Fri, 11 Oct 2024
SOTA Concert Hall
Embark on a captivating voyage through the
annals of music history with world-renowned, award-winning concert pianist,
Rueibin Chen, as he presents "Journey Through Time" on October 11th,
2024, at the prestigious SOTA Concert Hall in Singapore . This
recital promises to be a sensory delight, combining music, visuals, and the
rich cultural heritage of Taiwan.
"Journey Through Time" encapsulates the essence of Rueibin Chen's
recital, showcasing the evolution of piano music through different eras and
regions. Audiences will be transported across time and space, from the Baroque
brilliance of Bach to the Romantic reverie of Chopin, and beyond. The concert
will also feature a mix of classical Western compositions and Taiwanese musical
pieces, offering a unique, immersive experience.
Concert
aims to introduce Southeast Asian audience to Taiwanese music
Taiwan News report
Sep. 24, 2024
TAIPEI
(Taiwan News) — Taiwanese pianist Chen Rueibin (陳瑞斌) will perform in Singapore on Oct. 11 to
celebrate Taiwan's rich musical history and culture.
The
“Journey Through Time by Rueibin Chen” piano recital will be at the SOTA
Concert Hall. The concert will feature a variety of pieces, including Chen's
signature performances of Frederic Chopin's works.
Chen
aims to use music to share Taiwan's rich history and culture with Southeast
Asian audiences. By performing works by Taiwanese composers, he hopes to
introduce listeners to the unique beauty of Taiwanese music.
The
concert will also include film scores and works by composers from the
Netherlands and Spain. Chen will showcase pieces by Ludwig van Beethoven and
Taiwanese composer Chiang Wen-yeh (江文也).
Chen
has performed numerous times in Southeast Asia, including a successful concert
with an orchestra in Malaysia last year. He will continue his tour in Singapore
and Thailand in the following year.
Chen
will also collaborate with the Singapore Art University to conduct
masterclasses.
Chen is the Asian disciple of the late Russian piano master Lazar Berman. At age 16, Chen won the Rachmaninoff International Piano Competition in Italy.
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Highlight: Chen Ruei-bin piano concert
Reported by Taipei Times Sat, Oct 21, 2023
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 Chiang’s work across the globe for many years.Chiang died on Oct. 24, 1983.
Chiang, a Hakka who’s 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 Chiang’s 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 Chiang’s pieces, Chen will also perform a number of works by European composers that have been featured in popular movies and dramas — including Chopin’s Balakirev: Transcription of Romance from Chopin’s Piano Concerto No.1 that appeared in the hit Korean drama Stairway to Heaven, as well as Variation 18 of Sergei Rachmaninoff’s 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號),
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Renowned Taiwanese pianist Rueibin Chen
to perform in Taipei on October 24
Reported by Radio Taiwan International ,03 October, 2023
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.
