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Yi-Chen Feng

Year of birth: 1997
Country: Taiwan, China

Feng Yi Chen (3)
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Feng Yi Chen (2)

The pianist Yi-Chen Feng is the recipient of numerous prizes from competitions, such as the Dallas International Piano Competition, San Francisco International Piano Festival, New York Franz Liszt International Piano Competition, Grand Canal International Piano Art Festival, San Jose International Piano Competition, and the Virginia Waring International Piano Competition. He made his Carnegie Hall debut in 2022, performing Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with the Orchestra of St Luke’s at Stern Auditorium. He was the top prize winner of the inaugural International Maestro Piano Competition in Taiwan, which led to concert engagements and a recording contract with Universal Music Group. Yi-Chen earned his bachelor’s degree from the Peabody Institute, and went on to receive both a Master of Music and an Artist Diploma from the Yale School of Music, where he studied with Boris Slutsky. He recently completed a second Artist Diploma at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music under the guidance of Yoshikazu Nagai, and will return to Peabody in the fall of 2025 to pursue his Doctor of Musical Arts with Boris Slutsky.

Programme

1st round

Dmitri Shostakovich
Preludes and fugues, Op. 87
     I. Prelude and fugue No. 1 in C major
     II. Prelude and fugue No. 15 in D-flat major

Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op.57 “Appassionata”
      I. Allegro assai
     II. Andante con moto
     III. Allegro ma non troppo – Presto 

Maurice Ravel
Miroirs, M. 43
     I. Une barque sur l’océan
     II. Alborada del gracioso

2nd round

Franz Schubert 
Fantasie in C major, Op. 15 “Wanderer Fantasy”
     I. Allegro con fuoco ma non troppo
     II. Adagio
     III. Presto
      IV. Allegro  

Carl Czerny
Variations on a Theme by Rode “La Ricordanza”, Op. 33

Sergei Prokofiev
Sonata No. 7 in B-flat major, Op. 83
     I. Allegro inquieto
     II. Andante caloroso
     III. Precipitato

Franz Liszt

Valse de l'opéra Faust de Charles Gounod, S. 407

3rd round

Sergei Rachmaninoff 
Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor, Op. 30
     I. Allegro, ma non tanto
     II. Intermezzo: Adagio
     III. Finale: Alla breve 

Awards received

  • 2nd Prize, Dallas International Piano Competition, Dallas, USA, 2024
  • 1st Prize, San Francisco International Piano Festival, San Francisco, USA, 2024
  • 1st Prize & Audience Prize, New York Franz Liszt International Piano Competition; New York, USA, 2022
  • 1st Prize, International Maestro Piano Competition, Taipei, Taiwan, 2020