Thursday, September 22, 2011

San Marino Tribune (2011/08/24)Rueibin Chen and His Mastefrul Pefomance at Disney Concert Hall




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Rueibin Chen and His Masterful Performance at Disney Concert Hall


Published 08/24/2011 ⋯⋯ ⋯⋯LOS ANGELES -




Rueibin Chen this past Friday night at Walt Disney Concert Hall performed spectacular renditions of some of the greatest classical songs of all time. The event, sponsored by the Cathay?Bank Foundation headquartered in El Monte, featured the works of Tchaikovsky, Chopin, Bach, Stravinsky (Three Movements from the Ballet Suite) and S. Prokofiev. A highly appreciative audience gave Chen multiple rounds of standing ovations and the reputable pianist treated the crowd to extra songs, despite being visibly fatigued. At one point the musician took a handkerchief from his pocket to wipe away sweat, cough and catch his breath. After the performance Chen graciously signed autographs and took photographs with his fans, who made no qualms about waiting in a long line for the chance to meet the performer.

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

8/28 Rueibin Chen's Piano Concert~Tenth Anniversary of Yuanlin Concert Hall

Please join us for a special concert in celebration of the 10th year anniversary of one of the best concert halls in Asia!


8/28/11 in Yaunlin, Changhua County, Taiwan
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Monday, August 1, 2011

Pianist Rueibin Chen's Recital in Kaohsiung, Taiwan on 8/19



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Monday, June 27, 2011

Solo Recitals - Walt Disney Concert Halls and Davies Symphony Hall




Rueibin Chen's  Piano Recitals ---8/5 at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Aangles and 8/6 at Daves Symphony Hall in San Francisco
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親愛的朋友們大家好:
感謝大家長期以來支持瑞斌的音樂會活動,
能讓瑞斌把優美的音樂帶到全世界的每個音樂廳的角落。
⋯⋯瑞斌將再度重回美國,在美國兩個最具指標性之一的音樂廳演出,
8/5在洛杉磯迪士尼音樂廳,8/6在舊金山戴維斯交響音樂廳。
瑞斌期待能夠再次在加州創造一個新的演奏歷史,一來可以向主流社會證明華人在音樂史上的才華與能力等,所以瑞斌也在此由衷的期待能透過大家的影響力與推廣,能讓加州的朋友們能多多參予這兩場音樂會盛宴。瑞斌將把這兩場演出視為今年度非常重要之音樂會,所以也將特別準備了好聽及拿手的曲目,包含柴可夫斯基、蕭邦 (選自電影戰地琴人) 的一些選曲、及俄羅斯改編自芭蕾音樂的作品<羅密歐與茱麗葉>、及最高難度的<彼得洛西卡組曲>,相信絕對能一飽觀眾的視覺及效果

(一)Walt Disney Concert Hall in LA, USA

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Time:
2011/8/5 19:30pm

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(二)Davies Symphony Hall in SF, USA
Time:
2011/8/6 20:00pm

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After the great sucess Piano Recital at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles in 2006, the Chinese-Austrian Pianist Rueibin Chen is honoured to be invited by Cathay Bank Foundation and returning Walt Disney Concert Hall to have a Charity Piano Recital on August 5. Also another Charity Piano Recital will be hold the following day at Davies Symphony Hall on August 6 in San Francisco.
All of the piano fans are welcomed to appreciate pianist Rueibin Chen's remarktable piano talent and at the same time share your love to those who need help.

Chen made his European debut in the Grossensaal of the Konzerthaus in Vienna in 1984 to much acclaim. He has been invited to perform at many festivals, such as the International Salzburg Music Festival, Vienna Spring Festival, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, Hong Kong Festival, Taipei Music Festival, Taipei Arts Festival, the International Rachmaninoff Music Festival in Moscow, the Janáček Music Festival in Czechoslovakia, the Chopin Festivals in Austria, Czechoslovakia and Poland, various festivals in Romania and the Auckland International Piano Festival.

Chen tours regularly throughout the world, performing in major concert halls such as Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center in New York, Kennedy Performing Arts Center in Washington DC, the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, Kodak Theater in Hollywood, Jack Singer Concert Hall in Calgary, Musikverein and Konzerthaus in Vienna, Gewandhaus Leipzig, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Opera de Monte Carlo, Warsaw Philharmonie, Bolshoi Hall in Moscow, F. Mann Auditorium Tel Aviv, Suntory Hall in Tokyo, the Symphony Hall in Osaka, Hong Kong Cultural Center, Beijing Music Hall, National Chiang Kai-Shek Cultural Center in Taipei and Sydney Opera House. Since 2002, he has been the Artist-in-Residence of Hong Kong Radio Television.

