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{{Short description|American violinist}}
'''Stella Chen''' (born 1992)<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=Brumagne|first=Françoise|date=2019-05-07|title=Stella Chen, première lauréate|url=https://www.rtbf.be/culture/musique/concours-reine-elisabeth/detail_stella-chen-demi-finaliste?id=10214382|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-06-03|website=RTBF Culture|language=fr}}</ref> is an American violinist. She is the first prize winner of the 2019 [[Queen Elisabeth Competition]] in [[Brussels|Brussels, Belgium]]. She was the fourth prize winner in the senior division of the 2008 [[Yehudi Menuhin International Competition for Young Violinists]] in [[Cardiff|Cardiff, Wales]].
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'''Stella Chen''' (born 1992) is an American violinist.<ref name="Brumagne-2019">{{cite web | last=Brumagne | first=Françoise | title=Stella Chen, première lauréate | website=RTBF | date=May 7, 2019 | url=https://www.rtbf.be/article/stella-chen-demi-finaliste-10214382 | language=fr | access-date=September 16, 2023}}</ref> She was the first prize winner of the [[Queen Elisabeth Competition]] in [[Brussels]], [[Belgium]] in 2019; won the [[Avery Fisher Career Grant]] in 2020;<ref>{{Cite web|title=2 VC Artists Awarded 2020 Avery Fisher Career Development Grants|url=https://theviolinchannel.com/2020-avery-fisher-career-development-grant-recipients-zlatomir-fung-stella-chen/|last=Channel|first=The Violin|date=March 25, 2020|website=The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009.|language=en-US|access-date=June 1, 2020}}</ref> and was named the Young Artist of the Year, [[Gramophone Classical Music Awards]] in 2023.


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
Chen is a graduate of the Juilliard School and the New England Conservatory, where she earned a master's degree.<ref name=":2" /> As of 2020, she studies at Juilliard and the [[Kronberg Academy]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Channel|first=The Violin|date=2020-02-17|title=VC YOUNG ARTIST {{!}} Stella Chen – Queen Elisabeth Violin Competition 1st Prize Winner|url=https://theviolinchannel.com/violinist-vc-young-artist-stella-chen/|access-date=2020-05-30|website=The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009.|language=en-US}}</ref>
Chen is a graduate of [[Harvard University]] (BA, psychology), the [[Juilliard School]], and the [[New England Conservatory of Music]], where she earned a master's degree.<ref name="Brumagne-2019" /> She studied at Juilliard under [[Itzhak Perlman]], [[Donald Weilerstein]], [[Li Lin (violinist)|Li Lin]] and [[Catherine Cho]] ([[Doctor of Musical Arts|DMA]] 2021).<ref>{{Cite web|last=Channel|first=The Violin|date=February 17, 2020|title=VC YOUNG ARTIST {{!}} Stella Chen – Queen Elisabeth Violin Competition 1st Prize Winner|url=https://theviolinchannel.com/violinist-vc-young-artist-stella-chen/|access-date=May 30, 2020|website=The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009.|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>[https://www.juilliard.edu/sites/default/files/accessible.commencement_2021.pdf Juilliard DMA]</ref> From 2019 to 2023 she studied at the [[Kronberg Academy]] with {{ill|Mihaela Martin|ro}}.<ref name="Kronberg Academy y910">{{cite web | title=Kronberg Academy: Stella Chen | website=Kronberg Academy | url=https://www.kronbergacademy.de/studium/studierende/studierende/person/stella-chen | language=de | access-date=September 16, 2023}}</ref>


Chen performed as soloist with the [[New York Philharmonic]] and the [[Chicago Symphony]] and appeared in venues such as [[Carnegie Hall]], [[Lincoln Center]], Vienna's [[Musikverein]] and [[Berliner Philharmonie]].<ref name="San Francisco Classical Voice 2023 l755">{{cite web | title=Stella Chen, violin | website=San Francisco Classical Voice | date=September 15, 2023 | url=https://www.sfcv.org/events/chamber-music-san-francisco/stella-chen-violin | access-date=September 16, 2023}}</ref> She plays chamber music with Perlman, Weilerstein, and [[Robert Levin (musicologist)|Robert Levin]].<ref name="New York Philharmonic 2022 r308">{{cite web | title=Stella Chen | website=[[New York Philharmonic]] | date=June 15, 2022 | url=https://nyphil.org/about-us/artists/stella-chen | access-date=September 16, 2023}}</ref>
Chen currently plays the 'Huggins' 1708 [[Stradivarius|Stradivarius violin]] loaned from the Nippon Music Foundation.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Instrument Loan to Stella Chen {{!}} loan {{!}} News {{!}} Nippon Music Foundation|url=https://www.nmf.or.jp/|access-date=2020-06-01|website=日本音楽財団|language=ja}}</ref>

