【新唐人北京時間2019年04月10日訊】Renaissance Duo 文藝復興雙鋼琴由兩位台灣旅美新生代音樂家：鋼琴家/作曲家楊嵐茵博士 (Lan-In Winnie Yang) 和鋼琴演奏家陳孜怡 (Tzu-yi Zoe Chen) 攜手創立。她們擁有對鋼琴重奏曲目的共同熱情，音樂上的深層理解，長年的友誼加上對彼此的認同肯定。嵐茵和孜怡在音樂的領域間，是著名的室內樂及獨奏鋼琴家, 彼此對音樂的詮釋保持高度尊重，並結合兩人內在熱情能量的加乘，追求雙鋼琴演奏藝術境界更上層樓，實現在音樂表演藝術上的共同理念。

兩人為了這場卡內基首場音樂會，準備了一套無論在視覺或聽覺上，都相當精彩有趣且與眾不同的曲目。經典的布拉姆斯「F 小調雙鋼琴奏鳴曲」、向莫札特致敬的布索尼改編版「複協奏曲」、美國爵士的波爾肯「伊甸樂園」、盧托斯拉瓦夫斯基最有名的現代作品「帕格尼尼變奏曲」，以及楊嵐茵博士特別為這次音樂會所創作的「台灣素描」。

《創作曲：台灣素描 Sketches of Taiwan》 *世界首演

楊嵐茵於 2014 年，受陳郁秀董事長 (台灣公共廣播電視集團董事長/華視董事長/文建會主委) 委託，為白鷺鷥文教基金會創會二十周年音樂會，創作了“鋼琴協奏曲 Piano Concerto”，並由台灣國家交響樂團首演。這首「台灣素描」是楊嵐茵根據她的 “鋼琴協奏曲第三樂章”，改編成雙鋼琴的版本，重新賦予了這個作品新的生命。透過雙鋼琴本身豐富的音色變化、寬廣的音域和音量，加上兩位鋼琴家精湛的技巧及表現力，充分地展現出兩台鋼琴如何巧妙地相互結合與抗衡，進而呈現出整體的豐富層次感。

楊嵐茵用歡樂的音符與輕快的節奏，清晰地描繪出一幅幅動人的景象 : 車水馬龍的街道、忙碌熱鬧的生活、歡樂的節慶活動、繁華喧鬧的夜市景象、人民的親切與活力，但曲子中段優美柔和帶 點感傷的旋律，深深的刻畫出她對家鄉溫暖的回憶及美麗寶島的田園風景，並表達出人民對未來祈求平安幸福的希望。

兩位鋼琴家簡介

陳孜怡 – 鋼琴演奏家 Tzu-yi Zoe Chen

陳孜怡生長於台灣台北市，自幼展露音樂稟賦。十三歲赴俄國聖彼得堡，參加柴可夫斯基國際青 少年鋼琴大賽，獲「最佳詮釋獎」，十七歲至法國國立巴黎高等音樂學院深造獲碩士學位，後至 德國國立卡厄斯魯爾(Karlsruhe) 獲音樂碩士與最高演奏家雙學位，轉赴美國先在喬治亞州Columbus 州立大學的 Schwob 音樂學院擔任助教暨研究生，三年後至華府(Washington D.C.)，執教於列文(Levine)音樂學校，並經常接受各界邀約，飛赴世界各大城市演奏，為一專業鋼琴演奏家。演奏足跡遍及美國、加拿大、法國、德國、義大利、俄羅斯、西班牙、奧地利、香港、新加坡、日本、匈牙利、羅馬尼亞、哥倫比亞、巴拉圭等國，亦曾在台灣總統府介壽館與台灣國家音樂廳等處演出。
孜怡歷年得獎紀錄輝煌，包括 2015 巴爾地摩國際李斯特鋼琴協會鋼琴大賽第 二獎及獲李斯特及巴爾托克作品最佳詮釋獎，2014 亞特蘭大莫札特鋼琴協會大賽首獎、2013 喬治亞州教師協會鋼琴大賽研究生組首獎、2012 年亞特蘭大愛樂協會音樂獎學金比賽研究生組首獎、2009 年德國第九屆 Darmstadt 國際蕭邦大賽第四獎、2007 年台灣交響樂團(NTSO)鋼琴協奏曲大賽冠軍、第二屆歐盟室內樂比賽「最佳藝術媒體文化獎」、意大利 Mauro Paolo Monopoli 第四屆國際鋼琴大賽首獎、美國 Gina Bachauer 國際鋼琴大賽青少年組、德國第六屆愛特林根國際青少年鋼琴大賽、台北第一屆華信愛樂古典菁英獎得主等。2014 年，她在紐約卡內基音樂廳發表獨奏會後，紐約樂評家 Frank Daykin 即為文讚美道：「她的演奏不僅展現出眾人期待的專業技巧，更顯露出優美的音質、完美的投入、深厚的情感及對風格的充分理解與詮釋。」 孜怡同時是紐約新亞室內樂協會之一員，與其他音樂家們一起在美東諸多場合演出，並錄製 CD，藉以饗宴樂友。