Chen is also an active chamber musician and has performed with international chamber groups including the London Chamber Players, Lark Quartet and Shanghai Quartet.

He has given master classes in musical strongholds such as the New England Conservatory in Boston, and the Masterplayer International Music Academy in Lugano. He has also served as a jury member in international piano competitions in Switzerland.

In commemoration of the 200th anniversary of Chopin’s birth in 2010, Chen has launched a project to present a series of concerts featuring Chopin's masterpieces, including solo and piano concerto works, in major cities in America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region from 2008 through 2010. Chen is the first Taiwan-born pianist, played the famous "Yellow River Concerto" in Hong Kong and China successfully and also invited by the Chinese government to perform with orchestras at the opening of the 2010 Shanghai World Expo.



Programme:

1. Tchaikovsky: from “the Seasons”,Op.37a
a) May—Starlight Nights
b)December—Christmas
c)August—Harvest Song

2.Chopin : Barcarolle in F sharp Major , Op. 60

3.Chopin : Impromptu No.2 in F sharp major, Op.36

4.Chopin : Ballade No. 1 in g minor, OP. 23

5.S. Prokofiev : Ballet Suite from the 《Romeo and Juliet》,Op.75
a) Montagues & Capulets
b) Romeo and Juliet before parting

6.Stravinsky : Three Movements from the Ballet Suite《Petrushka》
I. Russian Dance
II. Petrushka’s Room
III.The Shrovetide Fair


Critics' Compliments to Rueibin Chen from all over the world:

Neue Zuercher Zeitung (Switzerland)“He is one of those geniuses that come along once in twenty years. He has immense energy and intensity that is almost supernatural.” Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Germany)“…that he has worked out a stupendous technique, is beyond doubt.”

Alicia de Larrocha (Spain)“…finds his performance a magnificent one!”

Stanislaw Skrowaczewski (U.S.A.)“...so many fine achievements and excellent performances.”

Kurier (Austria)Concert in the Musikverein:“The pianist Ruei-Bin Chen gave proof that he merits the many prizes he has already won. He performed Ravel's “Gaspard de la Nuit,” first delicately, then swelling in mood and very securely throughout, completely engrossed in his act.”

Wiener Zeitung (Austria)Headline: “Climax of the Chopin Festival”“Chen performed the pieces with technical brilliance and a surprisingly high degree of emotional penetration for such a young musician . . . "Trois Mouvements de Petrouschka" by Stravinsky, with the rhythmical and technical difficulties, was mastered in sovereign fashion.”

The Boston Globe (U.S.A.)Headline: “The Power Piano of Ruei-Bin Chen”“He plays with the white-hot energy, steel-fingered, power and athletic virtuosity . . . has impetuosity and undeniably impressive technique . . . Chen showed that he can play with delicacy and imagination.”


The Times (U.K.)“He mesmerized the audience as his fingers traveled the ivories with at times mind-boggling precision and swiftness and a level of emotion which delivered each note, each chord, to the heart of each member of the audience.”

Arts in Season (U.S.A.)“PCAC brings Carnegie Hall to Pleasanton.....Pianist Rueibin Chen is one of the best.....The event sold out. The audience was entranced.”

Pleasanton Weekly (U.S.A.)“A rare opportunity to see a world class pianist in a theater setting.”

South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)“. . . one could never doubt Mr. Chen's brilliance, and his instinctive feel for the music.”


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Sunday, May 29, 2011

6/11 Pianist Rueibin Chen's Piano Solo "Yellow River Piano Concerto" in San Gabriel California


World renowned pianist, Reubin Chen will be the featured soloist in the Yellow River Piano Concerto. The orchestral piece "From the Ground Up" by Dr. John Kennedy will be receiving its World Premiere. Young string students from the Jefferson School of San Gabriel will be joining string players of the Cal State LA Symphony Orchestra in Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No.3. Other works will include Rossini's William Tell Overture and Dvorak's New World Symphony.




