ANNY CHEN

TAIWAN

  • date of birth: June 23, 1994
  • currently studying at the Paris Conservatoire with Prof. Jean-Marc Phillips-Varjabédian after completing her Bachelor at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg with Prof. Tanja Becker-Bender;
  • performed at prestigious venues such as the Wigmore hall with orchestras including the HfMT Symphony Orchestra and Cambridge Graduates’ Orchestra;
  • plays on a 1730 Petrus Guarneri kindly on loan from the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben.

Prizes: 2018 Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben Competition, the Elise Meyer Competition and the 1st Shu-Te Sylvia Lee Violin Competition

Program:

First Round

Bach Ciaccona from Partita in D minor for Solo Violin

Mozart Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major K. 218

Paganini Caprice No. 5

Second Round

Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 4 in A minor Op. 23

Enescu “Ménétrier” from Impressions d’enfance Suite Op. 28

Strauss Violin Sonata in E flat major Op. 18

Semifinal

Brahms Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major Op. 100

Enescu Sonata No. 2 in F minor for Violin and Piano Op. 6

Wieniawski Faust Fantasy Op. 20

Final

Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor Op. 47