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| Pierre Fournier |
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Pi-Chin Chien was born to play the cello...she is the talent I have been waiting decades to hear. |
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| Claude Starck |
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...her ability to communicate through music is astonishing... in commanding her technique and sharing her musical personality Pi-Chen Chien is at the highest level... |
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| Stanislav Apolin |
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...her natural way of playing combines strong expression with a subtly differentiated interpretation and sound... Pi-Chin Chien does not only play with technical brilliance, she also possesses a remarkable musicality of a kind one seldom hears... |
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| Marc Andreae
1969-1991
Principal Conductor of the RTSI Orchestra in Lugano
1990-1993
Music Director of the Orchestra ANGELICUM in Milan
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...a serious and devoted, highly expressive musician...a marvelous cellist with an immediate connection to the listeners... |
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| Grzegorz Nowak
Artistic Director of the Festival "Musique et Amitie", Chief Conductor of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
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...her Interpretations are truly moving. She has a warm, beautiful tone and her command of the instrument is impressive... |
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Rudolf Leuzinger
Founder of the Swiss Festival Orchestra in Luzern and artistic Director 1943-1953, Jury member at international competitions in Geneva, Prague and Marneukirchen, General Secretary of the International Federation of Musicians until 1983, Officer on the international music board for UNESCO 1955-1980, Officer in the French Order...
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It is rare that a person has a talent for technical perfection and a ripened musicality. This is, without a doubt, the case for Pi-Chin Chien. Her natural, flawless technique is always a service to the music. With her beautiful, varied tone, she creates the finest nuances and brings out drama and energy
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R. Kn.
Neue Zücher Zeitung |
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With dynamic refinement and sensitive playing, Pi-Chin Chien's performance of the Haydn D-Major Concerto took the audience by storm.
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Luzerner Neue Nachrichten |
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With G. Ligeti's Solo Sonata she displayed how clearly she shapes the music. She played the «Dialog» with an expressive sonorous tone; in the Cappriccio she not only displayed technical virtuosity, but also revealed an impressive sense for tonal colors...in Schubert's Arpeggione Sonata Chien's cello sound flowed and blossomed in a supple, relaxed manner, without ever compromising the vibrant intensity. With clear, nearly Baroque articulations and sombre colorings, the Adagio took on a «Winterreise» expressivity, which made an extraordinarily intense and personal impression... |
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Urban Frye
Luzerner Zeitung |
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The cellist Pi-Chin Chien from Taiwan was the discovery of the evening...she possesses the musicality and the technical ability necessary for a solo career. |
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Urs Mattenberger
Luzerner Neue Nachrichten |
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She played this effective cello concerto with a full sound and in a sensitive manner and gave the virtuoso figurations joyous accents with clear structure |
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Markus Kocher
Basler Zeitung |
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A chamber music evening of the highest order...Pi-Chin Chien played the virtuoso works with ease and shaped the music with sensitive refinement...every moment was nearly breathtakingly consummate... |
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Aargauer Zeitung |
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...with her flourishing sound and excellent command of this structurally demanding work...her brilliant, intense tone was captivating, it was moving, profound and passionately refined... |
