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Joel Fan

May 03, 2024

Joel Fan (b. United States, July 29, 1969) is an American pianist and Steinway Artist[1] "who has won praise for his technical expertise, lyrical playing, and outstanding interpretation".[2] The New York Times has described Joel Fan as an "impressive pianist"[3] with a "probing intellect and vivid imagination."[4] "Fan has a flourishing international career as a performing and recording artist, notable for his fluency in the standard repertoire and contemporary works."[5] Consistently acclaimed for his recitals and appearances with orchestras, Mr. Fan scored two consecutive Billboard Top 10 Debuts with his solo CDs World Keys and West of the Sun,[6] while Dances for Piano and Orchestra earned a Grammy nomination.[7]

Joel Fan, pianist

Early life edit

Pianist Joel Fan was born in New York City to parents originally from Taiwan.[8] While attending Hunter College High School he studied at the Juilliard Pre-College Division as a student of Kathryn Parker and Martin Canin.[9] A child prodigy, he made his debut playing with the New York Philharmonic after winning the orchestra's Young People's Concert Auditions[10] at the age of 11.[11] He received his bachelor's degree from Harvard University, where his teachers included the composer Leon Kirchner. He holds a Master of Music degree in Piano Performance from the Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University, where he studied with Leon Fleisher. He is also a prize winner of several international competitions, including the Busoni International Piano Competition in Italy. He was also the winner of the Kosciuzko Foundation's Chopin Prize, and named a Presidential Scholar by the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts.[12]

Career edit

Joel Fan is described as a pianist who plays with "eloquence and sensitivity",[13] and a "rhythmic acuteness and broad tonal palette.”[14] Fan's “commanding technique and the passion he brings to his performances”[15] have been noted in his appearances as a concerto soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician. In addition, Fan “not only embraces classical music in his repertoire, but has commissioned new works and is also passionate about world music.”[16]

As a concerto soloist, Joel Fan brings “vibrant, passionate, tender, sparkling life”[17] to over 40 different concertos he has performed from the traditional classical repertoire, as well as works such as Messiaen Turangalila Symphony, Szymanowski Symphony-Concertante No. 4, and Bernstein's Age of Anxiety. He has appeared as a soloist with orchestras worldwide including the New York Philharmonic, Boston Pops Orchestra, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Singapore Symphony, Odesa Philharmonic, and London Sinfonietta.[18] Among the conductors he has worked with include Keith Lockhart, David Zinman, Alan Gilbert, Zubin Mehta, David Robertson and many others.[19]

As a recitalist, critics have reported that Joel Fan "has a huge dynamic range and tremendous facility",[20] and his performances sound “freshly conceived and full of character”.[21] With his “willingness to juxtapose traditional and unexpected repertory”,[22] Fan’s solo concerts are designed to be “exciting and fun, capturing the ears of classical music lovers as well as more-casual listeners.”[23] Fan has been presented as a solo recitalist on the stages of the Kennedy Center, the Ravinia Festival, Jordan Hall, Calgary Celebrity Series, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. Internationally, Fan’s recitals have been heard on four continents including his tours of China, Cuba and South America.[24]

As chamber musician, Joel Fan has collaborated with ensembles such as the Orion Quartet, Shanghai Quartet, Imani Winds, and A Far Cry, Santa Fe Pro Musica, Northwest Sinfonietta and Columbus Pro Musica chamber orchestras. He is also recognized for his work with the cellist Yo-Yo Ma and as a member of the Silk Road Ensemble.

Silk Road Ensemble edit

In 1998, cellist Yo-Yo Ma established the Silk Road Ensemble.[25]  As a member, Joel Fan’s performances appear on their first album, Silk Road Journeys, which was released in 2001 and with the ensemble in their initial tour of China[26] and their concerts at the Kennedy Center later that year.[27] His history of performances with Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble include concert venues such as Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, the Concertgebouw, and television programs such as Good Morning America.[28] Along with cellist Yo-Yo Ma, Wu Man on pipa, and Wu Tong on sheng, Fan also performed premieres such as Bright Sheng’s concerto The Song and Dance of Tears with the London Sinfonietta at the BBC Proms.[29] Joel Fan is noted for his work with Yo-Yo Ma[30] performing repertoire that includes works drawn from the traditional cello repertoire,[31] contemporary works,[32] the music of cultures outside the classical tradition,[33] and in performances of traditional chamber music[34][35] and Beethoven’s Triple Concerto.[36]

Discography edit

Joel Fan’s discography illustrates his highly creative musical persona.[37] His albums have scored two consecutive Billboard Top 10 Debuts[38] and a Grammy nomination.[39] His music airs on radio on stations such as WQXR in New York City[40] and WCLV in Cleveland[41] among many others. Fan's live performances and interviews are also featured in broadcasts on radio stations including KING in Seattle,[42] and Houston Public Media.[43]

World Keys: Virtuosic Piano Music

Fueled by his touring around the world with Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble,[44] Joel Fan recorded his debut solo piano recital album for Reference Recordings, World Keys: Virtuoso Piano Music.[45] Featuring ten composers from ten different countries, Fan juxtaposes virtuosic works from the Classical tradition by Prokofiev, Liszt and Schumann, with five World Premieres from composers and cultures not usually associated with piano music: Dia Succari (Syria), Halim El-Dabh (Egypt), Qigang Chen (China), Peteris Vasks (Latvia) and A. Adman Saygun (Turkey).[46] The album debuted at No.3 on the Billboard Charts.[47]

West of the Sun

The second solo piano album by Joel Fan, West of the Sun, contains "nine stunningly brilliant renditions drawn from a wide range of styles and sources,"[48] by nine composers from North and South America.[49] From South America, works of Nazareth, Piazzolla and Villa-Lobos are juxtaposed with the first piano sonata of Ginastera. Two little-known works by Amy Beach and the African-American composer Margaret Bonds surround the Barber Sonata and a world premiere recording from William Bolcom from North America. The album offers fresh discoveries and classics told through Latin rhythms, European and American compositional techniques, the Negro spiritual and voices of women and further solidifies his reputation for innovative programming.[50]

