Pianist and Soprano Chelsea Guo

Selected on the list of 2022 prestigious “Classical FM’s 30 Under 30”, Chelsea Guo 郭紫堯 has attracted international attention as a pianist and soprano of remarkable gifts. Her dual artistry is featured in her 2021 debut recording on the Orchid Classics label, “Chelsea Guo: Chopin in My Voice”. Gramophone Magazine included the recording in their Essential New Albums, and Classical FM featured Chelsea for an entire week as a “Young Classical Star.” The album reached #7 on the Billboard Traditional Classical Chart and received 5-Stars from BBC Music Magazine, which wrote: “Here is a rare talent.” She has been recognized for her vocal gifts as a 2019 National Young Arts winner, and the first prize winner in the 2019 Schmidt Voice Competition.

Chelsea will appear at the Summer FREE Concerts @ NEC 夏日系列音樂會on Thursday, Aug 25, 7:30 pm at NEC’s Williams Hall. Her program consists of 2 parts:

As a pianist, she will perform:
Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 1 in C major, K. 279
Bach: Partita No. 5 in G major, BWV 829
Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28 (No. 1 -12)
Debussy: Images oubliées

And as a soprano joined by pianist Xiaopei Xu:
Georg Friedrich Händel : “Piangerò la sorte mia”
Amy Beach:
The Years at the Spring
Ah, Love but a Day
I Send my Heart up to Thee
Ricky Ian Gordon:
Coyotes
Will There Really Be a Morning?
Leonard Bernstein : “La Bonne Cuisine”
William Bolcom: “Amor”
Lee Hoiby: “The Serpent”