Pianist Rueibin Chen's performance of Yellow River Concerto in Shanghai, world Expo, China, 2010


Pianist Rueibin Chen's performance of Yellow River Concerto in Hong Kong, China, 2009

Pianist Rueibin Chen's performance of Yellow River Concerto in Tianjin, China, 2009


Time:
6/11/11 · 20:00 - 22:00


Place:
San Gabriel Mission Playhouse
320 S Mission Drive
San Gabriel, California 91776

Programme: Yellow River Concerto

Performers:
Pianist Rueibin Chen and The Cal State LA Symphony Orchestra/Olympia Youth Orchestra

Piano Solo:
Pianist Rueibin Chen

Sunday, April 24, 2011

5/29 Pianist Rueibin Chen & East/West Maestros




Pianist Ruebin Chen will be collaborating with top musicians from different corners of the world for a most exciting concert to be held at Taipei Zhongshan Hall on May 29, 2011, in Taipei, Taiwan.

Date: May 29, 2011

Time: 19:30pm

Place: Taipei Zhongshan Hall, Taiwan



Programme:

1.Brahms, Johannes, Piano Quartet in G minor Op.25

2.Dvorak, Antonin, Piano Quartet in E flat major Op.87


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Programming note:

Johannes Brahms completed his Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor in 1861. Though this work received mixed reviews by friends and critics alike, it has remained alive in the concert world. Throughout the twentieth century, its popularity continued to grow as the listening public came to recognize Brahms as perhaps the quintessential master of Romantic chamber music. His first quartet for piano, violin, viola, and cello harkens back to the music of Schubert, one of Brahms' favorite composers, as well as forward with inventiveness that inspired composers in the next century, especially Schoenberg. While his contemporaries were writing music that was an obvious break with the past, particularly Wagner, Brahms wrote in the old forms, which hung together with a pleasing and deceptive looseness, as did the works of Schubert. Scratching the surface of Brahms' first piano quartet reveals that the themes and textures do not hang together loosely at all. Everything is built out of thematic material, which is without precedent in chamber music. It is the kernel of what Schoenberg described as "developing variation" and prepares the way for atonality, which coheres only when all the material is in reference to itself. The G minor quartet is pure clarity in a way that did not exist before Brahms. This quartet was also the first chamber work of Brahms' that he played in public. The first movement of the G minor quartet has the sweetness of heroic themes in repose, but it also simmers, at least in a good performance. In bad renditions of this work, the tension is ignored in favor of an empty niceness, which is certainly to be avoided. The second movement, an Intermezzo, is introspective and full of musical inquiry among the strings. Themes spread out searching for something, with a beautiful and mysterious effect. The Andante third movement has a dreamy grandness, which is normally an effect reserved for orchestral forces. The Hungarian, Rondo finale is pure fire, blasting through rousing themes with a concerted vigor. Many generations after the work's inception, it has withstood the public's initial reservations. It should also be pointed out that other influential musicians thought it was pure genius. One great violinist regarded it as proof that Brahms was Beethoven's musical heir. There were many such reactions. Schoenberg liked it enough to orchestrate it. He gave his reasons for doing so as follows: "1. I like the piece. 2. It is seldom played. 3. It is always played very badly; the better the pianist, the louder he plays and you hear nothing from the strings. I wanted to hear everything...." ~All Music Guide~

Dvorák's Piano Quartet in E flat major, Op. 87, had its premiere in November of 1890, just before the creative beginnings of the great "Dumky" trio, Op. 90. The quartet, however, while not devoid of folk influences, falls on the pan-European side of the duality that pervaded and animated Dvorák's work. Its outer movements are expansive, quite Brahmsian essays in sonata form, with characteristic touches in the instrumental writing such as the rapid exchange of tremolos between violin and viola at the end of the first movement. The second movement, marked Lento, is one of Dvorák's most purely lyrical, with a sequence of five themes, shifting in mood. The third movement, the most folkloristic of the four, consists of two contrasting dances; its central section deploys the piano in such a way that it sounds, perhaps, like a hammer dulcimer or other Eastern European folk instrument. The work is an unjustly neglected masterpiece of the chamber music repertoire, an unfailing crowd-pleaser but possessed of an originality that makes it worthy to stand beside the more complex corners of Brahms' chamber output. ~All Music Guide~