Leon Kirchner : Revelations

Joel Fan’s album, Revelations, is an homage to his mentor and teacher, the Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Leon Kirchner.[51] An "admirable interpreter of his music", Fan's "sympathetic readings bring its emotional content to the fore"[52] in works that piques the interest and heightens appreciation of Kirchner, the man.[53] Fan offers an intimate portrait[54] of the American master composer.[55] "The album is an important recording of diverse works — piano pieces, songs, choral works, most of them little known, with music that is alluring, pungent, and intelligent."[56]

Dances for Piano and Orchestra

The concerto album, Dances for Piano and Orchestra, reflects Joel Fan’s ongoing commitment to international music[57] and interests that extend well beyond the standard repertoire.[58] The wide-ranging journey focuses on the intersection of music and dance in an almost-forgotten genre - the single-movement dance piece for piano and orchestra.[59] These virtuoso novelties, which are probably known to few musicians,[60] offer "vitally engrossing pianism"[61] in rarely heard compositions by Chopin, Saint-Saëns, Pierné, Weber-Liszt, Castro, Gottschalk, culminating in a world premiere recording of Charles Cadman’s Dark Dancers of the Mardi Gras.[62]

Joel Fan has recorded for Reference Recordings, Sony Classical, Verdant World Records, and Albany Records.[63] The following is a list of his recording credits:[64]

2018 Leon Kirchner: Music for Orchestra Boston Modern Orchestra Project / Gil Rose Joel Fan, Liner Notes

2014 Dances for Piano and Orchestra Christophe Chagnard / Joel Fan / Northwest Sinfonietta

2013 Leon Kirchner: Revelations Joel Fan, Diana Hoagland, Beverly Hoch, Leon Kirchner

2012 Traditions And Transformations / Yo-Yo Ma, Wu Man

2011 Something to Sing About Lisa Kirchner

2009 West of the Sun: Music of the Americas Joel Fan

2007 Appassionato Yo-Yo Ma

2007 Leon Kirchner - Works For Solo Piano Leon Fleisher, Max Levinson, Peter Serkin, Jonathan Biss, Joel Fan, Jeremy Denk

2006 30th Anniversary Sampler Various

2006 World Keys Joel Fan

2005 Silk Road Journeys: Beyond the Horizon Yo-Yo Ma / Silk Road Ensemble

2004 Sounds of Yo-Yo Ma Yo-Yo Ma

2002 Silk Road Journeys: When Strangers Meet Yo-Yo Ma / Silk Road Ensemble

2001 Silk Road Journeys Yo-Yo Ma

Commissions and World Premieres edit

"I’ve always had the goal of bringing 10 new piano compositions to life that would help elucidate the state of modern pianism. I started several years ago, with Leon Kirchner’s last piano sonata as the first of this sequence." - Joel Fan [65]

Leon Kirchner: Piano Sonata No. 3, "The Forbidden"

Leon Kirchner's music has been recognized with a Naumburg Award (for his Piano Concerto No.1) and the Pulitzer Prize (for the String Quartet No.3 with tape,1967) among other citations. Kirchner taught at Harvard from 1961 to 1989, and "among the beneficiaries of his instruction who have gone on to become champions of his music are cellist Yo-Yo Ma and the pianist Joel Fan."[66]

To pianist Joel Fan, an alumnus of Kirchner's courses at Harvard University, his music is of “pure artistic integrity, revealing the highest ideals for which music stands.”[67] In March 2002, Joel Fan entered into a contract with Kirchner, who agreed to compose a solo piano sonata.[68] Leon Kirchner's compact Sonata No. 3, “The Forbidden,” which was written for Mr. Fan in 2006,[69] refers to his use of tonality, “forbidden” at the time. This was his way of linking the past with the present, keeping "the art of music alive and well". Joel Fan premiered "The Forbidden" on November 11, 2006 in Cambridge, MA.[70]

The work had gradually evolved in the composer's mind since 2003, undergoing a process of genesis and refinement over the years until its final completion. It started off as the Piano Sonata No. 3, then was cast as the String Quartet No. 4, and finally orchestrated...,[71] commissioned by James Levine for the Boston Symphony Orchestra (2008), are all titled “The Forbidden.” [72]

Joel Fan has recorded "The Forbidden" for Albany Records (2007) and Verdant World Records (2013).

“As a pianist, I’ve always been fascinated by the way music is created… [73] “That’s why I created the Open Source Music Festival – a festival of music aimed at exploration, collaboration, sharing and ultimately, the reimagination of music.” - Joel Fan[74]

Joel Fan, Artistic Director of the Open Source Music Festival, invited four composer couples to write a piece inspired by an existing piece of music.[75] Fan said, “We wanted to explore the tension and interplay of relationships in a collaborative, creative process, and the meaning of reimagination for these acclaimed composers.”[76] Joel Fan performed the World Premiere of each of their works on November 18, 2017 at the Open Source Music Festival in New York, NY.[77]

Augusta Read Thomas & Bernard Rands: Two Thoughts About The Piano

AXIS by Augusta Read Thomas - IMPROMPTU NO. 3 by Bernard Rands

"Two Thoughts About The Piano was inspired by - and is a response to - Elliott Carter's Caténaires, from his Two Thoughts About the Piano. My work is entirely original and does not quote from or share music in common with Mr. Carter’s work".— Augusta Read Thomas[78]

"Augusta then composed a series of about thirteen chords that serve as a potent seed and source embryo for both her work and Bernard’s work... Each in our own way, we used these chords as the harmonic structure of our respective pieces without any further collaboration... Bernard also analyzed the note succession of the Carter and the order in which each pitch occurs until all twelve have arrived. He then composed his IMPROMPTU #3 using the rich harmonies referred to above in the slow sections and the pitch ordering in the alternating fast sections."[79]

AXIS by Augusta Read Thomas and IMPROMPTU NO. 3 by Bernard Rands have been performed as separate works, and together as a single work. Joel Fan performed the world premiere of Rands IMPROMPTU NO. 3 on radio station WQXR in New York City on November 7, 2017,[80] and as a part of Bernard Rands' Four Impromptus in Cambridge, MA on April 18, 2019.[81] AXIS - composed by Augusta Read Thomas, was a mandatory piece for the finalists in the Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition, September 2019, in Bolzano, Italy.[82]

"Collectively titled 'Two Thoughts About The Piano,' they demonstrate the pianist’s virtuosity, with trills, repeated notes and angular gestures abounding to explore the entire compass of the instrument."[83] Two Thoughts About The Piano received its world premiere by Joel Fan on November 18, 2017 in New York, NY.

