Stella Chen Explained

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

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. 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 .^[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.

Awards

• 2006: Fifth prize, junior division, Yehudi Menuhin International Competition for Young Violinists, Boulogne-sur-Mer, France^[10]
• 2008: Fourth prize, senior division, Yehudi Menuhin International Competition for Young Violinists, Cardiff, Wales
• 2015: Recipient, Robert Levin Prize, Harvard University
• 2017: Second prize Winner, Tibor Varga International Violin Competition^[11]
• 2019: First prize, Queen Elisabeth Competition, Brussels, Belgium^[12]
• 2020: Recipient, Lincoln Center Emerging Artist Award^[13]
• 2020: Recipient, Avery Fisher Career Grant
• 2023: Recipient, Young Artist of the Year, Gramophone Classical Music Awards

Discography

• 2023 Stella X Schubert^{[14] [15]}

Further reading

• Stella Chen Juilliard

Notes and References

1. Web site: Brumagne . Françoise . Stella Chen, première lauréate . RTBF . May 7, 2019 . fr . September 16, 2023.
2. Web site: 2 VC Artists Awarded 2020 Avery Fisher Career Development Grants. Channel. The Violin. March 25, 2020. The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009.. en-US. June 1, 2020.
3. Web site: Channel. The Violin. February 17, 2020. VC YOUNG ARTIST Stella Chen – Queen Elisabeth Violin Competition 1st Prize Winner. May 30, 2020. The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009.. en-US.
4. https://www.juilliard.edu/sites/default/files/accessible.commencement_2021.pdf Juilliard DMA
5. Web site: Kronberg Academy: Stella Chen . Kronberg Academy . de . September 16, 2023.
6. Web site: Stella Chen, violin . San Francisco Classical Voice . September 15, 2023 . September 16, 2023.
7. Web site: Stella Chen . . June 15, 2022 . September 16, 2023.
8. Web site: Instrument Loan to Stella Chen loan News Nippon Music Foundation. June 1, 2020. 日本音楽財団. ja.
9. Web site: Die amerikanische Geigerin Stella Chen gewinnt den KEW für Violine . vrtnws.be . 26 May 2019 . de . 16 September 2023.
10. Web site: Detail. June 1, 2020. queenelisabethcompetition.be. fr.
11. Web site: Lauréats Concours de . Sion Violon musique . September 2, 2023 . fr . . September 16, 2023.
12. Web site: Stella Chen . Queen Elisabeth Competition . May 24, 2019 . September 16, 2023.
13. Web site: Stella Chen . Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center . September 16, 2023.
14. Web site: Evans . Bill . Violinist Stella Chen Produces 'Interesting' Sound on Stunning Debut Album 'Stella X Schubert' . Strings Magazine . May 31, 2023 . September 16, 2023.
15. Web site: Threasher . David . Stella Chen: Schubert . . September 16, 2023 . September 16, 2023.