***CANCELLED***

HCHK Board Director and HKS Alumna, Scarlett Jie Chen's Piano Recital

Seats are limited, please register early on this form! 

Join us for an evening of classical music featuring Bach, Chopin, Liszt, and “The Butterfly Lover” at HCHK Board Director, Harvard Kennedy School alumna and award-winning pianist Scarlett Jie Chen’s piano recital. Ticket price includes premium seating at the recital and an exclusive backstage experience to be hosted by Scarlett.

Members are also invited to pre-concert drinks (Cash-Bar) at Dot Cod Restaurant (Level B4, The Landmark Prince, 10, Chater Rd, Central) starting at 6 pm to be hosted by HCHK Vice President and Harvard College alumnus Edward Chan. We will walk over to City Hall together around 6:45 pm. 

We will then meet everyone at Concert Hall at 7 pm for the backstage experience before the concert starts at 7:30 pm. The concert will last for approximately 75 minutes with no intervals.

About the piano recital: 

https://www.pphk.org/festival_event/scarlett-jie-chen-piano-recital/

About Scarlett:

Scarlett Jie Chen embodies a rare combination of acclaimed performing arts background with an innovative education leadership and social activism that brings together over 20 years of personal commitment to creative vision and public service.

A top graduate from Harvard University, and the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, Scarlett was the winner of eleven prestigious international prizes, including the Arthur Rubinstein Piano Master Competition in Israel, the Van Cliburn Competition in the U.S.A., and the Paloma O’Shea Santander International Piano Competition in Spain.

Chen debuted with the Philadelphia Orchestra under Maestro Wolfgang Sawallisch at age 15 and went on concertising for over 20 years across the globe, with many prestigious orchestras and in solo performances at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Centre, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Louvre in Paris, and many other major venues throughout Europe, North America and Asia.

A visionary arts administrator, she was also the founding dean of the inaugural music department at the University of Shanghai Science and Technology. In addition, she implemented innovative curricula combining technology teaching with music practice. Her students have gone on to win national and international prizes, many of which went to prestigious conservatories such as Curtis and Juilliard.

A keen believer that music is the universal language of the soul, Scarlett is excited to start her boutique consulting studio here in Hong Kong.  She looks forward to transcending boundaries and promoting better understanding across differences through dialogues in arts and culture.

Fee

HK$500 (Lifetime/Patron)

HK$500 (Annual/Biennial/Complimentary Student Member)

HK$600 (Prospect/Guest)

Sign Up Date

(Lifetime/Patron) : Wednesday, November 2nd 2022

(Annual/Biennial/Complimentary Student Member) : Thursday, November 3rd 2022

(Prospect/Guest) : Friday, November 4th 2022

Sign Up Deadline

Monday, January 2nd 2023