Evan Ziporyn & Christine Southworth: Don't Want to Wait

Christine Southworth is a composer and video artist based in Lexington, Massachusetts, dedicated to creating art born from a cross-pollination of sonic and visual ideas.[84] Composer/conductor/clarinetist Evan Ziporyn's music has taken him from Balinese temples to concert halls around the world.[85]

Christine Southworth and Evan Ziporyn wrote their haunting work Don’t Want to Wait, together, "passing it back and forth like a game of telephone." Their piece is a musical response to the Van Halen tune, Don’t Want to Wait for Tomorrow. Joel Fan performed the world premiere of Don’t Want To Wait on November 18, 2017 in New York, NY.[86] “We loved what he did with our music,” says Ziporyn, who is faculty director at MIT's Center for Arts, Science & Technology.[87]

Julia Wolfe & Michael Gordon: Hand in Hand

Julia Wolfe's music is distinguished by an intense physicality and a relentless power that pushes performers to extremes and demands attention from the audience. She was awarded the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Music, and was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2016.[88] Michael Gordon has been honored by the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Foundation for Contemporary Performance Arts, and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He is co-founder and co-artistic director of New York's legendary music collective Bang on a Can.[89] Joel Fan performed the world premiere of Hand in Hand on November 18, 2017 in New York, NY.[90]

Wang Lu & Anthony Cheung: Recombinant

Wang Lu is an assistant professor of music at Brown University, where she teaches composition and theory. She is the Spring 2019 Berlin Prize Fellow in composition at the American Academy in Berlin, and was a 2014 Guggenheim Fellow.[91] Anthony Cheung is the recipient of a 2016 Guggenheim Fellowship, and he has also received awards from the American Academy of Arts and Letters (Charles Ives Fellowship and Scholarship) and ASCAP, and first prize in the Sixth International Dutilleux Competition (2008), as well as a Rome Prize from the American Academy in Rome (2012).[92]

Recombinant was composed by the composer couple in two parts - Part 1 by Wang Lu, Part 2 by Anthony Cheung.[93] Joel Fan premiered the composition by Wang Lu on radio station WKCR in New York, NY on October 29, 2017. Fan subsequently performed the world premiere of Recombinant on November 18, 2017.[94]

World Premiere Recordings

Joel Fan's world premiere recordings include the following:

Leon Kirchner: Piano Sonata No. 3, "The Forbidden"

Dia Succari: La Nuit du Destin

Halim El Dabh: Sayera from Mekta in the art of Kita

Qigang Chen: Instants d'un opera de Pekin

Peter Sculthorpe: Nocturnal

Peteris Vasks: Kantate

William Bolcom: Nine New Bagatelles

Notable Quotes edit

The following are a selection of Joel Fan quotations about music and performing:

On Music Education

“Talent never exists by itself. Talent only exists because of opportunity.” [95]

“It’s an incredibly exciting opportunity for me to work with these students and the MIT faculty composers,”  “They are all exploring the boundaries of piano and of sound, asking what it means to be a pianist in the year 2019.”[96]

"I think music education for young people is a really important role of an artist," …"It's really important to inspire those with talent to make the most of what is given to them."[97]

"I hope it's educational," … "It's a very important part of what I do as an artist, and what I think all artists should do: make people think a little bit."[98]

On Repertoire

"One of the themes of my career has been putting the traditional with the rare" [99]

"Hammerklavier" sonata by Beethoven is an amazing creation of moods and emotions," "It's a privilege to play it. It's definitely a journey of Titanic proportions. It illustrates the ultimate limits of what a piano can do."[100]

“No creation or innovation exists in a vacuum. We're all dealing with inspirations from other people and thinkers, whether it's in philosophy or science or music. And one of the big themes right now is the way information is globally shared and the way collaboration can happen instantaneously. We're all connected around the world, wherever we are, even if we don't want to be. Not only the world's information is at your fingertips; the world's music is, too.” [101]

"As a musician, you really are like an ambassador for cultural exchange," "I hope to have stimulated them both emotionally, and intellectually.”[102]

"Rachmaninoff was a big fan of a unified motif,” ...“where the key elements of the theme come back."“Rachmaninoff was very structured in the way he wrote music.”“It feels very organic and whole -- a unified whole.”[103]

“The inspiration for my last two albums is clearly from Silk Road: How do you take this experience, this exploration and cultural way of looking at music, and put it into a solo piano context? “[104]

"It's not just the sound, it's also the silences,..”.Beethoven's music reflects the struggle of the individual versus the universe…”[105]

On Performing

“The piano is our link to musical history. It’s something that brought joy to people hundreds of years ago and continues to bring joy today. It’s a masterpiece of engineering, and a celebration of human achievement.”[106]

“In every piece, hundreds or thousands of such relationships can be brought to light to illuminate the beauty of a composition and to unify its conception at performance time… Kirchner was able to explain why such information should not be overlooked, in order to realize the composer’s intentions as beautifully as possible.” [107]

“This music is art, but it still needs to entertain -- to entertain intellectually, to entertain by playing dazzling stuff and to entertain by challenging the audience and opening ears.”[108]

“When you play music, it’s really an incredible experience to be on stage -- connecting with the audience, bringing music to life. It’s quite magical.”[109]

“And you bring the audience on this journey, this exploration of musical styles, of rhythm and sound on the piano -- and of emotion. That's the bedrock.”[110]

On the Open Source Music Festival

“As a pianist, I’ve always been fascinated by the way music is created - how musical ideas are shared and new musical trends emerge.”[111]

“Open Source is the simple idea that we share our creative work, and allow others to build upon it freely. We’ve built our whole music festival around this idea.” [112]

