TRAINING
• 2010: University of
Music, Drama and Media Hanover, “Soloklasse” with Einar
Steen-Nřkleberg
• 2005-2008: Studies with Matti Raekallio
PRIZES AND AWARDS
• 2010: Hanoi
International Piano Competition, 3rd Prize
• 2008: International Piano Competition “Mauro Paolo
Monopoli”, 2nd prize
• 2005: International Piano Competition “Premio Franz
Liszt”, 3rd prize
• 2004: Grotrian-Steinweg International Piano
Competition, 2nd prize
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Born December 27, 1985 |
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Shih-Wei Chen was born in Tauyuan, Taiwan. At the age of
sixteen, he went to study in Germany where he gave many
recitals and concerts. In 2007, after having given
notable performances of the Liszt concertos with the
National Symphony Orchestra and the Taipei Philharmonic
Orchestra, he recorded his first commercial album by EMI
Asia. Recently, he was invited to perform with the Palm
Beach Symphony at the International Piano Festival in
West Palm Beach, Florida.
QUARTER FINALS
CLAUDE DEBUSSY * Étude « Pour les huit doigts
» (Book I, No. 6)
FRANZ LISZT * Transcendental Etude No. 5 «
Feux follets »
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN * 32 Variations in C minor
on an Original Theme, WoO 80
FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN * Nocturne in E minor, opus 72,
no1
FRANZ LISZT * Mephisto-Valse no 1
DAVID L. McINTYRE * A Wild Innocence
SEMI-FINALS
CLAUDE DEBUSSY * 4 Préludes : « Les sons et
les parfums tournent dans l’air du soir » (Book I, No.
4) ; « Les collines d’Anacapri » (Book I, No. 5) ; « Des
pas sur la neige » (Book I, No. 6) ; « Ce qu’a vu le
vent d’Ouest » (Book I, No. 7)
FRANZ LISZT * Sonata in B minor
FINALS
SERGUEĎ PROKOFIEV * Concerto in G minor, opus
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