radio stations throughout China and Chinese national television. Ms. Shen has made appearances at music festivals such as the Aspen Music Festival, Pianofest in the Hamptons and the Music Academy of the West. She is currently a collaborative pianist and a piano faculty member of the preparatory division at Lynn University.

Solo Repertoire

Muzio Clementi:
Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 24

Claude Debussy:
Prelude No. 12, "Feux d'artifice," Book 2

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky:
Dumka, Op. 59

Franz Liszt:
Spanish Rhapsody

César Franck:
Prelude, Chorale and Fugue

Robert Schumann:
Sonata No. 1 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 11

Modest Mussorgsky:
Pictures at an Exhibition

Required Piece

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

Trio

Johannes Brahms:
Trio No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 101

Concertos

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467

Sergei Prokofiev:
Concerto No. 3 in C Major, Op. 26

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