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About
Yang Shen
Pianist Yang Shen has given concerts
and recitals in Asia, North America, Europe and Israel to critical
accolades. She earned her Doctoral of Musical Arts degree at
University of Southern California, where she also received her Master
of Music degree, studying with the renowned pedagogue John Perry.
While there, Ms. Shen served as Piano Studio Assistant teaching
students ranging from Bachelor to Doctoral programs. Prior to
moving to California, she graduated Suma cum Laude from The
Conservatory of Music at Lynn University with a Bachelor of Music
degree 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 Piano Competition, Josef
Hoffman International Piano Competition, Los Angeles Liszt Piano
Competition, Carmel International Music Competition amongst
others. She has also been invited to participate in some of the
most prestigious piano events in the world including The Arthur
Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition, The Leeds
International Piano Competition, and she 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
broadcasted on ABC Classics, Australia, The Israel Cultural Channel,
WXEL, “Classical Variations”, FL, National TV, Radio
stations, China, and Minnesota Public Radio, MN.
Ms. Shen has also made appearances at the world most celebrated music
festivals, such as the Aspen Music Festival, the Pianofest in the
Hamptons and The Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara. She
is currently a collaborative pianist and a piano faculty member of the
Preparatory Division of Conservatory at Lynn University.
About
Daniel Shapiro
Daniel Shapiro
received a Bachelor of Music
degree, summa cum laude, from the University of Southern California,
and Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees in piano
performance from the Peabody Conservatory. Teachers have included Leon
Fleisher, John Perry, Joanna Graudan, and Reginald Stewart. Dr. Shapiro
continues to gain recognition as a leading interpreter of Schubert,
Mozart, Brahms and Beethoven, whose 32-sonata cycle he has twice
performed. He has given critically acclaimed recitals and concerto
appearances across the U.S.,
in Brazil,
Britain,
Ireland,
Spain
and France,
and at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw. Dr. Shapiro has performed with
orchestras including the National Symphony, the Sao Paulo State
Symphony Orchestra, the Academy of London, the Colorado National
Repertory Orchestra, the Knoxville Symphony and the Los Angeles Debut
Orchestra. He received the top prize at the 1992 William Kapell
International Piano Competition, and also won the American Pianists'
Association Beethoven Fellowship Award. As a chamber musician, he has
performed regularly with members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and
the Chicago and Cleveland Orchestras, and has also performed with the
Cavani and Mira Quartets. He has participated at the Marlboro and
Ravinia Festivals and the Fellowship Program at Tanglewood. As a
conductor, Mr. Shapiro studied with Daniel Lewis, Victor Yampolsky,
Fritz Zweig, and Gustav Meier. He was previously on the piano faculty
of the University
of Iowa,
and was appointed to the CIM faculty in 1997.
About Tao Lin
Tao
Lin’s appearances in North America, Asia and Europe have
brought unanimous critical accolades and praise for his subtle,
intimate pianism and brilliant technique. A versatile musician, he is
equally at home as soloist, recitalist and chamber musician.
As
a soloist, he has performed with Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Winnipeg
Symphony, Miami Chamber Orchestra, Knoxville Civic Orchestra,
University of Miami Symphony, Harid Philharmonia, and Lynn University
Chamber Orchestra. A devoted chamber musician, Mr. Lin has concertized
throughout the United States as a founding member of the Berlin Piano
Quartet. He has also appeared in concerts with Miami, Bergonzi, Alcon,
and Rosalyra String Quartets as well as with distinguished musicians
such as Ida Haendel, Charles Castleman, Roberta Peters, Eugenia
Zukerman, and Philip Quint.
Recent
and upcoming engagements include concerts in California (Santa Rosa,
Yuba City, Gualala, Orange County, and La Jolla), New York (Rockefeller
University, Chautauqua Institute), Washington DC (The National Gallery
of Art), Arkansas (Little Rock), Alabama (Mobile), and Florida (Miami,
Sanibel, and Lake Worth).
Mr.
Lin was awarded top prizes in the competitions of the National Society
of Arts and Letters, the Music Teacher’s National
Association, Palm Beach International Invitational amongst others. He
was also a finalist in the 1st International Piano-e-Competition and
the 1st Osaka International Chamber Music Competition as a member of
the Shanghai Trio.
He
is currently Head of the Collaborative Piano Program at the
Conservatory of Music at Lynn University, which offers both a Master of
Music and Performer's Certificate in Collaborative Piano. During summer
months, he serves as the official collaborative pianist for Bowdoin
International Music Festival.
Mr.
Lin has worked with a series of distinguished teachers including Joseph
Kalichstein, John Perry, Leon Fleisher, Rita Sloan, Stephen Hough, Ivan
Davis, David Northington and Roberta Rust. He has recorded for the
Piano Lovers and Romeo Records labels.
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