鋼琴大師陳瑞斌 東西方大師同台競技音樂會
2011年 5月29日 (日) 晚間19:30 臺北市中山堂 中正廳
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喜歡鋼琴大師陳瑞斌及歐洲大師演奏的愛樂者們有福了, 由天使手指奧地利華裔鋼琴家陳瑞斌Rueibin Chen將與旅法小提琴家李季, 旅英華裔中提琴家陳之珩及來自俄羅斯羅斯特波維奇最後弟子大提琴家 Victor Chpiller,聯合組成的鋼琴四重奏團將為大家演出鋼琴四重奏最經典與挑戰性之曲目-布拉姆斯及德弗札克的作品 , 本次演出曲目鋼琴四重奏 g小調 作品 25 , 是布拉姆斯一生最具代表性的室內樂作品之一,並被譽為是布拉姆斯最佳傑作,其悲戚而幽暗的曲風令人喜愛,二十世紀現代樂派大師荀白克曾說第一樂章是自貝多芬第九以來最好的旋律,並特別將此曲改編為管絃樂版本。德弗札克絕美的旋律,單純柔美,有著予人回味無窮的雋永,扣人心弦的樂句, 蕩氣迴腸的旋律最具爆發力的演出將是繼2010年底陳瑞斌在南台灣最大型室內樂音樂節召集人之後再次在北台灣掀起另一波全場瘋狂起立之高潮音樂會, 由四位大師共同合作之精采燦爛演出,絕對會是一場您多年來絕不能錯過的大師音樂饗宴, 更詳細介紹詳見陳瑞斌部落格及Facebook粉絲頁


演出曲目 :
布拉姆斯 : 鋼琴四重奏 g小調 , 作品 25
J. Brahms: Piano Quartet in g minor, Op.25

德弗札克 : 鋼琴四重奏 降E大調 ,作品 87
A. Dvorak : Piano Quartet in E flat major Op. 87

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Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Taipei Times(2011/03/29):Chen Rueibin strikes the right note



Tue, Mar 29, 2011 - Page 16




Having left his Tainan hometown to study music in Vienna at the tender age of 13, pianist Chen Ruei-bin has carved out a career as a much sought-after soloist. He performs in Taichung on April 6


By Ian Bartholomew / Staff Reporter /Photo Courtesy of Capriccio Chamber Orchestra


Taiwan-born pianist Chen Ruei-bin (陳瑞斌) has spent most of his life abroad, having left his hometown in Tainan at age 13 to train in Vienna. He now divides his time between Europe and the US, performing a grueling schedule of concerts. He trained under the Russian master Lazar Berman, and is known for his energetic, sometimes athletic performance style, as well as for his interpretation of modern Russian composers such as Stravinsky and Rachmaninoff. Earlier this month he performed in Taipei and Kaohsiung, and on April 6 he will perform in Taichung.

In addition to receiving numerous international accolades, Chen won the Taiwan Millennium Best Artistic Performance Award (台灣最佳表演藝術獎) in 2000 and in 2004 he took home Golden Melody Awards (台灣金曲獎) for best classical album and best performance. At his Concert of Russian Ballet Music (陳瑞斌俄羅斯芭蕾鋼琴音樂會) at the National Concert Hall, Taipei City last week, Chen was given an enthusiastic response despite the unconventional nature of the program, which opened with two movements from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet Ballet Suite, Op. 75, and finished with three movements from Stravinsky’s Petrushka.

In an interview with the Taipei Times last week, Chen said he particularly enjoyed playing technically demanding music such as Petrushka, which is not well-known in Taiwan, because it was a chance to “show how good I am.” Chen is determined to prove himself in the eyes of his peers, and his efforts have achieved considerable success. He is now a much sought-after soloist. But Chen’s career as a concert pianist was far from a foregone conclusion. He described his childhood in rural Tainan, where at the time few people would have been familiar with a concert piano. “Unlike many younger Asian musicians, I was never given a structured musical education,” he said. “It just happened that my father taught music at a local primary school and we had a piano in the house. It was a secondhand Japanese-made piano and must be nearly 100 years old by now.” He went on to describe how his father would search out old vinyl recordings of classical music to listen to. “Often the crackling of the needle was even louder than the music,” he said. Chen’s uncle, a musician in Taipei, would occasionally visit and give his nephew a piano lesson, but that was the extent of Chen’s formal musical education. Despite this rather haphazard foundation, Chen won himself the opportunity to study at the Vienna Conservatory after being selected in a government national talent search program.

