陳泰成 Taicheng Chen
Piano
「具有高度的音樂性及清晰的個人風格,他的演奏帶給我極大的喜悅。」 多年前,當代德國鋼琴大師Wilhelm Kempff 即對鋼琴家陳泰成的琴藝倍加讚賞。陳泰成是台灣出生早期留歐之鋼琴演奏家,也是我國第一位獲得國立維也納音樂學院「鋼琴演奏家文憑」的人;後轉往美國,復為國人第一位獲得紐約茱麗亞學院音樂藝術博士者,曾在維也納及紐約國際大賽中得獎,他的演奏並經由電視向世界各地轉播。
陳泰成出生於台灣,自幼即展現非凡之音樂才華。九歲時,在台北市不分齡鋼琴比賽中榮獲冠軍;十一歲,復於扶輪社所主辦之全國第一屆音樂比賽中奪魁;是年,與台灣省立交響樂團合作演出鋼琴協奏曲,於台灣巡迴演出,這對民國五十年代音樂甚為貧脊的台灣而言,的確造成相當地轟動。從當時起,他就開始活躍於台北各個舞台及電視台攝影棚。十二歲,應邀至菲律賓演出,跨出其國際舞台之第一步。
十五歲,考入國立維也納音樂學院,未滿二十歲便在全體評審一致給予「最優異演奏」之殊榮下畢業於該校,並受頒奧地利教育部之獎狀。在這群英匯集之地,他以驚人的實力嶄露頭角,先後獲得「史蒂潘諾夫」、「維也納國際音樂節」比賽大獎。 維也納名師Bruno Seidlhofer 稱其為:「我最好的學生之一。」,並形容他:「具有高度的天份:即燦爛的技巧及優異的音樂性。他明智、生動的彈奏交織著精緻微妙的觸鍵,使他的詮釋深具滲透力;尤其他對風格之深刻感受力,更使他將這些優點適切地發揮出來。」 的確,要在音樂上兼俱技巧、音樂性、敏銳的聽覺及清晰的風格是非常難能可貴的,無怪乎維也納新聞報評論其演奏:「清新、扣人心絃而生動的演出,從他彈第一個音起,就令人側耳傾聽。」
其後,陳泰成轉往紐約,就讀於茱麗亞音樂學院。他以精湛的琴藝贏得「吉娜‧巴考爾」鋼琴比賽,獲頒茱麗亞音樂學院全額獎學金,並贏得校內協奏曲比賽,與茱麗亞愛樂管絃樂團在林肯中心合作演出。同時,復以最高分獲選紐約「國際藝術家比賽」,且於卡內基獨奏廳演出了一場極為成功的音樂會,紐約時報讚揚其演奏:「---結合流暢的技巧和充沛的推動力,是場令人振奮的演出!」
陳泰成的演奏足跡遍及全球四大洲,包括奧地利、德國、芬蘭、俄羅斯、美國、加拿大、哥斯大黎加、中國、日本、台灣、香港、菲律賓、澳洲等國,其中包含了著名的「維也納愛樂廳」、「維也納音樂廳」,以及「紐約林肯中心」及「卡內基演奏廳」等。
陳泰成曾任教於國立台北藝術大學(原國立藝術學院),門下多位學生在國內及國際比賽中榮獲獎項。退休後除演出外,亦多次受聘為台美兩地之國際鋼琴比賽評審及各地之大師班。近年且受邀至美國、加拿大、廈門及南通講學和演出,並應河內國際鋼琴藝術節總監鄧泰山邀請,任藝術節大師班授課教授。目前定居於西班牙。
“--- highly musical and clearly constructed playing, exhibiting a distinctive personality---”
Maestro Wilhelm Kempff
“--- combines technical fluency with a propulsive drive ---”
The New York Times
“--- pricks up one’s ears from the very first note--- through his vigorous, lively and vivacious playing---”
Die Wiener Presse
A native of Taiwan, Dr. Taicheng Chen discovered a lifelong passion for piano at age of six; by the time he was nine, he had won his first piano competition in Taipei. Within the next two years, he won a national Taiwanese piano competition and performed Mozart’s piano concerto with the Taiwan Symphony Orchestra. At the age of fifteen, he moved to Austria to pursue his dreams and attend the Vienna Musikhochschule. At age nineteen he took first prize in the school’s internal piano competition while completing its rigorous Concert Artist program and was subsequently bestowed with the school’s highest honor of Unanimous Distinction upon graduation. The following year, in a globally televised performance, he won the prestigious Vienna International Music Festival Competition.
Thereafter, Dr. Chen moved to New York to attend The Juilliard School. While attending Juilliard, he earned the Gina Bachauer Scholarship Award and the honor of performing Bartok’s Third Piano Concerto with the Juilliard Philharmonic Orchestra. Upon earning both a Master and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from The Juilliard School, he returned to Taiwan to teach at Taipei National University of the Arts.
Dr. Chen has performed internationally to noted acclaim at renowned venues including Lincoln Center and Carnegie Recital Hall in New York as well as the Grosser Musikverein Saal in Vienna. As Professor of Music, Dr. Chen has inspired generations of students, many of whom have gone on to win national and international competitions. Dr. Chen has given master classes and lectures at Hanoi and Xiamen Piano Festivals as well as China, Taiwan, Canada and the USA. Dr. Chen now resides in Spain.