Aug 25 2022
Pianist and Soprano Chelsea Guo

Pianist and Soprano Chelsea Guo

Presented by Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts at NEC's Williams Hall

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”

Admission Info

Free Admission. Donation $10 suggested. Age 6 and under not admitted. Details:
http://www.chineseperformingarts.net/contents/summer/2022/0825/index.html

Phone: 16179687094

Email: foundation@chineseperformingarts.net

Dates & Times

2022/08/25 - 2022/08/25

Location Info

NEC's Williams Hall

30 Gainsborough Street, Boston, MA 02115