Monday, November 20, 2023

Highlight: Chen Ruei-bin piano concert




Highlight: Chen Ruei-bin piano concert

Reported by Taipei Times Sat, Oct 21, 2023 


Chen Ruei-bin performs at the Ambassador Auditorium in Pasadena, California.

Internationally acclaimed pianist Chen Ruei-bin (陳瑞斌) will be marking the 40th anniversary of the death of talented Taiwanese composer Chiang Wen-ye (江文也) at his concert next Tuesday.

Chen, who was born in Taiwan and moved to Austria to study music as a teenager, has been promoting Chiangs work across the globe for many years.Chiang died on Oct. 24, 1983.

Chiang, a Hakka whos been dubbed the Chopin of the East,also left Taiwan at a young age, studying in Japan and later working in Beijing as a music professor. He remained in China after the Chinese Civil War and never returned home.

Chiang often expressed his yearning for his homeland in his work including Formosan Dance (台灣舞曲), which won a medal for music during the 1936 Olympics. This made Chiang the first Taiwanese to win an Olympic medal and the only Asian to ever win a music medal in Olympic history.

Chen will be presenting Formosan Dance alongside two other works of Chiang at his upcoming recital at the National Concert Hall.

He says that he can hear Chiangs profound nostalgia and longing for Taiwan in the piece, and the pain of not being able to return home deeply resonates with him.

In addition to Chiangs pieces, Chen will also perform a number of works by European composers that have been featured in popular movies and dramas including Chopins Balakirev: Transcription of Romance from Chopins Piano Concerto No.1 that appeared in the hit Korean drama Stairway to Heaven, as well as Variation 18 of Sergei Rachmaninoffs Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini from the beloved American classic Somewhere in Time.

Tuesday at 7:30pm, National Concert Hall, 21-1 Zhongshan S Rd, Taipei City (台北市中山南路21-1), 

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Sunday, November 12, 2023

Renowned Taiwanese pianist Rueibin Chen to perform in Taipei on October 24

 





Renowned Taiwanese pianist Rueibin Chen

 to perform in Taipei on October 24

Reported by Radio Taiwan International ,03 October, 2023

Pianist Chen Rueibin.(Photo: provided by Capriccio Chamber Orchestra)

Renowned Taiwanese pianist Rueibin Chen (陳瑞斌) is scheduled to perform at the National Concert Hall in Taipei on October 24. His performance will mark the 40th death anniversary of Taiwanese composer Jiang Wen-ye (江文也 ) and the 150th birth anniversary of Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff.

Chen, also known as "Angel Fingers”, will perform classical songs such as Jiang's "Formosan Dance" and Rachmaninoff's "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini: Variation 18" as well as Chopin’s “Balakirev: Transcription of Romance from Chopin’s Piano Concerto No.1”

Born in Taiwan, Chen studied music in Austria and Germany as a teenager. He has won 18 international piano competitions and was named by the Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) newspaper as one of those geniuses that come along once in twenty years. He is especially known for his interpretations of the works by Chopin, Scriabin, and Rachmaninoff.

For many years, Chen has performed works by Jiang Wen-ye internationally, serving as a bridge between Eastern and Western music. A strong advocate for Taiwanese music and culture, he has been praised by well-known media such as CNN, Die Zeit, and NZZ. 


Wednesday, January 25, 2023

Pianist Rueibin Chen's Quest To Connect East and West Through Music

It is a great honor to be interviewed by Taiwan English TV Channel-Taiwan Plus!


很榮幸,接受台灣英文台-Taiwan Plus 的訪問!

Pianist Rueibin Chen's Quest To Connect East and West Through Music


Publish Date 12/09/2022


Music has the power to connect people from all around the world. Award-winning Taiwanese pianist Rueibin Chen is back in Taiwan to perform two recitals, and he wants to use that power to help build a bridge between East and West.