Welcome to Great Spaces!
This Music and Arts Series is an outreach of Grace Cathedral in Topeka, KS. Please take a moment to check out all of our upcoming concerts and Cloister Gallery events. You can also find out how you can get more involved or become a Friend of GREAT SPACES. With a dozen or more concerts each season and new artists featured monthly in the gallery, there is truly something for everyone.
Upcoming Concerts
Frederic Chen, Concert Pianist
Sunday, May 20, 5 p.m.
Tickets for the concert are available online, at the Cathedral’s office during the week or at the door the day of the concert ($10/adults, $5/students, 12 and young free).
Pianist Frederic Chen has cultivated a versatile career as a soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician. Praised for his expressive musicianship, brilliant virtuosity, and sophisticated interpretations, he has thrilled audiences throughout North American, Europe, and Asia with his wide-ranging repertoire, from Bach to Ligeti, at major concert stages such as Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Merkin Concert Hall at the Kaufman Center, Palau de la Musica of Valencia, Spain, and the National Concert Hall, Taiwan. He has performed in numerous renowned music festivals, such as the International Holland Music Sessions, MusicAlp Festival, Sergei Babayan International Piano Academy, Bowdoin International Music Festival, and TCU Cliburn Institute (Piano Texas International Academy & Festival). Recent solo recital engagements include performances at the Ruel Joyce Recital Series at Johnson County Community College, and the Atelier Concert Series atthe American Church in Paris, France. Mr. Chen made his concerto debut with the National Taiwan Normal University Orchestra, under the baton of Apo Hsu at Taipei's Novel Hall for Performing Arts in Taiwan.
Mr. Chen has been the recipient of numerous awards. He won First Prize of the American Protégé International Piano and Strings Competition, the Russian Soul Award from the American Protégé Russian Music Piano Festival, the Taiwan National Piano Competition, and the Kansas City Musical Club Scholarship Audition. In addition, he was a laureate of the Taipei International Chopin Piano Competition, the Dorothy MacKenzie Artist Recognition Scholarship Awards Competition of the Mannes International Keyboard Institute, and the Connecticut Young Artist Piano Competition.
A native of Taiwan, Frederic Chen began studying the piano at the age of nine. He is a graduate of Oberlin College, Yale School Music, and Imola International Piano academy. Currently, he is a Doctor of Musical Arts Candidate at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. He has studied with Ann Schein, Peter Frankl, John McIntyre, and Boris Petrushansky. Mr. Chen has also worked with numerous world-renowned performers and pedagogues such as Sergei Babayan, John O'Conor, Lazar Berman, Cyprien Katsaris, and Philippe Entremont in masterclasses.
Program
Sonata in D minor, K. 1, L. 366 Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)
Sonata in D major, K.492, L.14
Fantasiestücke, Op.12 Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Des Abends: Sehr innig zu spielen
Aufschwung: Sehr rasch
Warum?: Langsam und zart
Grillen: Mit Humor
In der Nacht: Mit Leidenschaft
Fabel: Langsam. Schnell
Traumes Wirren: Äußerst lebhaft
Ende vom Lied: Mit gutem Humor
Piano Sonata No. 7 in B-flat major, Op. 83 Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
I Allegro Inquieto
II Andante Caloroso
III Precipitato
The complete 2011-12 Great Spaces schedule is here!