It’ll be a while before we see them in town again…

Experience Delvan and Tony solo and duo performances before they return to their music study in New York.

Funds from this event will support music study expenses for Delvan and Tony.

PROGRAMME:

DELVAN LIN

Mozart Piano Sonata in C minor, K. 457

Bach/Busoni Chaconne in D minor, BWV 1004

TONY YAN TONG CHEN

Haydn Piano Sonata in C major, Hob. XVI:50

Kodály: Dances of Marosszek

DELVAN/ TONY DUO

Debussy Selections from Petite Suite

Mozart/Grieg Piano Sonata in C major, K. 545 arr. for two pianos

BIO:

New Zealand pianists Delvan Lin and Tony Yan Tony Chen currently study piano performance in the studio of Professor Alan Chow at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. Tony won the most recent Wallace National Piano Competition, and Delvan was the winner of the 2015 competition.

Delvan has enjoyed success in piano competitions, including first prizes in both the Wallace National Junior Piano Competition and Wallace National Piano Competition, first prize in the PACANZ National Young Performer of the Year Awards, second prize at the MTNA Competition (New York State Division), and multiple performances prizes at the Lev Vlassenko Piano Competition including Best performance of a work by Liszt, Best Performance of a Classical Sonata, and the Graeme Russell Virtuoso prize. His performances have been featured on Upbeat with Eva Radich on RadioNZ Concert. Delvan previously studied at Eastman with Nelita True, and in New Zealand with Rae de Lisle and Bryan Sayer.

Delvan is also an active chamber musician and has toured the UK as a member of the Aurelian Trio. As the winner of the 2017 Royal Over-Seas League Chamber Music Scholarship, the trio performed in prominent venues such as St James’ Piccadilly, St Martin-in-the-Fields, Lake District Summer Music Festival, and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival where they premiered an original piece dedicated to the group by composer Xu Tang.

Delvan has performed in masterclasses for distinguished artists such as Vladimir Ashkenazy, John O’Conor, Christopher Elton, Julian Martin, Anton Nel, Jie Chen, Benjamin Hochman, William Fong, Read Gainsford, and Diedre Irons. He has also made concerto appearances with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Auckland Philharmonic Orchestra, Manukau Symphony Orchestra, Bach Musica, Aotea Youth Symphony Orchestra, and the Curtis Institute of Music Summerfest Orchestra.

Tony studied with Rae de Lisle under the Young Scholars Program at the University of Auckland, where he was a semi-finalist in the PACANZ National Young Performer of the Year Awards and had performances broadcast on RadioNZ Concert. Other prizes won include scholarships from the Manukau Symphony, Waikanae Music Society, Dame Malvina Major Foundation, and top prizes at the North Shore, West Auckland, South Auckland, Te Awamutu, Hamilton, Tauranga, APMA, and IRMT competitions. He previously studied piano with Able Zhu, with whom he attained ATCL and LTCL diplomas with distinction.

In addition to the piano, Tony’s academic achievements include NZQA scholarships in Music and English Literature, and the Top in New Zealand award for both AS and A level Music subjects in the Cambridge International Examinations (CIE). As an accomplished orchestral player, Tony also obtained Distinction in DipABRSM Violin and ABRSM Grade 8 in Trumpet and French horn, having played in ensembles including the Auckland Youth Orchestra, Manukau Symphony Orchestra, Auckland Symphony, and Wairua Sinfonietta. During his time at Macleans College, he served as the concertmaster of the symphony and chamber orchestras, and the principal trumpet player of the concert and jazz bands.

Tony has performed in masterclasses for distinguished pianists including Douglas Humphreys, Alexander Kobrin, Boris Slutsky, Pavel Nersessian, Pascal Nemirovski, John Perry, Anton Nel, Jean Saulnier, Edith Fischer, Pierre Reach, and Juan Lago. He has appeared as a concerto soloist with the Macleans College Orchestra, performing Tchaikovsky Concerto No. 1, and the Aotea Youth Symphony, performing Mozart Piano Concerto No. 23.

Another event presented by Lewis Eady Charitable Trust