“The first time I ever got on an aircraft was to fly to Vienna,” he said with a chuckle. Prior to arriving in Vienna, Chen said he was not at all sure he would pursue a career in music. “My parents didn’t really know what to do [about this opportunity to study abroad], so they thought I might as well go and see what would come of it. If I could come back with some kind of diploma, that would have been sufficient.”

His love of music began in the concert halls and opera houses of Vienna. “I didn’t speak any German when I arrived,” Chen said, “so there wasn’t much for me to do other than go listen to music. That is when I came to love music and decided to continue on this path.” To subsidize his stay in Europe, Chen said he began registering for all the piano competitions he could. “I was pretty lucky that I managed to pick up quite a few prizes, and in this way, my musical career also developed.”

Chen made his European concert debut at the Grossensaal of the Vienna Konzerthaus in 1984 to considerable acclaim and his career as a concert pianist has never looked back. He has performed in many of the great concert halls of the world and worked with some of its most notable orchestras. Although he returns to Taiwan regularly, he says he feels as much European as Taiwanese. “After all, I have spent longer abroad than I have in Taiwan,” he said. Chen said that having been thrown into a foreign environment at such a young age, he needed to educate himself in a way that many other young Asian pianists do not. “At the time, few aspiring Asian musicians would have gone overseas so young [Chen was just 13], or at least they would have traveled in the company of their parents. I was on my own and had to deal with everything myself. My career is a totally different world for my parents, one that they have little understanding of."

Chen’s performance style has been deeply influenced by his last mentor, the Russian virtuoso Berman.

The pianist said that he was the only Asian student ever taken on by Berman and talked about his work developing a feel for the Russian composers. “In playing a piece like Petrushka, the technical challenges are considerable. You need a total command of the skills, before you can start giving it the true Russian feeling … The physical demands are huge.” At the Taipei concert, Chen attacked and caressed the piano by turn, giving substance to a much quoted Boston Globe review describing his performance style as one of “white-hot energy, steel-fingered power and athletic virtuosity.”

Chen’s combination of technical skill and Russian passion will be on display at the Chunghsing Concert Hall, Taichung (台中中興堂), 291-3 Chingwu Rd, Greater Taichung (台中市精武路291之3號) on April 6. A small number of tickets are still available and can be purchased through ERA ticketing by calling (02) 2341-9898, or from www.ticket.com.tw.

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Central News Agency (2011,3,15):Taiwanese pianist returns home for recitals

Taiwanese pianist returns home for recitals 2011/03/15 19:45:42 Taipei, March 15 (CNA) World renowned Taiwanese-Austrian pianist Rueibin Chen has returned to Taiwan for three solo concerts in which he will perform some of the world's best known Russian ballet suites, the organizers said Tuesday.“For a pianist, reworking the much-loved orchestral scores for keyboard in a concert setting is a great challenge, " Chen said at a press conference in Taipei. "But if the pianist plays really well, listeners will find greater enjoyment in the piano recital than in a 90-member orchestra performance.”In the three recitals that will be held in Taipei, Taichung and Kaohsiung March 20, March 25 and Apr. 6, respectively, Chen will perform piano transcriptions of Russian ballet music such as Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet Ballet Suite, Op. 75.The program will also include Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker from the Ballet Suite Op.71a, Stravinsky's Three Movements from Petrushka Ballet Suite, Rachmaninoff's 18th Variation from Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, and Chopin's Nocturne in C minor, Op.48 No. 1 and Barcarolle in F Sharp Major, Op.60.Chen told reporters he had been a big fan of Russian ballet since his teenage years, and later when he began to practice ballet score transcriptions for piano solos, he realized how talented the Russian composers really were.When he was much younger, he said, his playing of Russian music was focused more on technique, how fast his fingers could move on the piano. But as he matured, he began exploring ways of interpreting the distinctive characteristics of the Russian people and their music, he said."Russian music is about sharp contrasts and intense emotions," he said. "It's not just about presenting the electric power from within the pieces."Chen, born in Tainan in 1967, began learning piano at the age of five under the tutelage of his school teacher father.At the age of 13, Chen went to Vienna, Austria on a state-funded scholarship and later obtained Austrian citizenship in 1999.He is the only known Asian follower of the late legendary Russian pianist Lazar Berman, who was famous for his thunderous technique and thrilling interpretations of Liszt and Rachmaninoff."I think I am now fully capable of portraying the distinctive flavor of Russian scores," Chen said.The pianist has won 18 medals in various international competitions and now spends

