claudia chan - lumina concert

lumina concert series 2012-2013

claudia chan, piano

program

hailed by the ottawa citizen as the "ambassador for new music" and by megumi masaki (artistic director, eckhardt-gramatte competition) as a "powerful, expressive, and energetic pianist," recent first-prize winner of the 33rd eckhardt-gramatte national piano competition for contemporary music pianist claudia chan made her concert debut at the age of eleven playing mozart's concerto in c major, k.415 with the thirteen strings chamber orchestra, under the direction of jean-françois rivest. since then, claudia has  performed solo and chamber recitals throughout north america.  last season, claudia performed over 25 solo recitals, including  a 14-city recital tour of canada playing the winning program of contemporary piano music from the eckhardt-gramatte competition in fall 2010. during the tour, she coached young  performers from canadian universities on contemporary performance. her concert at the winnipeg art gallery was also recorded and broadcast by cbc radio 2 on concerts on demand. she was also the subject of an episode of cbc’s podcast next!, selected as one of 8 up-and-coming young musicians from canada.  this past season claudia performed recitals in germany, italy, france, and canada, and premiered aeon (chosen recently by the canadian league of composers to represent canada at the world music days 2013) commissioned from canadian composer alice ho in germany, france, and canada. she also made her german orchestral debut this past october 2012 with the orchestra of the hochschule fuer musik und tanz koeln, in gershwin's rhapsody in blue, to a sold out audience in the historische stadthalle - wuppertal.   claudia has been heard at ottawa international chamber music festival, the banff centre for the arts, the kelowna pianoforte festival, the toronto summer music academy, the bad bertrich klaviersommer festival, in new york city at the mannes institute and festival for contemporary festival, and as soloist with the hart house, cathedral bluffs and thirteen strings orchestras. she has given masterclasses and workshops at the universities of toronto, british columbia, and brandon to young music 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 . she has played for such renowned pedagogues as leon fleisher, menahem pressler, john o’conor, pierre-laurent aimard, ronan o’hara, marc durand, and jon kimura parker. she has been a recipient of awards and scholarships from  the ottawa and toronto kiwanis music festivals, the ontario registered music teachers’ association, and the canadian music competitions.  claudia completed her undergraduate studies at the glenn gould school of the royal conservatory, as a dean's scholarship student studying with david louie and john perry, and is now pursuing her master’s of music at the hochschule fuer musik und tanz koln with prof. dr. florence millet.

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