Awards and critical acclaim edit

In addition to winning the Philharmonic's Young People's Concert Auditions, Fan has been awarded by several international competitions, notably the D’Anglo Young Artists International Competition and Busoni International Piano Competition. He was the winner of the Kosciuzko Foundation's Chopin Prize and named a Presidential Scholar by the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts.[113]

Joel Fan is a Steinway Artist.[114]

Seattle Post-Intelligencer has described him as "a superb musician, able to cross one style into another without any diminution in musical sophistication." The Los Angeles Times says he is a " soaring talent - Fan's facility makes his playing a technical wonder." The Washington Post noted him as "a versatile and sensitive pianist – an impressive talent." [citation needed][115]

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joel, united, states, july, 1969, american, pianist, steinway, artist, praise, technical, expertise, lyrical, playing, outstanding, interpretation, york, times, described, impressive, pianist, with, probing, intellect, vivid, imagination, flourishing, internat. Joel Fan b United States July 29 1969 is an American pianist and Steinway Artist 1 who has won praise for his technical expertise lyrical playing and outstanding interpretation 2 The New York Times has described Joel Fan as an impressive pianist 3 with a probing intellect and vivid imagination 4 Fan has a flourishing international career as a performing and recording artist notable for his fluency in the standard repertoire and contemporary works 5 Consistently acclaimed for his recitals and appearances with orchestras Mr Fan scored two consecutive Billboard Top 10 Debuts with his solo CDs World Keys and West of the Sun 6 while Dances for Piano and Orchestra earned a Grammy nomination 7 Joel Fan pianist Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Silk Road Ensemble 4 Discography 5 Commissions and World Premieres 6 Notable Quotes 7 Awards and critical acclaim 8 References 9 External linksEarly life editPianist Joel Fan was born in New York City to parents originally from Taiwan 8 While attending Hunter College High School he studied at the Juilliard Pre College Division as a student of Kathryn Parker and Martin Canin 9 A child prodigy he made his debut playing with the New York Philharmonic after winning the orchestra s Young People s Concert Auditions 10 at the age of 11 11 He received his bachelor s degree from Harvard University where his teachers included the composer Leon Kirchner He holds a Master of Music degree in Piano Performance from the Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University where he studied with Leon Fleisher He is also a prize winner of several international competitions including the Busoni International Piano Competition in Italy He was also the winner of the Kosciuzko Foundation s Chopin Prize and named a Presidential Scholar by the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts 12 Career editJoel Fan is described as a pianist who plays with eloquence and sensitivity 13 and a rhythmic acuteness and broad tonal palette 14 Fan s commanding technique and the passion he brings to his performances 15 have been noted in his appearances as a concerto soloist recitalist and chamber musician In addition Fan not only embraces classical music in his repertoire but has commissioned new works and is also passionate about world music 16 As a concerto soloist Joel Fan brings vibrant passionate tender sparkling life 17 to over 40 different concertos he has performed from the traditional classical repertoire as well as works such as Messiaen Turangalila Symphony Szymanowski Symphony Concertante No 4 and Bernstein s Age of Anxiety He has appeared as a soloist with orchestras worldwide including the New York Philharmonic Boston Pops Orchestra Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Singapore Symphony Odesa Philharmonic and London Sinfonietta 18 Among the conductors he has worked with include Keith Lockhart David Zinman Alan Gilbert Zubin Mehta David Robertson and many others 19 As a recitalist critics have reported that Joel Fan has a huge dynamic range and tremendous facility 20 and his performances sound freshly conceived and full of character 21 With his willingness to juxtapose traditional and unexpected repertory 22 Fan s solo concerts are designed to be exciting and fun capturing the ears of classical music lovers as well as more casual listeners 23 Fan has been presented as a solo recitalist on the stages of the Kennedy Center the Ravinia Festival Jordan Hall Calgary Celebrity Series the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the National Gallery of Art in Washington D C Internationally Fan s recitals have been heard on four continents including his tours of China Cuba and South America 24 As chamber musician Joel Fan has collaborated with ensembles such as the Orion Quartet Shanghai Quartet Imani Winds and A Far Cry Santa Fe Pro Musica Northwest Sinfonietta and Columbus Pro Musica chamber orchestras He is also recognized for his work with the cellist Yo Yo Ma and as a member of the Silk Road Ensemble Silk Road Ensemble editIn 1998 cellist Yo Yo Ma established the Silk Road Ensemble 25 As a member Joel Fan s performances appear on their first album Silk Road Journeys which was released in 2001 and with the ensemble in their initial tour of China 26 and their concerts at the Kennedy Center later that year 27 His history of performances with Yo Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble include concert venues such as Carnegie Hall the Kennedy Center the Concertgebouw and television programs such as Good Morning America 28 Along with cellist Yo Yo Ma Wu Man on pipa and Wu Tong on sheng Fan also performed premieres such as Bright Sheng s concerto The Song and Dance of Tears with the London Sinfonietta at the BBC Proms 29 Joel Fan is noted for his work with Yo Yo Ma 30 performing repertoire that includes works drawn from the traditional cello repertoire 31 contemporary works 32 the music of cultures outside the classical tradition 33 and in performances of traditional chamber music 34 35 and Beethoven s Triple Concerto 36 Discography editJoel Fan s discography illustrates his highly creative musical persona 37 His albums have scored two consecutive Billboard Top 10 Debuts 38 and a Grammy nomination 39 His music airs on radio on stations