International Keyboard Institute and Festival: Quynh Nguyen

DEBUSSY  –  Rhapsodie for Clarinet and Piano
DEBUSSY  –  Sonata for Cello and Piano
SCHOENBERG/CHIHARA  –  The Good Earth for solo piano (World Premiere)
MESSIAEN  –  Quartet for the End of Time

Praised by The Boston Globe as "a musical and expressive player," Vietnamese American pianist Quynh Nguyen performed the world premiere of Paul Chihara’s Piano Concerto with the Vietnam National Symphony at the Hanoi Opera House in a concert commemorating the 25th anniversary of normalization of US-Vietnam diplomatic relations. Her discography includes the Complete Piano Works of Paul Chihara with the London Symphony (Naxos 2024) and music by Germaine Tailleferre (Music & Arts 2023). Dr. Nguyen is a graduate of The Juilliard School, Mannes College of Music, and the Graduate Center of CUNY; she is on the faculty of the Music Department/Hunter College, and the International Keyboard Institute & Festival. Composer Paul Chihara’s The Good Earth is a symphonic poem for solo piano based on music from Schoenberg’s incomplete sketches. Completing this evening of chamber music, clarinetist Alan Kay, cellist Zvi Plesser, violinist Carmit Zori and pianist Quynh Nguyen will perform Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time.

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