From 2019 to 2023, Chen played the 'Huggins' 1708 [[Stradivarius|Stradivarius violin]] loaned from the [[Nippon Music Foundation]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Instrument Loan to Stella Chen {{!}} loan {{!}} News {{!}} Nippon Music Foundation|url=https://www.nmf.or.jp/|access-date=June 1, 2020|website=日本音楽財団|language=ja}}</ref><ref name="Flandern 2019 b007">{{cite web | title=Die amerikanische Geigerin Stella Chen gewinnt den KEW für Violine | website=vrtnws.be | date=26 May 2019 | url=https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/de/2019/05/26/die-amerikanische-geigerin-stella-chen-gewinnt-den-kew-fuer-viol/ | language=de | access-date=16 September 2023}}</ref> and plays the 1700 ex-Petri Stradivarius on loan from Ryuji Ueno and Rare Violins In Consortium, Artists and Benefactors Collaborative.<ref name="Queen Elisabeth Competition 2019 j295" />


== Awards ==
== Awards ==
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* 2006: Fifth prize, junior division, [[Yehudi Menuhin International Competition for Young Violinists]], [[Boulogne-sur-Mer|Boulogne-sur-Mer, France]]<ref name="queenelisabethcompetition.be">{{Cite web|title=Detail|url=https://queenelisabethcompetition.be/en/laureates/stella-chen/|access-date=June 1, 2020|website=queenelisabethcompetition.be|language=fr}}</ref>
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* 2008: Fourth prize, senior division, [[Yehudi Menuhin International Competition for Young Violinists]], [[Cardiff|Cardiff, Wales]]<ref name="queenelisabethcompetition.be" />
* 2015: Recipient, Robert Levin Prize, [[Harvard University]]<ref name="Kronberg Academy y910" />
* 2017: Second prize Winner, Tibor Varga International Violin Competition<ref>{{cite web | title=Lauréats Concours de | website=Sion Violon musique | date=September 2, 2023 | url=https://sion-violon-musique.ch/de/laureats-concours-de/ | language=fr | ref={{sfnref | Sion Violon musique | 2023}} | access-date=September 16, 2023}}</ref>
* 2019: First prize, [[Queen Elisabeth Competition]], [[Brussels|Brussels, Belgium]]<ref name="Brumagne-2019" /><ref name="Queen Elisabeth Competition 2019 j295">{{cite web | title=Stella Chen | website=Queen Elisabeth Competition | date=May 24, 2019 | url=https://queenelisabethcompetition.be/fr/laureats/stella-chen/4804/ | access-date=September 16, 2023}}</ref>
* 2020: Recipient, Lincoln Center Emerging Artist Award<ref name="Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center q359">{{cite web | title=Stella Chen | website=Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center | url=https://www.chambermusicsociety.org/about-us/people/artists/strings/stella-chen/ | access-date=September 16, 2023}}</ref>
* 2020: Recipient, [[Avery Fisher Career Grant]]
* 2023: Recipient, Young Artist of the Year, [[Gramophone Classical Music Awards]]


==Discography==
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* 2006: Fifth prize, junior division, [[Yehudi Menuhin International Competition for Young Violinists]], [[Boulogne-sur-Mer|Boulogne-sur-Mer, France]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Detail|url=https://queenelisabethcompetition.be/en/laureates/stella-chen/|access-date=2020-06-01|website=queenelisabethcompetition.be|language=fr}}</ref>
* 2023 Stella X [[Schubert]]<ref name="Evans 2023 g926">{{cite web | last=Evans | first=Bill | title=Violinist Stella Chen Produces 'Interesting' Sound on Stunning Debut Album 'Stella X Schubert' | website=Strings Magazine | date=May 31, 2023 | url=https://stringsmagazine.com/violinist-stella-chen-produces-interesting-sound-on-stunning-debut-album-stella-x-schubert/ | access-date=September 16, 2023}}</ref><ref name="Threasher 2023 n821">{{cite web | last=Threasher | first=David | title=Stella Chen: Schubert | website=[[The Strad]] | date=September 16, 2023 | url=https://www.thestrad.com/reviews/stella-chen-schubert/16259.article | access-date=September 16, 2023}}</ref>
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* 2008: Fourth prize, senior division, [[Yehudi Menuhin International Competition for Young Violinists]], [[Cardiff|Cardiff, Wales]] <ref name=":0" />
* 2015: Recipient, Robert Levin Prize, [[Harvard University]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Prize Recipients|url=https://ofa.fas.harvard.edu/student-art-prizes-history|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-06-03|website=Office for the Arts at Harvard|language=en}}</ref>
* 2017: Second prize Winner, Tibor Varga International Violin Competition<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2017-08-30|title=Concours international de violon Tibor Varga: pas de grand prix décerné mais deux ex-aequo|url=https://www.lenouvelliste.ch/articles/lifestyle/loisirs-et-culture/concours-international-de-violon-tibor-varga-pas-de-grand-prix-decerne-mais-deux-ex-aequo-697180|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=Le Nouvelliste|language=fr}}</ref>
* 2019: First prize, [[Queen Elisabeth Competition]], [[Brussels|Brussels, Belgium]]<ref name=":2" />
* 2020: Recipient, Lincoln Center Emerging Artist Award<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=2020 Lincoln Center Awards for Emerging Artists|url=http://www.lincolncenter.org/show/2020-lincoln-center-awards-for-emerging-artists|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-06-03|website=Lincoln Center}}</ref>
* 2020: Recipient, [[Avery Fisher Career Grant]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=2 VC Artists Awarded 2020 Avery Fisher Career Development Grants|url=https://theviolinchannel.com/2020-avery-fisher-career-development-grant-recipients-zlatomir-fung-stella-chen/|last=Channel|first=The Violin|date=2020-03-25|website=The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009.|language=en-US|access-date=2020-06-01}}</ref>


