All Chopin - Mr. Sean Chen
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All Chopin - Mr. Sean Chen
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| All Chopin Solo and Concerto Repertoire featuring: MR. SEAN CHEN
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Mr. Chen and his ProgramConejo Concerto Orchestra, Mr. Edward Francis, conducting
Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise Ballade #4 Selected Etudes from Opus 10 Sonata #3 Concerto #1 Mr. Sean Chen, 15, is an honor student at Oak Park High School. He has studied the piano for ten years. He has earned many awards for his performances, including the 2nd prize at the Los Angeles Philharmonic 2004 Bronislaw Kaper Competition, Grand Prize winner at the 2004 Glendale Piano Competition, and the 1st prize at the 2003 University of Pacific Piano Competition for California high school pianists in Stockton. In 2002, he won first place in his category in the 2002 California Assn. of Professional Music Teachers Sonata Competition and was also the Los Angeles representative in the CAPMT annual Conference Honors Auditions in San Diego that year. Sean has been invited to compete in the 2004 Oberlin International Piano Competition and the 2005 Virginia Waring International Piano Competition. Sean was invited by the city of to perform at the 2002 “Encore Award for Excellence in the Arts” Gala, which was televised. Sean is a New West Symphony Discovery Artist. He has played for many distinguished artists including Arnaldo Cohen of London’s Royal Academy of Music, John Perry of USC, Jerome Lowenthal of the Juilliard School The Chopin Foundation of the United States has awarded scholarships to Sean in 2003 and 2004. Sean has been invited regularly to participate in the highly selective Leni Fe Bland Foundation auditions at the Santa Barbara Music Academy of the West. He has been a scholarship recipient for many years. He has been a two-year participant in the High School Honors Piano Performance Seminar at the Colburn School of Performing Arts in Los Angeles. His experience in chamber music has been enjoyable, and he has been a member of two trios coached by Joyce Osborn. The first, with violinist Raymond Tong and cellist Andrew Janss, won first place in the state MTAC VOCE (Vocal, Orchestra, & Chamber Ensembles) 2000 competition, sponsored by the Music Teachers' Assn. of California. In 2003, his trio with Raymond and cellist Arthur Han again won first place in the state VOCE competition. The trio was also selected to perform at the International Young Artists Peninsula Music Festival in Palos Verdes, and the Ventura Chamber Music Festival. He has been fortunate to perform with orchestra frequently. At age 9, he performed with the New West Symphony in Beethoven's Concerto #2, and, at age 10, with the Conejo Youth Symphony, in a Mozart Concerto as winner of their Young Pianist Award. As a New West Symphony Discovery Artist for 2001, he performed with the orchestra in two performances of the Ravel Concerto in G Major. He was the featured soloist with the Ventura College Community Orchestra in its May, 2003 concert. Sean has appeared three times previously with the CCO. Sean’s favorite sport is tennis. He plays computer video games. His hobbies include computer graphic design and music composition. Sean also plays violin and is a member of the Conejo Youth Orchestra.
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