Run Time
90 mins
Intermission
20 mins
Audience Advice
Please turn off all cellphones, photo/video cameras
Program
Johann Sebastian Bach (arr. Furruccio Busoni): Chorale Nun Komm, der Heiden Heiland BWV. 659
Franz Schubert: Sonata in B-Flat Major, D. 960
I. Molto moderato
II. Andante sostenuto
III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace con delicatezza – Trio
IV. Allegro ma non troppo - Presto
Intermission
Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude to The Well Tempered Clavier No. 13 in F-sharp Major, BWV. 882
Frederick Chopin: Barcarolle in F-sharp Major, Op. 60
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Minor, Op. 36
I. Allegro agitato (B-flat minor)
II. Non allegro—Lento (E minor—E major)
III. Allegro molto (B-flat major)
Banff Centre is grateful to the following supporters for making Art of Piano program possible: Heather Edwards, Artemisia Foundation, Helen Graham, the Government of Alberta, the Government of Canada, and the Canada Council for the Arts.
Biographies
Hung-Kuan Chen
Hung-Kuan Chen was born in Taipei and raised in Germany. His early studies fostered strong roots in Germanic Classicism tempered with the sensibility of Chinese philosophy. The winner of the Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition and Young Concert Artists International Auditions and the recipient of an Avery Fisher Grant, Chen has collaborated with conductors including Christoph Eschenbach and Hans Graf, and his colleagues include the Tokyo and Shanghai string quartets, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, violinists Cho-Liang Lin and Roman Totenberg, clarinetist David Shifrin, and pianist Tema Blackstone.
Staff Credits
Megumi Masaki
Director, Music
Ivy Pan
Program Manager, Music
Lorelee Godden
Stage Carpenter
Pui Leung
Lighting Technician
Michael Arnstadt
Sound Technician
Donna Sharpe
Stage Manager
Michael Luong
Stage Manager
Andrew Smith
Production Manager
Georgia Jeffery
Assistant Technical Director
Bert Picknell
Head Piano Technician
Jessie Dumais
Production Coordinator, Music
Henry Ng
Audio and Music Technician
Michael Borsellino
Audio Practicum
Maëlle Milet
Audio Practicum
Theresa Leonard
Audio Producer