Under the Royal patronage of Her Royal Highness Princess Sirivannavari Nariratana Rajakanya, the Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra Foundation is excited to welcome back the wonderful Taiwanese-American concert pianist Weiyin Chen to perform Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major with the RBSO, conducted by returning guest conductor Charles Olivieri-Monroe, in the Main Hall of the Thailand Cultural Centre on Friday 21st January at 7:30 pm. Ms Chen will be making her third appearance with the RBSO, whilst Olivieri-Munroe has been an extremely popular regular visiting conductor during the past decade.
Weiyin Chen has been described by the New York Times thus: “A thoughtful, lyrical, and accomplished artist…The hallmarks of Ms. Chen’s performance were the singing quality of her sound and her attentiveness to inner voices and harmonic shadings… I was captivated by the breadth and warmth of the Mozart playing…” and by the San Diego Arts in equally glowing terms: “A stunning young pianist... Her keyboard touch proved consistently firm, meticulously balanced and tastefully assertive, and her sense of phrasing lucidly energetic…”
Ms. Chen has released two albums, in the USA and Europe respectively. Her debut solo CD Diary in G, which includes Schubert’s Sonata No. 18 in G major and Schumann’s Piano Sonata No. 2 in G minor, is a testament to her superb talents as an interpreter. The long-time critic Jerry Dubins of Fanfare wrote in his glowing review: “I can honestly say that no other performance and recording of this sonata I’ve heard has won me over as this one has….” Her other recording with the Camerata RCO features Mozart Piano Concerto in A major K.414 and Mendelssohn’s Concerto in D minor for Piano, Violin and Strings. Critic James Forrest praised her playing in the disc review: “…the amount of insight she brings to this music, so early in her career, speaks volumes for the inherent gifts with which she has endowed…Chen’s youth can entirely equal the playing of Argerich recorded with an additional quarter-century of years and experience behind her. Gutman Records has a winner here.”
Olivieri-Munroe’s well-respected qualities of precision and expressivity will find full voice here in the rest of the programme – Weber’s Jubel Overture and Mendelssohn’s Scottish Symphony.
Ticket prices 400 / 800 / 1,200 / 1,600 / 2,000
Special discount 50% for students and 60 years & above
(Tickets can be purchased at Thaiticketmajor booths or online booking code: RBSO2022)
For more information please contact RBSO office: 02 255 6617-8
www.rbsothailand.com / Email: rbso@bangkoksymphony.org