such as WQXR in New York City 40 and WCLV in Cleveland 41 among many others Fan s live performances and interviews are also featured in broadcasts on radio stations including KING in Seattle 42 and Houston Public Media 43 World Keys Virtuosic Piano MusicFueled by his touring around the world with Yo Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble 44 Joel Fan recorded his debut solo piano recital album for Reference Recordings World Keys Virtuoso Piano Music 45 Featuring ten composers from ten different countries Fan juxtaposes virtuosic works from the Classical tradition by Prokofiev Liszt and Schumann with five World Premieres from composers and cultures not usually associated with piano music Dia Succari Syria Halim El Dabh Egypt Qigang Chen China Peteris Vasks Latvia and A Adman Saygun Turkey 46 The album debuted at No 3 on the Billboard Charts 47 West of the SunThe second solo piano album by Joel Fan West of the Sun contains nine stunningly brilliant renditions drawn from a wide range of styles and sources 48 by nine composers from North and South America 49 From South America works of Nazareth Piazzolla and Villa Lobos are juxtaposed with the first piano sonata of Ginastera Two little known works by Amy Beach and the African American composer Margaret Bonds surround the Barber Sonata and a world premiere recording from William Bolcom from North America The album offers fresh discoveries and classics told through Latin rhythms European and American compositional techniques the Negro spiritual and voices of women and further solidifies his reputation for innovative programming 50 Leon Kirchner RevelationsJoel Fan s album Revelations is an homage to his mentor and teacher the Pulitzer Prize winning composer Leon Kirchner 51 An admirable interpreter of his music Fan s sympathetic readings bring its emotional content to the fore 52 in works that piques the interest and heightens appreciation of Kirchner the man 53 Fan offers an intimate portrait 54 of the American master composer 55 The album is an important recording of diverse works piano pieces songs choral works most of them little known with music that is alluring pungent and intelligent 56 Dances for Piano and OrchestraThe concerto album Dances for Piano and Orchestra reflects Joel Fan s ongoing commitment to international music 57 and interests that extend well beyond the standard repertoire 58 The wide ranging journey focuses on the intersection of music and dance in an almost forgotten genre the single movement dance piece for piano and orchestra 59 These virtuoso novelties which are probably known to few musicians 60 offer vitally engrossing pianism 61 in rarely heard compositions by Chopin Saint Saens Pierne Weber Liszt Castro Gottschalk culminating in a world premiere recording of Charles Cadman s Dark Dancers of the Mardi Gras 62 Joel Fan has recorded for Reference Recordings Sony Classical Verdant World Records and Albany Records 63 The following is a list of his recording credits 64 2018 Leon Kirchner Music for Orchestra Boston Modern Orchestra Project Gil Rose Joel Fan Liner Notes2014 Dances for Piano and Orchestra Christophe Chagnard Joel Fan Northwest Sinfonietta2013 Leon Kirchner Revelations Joel Fan Diana Hoagland Beverly Hoch Leon Kirchner2012 Traditions And Transformations Yo Yo Ma Wu Man2011 Something to Sing About Lisa Kirchner2009 West of the Sun Music of the Americas Joel Fan2007 Appassionato Yo Yo Ma2007 Leon Kirchner Works For Solo Piano Leon Fleisher Max Levinson Peter Serkin Jonathan Biss Joel Fan Jeremy Denk2006 30th Anniversary Sampler Various2006 World Keys Joel Fan2005 Silk Road Journeys Beyond the Horizon Yo Yo Ma Silk Road Ensemble2004 Sounds of Yo Yo Ma Yo Yo Ma2002 Silk Road Journeys When Strangers Meet Yo Yo Ma Silk Road Ensemble2001 Silk Road Journeys Yo Yo MaCommissions and World Premieres edit I ve always had the goal of bringing 10 new piano compositions to life that would help elucidate the state of modern pianism I started several years ago with Leon Kirchner s last piano sonata as the first of this sequence Joel Fan 65 Leon Kirchner Piano Sonata No 3 The Forbidden Leon Kirchner s music has been recognized with a Naumburg Award for his Piano Concerto No 1 and the Pulitzer Prize for the String Quartet No 3 with tape 1967 among other citations Kirchner taught at Harvard from 1961 to 1989 and among the beneficiaries of his instruction who have gone on to become champions of his music are cellist Yo Yo Ma and the pianist Joel Fan 66 To pianist Joel Fan an alumnus of Kirchner s courses at Harvard University his music is of pure artistic integrity revealing the highest ideals for which music stands 67 In March 2002 Joel Fan entered into a contract with Kirchner who agreed to compose a solo piano sonata 68 Leon Kirchner s compact Sonata No 3 The Forbidden which was written for Mr Fan in 2006 69 refers to his use of tonality forbidden at the time This was his way of linking the past with the present keeping the art of music alive and well Joel Fan premiered The Forbidden on November 11 2006 in Cambridge MA 70 The work had gradually evolved in the composer s mind since 2003 undergoing a process of genesis and refinement over the years until its final completion It started off as the Piano Sonata No 3 then was cast as the String Quartet No 4 and finally orchestrated 71 commissioned by James Levine for the Boston Symphony Orchestra 2008 are all titled The Forbidden 72 Joel Fan has recorded The Forbidden for Albany Records 2007 and Verdant World Records 2013 As a pianist I ve always been fascinated by the way music is created 73 That s why I created the Open Source Music Festival a festival of music aimed at exploration collaboration sharing and ultimately the reimagination of music Joel Fan 74 Joel Fan Artistic Director of the Open Source Music Festival invited four composer couples to write a piece inspired by an existing piece of music 75 Fan said We wanted to explore the tension and interplay of relationships in a collaborative creative process and the meaning of reimagination for these acclaimed composers 76 Joel Fan performed the World Premiere of each of their works on November 18 2017 at the Open Source Music Festival in New York NY 77 Augusta Read Thomas amp Bernard Rands Two Thoughts About The PianoAXIS by Augusta Read Thomas IMPROMPTU NO 3 by Bernard Rands Two Thoughts About The Piano was inspired by and is a response to Elliott Carter s Catenaires from