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Yuan Sheng
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Yuan Sheng has gained international recognition as a concert pianist through his
extensive performances in Canada, China, Croatia, Cuba, Finland, France, Germany,
Hong Kong, Italy, Malaysia, Morocco, Philippines, Poland, South Africa, South Korea,
Spain and United States. He is a laureate of the Marsala, Erice, Jaen, Beijing and
Havana International Piano Competitions. Harris Goldsmith of New York Concert Review
proclaims that " Mr. Sheng … is an artist of the highest quality……" (New York Concert
Review, Summer 2004), after hearing Mr. Sheng's New York Debut recital in Weill
Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in April, 2004 as the winner of the Artist International’s
Rubinstein Memorial Award. The author of Reflections from the Keyboard David Dubal
states that: “…Just listen to him, you will be charmed and touched!” Yuan Sheng
has performed as soloist with the Tenerife Symphony and the Gran Canaria Philharmonic
in Spain, the Oradea State Philharmonic of Romania, the Central Philharmonic and
the China Philharmonic in China, and the National Orchestra of Cuba. He has collaborated
with conductors such as Sixten Ehrling, Delun Li, and David Gilbert.
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As a chamber
musician, he has performed in duo-recitals with violinists Aaron Rosand and Arnold
Steinhardt. He has been seen and heard on WQXR, NPR stations in the US, CCTV and
Beijing Music Radio in China, as well as national TV and radio stations in Cuba,
France, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Poland, and Spain. Born to a family of musicians
in Beijing, Yuan Sheng began his music studies with his mother at age five, continuing
them later at the Central Conservatory with Professors Qifang Li, Huili Li, and
Guangren Zhou. From 1991 to 1997 Yuan Sheng was a scholarship student of Solomon
Mikowsky at the Manhattan School of Music in New York City, where he completed his
Bachelor and Master of Music degrees. His interest in the music of Bach inspired
him to study intensively with Rosalyn Tureck. Mr. Sheng's articles have been published
by leading music magazines in China. His recent series of sixteen articles "Together
We Love Bach" have been published by "Piano Artistry". As a recipient of the National
Young College Teachers’ Fund from Huoyindong Educational Foundation, Mr. Sheng will
compile and write a method book of teaching Bach’s keyboard music as well as record
four CDs of keyboard music of Bach in the coming years. Mr. Sheng has given lectures
and master classes in the U. S., Canada, China, Croatia, Germany, and the Philippines.
He is currently on the Piano faculty of the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing,
China.
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