Mark Chien, Violin
8:30pm EDT Sunday May 9, 2021

Mark Chien, Violin
Chris Whittaker, Piano

WHCO concertmaster Mark Chien presents a beautiful solo recital to close our spring streaming recital series. Marvel at the incredible range of the violin from the soaring, lyrical works of Beach and Schumann to the dazzling virtuosity of Montgomery and Ysaÿe. Streaming on Facebook and YouTube. Free! The concert will last approximately 30 minutes.

Funded in part by a grant from the NYC & Company Foundation.

Program

Clara Schumann: Three Romances for Violin & Piano, Op. 22
Jessie Montgomery: Rhapsody No. 1
Eugène Ysaÿe: Sonata in D minor, Op. 27, No. 3 “Georges Enescu”
Amy Beach: Romance, Op. 23

About the Artists

Violinist Mark Chien made his debut at the age of 13 with the Greenwich Symphony. He has served in principle positions with the Colorado College Music Festival Orchestra, Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra and Sarasota Music Festival Orchestra. Mark has collaborated in recital alongside Adele Anthony, James Dunham, Gil Shaham, Kathleen Winkler, David Ying and Scott Yoo among others. He has performed in some of America’s most renowned concert halls including Alice Tully Hall, David Geffen Hall, David Koch Theatre, Symphony Space, and Carnegie Hall. In 2016, Mark made his Kennedy Center debut representing Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music through the Kennedy Center’s “Conservatory Project” series. He has participated in the Aspen Music Festival and School, Bowdoin International Music Festival, Colorado College Music Festival, Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival, New York String Orchestra Seminar, Sarasota Music Festival, and University of Mozarteum Summer International Academy. Mark was on the faculty at the Interlochen Summer Arts Camp as a member of their fellowship string quartet. His chamber music studies were under artists Steven Copes, Desmond Hoebig, Frank Huang, Ani Kavafian, Robert Levin, Stephen Rose, and members of the Cleveland, Concord, Juilliard, Orion and Ying Quartets. Previous principle teachers have been Spring Berv, Lewis Kaplan, and Kathleen Winkler. Mark has a Bachelor’s degree from Rice University and is a recent graduate student of The Juilliard School where he studied with Catherine Cho and Sylvia Rosenberg.