“The Joy of Harvest“《庆丰收》 performed by Hsing-ay Hsu 许兴艾

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About the Pianist

Since her stage debut at age four, Chinese pianist Hsing-ay Hsu has been winning international awards and audiences with her thoughtful programming and "explosions of energy" (New York Times). She has performed at such notable venues as Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, and abroad in Europe and Asia. 

Upon entering her freshman year at Juilliard, she won the William Kapell International Piano Competition silver medal. Ms. Hsu is also winner of the Ima Hogg National Competition First Prize, the prestigious Juilliard William Petschek Recital Award, a McCrane Foundation Artist Grant, a Paul & Daisy Soros Graduate Fellowship, and the Gilmore Young Artist Award.  She was named a U.S. Presidential Scholar of the Arts by President Clinton at the White House.

A versatile concerto soloist performing Bach to Barber, she is described by The Washington Post as full of “power, authority, and self-assurance.” Concerto collaborations include the Houston Symphony Orchestra as first-prize winner of the 2003 Ima Hogg National Competition, the Baltimore Symphony, the Colorado Symphony, Pacific Symphony (CA), Colorado Springs, Florida West Coast, Fort Collins, New Jersey, Waterbury (CT), China National, Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Xiamen orchestras. Television and radio feature broadcasts include Garrison Keillor’s Prairie Home Companion Live from Tanglewood (for a 10,000+ live audience and 3.9 million broadcast audience), NPR’s Performance Today with Martin Goldsmith, TCI cablevision’s Grand Piano Recital (CA), CPR’s Colorado Spotlight, China Central National TV, Hong Kong Phoenix TV, and Danish National Radio. She has recorded CD/DVD’s for Pacific Records, Albany Records, and Nutmeg Press labels.

An advocate of new music and a passionate chamber musician, she has given numerous world premieres including Ezra Laderman’s Piano Sonata No. 3 and Beshert; Ned Rorem’s Aftermath (2002) for baritone and piano trio; Daniel Kellogg’s scarlet thread at the Guggenheim Museum in New York and his Momentum, which she commissioned for the 1998 Gilmore International Keyboard Festival; as well as Du MingXin’s Piano Concerto No. 3 at the Gulangyu International Piano Festival and National Tour. Chamber music appearances include Carnegie Weill Hall, Bargemusic in New York, the Aspen Music Festival, Tanglewood, the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival, the Gardner Museum in Boston, the Detroit Art Museum, Denmark’s Viborg Hall, Taiwan’s Novel Hall, and an all-star gala in Hong Kong for the 10th anniversary of the reunification.  Her more recent projects include producing/performing in the multi-media recital “China through the Lens of Piano Music”, co-directing/performing in the George Crumb at 80 Music Festival, and producing/performing in the Olivier Messiaen Centennial series. Ms. Hsu loves to create themed projects and to explore other styles- mostly recently with a flamenco composer and a jazz pianist.  

Ms. Hsu was the Artistic Director for Pendulum New Music at the University of Colorado-Boulder until recently, where she brought in international artists to the region from Finland, Mexico, the U.K., hosted masterclasses with celebrities including Kronos Quartet and Béla Fleck, and oversaw the premiere of almost five hundred new works.  Ms. Hsu has become a prominent cultural figure, being named a “2011 Denver Pathmaker” while performing creative programming with the Colorado Symphony and at the Denver Art Museum.  She feels privileged to mentor young/young-at-heart musicians and teachers, and to serve as a creative consultant for local organizations. Her Conscious Listening(TM) seminars bring dynamic teaching to festivals, private homes, music societies, and pre-concert talks for the CU Presents Artist Series.  She also adjudicates regularly for national and international competitions.   Besides chairing the CSMTA College Forum, she served on the national editorial board of American Music Teacher magazine. Her recordings are frequently broadcast on CPR.   

Ms. Hsu has served as visiting piano faculty at Ohio University, the University of Colorado in Boulder, Metro State University, and University of Northern Colorado, and has given masterclasses and seminars at institutions including the International Keyboard Odyssiad Festival, Music Teachers National Association’s national conference, University of Denver, Conservatoire Maurice Ravel in Paris, Chautauqua New York, and Central Conservatory Pre-College in China. A beloved teacher, her students have won numerous solo and concerto prizes. She is on the Rocky Ridge Adult Seminar faculty in Estes Park, CO.    

Born in Beijing, Ms. Hsu studied piano with her parents and her uncle Fei-Ping Hsu, and later with Herbert Stessin at Juilliard and Claude Frank at Yale. She also trained in the fellowship programs at Tanglewood Music Center, Ravinia Festival’s Steans Institute, Aldeburgh Britten-Pears Programme (UK), the Aspen Music Festival, and abroad.  Ms. Hsu is a Steinway Artist and resides in New York City with her husband, composer and YCA president Daniel Kellogg, and one daughter.

