CHINA STAGE Delegation of Shanghai Outstanding Young Artists

2021-08-01 21:30

Church of the Holy Spirit

Sunday, August 1
Church of the Holy Spirit, 9:30 p.m.
CHINA STAGE
Delegation of Shanghai Outstanding Young Artists 

CHEN ZHONGHAN, violin (China)
ZHANG JUNJIE, piano (China)

PROGRAM

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in A Major, No. 5, K. 219
Allegro Aperitif
Adagio (K261)
Rondeau: Tempo di minuetto

Ludwig van Berthoven (1770–1827)
Sonata for Piano in F Sharp Major, Op. 78
Adagio cantabile – Allegro ma non troppo
Allegro vivace

Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
Fantasie in C Major, D. 760
Allegro con fouco
Adagio
Presto
Allegro

Liu Tianhua (1895–1932)
Merry Eve

Mao Yuan (1926)
Spring Celebration

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Chen Zhonghan, violin, completed Primary Music School affiliated to the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, under Professors Zheng Qing and Wu Shuting. In 2019, she was admitted to the precollege of Mozarteum University Salzburg, under Professor Paul Roczek, and then to the Bachelor studies under Professor Lily Francis. Chen Zhonghan won First Prize and the award for the best performance of the work by a Chinese author at the Seventh Hong Kong International Violin Competition. In 2019, she joined the Matinal Quartet as the first violin and with this ensemble was the first-prize winner of the Mozart International Chamber Music Competition in Tokyo. Chen Zhonghan won Second Prize at the 25th Jeunesses International  Violin Competition Dinu Lipatti, after which she was admitted to the National Youth Orchestra of China, with whom she toured Europe. In July of 2021, Chen Zhonghan played Mozart’s Violin Concerto No.5 with the Salzburg Chamber Soloists.
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Zhang Junjie, piano, started learning the piano at the age of four. She was a student of the Professors Peng Peng and Olga Samosueva, while at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music she studied under Professor Jian Li. In 2015, she engaged in studies at the Universität der Künste Berlin and and obtained her bachelor's degree under Professor Sorin Enachescu. Zhang Junjie has won awards at numerous international competitions, including First Prize and the Audience Award at the 10th Massarosa International Piano Competition and Third Prize at the IV Virtuoso & Belcanto Piano Competition, among others. She is the holder of the Shanghai Scholarship, a DAAD Scholarship in Germany, and a scholarship by the Swiss Clavarte Foundation. She is active on the European and Chinese music scene. Zhang Junjie was invited by the Pomara Scibetta Foundation to perfrom in Italy and Berlin. She obtained her master's degree in Piano and Vocal Coaching.