his Two Thoughts About the Piano My work is entirely original and does not quote from or share music in common with Mr Carter s work Augusta Read Thomas 78 Augusta then composed a series of about thirteen chords that serve as a potent seed and source embryo for both her work and Bernard s work Each in our own way we used these chords as the harmonic structure of our respective pieces without any further collaboration Bernard also analyzed the note succession of the Carter and the order in which each pitch occurs until all twelve have arrived He then composed his IMPROMPTU 3 using the rich harmonies referred to above in the slow sections and the pitch ordering in the alternating fast sections 79 AXIS by Augusta Read Thomas and IMPROMPTU NO 3 by Bernard Rands have been performed as separate works and together as a single work Joel Fan performed the world premiere of Rands IMPROMPTU NO 3 on radio station WQXR in New York City on November 7 2017 80 and as a part of Bernard Rands Four Impromptus in Cambridge MA on April 18 2019 81 AXIS composed by Augusta Read Thomas was a mandatory piece for the finalists in the Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition September 2019 in Bolzano Italy 82 Collectively titled Two Thoughts About The Piano they demonstrate the pianist s virtuosity with trills repeated notes and angular gestures abounding to explore the entire compass of the instrument 83 Two Thoughts About The Piano received its world premiere by Joel Fan on November 18 2017 in New York NY Evan Ziporyn amp Christine Southworth Don t Want to WaitChristine Southworth is a composer and video artist based in Lexington Massachusetts dedicated to creating art born from a cross pollination of sonic and visual ideas 84 Composer conductor clarinetist Evan Ziporyn s music has taken him from Balinese temples to concert halls around the world 85 Christine Southworth and Evan Ziporyn wrote their haunting work Don t Want to Wait together passing it back and forth like a game of telephone Their piece is a musical response to the Van Halen tune Don t Want to Wait for Tomorrow Joel Fan performed the world premiere of Don t Want To Wait on November 18 2017 in New York NY 86 We loved what he did with our music says Ziporyn who is faculty director at MIT s Center for Arts Science amp Technology 87 Julia Wolfe amp Michael Gordon Hand in HandJulia Wolfe s music is distinguished by an intense physicality and a relentless power that pushes performers to extremes and demands attention from the audience She was awarded the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Music and was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2016 88 Michael Gordon has been honored by the Guggenheim Foundation the National Endowment for the Arts the Foundation for Contemporary Performance Arts and the American Academy of Arts and Letters He is co founder and co artistic director of New York s legendary music collective Bang on a Can 89 Joel Fan performed the world premiere of Hand in Hand on November 18 2017 in New York NY 90 Wang Lu amp Anthony Cheung RecombinantWang Lu is an assistant professor of music at Brown University where she teaches composition and theory She is the Spring 2019 Berlin Prize Fellow in composition at the American Academy in Berlin and was a 2014 Guggenheim Fellow 91 Anthony Cheung is the recipient of a 2016 Guggenheim Fellowship and he has also received awards from the American Academy of Arts and Letters Charles Ives Fellowship and Scholarship and ASCAP and first prize in the Sixth International Dutilleux Competition 2008 as well as a Rome Prize from the American Academy in Rome 2012 92 Recombinant was composed by the composer couple in two parts Part 1 by Wang Lu Part 2 by Anthony Cheung 93 Joel Fan premiered the composition by Wang Lu on radio station WKCR in New York NY on October 29 2017 Fan subsequently performed the world premiere of Recombinant on November 18 2017 94 World Premiere RecordingsJoel Fan s world premiere recordings include the following Leon Kirchner Piano Sonata No 3 The Forbidden Dia Succari La Nuit du DestinHalim El Dabh Sayera from Mekta in the art of KitaQigang Chen Instants d un opera de PekinPeter Sculthorpe NocturnalPeteris Vasks KantateWilliam Bolcom Nine New BagatellesNotable Quotes editThe following are a selection of Joel Fan quotations about music and performing On Music Education Talent never exists by itself Talent only exists because of opportunity 95 It s an incredibly exciting opportunity for me to work with these students and the MIT faculty composers They are all exploring the boundaries of piano and of sound asking what it means to be a pianist in the year 2019 96 I think music education for young people is a really important role of an artist It s really important to inspire those with talent to make the most of what is given to them 97 I hope it s educational It s a very important part of what I do as an artist and what I think all artists should do make people think a little bit 98 On Repertoire One of the themes of my career has been putting the traditional with the rare 99 Hammerklavier sonata by Beethoven is an amazing creation of moods and emotions It s a privilege to play it It s definitely a journey of Titanic proportions It illustrates the ultimate limits of what a piano can do 100 No creation or innovation exists in a vacuum We re all dealing with inspirations from other people and thinkers whether it s in philosophy or science or music And one of the big themes right now is the way information is globally shared and the way collaboration can happen instantaneously We re all connected around the world wherever we are even if we don t want to be Not only the world s information is at your fingertips the world s music is too 101 As a musician you really are like an ambassador for cultural exchange I hope to have stimulated them both emotionally and intellectually 102 Rachmaninoff was a big fan of a unified motif where the key elements of the theme come back Rachmaninoff was very structured in the way he wrote music It feels very organic and whole a unified whole 103 The inspiration for my last two albums is clearly from Silk Road How do you take this experience this exploration and cultural way of looking at music and put it into a solo piano context 104 It s not just the sound it s also the silences Beethoven s music reflects the struggle of the individual versus the universe 105 On Performing The