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Joel Fan: Traditional and New World Pianist
Saturday, March 21st, 2009, 7:30 p.m.
Ohio University Southern Campus
Riffe Center, Mains Rotunda

Tickets: $8 for Adults , $7 for Seniors & Full-Time Students

Acclaimed as a "superb" (The Boston Globe), "extraordinary" (The Village Voice), and "versatile and sensitive pianist" (The Washington Post), Joel Fan combines virtuosity with a gift for lyricism. Mr. Fan began his performing career with the NewYork Philharmonic at age 11, as a winner of the Philharmonic's Young People's Concert Auditions, and has since appeared in recital and with orchestras throughout the world. A native New Yorker, Fan received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard University, where his teachers included the composer Leon Kirchner. He also holds a Master of Music degree in Piano Performance from Peabody Conservatory as a student of Leon Fleisher.

Within the last three seasons, Fan has performed to critical acclaim with orchestras in the United States such as the New York Philharmonic, Albany Symphony, Santa Fe Pro Musica, Greater Bridgeport Symphony, Pueblo Symphony, Marion Philharmonic and Rhode Island Philharmonic. Fan has collaborated with conductors such as David Zinman, David Alan Miller,Larry Rachleff, Gustav Meier, David Robertson and Alan Gilbert. He made his BBC Proms Debut at Royal Albert Hall with the London Sinfonietta in-2-

Bright Sheng's "Song and Dance of Tears." Fan's schedule includes recent notable performances: in May 2006, he performed the Beethoven Triple Concerto with the New York Philharmonic and cellist Yo-Yo Ma, David Zinman conducting; in August 2006, he made his debut at the Saito Kinen Festival of Japan.

Fan's debut solo recording World Keys was released in June 2006 on the Reference Recordings label, and includes works of Prokofiev, Schumann, Liszt, and recent works by Dia Succari, Qigang Chen, Peter Sculthorpe and Peteris Vasks. Called a "technical wonder" by The Los Angeles Times, he was a prizewinner of several international competitions, such as the D'Angelo Young Artists International Competition in the United States and Busoni International Piano Competition in Italy. In addition he was named a Presidential Scholar by the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts.

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