楊嵐茵 － 鋼琴家/作曲家 Lan-In Winnie Yang
為著名旅美音樂雙博士。現為紐約「MuseConnect 跨樂」音樂協會的共同創辦人、理事、及音樂總監。先後畢業於美國俄亥俄州奧柏林音樂學院、紐約曼哈頓音樂學院、紐約州立大學石溪分校， 並獲頒紐約州立大學最高榮譽獎取得鋼琴演奏及理論作曲雙博士學位、鋼琴與理論作曲雙碩士學位、學士學位、及鋼琴職業演奏家文憑。在台美兩地獲得多項音樂獎項，被美國音樂協會受邀成為榮譽會員，並曾受邀至荷蘭皇宮演出。除了活耀於紐約地區的演出之外，曾受邀參加過許多國際音樂節，並於舊金山、華盛頓特區、東京、荷蘭、台北、高雄多次舉辦音樂創作發表會、鋼琴獨奏會及室內樂音樂會。曾獲 Stony Brook 協奏曲比賽優勝，並與 Stony Brook 交響樂團合作拉赫曼尼諾夫第二號鋼琴協奏曲。

近期演出、委託創作、及合作的樂團及音樂家包括: [鋼琴協奏曲 – Piano Concerto] : 受台灣白鷺鷥文教基金會委託創作，由簡文彬指揮、鋼琴家盧佳慧，與台灣國家交響樂團於國家音樂廳首演；

[小提琴與鋼琴奏鳴曲 – Sonata for Violin and Piano] : 由得過九座葛萊美獎的美國愛默森弦樂四重奏小提琴家 Philip Setzer，和美國著名鋼琴家 Gilbert Kalish 委託創作，並於於紐約及華盛頓特區Smithsonian 首演，楊博士本人也受邀與台灣知名小提琴家簡名彥合作此曲；[給二胡及弦樂的幻想曲 – Fantasy for Erhu and Strings] : 受中提琴家林維洋邀請創作，曾與紐約古典音樂家樂團、Amphion 弦樂四重奏演出；[鋼琴三重奏 – Piano Trio] : 受紐約台灣同鄉會委託創作；[小提琴協奏曲 – Transfiguration] : 受紐約 North/South Consonance 樂團委託創作，由指揮 Max Lifchitz 及加拿大裔小提琴家 Claudia Schaer 首演；[時間旅程- Voyage of Time, 給緬甸傳統長笛,大提琴,與鋼琴的三重奏] : 受 2017 緬甸音樂節委託創作; [給鋼琴的星座組曲 – Suite Astrologique for Piano] : 在紐約卡內基音樂廳 Distinguished Concerts International New York 音樂季陳孜怡獨奏會發表。原創音樂 [舞夢 Dancing Dream] 獲得 2012 年美東華語電影節的 [最佳音樂短片獎] 。2019 年一月，剛發行新的創作專輯 [永恆的魅力] : 受北京音樂唱片製作人葉雲川邀請，跨界古典、爵士、流行，用古典鋼琴五重奏的編制，重新創作改編台灣十三首經典歌曲，由瑞鳴音樂唱片發行， 與紐約卡內基音樂廳錄音大師 Leszek Wo jcik 合作，並獲台灣音響大師/音響論壇雜誌創辦人/總編輯 : 劉漢盛老師的強力樂評推薦。

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THE ART OF TRANSCRIPTION:

Renaissance Piano Duo, Tzu-Yi Chen and Winnie Yang, Perform Works by Busoni, Brahms, Bolcom, Lutosławski and the World Premiere of Yang’s Sketches Of Taiwanin a Concert Dedicated to Masters of Transcription

FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 8 PM WEILL RECITAL HALL AT CARNEGIE HALL

New York, NY (March tbd, 2019) – DCINY presents the Weill Recital Hall debut of Renaissance Piano Duo, pianists Winnie Yang and Tzu-Yi Chen, who will perform a specially selected classical repertoire that amplifies the art of transcription with works by Busoni, Brahms, Bolcom, Lutosławski, and Yang. The concert takes place on Friday, April 12, 8 PM at Weill Recital Hall at

Carnegie Hall. Tickets are $50. For tickets and information, visit DCINY’s website.