piano is our link to musical history It s something that brought joy to people hundreds of years ago and continues to bring joy today It s a masterpiece of engineering and a celebration of human achievement 106 In every piece hundreds or thousands of such relationships can be brought to light to illuminate the beauty of a composition and to unify its conception at performance time Kirchner was able to explain why such information should not be overlooked in order to realize the composer s intentions as beautifully as possible 107 This music is art but it still needs to entertain to entertain intellectually to entertain by playing dazzling stuff and to entertain by challenging the audience and opening ears 108 When you play music it s really an incredible experience to be on stage connecting with the audience bringing music to life It s quite magical 109 And you bring the audience on this journey this exploration of musical styles of rhythm and sound on the piano and of emotion That s the bedrock 110 On the Open Source Music Festival As a pianist I ve always been fascinated by the way music is created how musical ideas are shared and new musical trends emerge 111 Open Source is the simple idea that we share our creative work and allow others to build upon it freely We ve built our whole music festival around this idea 112 Awards and critical acclaim editIn addition to winning the Philharmonic s Young People s Concert Auditions Fan has been awarded by several international competitions notably the D Anglo Young Artists International Competition and Busoni International Piano Competition He was the winner of the Kosciuzko Foundation s Chopin Prize and named a Presidential Scholar by the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts 113 Joel Fan is a Steinway Artist 114 Seattle Post Intelligencer has described him as a superb musician able to cross one style into another without any diminution in musical sophistication The Los Angeles Times says he is a soaring talent Fan s facility makes his playing a technical wonder The Washington Post noted him as a versatile and sensitive pianist an impressive talent citation needed 115 References edit steinway com Steinway and Sons Retrieved May 8 2020 Lipanovich Marianne September 7 2009 Well Deserved Fan dom San Francisco Classical Voice Retrieved May 7 2020 Tommasini Anthony January 29 2014 Classical Playlist The New York Times Retrieved May 8 2020 Smith Steve March 17 2008 Music in Review The New York Times Retrieved May 14 2020 Eddins Stephen Joel Fan Biography and History AllMusic allmusic com Joel Fan Biography Johns Hopkins Alumni Johns Hopkins Alumni Association Retrieved May 8 2020 Christophe Chagnard Joel Fan Dances for Piano and Orchestra Northwest Sinfonietta Acoustic Sounds Retrieved May 8 2020 Eddins Stephen Joel Fan Biography amp History Allmusic allmusic com Retrieved May 7 2020 Joel Fan Biography Johns Hopkins Alumni Association Retrieved May 7 2020 Eddins Stephen Joel Fan Biography amp History Allmusic allmusic com Retrieved May 7 2020 1980 Dec 8 Young Peoples Concert Mehta nyphil org Retrieved May 8 2020 Joel Fan Biography Johns Hopkins Alumni Johns Hopkins Alumni Association Weininger David February 8 2011 Self conducted A Far Cry at home in place sound The Boston Globe Retrieved November 13 2020 Mott Gilbert September 21 2011 Danbury Concert Association starts season with brilliant performance by pianist Fan Newstimes Retrieved November 13 2020 LINCOLN MARGA January 26 2012 Renowned guest pianist Joel Fan to play Gershwin Bernstein with Helena Symphony Independent Record Retrieved November 13 2020 LINCOLN MARGA January 26 2012 Renowned guest pianist Joel Fan to play Gershwin Bernstein with Helena Symphony Helena Air Retrieved November 13 2020 Pusey Win February 5 2009 BSO Delivers Superb Concert In New Stark Setting PDF Special to The Ellsworth American Retrieved November 13 2020 Joel Fan Biography alumni jhu edu Retrieved November 13 2020 Staff Joel Fan Arts at MIT arts mit edu Retrieved November 13 2020 Gerber Leslie August 29 2010 World class Pianist Joel Fan plus Unimaginative Hagen Premiere The Boston Musical Intelligencer Retrieved November 13 2020 SMITH STEVE March 17 2008 MUSIC IN REVIEW The New York Times Retrieved November 13 2020 Downey Charles T November 5 2013 Joel Fan an often eclectic American pianist sticks to the romantics at Dumbarton Oaks The Washington Post Retrieved November 13 2020 MARIANNE LIPANOVICH MARIANNE September 7 2009 Well Deserved Fan dom The San Francisco Voice Retrieved November 13 2020 Staff Joel Fan Arts at MIT arts mit edu Retrieved November 13 2020 FAMED CELLIST YO YO MA BRINGS ACCLAIMED SILK ROAD ENSEMBLE TO HOLLYWOOD BOWL August 7 2005 Retrieved November 25 2020 Gluckman Ron March 2001 World Music according to Yo Yo Ma The Wall Street Journal Retrieved November 25 2020 Kennicott Philip October 22 2001 It s Not So Smooth On Ma s Silk Road The Washington Post Retrieved November 25 2020 Staff Joel Fan Biography Service Tom August 15 2004 London Sinfonietta Robertson The Guardian Retrieved November 25 2020 Joel Fan Discography discos com Retrieved November 25 2020 Atlanta Journal Constitution joelfanmusic com Retrieved November 25 2020 Mamiya Michio encyclopedia com Retrieved November 25 2020 von Rhein John October 27 2002 Silk Road stretches across time The Chicago Tribune Retrieved November 25 2020 Kenicott Philip October 22 2001 It s Not So Smooth On Ma s Silk Road The Washington Post Retrieved November 25 2020 von Rhein John October 27 2002 Silk Road stretches across time The Chicago Tribune Retrieved November 25 2020 2006 May 10 11 Subscription Season Zinman archives nyphil org Retrieved November 25 2020 Staff Joel Fan Arts at MIT arts mit edu Retrieved December 4 2020 Staff Joel Fan Biography Johns Hopkins Alumni alumni jhu edu Retrieved December 4 2020 Staff Christophe Chagnard Joel Fan Dances for Piano and Orchestra Northwest Sinfonietta Acoustic Sounds Retrieved December 4 2020 Staff Playlist Joel Fan WQXR wqxr org Retrieved December 4 2020 Staff September 22 2020 WCLV Program Guide 09 22 2020 idea stream org Retrieved December 4 2020 Staff June 6 2019 Pianist Joel Fan NW Focus LIVE king org Retrieved December 4 2020 Clay Dacia July 13 2015 Classical Classroom Episode 93 Everybody Dance Now Joel Fan On Classical Dance Music houstonpublicmedia org Retrieved December 4 2020 Sanderson Blair World Keys Joel Fan Songs Revoews Credits AllMusic com Retrieved