Guest Artist: Chih-Long Hu

Saturday, November 9, 2024

Chih-Long will also present a free masterclass on Friday, November 8, at 2pm in our Concert Hall.

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Hu will perform Schubert's Sonata in B-flat Major, Chopin's Sonata in B-flat Minor, and additional works by Maria Niederberger and Fritz Kreisler.

A native of Taiwan, Chih-Long Hu‘s performance career was launched after receiving honors including the Taipei National Concert Hall Arising Star, the Chi-Mei Artist Award, and prizes from the Mauro Monopoli International Piano Competition in Italy, the Concurs International De Piano D’Escaldes-Engordany in Andorra, the Takamatsu International Piano Competition in Japan, and the San Jose International Piano Competition in California. Hu holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts in piano performance from the University of Michigan and a Master’s degree from Taipei National University of the Arts.

Guest Artist: Jon Nakamatsu

Saturday, November 23, 2024

Jon will also present a free masterclass on Friday, November 22, at 2pm in our Concert Hall.

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Jon Nakamatsu will perform works by Bach, Beethoven (Sonata in D Major, Op. 28), Mendelssohn, Liszt (Three Petrarch Sonnets), and Chopin. Now in his third decade of touring worldwide, American pianist Jon Nakamatsu continues to draw critical and public acclaim for his intensity, elegance and electrifying solo, concerto and chamber music performances. Catapulted to international attention in 1997 as the Gold Medalist of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition—the only American to achieve this distinction since 1981—Mr. Nakamatsu subsequently developed a multi-faceted career that encompasses recording, education, arts administration and public speaking in addition to his vast concert schedule.

Guest Artist: Anton Nel

Saturday, February 22, 2025

Anton will also present a free masterclass on Friday, February 21, at 2pm in our Concert Hall.

Anton Nel will perform works by Bach, Czerny, Toru Takemitsu, and Schumann. Nel, winner of the first prize in the 1987 Naumburg International Piano Competition at Carnegie Hall continues to enjoy a remarkable and multifaceted career that has taken him to North and South America, Europe, Asia, and South Africa. He was also a prizewinner at the 1984 Leeds International Piano Competition in England and won several first prizes at the Joanna Hodges International Piano Competition in Palm Desert in 1986. The New York Times referred ot him as "an uncommonly elegant pianist" and stated that he is "an expert interpreter of Romantic music".

Guest Artist: Fanya Lin

Saturday, March 8, 2025

Fanya will also present a free masterclass on Friday, March 7, at 2pm in our Concert Hall.

Guest artist Fanya Lin perfoms works by Philip Glass, Scriabin, George Crumb, Saint-Saüens, and featuring Chopin's Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Minor. A native of Taipei, Taiwan, Fanya is a top prizewinner of the Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition, Concours International de Piano France-Amériques, New York International Piano Competition, and Seattle International Piano Competition. Fanya earned her Doctoral Degree at the University of Minnesota under the guidance of Lydia Artymiw and her Master’s Degree at The Juilliard School with Professor Hung-Kuan Chen and Jerome Lowenthal. Currently, Dr. Lin is serving as the Associate Professor of Practice in Piano at the University of Arizona.

This recital and master class are generously sponsored by the John and Joyce Schaeuble Fund for Classical Piano Performance.