Chen Pi-hsien

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Chen Pi-hsien (born in 1950) is a well-known Taiwanese classical pianist. She has received honors at several international piano competitions and was praised as the "Chinese Miracle" by European media. She teaches at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg and lives in Germany at present. Chen Pi-hsien was born in Taiwan on November 15, 1950. Her parents were born in mainland China but went to Taiwan in 1949 during the Civil War.[1] Her father was a college professor. She began to take piano lessons at the age of four and gave public performance at the early age of five. When she was nine, she was sent to Cologne to continue her studies at the Hochschule für Musik Köln with Hans-Otto Schmidt-Neuhaus, where she received her diploma as classical pianist in 1970. In the following years she pursued her studies with Hans Leygraf and took part in piano courses given by Wilhelm Kempff, Tatiana Nikolayeva, Claudio Arrau, and Geza Anda. In 1972, Chen won international appreciation with a prize at the Concours Reine Elisabeth and the first prize at the Rundfunkanstalten ARD International Piano Competition in Munich. Later she won the first prizes at the Arnold Schonberg Competition in Rotterdam and at the J.S.Bach Competition in Washington D.C. Since then Chen has given performances at important places such as London, Amsterdam, Zürich, Berlin, Munich and Tokyo. She has played with famous orchestras, such as the London Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Concertgebouw Orche

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100 Classics [Disc 8] バッハ・ベスト!

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Chill With Bach

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The Best of J. S. Bach

Arnold Schönberg: Works for Piano

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100曲ピアノ [Disc 3] おやすみピアノ

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100曲ピアノ [Disc 5] 映画で知っているピアノ

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Chill With Bach [Disc 2]

Goldberg Variations

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50 of the Best: J.S. Bach

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Bach highlights (Classic FM)

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Boulez: Le Marteau Sans Maître, Notations Pour Piano, Etc.

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Boulez: Le Marteau Sans Maître, Notations Pour Piano, Structures Pour Deux Piano, Livre II

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