Piano Festival Showcases Promising Performers
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The 44th annual Truman Piano Festival and Piano Fellowship Competition will take place Oct. 30-Nov. 1.
Performances will begin with a guest recital by Dr. Yi-Yang Chen, a piano faculty member from DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois. Chen shot onto the international stage with back-to-back victories in the 2017 Washington and Waring International Piano Competitions, followed by the 2018 Sussex International Piano Competition. He has now performed in acclaimed venues on five continents with multiple notable orchestras. He has also appeared at the Perlman Music Festival, Taos School of Music Summer Chamber Music Festival, Banff Music Centre, Music Academy of the West, Four Seasons Winter Workshop and Brevard Music Center.
Chen’s recital will take place at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 30 in the Ophelia Parrish Performance Hall. A live stream will be available at youtube.com/@trumanmusicconcerts/streams.
As part of the festival, Chen will present master classes and serve as a judge for students participating in the fellowship competition, Oct. 31. Incoming first-year and transfer students pursuing a degree in music with piano as the primary instrument will compete for scholarships. Top prize is a four-year renewable scholarship covering tuition and room and board. Second place is a scholarship package worth up to $4,000. Participating students were selected after applying and submitting video recordings of the required repertoire in early October.
The top three competition participants will perform on Truman’s Steinway D and be professionally recorded during the winners’ recital at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 31 in the Ophelia Parrish Performance Hall.
Both recitals are free and open to the public. More information about the Piano Festival can be found online at truman.edu/majors-programs/majors-minors/music-major/piano-festival.
Performances will begin with a guest recital by Dr. Yi-Yang Chen, a piano faculty member from DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois. Chen shot onto the international stage with back-to-back victories in the 2017 Washington and Waring International Piano Competitions, followed by the 2018 Sussex International Piano Competition. He has now performed in acclaimed venues on five continents with multiple notable orchestras. He has also appeared at the Perlman Music Festival, Taos School of Music Summer Chamber Music Festival, Banff Music Centre, Music Academy of the West, Four Seasons Winter Workshop and Brevard Music Center.
Chen’s recital will take place at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 30 in the Ophelia Parrish Performance Hall. A live stream will be available at youtube.com/@trumanmusicconcerts/streams.
As part of the festival, Chen will present master classes and serve as a judge for students participating in the fellowship competition, Oct. 31. Incoming first-year and transfer students pursuing a degree in music with piano as the primary instrument will compete for scholarships. Top prize is a four-year renewable scholarship covering tuition and room and board. Second place is a scholarship package worth up to $4,000. Participating students were selected after applying and submitting video recordings of the required repertoire in early October.
The top three competition participants will perform on Truman’s Steinway D and be professionally recorded during the winners’ recital at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 31 in the Ophelia Parrish Performance Hall.
Both recitals are free and open to the public. More information about the Piano Festival can be found online at truman.edu/majors-programs/majors-minors/music-major/piano-festival.
