Shen Yiwen, Composer & Pianist

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Yiwen as a COMPOSER

Yiwen as a PIANIST


January 6, 2012 8:00 pm

First Orchestra Essay

World Premiere

Osmo Vänskä, conductor

Minnesota Orchestra

Orchestra Hall

1111 Nicollet Mall

Minneapolis, MN 55403


November 21, 2011 8:00 pm

Taking Leave of a Friend

    1. With a Man of Leisure

    2. Spring

    3. Summer

    4. Autumn

    5. Winter

    6. Taking Leave of a Friend

Shen Yiwen, conductor

Yujoong Kim, tenor; Julia Bullock, soprano

Kathryn Farenish, flute; Balazs Rumy, clarinet; Hwi-Eun Kim, violin;

Isabel Gehweiler, cello; Charles Rosmarin, percussion;

Han Chen, piano

Juilliard's Paul Recital Hall

New York, NY

 

October 26, 2011  7:30 pm

Si (The Sacrifice)

Wang Lei, Chinese Guzheng

Concert Hall, Wuhan Conservatory of Music

Wuhan, Hubei Province, China

 

May 29, 2011  3:00 pm

Si (The Sacrifice)

Xia Jinou, Chinese guzheng

Beijing Concert Hall

 

May 25, 2011  7:30 pm

Clarinet Concerto

World Premiere

Wang Tao, clarinet

Lin Daye, conductor

Beijing Symphony Orchestra

Beijing Concert Hall

 

May 1, 2011  3:00 pm

Si (The Sacrifice)

Western Hemisphere Premiere

Liu Le, Chinese guzheng

Chinese Culture Center

750 Kearney St., 3/F

San Francisco


April 17, 2011 8:00 pm

Taking Leave of a Friend

    1. With a Man of Leisure

    2. Spring

    3. Summer

    4. Autumn

    5. Winter

    6. Taking Leave of a Friend

World Premiere

Alan Pierson, conductor

Jeffrey Hill, tenor; Julia Bullock, soprano

Lance Suzuki, flute; Sarah Beaty, clarinet; Anna Elashvili, violin;

Claire Bryant, cello; Matthew Ward, percussion;

Gregory DeTurck, piano

Carnegie Hall's Zankel Hall

New York, NY


April 16, 2011 7:30 pm

Taking Leave of a Friend

    1. With a Man of Leisure

    2. Spring

    3. Summer

    4. Autumn

    5. Winter

    6. Taking Leave of a Friend

World Premiere

Alan Pierson, conductor

Jeffrey Hill, tenor; Julia Bullock, soprano

Lance Suzuki, flute; Sarah Beaty, clarinet; Anna Elashvili, violin; 

Claire Bryant, cello; Matthew Ward, percussion;

Gregory DeTurck, piano

LaGuardia Performing Arts Center, LaGuardia Community College
31-10 Thomson Avenue, Long Island City, 

Queens, NY


April 3, 2011 7:30 pm

Quintet for Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Cello, and Piano

    1. Guo Shang (Hymn to the Fallen)

    2. Li Hun (Recessional)

Da Capo Chamber Players

Fine Arts Recital Hall

University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD

 

March 17, 2011 7:30 pm

Three Songs of Emily Dickinson

    1. I had no time to hate

    2. A drop fell on the apple tree

    3. So give me back to Death

World Premiere

Dusica Bijelic, soprano

Michael Bukhman, piano

Morgan Library and Museum

New York, NY


January 24, 2011 8:00 pm

Quintet for Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Cello, and Piano

    1. Guo Shang (Hymn to the Fallen)

    2. Li Hun (Recessional)

Da Capo Chamber Players

Merkin Hall, 129 W 67th Street

New York, NY 

 

November 29, 2010  8:00 pm

Das Trinklied unter der Mond (The Drinking Song under the Moon)

Jeremiah Campbell, cello

Shen Yiwen, piano

Paul Hall, The Juilliard School

New York, NY

 

 

October 21, 2010  7:30 pm

How Happy Some One o'er Some Other Can Be!

World Premiere

David Alan Miller, conductor

Albany Symphony Orchestra

Zankel Hall, Skidmore College

Sarotoga, NY

 

October 22, 2010  7:30

How Happy Some One o'er Some Other Can Be!

World Premiere

David Alan Miller, conductor

Albany Symphony Orchestra

Troy Savings Bank Music Hall

Troy, NY

 

September 30, 2010  7:30 pm

Si (The Sacrifice)

World premiere

Liu Le, Chinese Guzheng

Concert Hall, Wuhan Conservatory of Music

Wuhan, Hubei Province, China

 

September 25, 2010  6:00 pm

Walpurgisnacht

Adrienn Kántor, flute

Rafael Zuniga, oboe

Conor Brown, clarinet

Levente Varga, horn

Luke Henry, bassoon

Chapel of the Holy Innocents, Bard College

Annandale on Hudson, NY

 

September 18, 2010  2:00 pm

BaDe

Kalmia Quartet

Shawn Moore and Scot Moore, violins; Leah Gastler, viola; Stanley Moore, cello

NorthEast/Millerton Library Annex
28 Century Boulevard
Millerton, New York 12546


July 21, 2010  4:00 pm

Das Trinklied unter der Mond (The Drinking Song under the Moon)

Fang-Yi Shen, cello

Shen Yiwen, piano

Atlantic Music Festival

Strider Theater

Colby College, Maine

 

June 1, 2010  7:15 pm

Yong (Terracotta)

Xie Yudan, pipa

Recital Hall, Shanghai Conservatory of Music

Shanghai, China

 

May 21, 2010  9:30 pm

Mulan

World premiere

Fang Luosha, violin

Leon Botstein, conductor

American Symphony Orchestra

Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, Bard College

Annandale on Hudson, NY

 