Monday, March 28, 2011

Taiwan News(2011,03,19):Austria-based pianist Chen to perform Russian ballet suites in Taiwan


Austria-based pianist Chen to perform Russian ballet suites in Taiwan By Yali ChenTaiwan News, Staff Reporter

2011-03-19 10:56 AM



Austria-based pianist Rueibin Chen is set to hold his recitals in Taiwan from March to April. Central News Agency http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=1547134

Internationally acclaimed Austria-based pianist Rueibin Chen is scheduled to hold his recitals in Taiwan from March to April. These concerts feature the world’s best-known Russian ballet suites. Playing famous orchestral scores on the piano was very challenging, Chen said, adding that but if a pianist plays really well, audiences will find greater pleasure in the pianist’s recital than in a 90-member orchestra performance. The first-half program of Chen’s concerts will open with Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet Ballet Suite, Op. 75, followed by Russian pianist Sergei Rachmaninoff’s 18th Variation from Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, and Russian composer Peter Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker from the Ballet Suite Op.71a. The second half includes Polish composer Frederic Chopin’s Nocturne in C minor Op.48 No. 1 and Barcarolle in F-sharp major Op.60, and ends with Russian composer Igor Stravinsky’s Three Movements from Petrushka Ballet Suite. A big fan of Russian classical ballet, Chen played Petrushka on the piano at the age of 17. When he was younger, he said, his performance of Russian music was focused more on technical skills and how fast his fingers could move on the piano. But as he matured, he began to play with a touch of Russia – he called it Russian spirituality. These pieces, Chen said, are also famous soundtracks to the films “The Pianist,” “Somewhere In Time” and “Fantasia,” as well as a Japanese television serial “Nodame Cantabile.” Chen, born in Tainan in 1967, learned to play the piano at the age of five under his father’s teaching. Eight years later, he went to Vienna, Austria, and obtained Austrian citizenship in 1999. The Tainan-born pianist, the only Asian disciple of the late Russian pianist Lazar Berman, has lived overseas for many years. He graduated from the Vienna Academy of Music City and the German National Institute of Music in Hannover in the eighties. After winning in the International Piano Competition of Rachmaninoff in 1984, the soloist began shining at many international piano competitions held in Warsaw, Tel Aviv, Salt Lake City, Athens, Vienna, Spain and Italy. Working with the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra at Shanghai Oriental Art Center, Chen was the first Taiwanese musician to perform the famous piece “Yellow River Piano Concerto” during the opening season of the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai, China. To mark the bicentennial birth date of Franz Liszt, the virtuoso Hungarian virtuoso pianist, Chen will perform some pieces of that composer’s works as his Taiwanese recitals’ encores. The concerts will be held at the National Concert Hall in Taipei on March 20, at the Sun Yat-sen Hall of the National Sun Yat-sen University in Kaohsiung on March 25, and Taichung Chung-hsin Hall on April 6. Tickets are now available at http://www.ticket.com.tw/

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Friday, January 14, 2011

Pianist Rueibin Chen &. Russian Ballet Piano Recital on March 20 at Taiwan's National Concert Hall



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國泰世華音樂饗宴 陳瑞斌Rueibin Chen俄羅斯芭蕾鋼琴音樂會


Dates and Venues:

2011 03/ 20 (日) PM 7:30  National Concert Hall , Taipei

2011 03/ 25 (五) PM 7:30   National Sun Yat-sen University , Sun Yat-sen Hall , Kaohsiung

2011 04/ 06 (三) PM 7:30  Taichung Chung-Hsin Hall


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Critics' Compliments to Rueibin Chen from all over the world:
Neue Zuercher Zeitung (Switzerland)“He is one of those geniuses that come along once in twenty years. He has immense energy and intensity that is almost supernatural.”

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Germany)“…that he has worked out a stupendous technique, is beyond doubt.”

Alicia de Larrocha (Spain)“…finds his performance a magnificent one!”

Stanislaw Skrowaczewski (U.S.A.)“...so many fine achievements and excellent performances.”

