Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition, A Night on Bald Mountain (arr.for piano), Rachmaninov 6 Etudes Tableaux : Sa Chen

Sergei Rachmaninov:
6 Etudes Tableaux

Modest Mussorgsky:
A Night on Bald Mountain
Arranged by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Transcribed for piano by Konstantin N. Chernov

Pictures at an Exhibition

Sa Chen, piano

Recording venue: Concertboerderij Valthermond, The Netherlands (3/2009)
DSD recorded
SACD Hybrid
CD STEREO/ SACD STEREO/ SACD 5.0 SURROUND

Crystal prizewinner at the 12th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition (2005), Sa Chen, has been called "a brilliant pianist" by the prestigious pianist Emmanuel Ax.
Her first major performance took place in 1996, when she competed in the final of the prestigious Leeds International Piano Competition aged only 16, with Sir Simon Rattle conducting the City of Birmingham Symphony. The performance was broadcast live on BBC Television, captivating audiences throughout Britain. Since then, she has performed throughout Europe, China, Japan and the United States.
Sa Chen was born in Chongqing, China. She began her musical studies at the Sichuan Conservatory of Music with Dan Zhaoyi, later continuing with him at the Shenzhen School of Arts. After listening to her perform in 1994, Chinese President Jiang Zemin interviewed her together with Dan Zhaoyi. Following her success in Leeds in 1996, she was subsequently offered a scholarship to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London, where she studied with Joan Havill and obtained a master's degree in performance. Later, she also studied with Arie Vardi at the "Hochschule fur Musik und Theater"in Hanover, and is now living in Germany. ( Pentatone )