Qin Chuan (), also known as Chuan Qin, is a Chinese pianist and a professor at School of Arts,

Shandong University Shandong University (, abbreviated as Shanda, , English abbreviation SDU) is a public research comprehensive university in Jinan, Shandong with one campus in Weihai, Shandong and one campus in Qingdao, Shandong and is supported directly by the ...

Biography

Born in

Nanjing Nanjing (; , Mandarin pronunciation: ), alternately romanized as Nanking, is the capital of Jiangsu province of the People's Republic of China. It is a sub-provincial city, a megacity, and the second largest city in the East China region. T ...

, Qin started learning the piano at the age of five, and attended the Shanghai Conservatory of Music from 1988 to 1994. He subsequently went to the United States to pursue his music studies at the

Juilliard School The Juilliard School ( ) is a private performing arts conservatory in New York City. Established in 1905, the school trains about 850 undergraduate and graduate students in dance, drama, and music. It is widely regarded as one of the most el ...

of Music where he obtained his Bachelor and Master's degrees, as well as a Doctorate of Music Arts. Qin Chuan is known for his performance of

Olivier Messiaen Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles Messiaen (, ; ; 10 December 1908 – 27 April 1992) was a French composer, organist, and ornithologist who was one of the major composers of the 20th century. His music is rhythmically complex; harmonically ...

's music. Having heard Qin perform '' Réveil des oiseaux'' with Myung-Whun Chung from memory, Messiaen's widow, Yvonne Loriod, selected him as the winner of the Messiaen Prize in Paris. Qin's repertoire ranges from the early

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to the

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Awards

Qin Chuan has won several international piano competitions, including: * Maria Canals International Music Competition, juniors, Barcelona, Spain (1991) - first prize * 2nd China International Piano Competition, Beijing, China (1999) - first prize * Grand Prix of the Olivier Messiaen International Piano Competition in Paris, France, where he was also awarded the Special Prize for the best performance of ''

Catalogue d'oiseaux ''Catalogue d'oiseaux'' ("Catalogue of birds") is a work for piano solo by Olivier Messiaen consisting of thirteen pieces, written between October 1956 and September 1958. It is devoted to birds and dedicated to his second wife Yvonne Loriod. Pre ...

'' (2003)

References

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