Hanwen Yu

Name:	Hanwen Yu
Location:	Boston United States 02115
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Additional Info:	2010 Marc and Eva Stern Fellowship recipient at SongFest and scholarship student at the Aspen Music Festival. Current co-piano student at NEC and staff pianist at MIT. Education New England Conservatory of Music, Boston MA GD in Collaborative Piano, anticipated 2013 Principal Teachers Jonathan Feldman/Cameron Stowe New England Conservatory of Music, Boston MA MM in Collaborative Piano, 2011 Principal Teachers Cameron Stowe/Pei-Shan Lee Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan BM in Piano Performance 2004-08 Principal Teachers Juanelva Rose/Thomas Linde Honors Received Second prize, 22nd Young Musicians International Competition "Città di Barletta," Duo division (Italy), 2012 Recipient, Aube Tzerko Memorial Scholarship, Aspen Music Festival (U.S.A.), 2011 Recipient, Marc and Eva Stern Fellowship, SongFest (U.S.A.), 2010 Recipient, Maestro Circle Scholarship, Aspen Music Festival (U.S.A.), 2010 Recipient, Luce Fellowship, the highest honor for a Bachelor’s Degree student in Tunghai University, Tunghai University, 2008 Second prize, Japanese Classical Music Competition (Taiwan), 2008 Second prize, Taichung City’s Piano Competition (Taiwan), 2007 Recipient, the 33th/34th YAMAHA academic fellowship, 2006 First prize, Seidof International Piano Competition (Taiwan), 2004 First prize, Vienna Company’s International Violin & Piano Competition (Taiwan), 2003 Winner, the 24th Kawai Piano Competition (Taiwan), 2002 Recital Performance NEC Contemporary Improvisation Non-Majors Ensemble Concert, Pierce Hall, New England Conservatory (Dec., United State), 2011 "Villa Bertramka Recital,” Mozart Museum (July., Czech Republic), 2008 “Broadway Academy Final Gala Concert,” Music Hall, Shih-Chien University (Aug., Taiwan), 2006 “1056 Piano Code,” Fulfillment Amphitheatre, (Sep., Taiwan), 2006 Accompanying Performance NEC Board Student Mentor Program, Tavern Club, (April, United State), 2012 Boston Woodwind Society Doriot Anthony Dwyer Flute Merit Award winner, Boston University, (Feb., United State), 2012 Ivy League Spring Festival Gala. John Hancock Hall, (Feb., United Sate), 2012 New England Chinese Professionals New Year Gala & Community Enrichment Forum. South Grand Ballroom, Sheraton Framingham Hotel & Conference Center, (Jan., United State), 2012 Astral Artist Audition. Rock Hall Auditorium, Temple University, (Jan., United State), 2012 The 27th First Monday Concert. Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory, (Dec., United State), 2011 Mahler Unleashed: Liederabend, Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory, (Nov., United State), 2011 ASO Concerto Competition final round second prize winner, Center for the Arts, Thayer Academy. (Mar., United State), 2011 Violin Graduate Recital/Cello Recital. Morse Hall, Juilliard School. (Feb., United State), 2011 Emerson Scholar Recitals, Killian Hall, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, (Nov., United State), 2010 Competition Finalist, Paine Hall, Harvard University, (Sep., United State), 2010 Spotlight Recital, Harris Concert Hall, Aspen Music Festival, (Aug., United State), 2010 Italianishes Liederbuch Concert, Raitt Recital Hall, Pepperdine University, (June, United State) 2010 Thomas Quasthoff Masterclass, Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory, (April, United State) 2010 MIT Concerto Competition first prize winner, Killian Hall, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, (Feb., United State), 2010 Student Recital, Auditorium Joseph Kosma, Conservatoire National à Rayonnement Régional de Nice, (July, France) 2007 Hansel and Gretel, Speech Hall, Cultural Affairs Bureau of Taichung City, (Dec., Taiwan), 2005 Community Performances Music for Food Lunchtime Series Concert. Women's Lunch Place at the Emmanuel Church. (Oct, United State), 2011 Flute recital. Chestnut Hill Benevolent Association. (April, United State), 2011 Flute recital. Mount Pleasant Home. (April, United State), 2011 Radio Broadcast Spotlight Recital (with Zhang Jing), Harris Concert Hall, Aspen Music Festival, Performance Today, August 31, 2010 (Hour 2.) Spotlight Recital (with Mayumi Kanagawa), Harris Concert Hall, Aspen Music Festival, America’s Music Festivals, November 24, 2011. Work Experience Massachusetts Institute of Technology Music Department, Staff Pianist, since Jan. 2012 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Music Department, Collaborative Pianist, Nov. 2010-Dec. 2011 New England Conservatory Preparatory School, Collaborative Pianist, since Oct. 2010 Special Accompanying Experience Robert McDuffie Masterclass (with Gloria Ferry-Brennan), Harris Concert Hall, Aspen Music Festival, learned John Adams's Violin Concerto 1th mov. in two days, August 2, 2011 Media online Rachmaninoff Cello Sonata (arr. for viola) with violist Paul Laraia. (2011) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U05sNaL0pZQ Walton Viola Concerto 2nd movement with violist Paul Laraia. (2010) http://www.reverbnation.com/artist/song_details/6562340 Kabalevsky Cello Concerto No. 2, 2nd movement with cellist Sean Hawthorne. (2010) http://soundcloud.com/kellen-mcdaniel/kabalevsky-cello-concerto-no-2-ii-presto-marcato Libby Larsen - A Working Woman with soprano Kristen Abaquin. (2009) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi1IbxxRBnA&list=FLo4p2na2GFCNcaX_bAv7Dug&index=12&feature=plpp_video Summer Festivals Aspen Music Festival, United State, 2010-11 SongFest at Pepperdine, United State, 2010 Prague International Piano Masterclasses, Czech Republic, 2008 Nice Music Festival, France, 2007 Tunghai University MusicFestival, Taiwan, 2004-08 *Bio Han-Wen Yu, a native of Taichung, Taiwan, is the recipient of the 2010 Marc and Eva Stern Fellowship at SongFest, where she studied with Margo Garrett, Martin Katz, Graham Johnson and John Harbison and worked closely with composers John Musto and Lori Laitman. She’s also the recipient of Maestro Circle Scholarship at the 2010 Aspen Music Festival, where she studied with Rita Sloan and mainly played in the studios of Robert Lipsett, Richard Aaron and Elisabeth Hynes. She’s an active collaborative pianist at AMFS, where she played in all the string competitions, several string master classes, several string showcase recitals held in the Music Hall and two spotlight recitals in the Harris Concert Hall with violinists Mayumi Kanagawa and Zhang Jing. She also did a recording with violinist Nigel Armstrong. She back to AMFS in 2011, where she mainly played in the studios of Robert Lipsett and Stephen King. She is studying collaborative piano with Jonathan Feldman and Cameron Stowe at the New England Conservatory.
Instruments:	Piano, Organ, Electric Keyboards
Additional Specialisms:	Contemporary Music, Improvisation, Instrumental Accompaniment, Vocal Accompaniment, Vocal Répétiteur

Hanwen Yu

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