According to the duo, “The art of transcription is a universal thread woven through the tapestry of our musical traditions. So ubiquitous is this art form that it spans the gamut of history’s greatest composers. It is with this woven thread and these gathered gems that we have chosen our programming for our Carnegie Hall debut.”

The evening will feature Busoni’s Duettino concertante, Brahms’ Sonata for Two Pianos in F Minor,

Op. 34b, William Bolcom’s The Garden of Eden, and Lutosławski’s Variations on a Theme by

Paganini, and Yang’s Sketches of Taiwan, a world premiere.

Busoni’s Duettino Concertanteis based on the finale of Mozart’s Piano Concerto in F Major, K. 459, and is a demonstration to Busoni’s virtuosity in transcription and his ability to create a dynamic interplay of figurations between two performers.

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Brahms’ Sonata for Two Pianos in F-Minoris a testament of the composer’s own connection to the art of transcription. Brahms often reworked, rearranged, and transcribed his own compositions transforming them into works new and wondrous. This sonata exhibits Brahms’ methodical perfectionism, achieving between two keyboards the quintet’s symphonic breadth.

Bolcom wrote The Garden of Eden Suite for solo pianoin 1974 and later adapted the piece for two pianos. The four rags that comprise the suite tell the story of the Biblical fall from grace through the ragtime idiom.

Lutosławski’s Variations on a Theme by Paganini is a transcription of Paganini’s Twelve

Transcriptionson a theme, which was Paganini’s transcription of his own Caprice No. 24 in A minor for solo violin.

Sketches of Taiwan is a two-piano transcription of the Finale of Yang’s Piano Concerto. In this work, Yang not only evokes imagery of joyful, festive scenes of Taiwan such as holiday celebrations, night markets, and lively street activity, but also paints a nostalgic backdrop to the expression of tenderness towards her distant homeland, Taiwan.

WINNIE YANG

Dr. Lan-In Winnie Yang holds two Doctorate degrees (D.M.A. Piano/ Ph.D. Composition), two Master’s degrees (M.M. Piano/ M.A. Composition), and a Bachelor’s degree in Piano/Composition. A graduate from Stony Brook University, Manhattan School of Music, and Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Dr. Yang is the co-founder and the music director of MuseConnect. Yang won the 2008 Stony Brook Concerto Competition and performed with the Stony Brook Symphony Orchestra. Her performance activities and compositions have taken her internationally including Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center in New York, Smithsonian in Washington D.C., National Concert Hall in Taiwan, Dutch Royal Palace Het Loo, Japan TV Asahi Corp. Music Hall in Tokyo, among other venues. Her compositions have been commissioned/premiered by Taiwan National Symphony Orchestra, Grammy Award-winning violinist Philip Setzer, American pianist Gilbert Kalish, New York Classical Players, North/South Consonance, Amphion String Quartet, Egret Cultural and Educational Foundation, and the Myanmar Music Festival. Yang’s original music “Dancing Dream” won the “Best Music Video Award” in the 2012 Mid-Atlantic Chinese Film Festival.

TZU-YI CHEN

An international award-winning performer and educator, Tzu-yi holds degrees from the Paris Conservatory and the Karlsruhe University of Music. Chen co-founded the International Friendship Ministries’ Arts Academy in Columbus, Georgia, while studying at Columbus State University’s Schwob School of Music. In 2017, Chen performed for the 60th anniversary of the Taiwan-Paraguay diplomatic relations in the Central Bank in Asunción, and was presented by Taiwan’s National Concert Hall’s Rising Star chamber music concert series. Recent US tours have taken her to nine US states, Puerto Rico, and her home base in Washington, D.C. where she

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teaches at the Levine School of Music, serves as a member of the music staff at the Taiwanese Presbyterian Church, and is on the New Asia Chamber Music Society’s Artist Roster. Her first chamber music album produced by NACMS was released in November 2018.

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LISTINGS INFORMATION

Renaissance Piano Duo

Friday, April 12, 2019, 8 PM,

Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall

Tickets are $50

DCINY presents the Weill Recital Hall debut of Renaissance Duo. Pianists Winnie Yang and Tzu-Yi Chen perform specially selected classical repertoire meant to exemplify the duo’s doubling of power and amplification of artistry.

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