April 25, 2010  2:00 pm

Si Xiang (Four Mythological Symbols)

      1) Azure Dragon of the East

      2) Vermillion Bird of the South

      3) White Tiger of the West

      4) Black Tortoise of the North

Shen Yiwen, piano


April 18, 2010  8:00 pm

Das Lied aus China

Shen Yiwen Composition Degree Recital

Su (Tracing Back) 

Patricia Spencer, flute

Heidelberg 

Text by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770-1843)

Adriadne Greif, soprano; Frank Corliss, piano

Der Wind im Wald (The Wind in the Forest) 

Madelin Siedler, oboe; Renata Rakova, clarinet; Annamaria Kis-Ven, bassoon

Das Trinklied unter der Mond (The Drinking Song under the Moon)

Emanuel Evans, cello; Allegra Chapman, piano

BaDe

Kalmia Quartet

Shawn Moore and Scot Moore, violins; Leah Gastler, viola; Stanley Moore, cello

Si Xiang (Four Mythological Symbols)

      1) Azure Dragon of the East

      2) Vermillion Bird of the South

      3) White Tiger of the West

      4) Black Tortoise of the North

World Premiere

Shen Yiwen, piano

Olin Concert Hall, Bard College

Annandale on Hudson, NY

 

April 17, 2010  7:00 pm

BaDe

Kalmia Quartet

Shawn Moore and Scot Moore, violins; Leah Gastler, viola; Stanley Moore, cello

 

March 12, 2010  8:00 pm

Das Trinklied unter der Mond (The Drinking Song under the Moon)

World Premiere

Emanuel Evans, cello

Allegra Chapman, piano

Olin Concert Hall, Bard College

Annandale on Hudson, NY

 

 

 

 

December 12, 2011 8:00 pm

Milton Babbit All Set

AXIOM Ensemble

Shen Yiwen, piano

Jeffrey Milarsky, conductor

Alice Tully Hall

New York, NY

 

November 8, 2011 8:00 pm

Conrad Winslow Maphead

World Premiere

New Juilliard Ensemble

Shen Yiwen, piano

Joel Sachs, conductor

Alice Tully Hall

New York, NY


October 13, 2011 8:00 pm

SIR Harrison Birtwistle Silbury Air

AXIOM Ensemble

Shen Yiwen, piano

Jeffrey Milarsky, conductor

Peter Jay Sharp Theater, The Juilliard School

New York, NY


September 24, 2011 8:00 pm

Jingjing Luo Tsao Shu for Piano and Orchestra

World Premiere

New Juilliard Ensemble

Shen Yiwen, piano

Joel Sachs, conductor

Peter Jay Sharp Theater, The Juilliard School

New York, NY


February, 2011 7:30 pm

Morton Feldman Rothko Chapel

AXIOM Ensemble

Shen Yiwen, piano

Jeffrey Milarsky, conductor

Alice Tully Hall

New York, NY


January 22, 2011 8:00 pm

Zygmunt Krauze Terra Incognita

Western Hemisphere Premiere

Shen Yiwen, piano solo

New Juilliard Ensemble

Joel Sachs, conductor

Alice Tully Hall

New York, NY


December 9, 2010 8:00 pm

Steve Reich Music for 18 Musicians

AXIOM Ensemble

Shen Yiwen, piano

Alice Tully Hall

New York, NY


December 7, 2010 4:30 pm

Brahms Horn Trio in E-flat major Op.40

Rebekah Durham, violin

Kathryn Peterson, horn

Shen Yiwen, piano

Steinway Hall, 109 West 57th Street

New York, NY


November 12, 2010 8:00 pm

Ye Xiaogang Zhangzhuoyong Cuo

Western Hemisphere Premiere

Ted Goldman Enzheii

World Premiere

New Juilliard Ensemble

Shen Yiwen, piano

Joel Sachs, conductor

Alice Tully Hall

New York, NY

 

September 25, 2010 8:00 pm

Salvatore Sciarrino L’Archeologia del Telefono

Western Hemisphere Premiere

Poul Ruders Kafkapriccio

Western Hemisphere Premiere

New Juilliard Ensemble

Shen Yiwen, piano

Joel Sachs, conductor

Peter Jay Sharp Theater, The Juilliard School

New York, NY

 

July 23, 2010 7:00 pm

George Tsontakis Ghost Variations

Shen Yiwen, piano

Altlantic Music Festival

Strider Theater

Colby College, Maine


May 16, 2010 7:00 pm

Mozart Sonata for Violin and Piano in B-flat major K.378

Bizet—Waxman Carmen Fantasy

Paganini Variations on “I Palpiti” Op.13

Beethoven Sonata for Violin and Piano No.7 in C minor Op.30 No.2

Ouyang Dongfang, violin

Shen Yiwen, piano

Bard Hall, Bard College

Annandale on Hudson, NY

 

May 9, 2010 3:00 pm

Hindemith Sonate für Fagott und Klavier

Weber Andante e Rondo ongarese für Fagott und Klavier Op.35

Nicole Hedinger, bassoon

Shen Yiwen, piano

Bard Hall, Bard College

Annandale on Hudson, NY

 

April 21, 2010  5:00 pm 

Ghost Variations

Shen Yiwen Piano Recital

Beethoven’s last masterpieces are some king of springboard for

Tsontakis — not in any superficial imitation, but because both

composers seem to drink from the same source.

                                                  —Stephen Hough

Beethoven Piano Sonatas

      No.30 in E major, Op.109

      No.32 in C minor, Op.111

George Tsontakis Ghost Variations

Shen Yiwen, piano

Olin Concert Hall, Bard College

Annandale on Hudson, NY