[MIT CSSA Outreach] Fwd: TOMORROW: Don't miss Meng-Chieh Liu Schubert Piano sonatas Jordan Hall 3/21
Lu GAO
lugao at MIT.EDU
Fri Mar 20 07:15:59 EDT 2009
Dear friends:
Please notice that the Foundation For Chinese Performing Arts will provide FREE
tickets for MIT students and scholars. Each person can require up to two tickets
($30 value and up) from Cathy Chan <jialintan at verizon.net>. Please send your
email directly to her to claim your ticket(s). Please take quick action to get
yours!
If you have already required your free tickets, please be there on time.
Otherwise, please inform Cathy Chan <jialintan at verizon.net> in advance. Thanks.
MIT CSSA
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Subject: [MIT CSSA INFO] Don't miss Meng-Chieh Liu Schubert Piano sonatas
Jordan Hall 3/21
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Meng-Chieh Liu劉孟捷
Piano
New England Conservatory's
Jordan Hall
Sat. March 21, 2009, 8 PM
"Deeply effective playing... He is an extraordinarily complete musician."
--Philadelphia
Weekly
"Meng-Chieh Liu's concert is an inspiration" --Philadelphia Inquirer
"A Glorious Comeback!" --Chestnut Hill Local
Program:
Schubert Sonata Cycle 3
B Major, D. 575
A Minor, D. 784
A Major, D. 959
Order online: www.ChinesePerformingArts.net
A recipient of the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant, Meng-Chieh Liu first
made
headlines in 1993 as a twenty-one-year-old student at The Curtis Institute of
Music,
when he substituted at last-minute's notice for André Watts at the Academy of
Music
in Philadelphia. The concert earned high acclaim from critics and audience alike
and was followed by a number of widely praised performances, including a
recital
at the Kennedy Center and a concert on the Philadelphia All-Star Series. Already
an accomplished artist, Mr. Liu had made his New York orchestral debut two
years
earlier.
Following Mr. Liu's triumph in Philadelphia, an appearance with the Philadelphia
Orchestra was immediately scheduled. However his career was abruptly halted by
a rare and debilitating illness that affected his connective tissues.
Hospitalized
and almost immobile for a year, doctors believed his chances for survival were
slim
and, should he survive, playing the piano would be "absolutely impossible." With
arduous determination and relentless physical therapy, Mr. Liu has been
restored
to health and is once again performing on the concert stage.
His performance schedule in recent years has included appearances in New York,
Boston,
Chicago, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Dallas, Seattle, and San Diego,
as
well as concerts in Taiwan, Korea, Japan, Bulgaria, Spain, Australia, New
Zealand,
and South America. In 2006 Mr. Liu undertook a two-year project of the complete
Schubert sonatas, performing in San Francisco, Boston, Taipei, and Kaohsiung,
Taiwan.
A dedicated chamber musician as well as solo artist, he has collaborated with
musicians
in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia, in addition to working with
artists
in other disciplines, including Mikhail Baryshnikov, who invited him to work
with
the White Oak Dance Project. Mr. Liu's concerts have been broadcast around the
world,
and a biography about him aired on Taiwanese National Television.
Born in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Mr. Liu began his piano studies early and at age
thirteen
was accepted by The Curtis Institute of Music to study with Jorge Bolet, Claude
Frank, and Eleanor Sokoloff. He has received the 2002 Philadelphia Musical Fund
Society Career Advancement Award and first prizes in the Stravinsky, Asia
Pacific
Piano, and Mieczyslaw Munz competitions. In 2008 he was selected as one of the
ten
most outstanding young people in Taiwan. Mr. Liu has been a member of the Curtis
faculty since 1993, the year of his graduation. In 2006 he joined the piano
faculty
at Roosevelt University in Chicago.
榮獲美國艾維里∙費雪職業大獎(Avery
Fisher Career Grant)
與費城音樂基金會職業成就獎雙重肯定的鋼琴家劉孟捷有個崎嶇的音樂生涯。他13歲時參加亞太地區青少年鋼琴大賽，榮獲首獎，同年考上蔻蒂斯(Curtis)
音樂學院。1993年21歲的劉孟捷臨時被指派代替名鋼琴家Andre
Watts演出，只有三小時的準備。演奏完畢，全體觀眾起立歡呼，使他一夜間揚名國際，演奏邀約紛紛而來。兩年中他與費城交響樂團、紐約交響樂團等等的演出都得到很高的評價。沒想到1995年他突患多發性皮肌炎，病毒侵入中樞神經及免疫系統，肌肉不斷萎縮，手指糜爛，全身癱瘓，性命不保。後來雖然奇蹟性的活過來，但雙手變形，手筋消失。連按電視搖控器的指力都沒有。手放在琴鍵上，任何一指都無法抬高碰到黑鍵。其中食指最嚴重，上下各爛一個洞，關節處有兩塊骨頭黏住，向內彎近90度無法伸直。他靠著無比的毅力，終於恢復體力，重返樂壇。
自2002年起，劉孟捷恢復演奏生涯，再創演奏高峰，打破了醫生「完全不能再彈琴」的預言。他由1993年起擔任蔻蒂斯音樂學院的教授。2006開始也在芝加哥羅斯福大學任教。2008年榮獲台灣十大傑出青年藝術文化獎。
歷經重病的折磨，再獲重生的劉孟捷，對人生的體驗及對音樂的詮釋也和以前大異其趣。他在鋼琴上的表現不再依賴音符，而是用「心」來彈奏。他的音樂注入了他對生命體驗的感情，每一首曲子都成了他的生命樂章。他的遭遇以及心境，非常類似偉大的音樂家舒伯特，即使貧困、潦倒，但仍把身心都獻給了音樂，用音樂傾訴自己的理想、感情，用音樂發洩自己的憂鬱、哀傷，把活潑、光明的樂曲帶給了人類，使世界充滿了天籟之音。此次在波士頓演奏舒伯特的鋼琴奏鳴曲，希望把舒伯特極致優美的旋律與愛樂者共享。
查詢:
中華表演藝術基金會會長譚嘉陵781-259-8195,
Foundation at ChinesePerformingArts.net
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Tickets:
$30 (Reserved VIP seats)
$25 (Open seating at non-VIP section)
$15 (Students open seating at non-VIP section)
Limited free student tickets are available via email request only
Children under 6 are not admitted
Tickets Also Available At:
Jordan Hall Box Office (617) 585-1260
World Journal Book Store (617) 451-1309
Winnie Ip Piano School (617) 542-9129
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