Stephanie Shih-yu Cheng - Ravel: Masterworks for the Piano (2023) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Taiwanese-American pianist Stephanie Shih-yu Cheng has performed at major music centers across the world to critical acclaim, including Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York, Dame Myra Hess Concert Series in Chicago, Opera City Hall of Tokyo, National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C., and National Concert Hall of Taipei. She frequently appears in recitals with pianist Sara Davis Buechner and has collaborated with conductor Leon Fleisher, and has been featured on National Public Radio, WFMT in Chicago, Chicago Loop Cable Channel 25, Radio Video Mediterraneo in Italy, Living & Travel Section of msnbc.com, and Nippon Television in Japan. She can be heard on the Summit label and her solo album Ravel: Masterworks for the Piano is due to be released in spring 2023 on the Centaur label.

Dr. Cheng studied under Ann Schein at the Peabody Conservatory, where she was awarded the Rose Marie Milholland Award in Piano and under Gilbert Kalish at the Stony Brook University, where she earned her Doctor of Musical Arts. She has distinguished herself in several international competitions and was the recipient of Prix-Ville de Fontainebleau in France, personally presented to her by Philippe Entremont.

Much sought-after for master classes and as an adjudicator, Dr. Cheng has mentored many award-winning students in competition such as the Young Artists Piano Showcase, the American Fine Arts Festival, and the Golden Era of Romantic Music International Competition. Her students have consequently been featured in the winner’s concerts at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall.

Dr. Cheng served on the faculties of the City University of New York and the Manhattan School of Music Precollege before moving to Kuwait in 2012 to join the newly-established Department of Music at the American University of Kuwait. In Kuwait, she became the first person there to conduct a Piano Concerto from the piano, and she quickly gained renown throughout the Middle East. In 2015, Stephanie returned to the U.S. to join the faculty at the Lamont School of Music of the University of Denver as a Associate Teaching Professor and serves as Chair of the Keyboard Department. She was invited for membership in the Pi Kappa Lambda national music honor society and serves on the Board of Directors for The Allied Arts, Inc., a non-profit grant program that supports young artists.

Tracklist:
01. Sonatine, M. 40: I. Modéré
02. Sonatine, M. 40: II. Mouvement de menuet
03. Sonatine, M. 40: III. Animé
04. Jeux d'eau, M. 30
05. Gaspard de la nuit, M. 55: I. Ondine
06. Gaspard de la nuit, M. 55: II. Le gibet
07. Gaspard de la nuit, M. 55: III. Scarbo
08. Le tombeau de Couperin, M. 68: I. Prélude
09. Le tombeau de Couperin, M. 68: II. Fugue
10. Le tombeau de Couperin, M. 68: III. Forlane
11. Le tombeau de Couperin, M. 68: IV. Rigaudon
12. Le tombeau de Couperin, M. 68: V. Menuet
13. Le tombeau de Couperin, M. 68: VI. Toccata


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