Join us for a peaceful afternoon on Sunday October 18 @ 1pm PST (Calif, USA timezone) as we watch two award-winning, 16-year-old artists share their talents with the world.
Cellist Angeline Kiang and pianist Ryan Sheng have chosen to raise funds for the Family Giving Tree organization, through Notes For Nourishment's Live Concerts! The concert is free to watch, worldwide, and donations are welcome.
All proceeds from this concert will go to FamilyGivingTree.org to empower those in our communities who find joy in learning but need our help. As with all of our NFN LIVE Online concerts for a cause, you can donate now, even before the event, and we thank those of you who have already started contributing for this Sunday's cause!
Donation Link: https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/OTgyNjQ=
For more info on the story behind our concert series, please visit notesfornourishment.org.
YouTube Link to watch the actual broadcast on October 18: https://youtu.be/eBmlnjgIs3A
BIOS of the two generous (and amazingly talented!) young artists who will be performing this Sunday:
Angeline Kiang, 16, plays cello at the Colburn Music Academy in Los Angeles, where she studies with Clive Greensmith. Previously, she has studied with Amos Yang and Sieun Lin. She is a first prize winner at Enkor Int’l Music competition, Pacific Musical Society Competition, and DVC/HNU Young Artist String Competition. An avid chamber musician, her award-winning ensemble, the Fervida Trio, won the Gold Medal in the 2019 Fischoff National Chamber Competition Junior Division, first and Beethoven prize at the 2019 PCM Chamber Music Competition, and first prize at the 2018 Galante Prize Competition. She also appeared on NPR’s nationally syndicated program From The Top, hosted by Orli Shaham with the Fervida Trio, and as a soloist on NBC’s Asian Pacific America. In 2019, she debuted with the Golden Gate Symphony at Herbst Theater. Angeline has participated in masterclass for the Miró Quartet, Orli Shaham, Hans Jorgen Jensen, Amit Peled, Timothy Eddy, Steve Doane, Brinton Averil Smith, Rohan De Silva, the Morgenstern Trio, the Henschel Quartet, and Trio con brio Copenhagen. Angeline attended the Heifetz International Music Institute in 2018 and 2019, and in 2020, she received full scholarship to the 24th Morningside Music Bridge.
Ryan Sheng is a 16 year old pianist from San Jose, California. He started learning to play the piano at age 5 and soon began to perform internationally in competitions and festivals. Most recently, he was invited to participate in the 2019 Van Cliburn Junior International Piano Competition Festival and PianoTexas Young Artist Program with full scholarship. As the winner of the concerto competition in PianoTexas, he performed Mozart Concerto No. 21 with Fortworth Symphony Orchestra under the baton of maestro Miguel Harth-Bedoya. As the 2020 solo Competition winner, he also will be performing Rachmaninoff concerto No. 2 with Golden State Youth Orchestra in 2020-2021 season. In 2017 he was invited to perform a solo recital at Brussels Music Festival in Belgium. He was one of the 24 contestants of 2016 Gina Bachauer International Competition and a prize winner of many local and international competitions. Some prizes he has won include the 2020 Ross McKee Young Artist Award; 3rd prize of 2019 Virginia Waring International Piano Competition Intermediate category; 1st prize and the special prize of Best Performance of Bence Kutrik Introverted Confessions at the 10th Rosario Marciano International Competition; 2nd prize, Audience Award and Young Jury Award at 2019 Emory piano competition; and the 1st prize of 2018 Pacific Music Competition. He has been invited by audition to perform in the 2010, 2015 and 2018 Junior Bach Festival. In the summer of 2017 and 2019, he won 1st prize in the North Coast International Piano Festival Competition, earning him performances in Carnegie Hall. Ryan Sheng is a founding member of the Evergreen Ensemble and a member of Young Chamber Musicians. His music teacher is Prof. Frank Levy and his former teacher was Mrs. Anna Polonsky.
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So - If you have any young musicians among your family, friends and relatives, encourage them to watch this short 1-hour program which could provide a great deal of inspiration and motivation for us all!
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