== References ==
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== External links ==
== Further reading ==
* [https://www.juilliard.edu/sites/default/files/11.10_cohen_violin_recital.pdf Stella Chen Juilliard]


== External links ==
*{{Official website|https://stellachen.com}}
*{{Official website|https://stellachen.com}}


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Latest revision as of 02:40, 16 March 2024

Stella Chen (born 1992) is an American violinist.[1] She was the first prize winner of the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels, Belgium in 2019; won the Avery Fisher Career Grant in 2020;[2] and was named the Young Artist of the Year, Gramophone Classical Music Awards in 2023.

Biography[edit]

Chen is a graduate of Harvard University (BA, psychology), the Juilliard School, and the New England Conservatory of Music, where she earned a master's degree.[1] She studied at Juilliard under Itzhak Perlman, Donald Weilerstein, Li Lin and Catherine Cho (DMA 2021).[3][4] From 2019 to 2023 she studied at the Kronberg Academy with Mihaela Martin [ro].[5]

Chen performed as soloist with the New York Philharmonic and the Chicago Symphony and appeared in venues such as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Vienna's Musikverein and Berliner Philharmonie.[6] She plays chamber music with Perlman, Weilerstein, and Robert Levin.[7]

From 2019 to 2023, Chen played the 'Huggins' 1708 Stradivarius violin loaned from the Nippon Music Foundation[8][9] and plays the 1700 ex-Petri Stradivarius on loan from Ryuji Ueno and Rare Violins In Consortium, Artists and Benefactors Collaborative.[10]

Awards[edit]

Discography[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Brumagne, Françoise (May 7, 2019). "Stella Chen, première lauréate". RTBF (in French). Retrieved September 16, 2023.
  2. ^ Channel, The Violin (March 25, 2020). "2 VC Artists Awarded 2020 Avery Fisher Career Development Grants". The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  3. ^ Channel, The Violin (February 17, 2020). "VC YOUNG ARTIST | Stella Chen – Queen Elisabeth Violin Competition 1st Prize Winner". The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
  4. ^ Juilliard DMA
  5. ^ a b "Kronberg Academy: Stella Chen". Kronberg Academy (in German). Retrieved September 16, 2023.
  6. ^ "Stella Chen, violin". San Francisco Classical Voice. September 15, 2023. Retrieved September 16, 2023.
  7. ^ "Stella Chen". New York Philharmonic. June 15, 2022. Retrieved September 16, 2023.
  8. ^ "Instrument Loan to Stella Chen | loan | News | Nippon Music Foundation". 日本音楽財団 (in Japanese). Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  9. ^ "Die amerikanische Geigerin Stella Chen gewinnt den KEW für Violine". vrtnws.be (in German). May 26, 2019. Retrieved September 16, 2023.
  10. ^ a b "Stella Chen". Queen Elisabeth Competition. May 24, 2019. Retrieved September 16, 2023.
  11. ^ a b "Detail". queenelisabethcompetition.be (in French). Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  12. ^ "Lauréats Concours de". Sion Violon musique (in French). September 2, 2023. Retrieved September 16, 2023.
  13. ^ "Stella Chen". Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Retrieved September 16, 2023.
  14. ^ Evans, Bill (May 31, 2023). "Violinist Stella Chen Produces 'Interesting' Sound on Stunning Debut Album 'Stella X Schubert'". Strings Magazine. Retrieved September 16, 2023.
  15. ^ Threasher, David (September 16, 2023). "Stella Chen: Schubert". The Strad. Retrieved September 16, 2023.

Further reading[edit]

External links[edit]

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