Joel Fan
pianist
Joel Fan (born July 29, 1969) is an American classical pianist and Steinway Artist.[1] He has performed extensively as a recitalist and soloist with orchestras.
Fan's recordings have received recognition on the Billboard charts. His solo albums World Keys and West of the Sun each debuted in the Billboard Top 10, marking two consecutive Top 10 debuts.[2] His recording Dances for Piano and Orchestra received a nomination for a Grammy Award.[3]
Early life and education
Joel Fan was born in New York City to Taiwanese American immigrant parents.[1] While attending Hunter College High School, he studied at the Pre-College Division of the Juilliard School as a student of Kathryn Parker and Martin Canin.[2]Fan made his debut playing with the New York Philharmonicafter winning the orchestra's Young People's Concert Auditions[3] at the age of 11.[4]
Fan graduated with a bachelor's degree from Harvard University, where his teachers included the composer Leon Kirchner. He then earned a Master of Music degree in piano from the Peabody Instituteof 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.[5]
Career
Joel Fan has performed as a soloist with over 40 different concertos 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. He has collaborated with various conductors like Keith Lockhart, David Zinman, Alan Gilbert, Zubin Mehta, David Robertson and others.
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.
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