December 4 2020 Staff Joel Fan World Keys reference recordings com Retrieved December 4 2020 Staff Joel Fan World Keys referencerecordings com WESTPHAL MATTHEW July 1 2006 Joel Fan s World Keys Leaps Onto Billboard Chart at No 3 playbill com Retrieved December 4 2020 Terauds John May 19 2009 Classical Music roundup The Toronto Star Retrieved December 4 2020 Amacher Julie June 9 2009 New Classical Tracks From spirituals to tangos classicalmpr org Retrieved December 4 2020 Staff Joel Fan West of the Sun Acoustic Sounds Retrieved December 4 2020 Staff LEON KIRCHNER REVELATIONS joelfanmusic com Retrieved December 4 2020 Graves Ralph May 28 2013 Leon Kirchner Revelations wtju net Retrieved December 4 2020 Edwards Grego Applegate July 25 2013 Leon Kirchner Revelations classicalmodernmusic blogspot com Retrieved December 4 2020 Staff March 21 2013 Finding Beauty in Ephemera the unmutual blogspot com Retrieved December 4 2020 Tommasini Anthony January 29 2014 Classical Playlist Zuill Bailey Natasha Paremski Leon Kirchner and More The New York Times Retrieved December 4 2020 Tommasini Anthony January 29 2014 Classical Playlist Zuill Bailey Natasha Paremski Leon Kirchner and More The New York Times Retrieved December 4 2020 Wigman Brian Dances for Piano amp Orchestra Classical Net Retrieved December 4 2020 New Releases Enso Quartet London Symphony Joel Fan wqxr org 4 January 2015 Retrieved December 4 2020 New Releases Enso Quartet London Symphony Joel Fan wqxr org January 4 2015 Retrieved December 4 2020 Rosenberg Donald February 2015 Dances for Piano and Orchestra Gramaphone Magazine Retrieved December 4 2020 Sunier John March 31 2015 Dances for Piano and Orchestra audaud com Retrieved December 4 2020 Manheim James Joel Fan Christophe Chagnard Northwest Sinfonietta Dances for Piano and Orchestra allmusic com Retrieved December 4 2020 Guest Recital Joel Fan piano May 10 2017 Lawrence University May 10 2017 Retrieved May 10 2020 Eddins Stephen Joel Fan Credits allmusic com Retrieved May 7 2020 Joel Fan Making New Connections with Open Source Music Festival National Sawdust Log nationalsawdust org Retrieved May 19 2020 Kirzinger Robert Leon Kirchner The Forbidden Boston Symphony Orchestra Archives Retrieved May 21 2020 Kirchner The Forbidden Wise Music Classical Wise Music Classical Retrieved May 19 2020 Riggs Robert 2010 Leon Kirchner Composer Performer and 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2020 Augusta Read Thomas Composer Two Thoughts About The Piano Augusta Read Thomas Composer Retrieved May 27 2020 Midday Masterpieces wqxr org November 7 2017 Retrieved May 27 2020 MIT Sounding Don t Want to Wait mta mit edu 25 March 2019 Retrieved May 27 2020 Augusta Read Thomas Composer Two Thoughts About The Piano augustareadthomas com Retrieved May 27 2020 Carey Christian March 6 2018 Open Source Music Festival 2017 Sequenza21 Retrieved May 27 2020 Christine Southworth Music Christine Southworth Retrieved May 29 2020 Evan Ziporyn Biography Evan Ziporyn Retrieved May 29 2020 Open Source Music Festival lineup and tix brooklynvegan com 14 November 2017 Retrieved May 27 2020 Pianist Joel Fan Brings an Adventurous Mix of New Music to MIT Arts at MIT April 9 2019 Retrieved May 29 2020 Biography Julia Wolfe Julia Wolfe Archived from the original on June 25 2018 Retrieved May 29 2020 Biography Michael Gordon Michael Gordon Retrieved May 29 2020 Open Source Music Festival line up and tix brooklynvegan com 14 November 2017 Retrieved May 27 2020 About Wang Lu Wang Lu Composer Wang Lu Composer Retrieved May 29 2020 About Anthony Cheung Anthony Cheung Retrieved May 29 2020 All Works Anthony Cheung Anthony Cheung 18 November 2017 Retrieved May 29 2020 Open Source Music Festival line up and tix brooklynvegan com 14 November 2017 Retrieved May 27 2020 staff Outreach New Mexico School for the Arts nmschoolforthearts org Retrieved March 5 2021 Schulman Ken April 9 2019 Pianist Joel Fan Brings an Adventurous Mix of New Music to MIT arts mit edu Retrieved March 5 2021 ShengDun Hua August 7 2015 Joel Fan stretching the ears of both East and West fans China Daily Retrieved March 5 2021 ShengDun Hua August 7 2015 Joel Fan stretching the ears of both East and West fans China Daily Retrieved March 5 2021 Lincoln Marga January 24 2015 The Mighty Piano PDF Independent Record Retrieved March 5 2021 Hughes Ellen February 17 2013 Art amp Soul Joel Fan tames Monsters of the Steinway for Gretna Music pensive com Retrieved March 5 2021 Scheinin Richard September 4 2010 Steinway Society of the Bay Area Interview with pianist Joel Fan PDF San Jose Mercury News Retrieved March 5 2021 ShengDun Hua August 7 2015 Joel Fan stretching the ears of both East and West fans China Daily Retrieved March 5 2021 Lincoln Marga February 26 2015 Acclaimed pianist Joel Fan performs Rachmaninoff with Helena Symphony Saturday Independent Record Retrieved March 5 2021 Scheinin Richard September 4 2010 Steinway Society of the Bay Area Interview with pianist Joel Fan PDF San Jose Mercury News Retrieved March 5 2021 Hughes Ellen February 17 2013 Art amp Soul Joel Fan tames Monsters of the Steinway for Gretna Music PDF jeolfanmusic com Retrieved March 5 2021 Schulman Ken April 9 2019 Pianist Joel Fan Brings an Adventurous Mix of New Music to MIT arts mit edu Retrieved March 5 2021 Fan Joel LEON KIRCHNER MUSIC FOR ORCHESTRA PDF bmop org Retrieved March 5 2021 Scheinin Richard September 4 2010 Steinway Society of the Bay Area Interview with pianist Joel Fan PDF San Jose Mercury News Retrieved March 5 2021 Lincoln Marga February 26 2015 Acclaimed pianist Joel Fan performs Rachmaninoff with Helena Symphony Saturday Independent Record Retrieved March 5 2021 Richard Scheinin Richard September 4 2010 Steinway Society of the Bay Area Interview with pianist Joel Fan PDF San Jose Mercury News Retrieved March 5 2021 staff Open Source Music Festival opensourcemusicfest com Retrieved March 5 2021 staff Joel Fan LIVE on WQXR reference recordings com Retrieved March 5 2021 Joel Fan Biography Retrieved May 1 2020 Steinway and Sons Retrieved May 1 2020 staff July 23 2013 Pianist Joel Fan to give free concert Sunday Shenzhen Daily Retrieved March 3 2021 External links editOfficial site Twitter YouTube Open Source Music Festival Spotify Apple Music Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Joel Fan amp oldid 1192469463, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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