钢琴家介绍

自4岁开始登台演出以来，中国钢琴家许兴艾曾在卡内基音乐厅，肯尼迪中心，林肯中心, 以及亚洲和欧洲演出。 在进入茱莉亚大学一年级时，她就获得了William Kapell国际钢琴比赛银牌。还获得了Ima Hogg全美比赛第一名，著名的Juilliard William Petschek独奏音乐奖，McCrane基金会艺术家奖，Paul＆Daisy Soros研究生奖学金奖以及Gilmore青年艺术家奖。克林顿总统亲自在白宫给她颁发了美国总统艺术学者金奖。

她是一位多才多艺的艺术家，演奏从巴赫到巴伯尔的作品，《纽约时报》评论她的演奏是“威力四射，具有惊人的震撼力。”《华盛顿邮报》描述她“是一位充满权威，力量和自信的钢琴家。”她曾经和休斯敦交响乐团，巴尔的摩交响乐团，科罗拉多交响乐团，太平洋交响乐团，科罗拉多斯普林交响乐团，佛罗里达西海岸交响乐团，柯林斯堡交响乐团，新泽西交响乐团，沃特伯里交响乐团，中国国家交响乐团，上海交响乐团，深圳和厦门乐团合作演出。在她参与的电视和电台广播节目中，包括了Garrison Keillor在Tanglewood的“Prairie Home Companion Live，”由Martin Goldsmith主持 NPR的“今日节目”，TCI cablevision的“大钢琴演奏会”，CPR的“科罗拉多亮点节目，”中国中央电视台，香港凤凰卫视，和丹麦国家广播电台。她为Pacific Records，Albany Records，和Nutmeg Press录制了CD / DVD。

作为新音乐的倡导者，她曾多次在世界首演，包括Ezra Laderman的钢琴奏鸣曲和Beshert; Ned Rorem的Aftermath（为男中音和钢琴写的三重奏）;在纽约古根海姆博物馆首演凯洛格为她而写的“朱红色的线条”和 “动力”。她应邀在鼓浪屿国际钢琴节和全国巡演杜鸣心的“第三钢琴协奏曲”。室内音乐表演包括在Carnegie Weill Hall，纽约Bargemusic，Aspen音乐节，Tanglewood，五湖室内乐音乐节，波士顿Gardner博物馆，底特律艺术博物馆，丹麦Viborg音乐厅，台湾音乐厅和香港回归十周年庆典等。她参与的文化项目，例如通过钢琴音乐镜头的多媒体独奏音乐会，在George Crumb 80岁音乐节共同导演/表演，以及制作/表演Olivier Messiaen Centennial系列，丹佛邮报称她为“开路先锋”。 许兴艾也是一位充满激情的室内乐音乐家，她喜欢创作主题项目并探索和其他风格的合作。譬如 最近的弗拉门戈作曲家和爵士乐的朋友。

许兴艾已成为丹佛 - 博尔德走廊的文化名人，她与科罗拉多交响乐团合作并参与丹佛艺术博物馆创作活动。她很荣幸能够指导年轻和年老的音乐家和教师，并担任当地组织的创意顾问。还兼任CU-Boulder “Pendulum” 新音乐的艺术总监。她还邀请到来自芬兰，墨西哥，英国的国际艺术家，主持了包括Kronos Quartet和Béla Fleck在内的名人大师班，并组织了近500首新作品的首演。 

她的“Conscious ListeningTM”研讨会系列节目，给私人住宅，音乐社团和音乐会前的讲座带来了动态的教学。她还应邀定期为国内和国际比赛担任裁判。除了担任CSMTA学院论坛的组织者，她还是美国音乐教师杂志的全国编辑委员会成员。她的录音经常在科州的广播电台上播出。

她曾应邀访问俄亥俄大学，科罗拉多大学博尔德分校，新城州立大学，和北科罗拉多大学，并在科罗拉多州埃斯蒂斯帕克的Rocky Ridge成人研讨会上，国际键盘Odyssiad音乐节，全国音乐教师协会会议等机构举办大师班和研讨会。（包括 丹佛大学，巴黎Maurice Ravel音乐学院，纽约Chautauqua和中国中央音乐学院附中。）作为一位倍受称赞的老师，她的学生们获得了无数的独奏和协奏曲奖。

许兴艾出生于北京，小时候与父母和叔叔许斐平学习钢琴，后来又在茱莉亚和耶鲁大学深造。她还曾在Tanglewood音乐中心，Ravinia Festival Steans Institute，Aldeburgh Britten-Pears Program（英国），Aspen音乐节以及国外接受过培训。许兴艾是施坦威艺术家，与丈夫作曲家/Young Concert Artists 主席 Daniel Kellogg住在纽约。