Described as "one of the brightest performers of her generation" by Classic FM, Chen Sa has worked with many celebrated conductors such as Semyon Bychkov, Edo de Waart, Sir Simon Rattle and Leonard Slatkin, Long Yu, Muhai Tang and Lan Shui, as well as such renowned orchestras as Israel Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Pittsburgh Symphony, The City of Birmingham Symphony, Camerata Salzburg and Warsaw Philharmonic. Her performances have taken her to many of the music centers of the world, including New York (Carnegie Hall), Washington D.C. (Kennedy Center), London (Barbican Centre, Wigmore Hall) and Zurich (Tonhalle). She regularly tours in Japan and she was selected to perform in the prestigious Tokyo series "The 100 Great Pianists of the Twentieth Century".

 

 

In 2010, Chen Sa was awarded the prestigious Chopin Art Passport by the Polish Government in recognition of her achievement in Chopin’s music during Chopin bicentennial in 2010. She won the fourth prize in the Leeds International Piano Competition in 1996, fourth place at the 14th International Chopin Piano Competition in 2000, in addition to the Best Polonaise Performance. In 2005, she won a prize at the 12th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 2005, and became the only pianist in history to win awards at all of these three international piano competitions. Chen Sa is also a Steinway Artist.

 

Born in Chongqing, China, Chen Sa began her musical studies at the Sichuan Conservatory of Music and then at the Shenzhen School of Arts with Professor Zhaoyi Dan at both institutions.

 

Program:
Beethoven: Fantasy in g minor, Op. 77
32 Variations in c minor, WoO 80
Sonata No. 14 in c-sharp minor, Op. 27 No.2
Sonata No. 15 in D major, Op. 28

-Intermission-

Schubert: Impromptus, Op. 142