Kurier (Austria)Concert in the Musikverein:“The pianist Ruei-Bin Chen gave proof that he merits the many prizes he has already won. He performed Ravel's “Gaspard de la Nuit,” first delicately, then swelling in mood and very securely throughout, completely engrossed in his act.”

Wiener Zeitung (Austria)Headline: “Climax of the Chopin Festival”“Chen performed the pieces with technical brilliance and a surprisingly high degree of emotional penetration for such a young musician . . . "Trois Mouvements de Petrouschka" by Stravinsky, with the rhythmical and technical difficulties, was mastered in sovereign fashion.”

The Boston Globe (U.S.A.)Headline: “The Power Piano of Ruei-Bin Chen”“He plays with the white-hot energy, steel-fingered, power and athletic virtuosity . . . has impetuosity and undeniably impressive technique . . . Chen showed that he can play with delicacy and imagination.”


The Times (U.K.)“He mesmerized the audience as his fingers traveled the ivories with at times mind-boggling precision and swiftness and a level of emotion which delivered each note, each chord, to the heart of each member of the audience.”

Arts in Season (U.S.A.)“PCAC brings Carnegie Hall to Pleasanton.....Pianist Rueibin Chen is one of the best.....The event sold out. The audience was entranced.”

Pleasanton Weekly (U.S.A.)“A rare opportunity to see a world class pianist in a theater setting.”

South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)“. . . one could never doubt Mr. Chen's brilliance, and his instinctive feel for the music.”

繼陳瑞斌世界蕭邦誕辰200周年巡演,在台北國家音樂廳2010年全台唯一壹場全數售完之輝煌成績後,為回饋廣大之樂迷,將再次舉辦全國巡演,此次巡迴演奏曲目可謂是鋼琴音樂會最為大眾所熟悉之曲目,是一場由1歲至100歲都適合聆聽的鋼琴音樂,包含多首電影如《似曾相識》、《幻想曲》、《戰地琴人》、日劇《交響情人夢》等主題曲配樂。陳瑞斌特別挑選過去極少用鋼琴詮釋的曲目,將給樂迷們耳目一新的音樂饗宴。同時,大家耳熟能詳的芭蕾舞劇《胡桃鉗》、《羅密歐與茱麗葉》也將在陳瑞斌的兩手間,爆發強勁的情感音樂動能。經過陳瑞斌演繹後,有如是一個打開的音樂魔盒,播放出奇妙的動人旋律;陳瑞斌的《胡桃鉗》演奏曾獲得金曲獎雙冠王「最佳古典音樂專輯獎」及「最佳演奏獎」,今年也將以台灣出生之華人鋼琴家再度以首位演出者踏上美國洛杉磯迪士尼音樂廳及舊金山Davies交響音樂廳演出鋼琴獨奏會,陳瑞斌的演奏,絕對是值得您驕傲參與的大師饗宴。



Programmes 演出曲目 :

浦羅柯菲夫:選自芭蕾組曲《羅密歐&茱麗葉》,作品 75

(日劇 “ 交響情人夢 “主題曲)

a) 羅密歐 Montagues & 茱麗葉Capulets 家族

b) 羅密歐與茱麗葉臨別前



拉赫瑪尼諾夫:《第18變奏》,選自《帕格尼尼狂想曲》

(電影 “ 似曾相識 “主題曲)



柴科夫斯基:芭蕾組曲《胡桃鉗》組曲,作品71a

(日劇 “ 交響情人夢 “及電影 “ 幻想曲 “主題曲)



蕭邦:夜曲 升C小調,作品 遺作 (電影 “ 戰地琴人 “主題曲)

蕭邦:船歌 升F大調,作品 60

斯特拉溫斯基:芭蕾組曲《彼得洛西卡》(日劇 “ 交響情人夢 “主題曲)



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Pianist Rueibin Chen
is coming back to Taiwan soon to share his beloved piano music with his fans in Taiwan. After his successful and sold out concert playing Chopin in Taiwan's National Concert Hall last June, he is pleased to be invited and sponsored by Cathay United Bank to hold three piano concerts in Taiwan in March 2011. These three concerts will take place in Taipei, Kaohsiung and Taichung respectively.  He would like to take this opportunity to increase music appreciation outreach and will be performing some popular and familiar pieces which will appeal to audience of all ages.  Please join us at one of these upcoming not-to-be-missed performances:

Rueibin Chen--Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No.3(mvt 3-1)