Stella Chen (born 1992) is an American violinist.[1] She was the first prize winner of the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels, Belgium in 2019; won the Avery Fisher Career Grant in 2020;[2] and was named the Young Artist of the Year, Gramophone Classical Music Awards in 2023.
Biography
editChen is a graduate of Harvard University (BA, psychology), the Juilliard School, and the New England Conservatory of Music, where she earned a master's degree.[1] She studied at Juilliard under Itzhak Perlman, Donald Weilerstein, Li Lin and Catherine Cho (DMA 2021).[3][4] From 2019 to 2023 she studied at the Kronberg Academy with Mihaela Martin.[5]
Chen performed as soloist with the New York Philharmonic and the Chicago Symphony and appeared in venues such as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Vienna's Musikverein and Berliner Philharmonie.[6] She plays chamber music with Perlman, Weilerstein, and Robert Levin.[7]
From 2019 to 2023, Chen played the 'Huggins' 1708 Stradivarius violin loaned from the Nippon Music Foundation[8][9] and plays the 1700 ex-Petri Stradivarius on loan from Ryuji Ueno and Rare Violins In Consortium, Artists and Benefactors Collaborative.[10]
Awards
edit- 2006: Fifth prize, junior division, Yehudi Menuhin International Competition for Young Violinists, Boulogne-sur-Mer, France[11]
- 2008: Fourth prize, senior division, Yehudi Menuhin International Competition for Young Violinists, Cardiff, Wales[11]
- 2015: Recipient, Robert Levin Prize, Harvard University[5]
- 2017: Second prize Winner, Tibor Varga International Violin Competition[12]
- 2019: First prize, Queen Elisabeth Competition, Brussels, Belgium[1][10]
- 2020: Recipient, Lincoln Center Emerging Artist Award[13]
- 2020: Recipient, Avery Fisher Career Grant
- 2023: Recipient, Young Artist of the Year, Gramophone Classical Music Awards
Discography
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c Brumagne, Françoise (May 7, 2019). "Stella Chen, première lauréate". RTBF (in French). Retrieved September 16, 2023.
- ^ Channel, The Violin (March 25, 2020). "2 VC Artists Awarded 2020 Avery Fisher Career Development Grants". The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
- ^ Channel, The Violin (February 17, 2020). "VC YOUNG ARTIST | Stella Chen – Queen Elisabeth Violin Competition 1st Prize Winner". The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
- ^ Juilliard DMA
- ^ a b "Kronberg Academy: Stella Chen". Kronberg Academy (in German). Retrieved September 16, 2023.
- ^ "Stella Chen, violin". San Francisco Classical Voice. September 15, 2023. Retrieved September 16, 2023.
- ^ "Stella Chen". New York Philharmonic. June 15, 2022. Retrieved September 16, 2023.
- ^ "Instrument Loan to Stella Chen | loan | News | Nippon Music Foundation". 日本音楽財団 (in Japanese). Retrieved June 1, 2020.
- ^ "Die amerikanische Geigerin Stella Chen gewinnt den KEW für Violine". vrtnws.be (in German). May 26, 2019. Retrieved September 16, 2023.
- ^ a b "Stella Chen". Queen Elisabeth Competition. May 24, 2019. Retrieved September 16, 2023.
- ^ a b "Detail". queenelisabethcompetition.be (in French). Retrieved June 1, 2020.
- ^ "Lauréats Concours de". Sion Violon musique (in French). September 2, 2023. Retrieved September 16, 2023.
- ^ "Stella Chen". Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Retrieved September 16, 2023.
- ^ Evans, Bill (May 31, 2023). "Violinist Stella Chen Produces 'Interesting' Sound on Stunning Debut Album 'Stella X Schubert'". Strings Magazine. Retrieved September 16, 2023.
- ^ Threasher, David (September 16, 2023). "Stella Chen: Schubert". The Strad. Retrieved September 16, 2023.