Program
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Sonata in E major, Op. 109
I. Vivace ma non troppo
II. Prestissimo
III. Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung.
Maurice Ravel
Gaspard de la Nuit
I. Ondine
II. Gibet
III. Scarbo
Frédéric Chopin
Ballade No. 3 in A-flat major, Op. 47
Nocturne Op. 55 No. 2 in E-flat major
Andante Spianato et Grande Polonaise Brillante in E-flat major, Op. 22
Biography
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!”
Dr. 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 Konzerthaus. 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. A prizewinner of various national and international piano competitions, her performances have been featured on numerous radio stations throughout the United States as well as television programs on cable channels in several states across the country, including CUNY TV channel 75 on the program “Study With the Best,” Japanese television Fujisankei and Vietnamese national television.
Dr. Nguyen is a graduate of The Juilliard School and Mannes College of Music, where she studied with Bella Davidovich and Jerome Rose respectively. She received her Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Graduate Center of City University of New York in 2009. She has performed in master classes given by world-renowned artists including Tatiana Nikolaeva, Richard Goode, Jeffrey Swann, and Andras Schiff. Her dissertation, An Analysis of Olivier Messiaen’s Last Piano Solo Work: Les Petites Esquisses d’oiseaux, received the Barry Brook Dissertation award from the Graduate Center. Additionally, she is the recipient of several highly prestigious scholarships and awards, including the United States Presidential Academic Excellence Award and a Fulbright Fellowship to study in Paris.
Dr. Nguyen currently serves on the faculty of Hunter College and the International Keyboard Institute and Festival in New York City.
