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Hunter College Faculty Recital: Quynh Nguyen (Site)

Thursday April 11, 2019, 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm

Free

Quynh Nguyen, Hunter College Acting Director of Performance Studies, will present a solo piano recital of works by Beethoven, Chopin and Ravel, at the Ida K. Lang Concert Hall at Hunter College Thursday April 11th at 8 pm.

Praised by the Boston Globe as “a musical and expressive player” who is “sensitive and poetic,” Vietnamese-American pianist Quynh Nguyen was selected as one of the “19 young stars of tomorrow” by Musical America. For her Carnegie Hall performance, the New York Concert Review commends: “She is a real artist, a wonderfully communicative performer …What a compendium of intellect, sophistication and taste!”

Quynh Nguyen has performed extensively throughout the United States and Europe, including Hungary, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and France, in notable concert venues such as Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, McEvoy Auditorium and the Freer Gallery at the Smithsonian in Washington D.C., and the Berlin Konzerthause. As a concerto soloist, she has performed with the Berlin University Orchestra, the San Francisco Concerto Orchestra, the Bellflower Orchestra, the Brentwood-Westwood Symphony Orchestra, the Hanoi Symphony Orchestra and the Regional Wind Orchestra of Paris.

She has also distinguished herself as a prizewinner in various piano competitions. In addition, her performances have been featured on numerous radio stations throughout the United States as well as television programs such the award-winning “Grand Piano,” which was shown on cable channels in several states across the country, CUNY TV channel 75 on the program “Study With the Best,” Japanese television Fujisankei and Vietnamese national television.

Dr. Nguyen currently serves on the faculty of Hunter College and the International Keyboard Institute and Festival in New York City.

Below are some of the reviews I received for my performances:

“Rarely does one hear a young artist with such a naturally flowing sense of melodic line – vivid and unforced – that permits the music to breath uninhibited. This flexible way of playing allows poetry and emotion to expand organically. Quynh Nguyen is already a major talent of the younger generation of keyboard artists.”—International Piano Magazine

“She captures impressive and splendid characterization of musical creation through intensive animation and flexibility. With filigree technique, she charms everyone present with her music. . . [and] the listeners gave this musical romantic a wonderful reception. This pianist understands and has mastered the dramatic, lyrical and introvert nuances in Chopin compositions, and for this she received the biggest applause.” –Wadern Newspaper, Germany

“Your performance of Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major, K.453 was splendid virtually from beginning to end. Your artistic approach to the Allegro shared your fluid technique and understanding of performance practice. I sincerely enjoyed how you constructed each phrase and how carefully you listened to and dialogued with the JägerMeister Orchestra and Maestro Zilberkant. Your enthusiasm for Mozart was evident in the Andante and the Allegretto-Presto as well. Mozart sounds like a first musical language for you. There was a clear musical narrative shared throughout the performance. Congratulations and thank you for sharing such a delightful rendering. – Micheal Benson, Judge of The American Prize

Details

Date:
Thursday April 11, 2019
Time:
8:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Cost:
Free
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Website:
http://www.quynhpiano.com/#calendar

Venue

Lang Recital Hall at Hunter College
695 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10065 United States
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Phone:
212.772.4448
Website:
http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/theatre/facilities