Bion Tsang
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Bion Tsang | |
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Cellist, Professor | |
Instrument(s) | Cello |
Years active | 1979 - present |
Website | www.biontsang.com |
Bion Yu-Ting Tsang (
Biography
Bion Tsang was born in
Tsang began piano studies at age six and added cello a year later. At age eight he entered the Juilliard School of Music Pre-College Division, where he studied cello with Ardyth Alton, Channing Robbins and Leonard Rose and piano with Edgar Roberts. Tsang attended Harvard University for college, returning to Poughkeepsie on weekends to study cello with Luis Garcia-Renart. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard, where he was nominated for a Rhodes Scholarship and graduated with honors in January 1989. Subsequently, he spent the next six months in London, England studying cello privately with William Pleeth, before moving on to Yale University to study cello with Aldo Parisot. Tsang received a Master of Music degree from Yale in June 1991 and a Master of Musical Arts degree in June 1993.
Tsang met his wife, Amy Levine, also a concert cellist and teacher, at the
Career
Tsang made his debut with conductor
Tsang has been internationally recognized by a number of awards including an Avery Fisher Career Grant and a Bronze Medal in the International Tchaikovsky Competition.[1] He is one of only 6 American cellists to have medaled at the International Tchaikovsky Competition since its inception in 1958.[2] The book 21st Century Cellists devotes one entire chapter to him.
Tsang has given a number of notable premieres including: the U.S. premiere of the George Enescu Symphonie Concertante, the U.S. premiere of Tan Dun Crouching Tiger Concerto for Cello Solo and Chamber Orchestra, and the Boston premiere of the Erich Wolfgang Korngold Cello Concerto.
Tsang is Professor of Cello and holds the Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long Chair in Cello at the
Discography
Tsang’s official website contains an extensive library of free, downloadable recordings from his live performances. The following commercial recordings by Tsang are also available:
- Cantabile: Bion Tsang, Scott Yoo, Royal Scottish National Orchestra (Universal Music DU42266), 2023
- Bion Tsang: Bach Cello Suites (SONY Classical S80606C), 2021
- Bion Tsang: Dvořák/Enescu Cello Concertos (SONY Classical S80459C), 2019
- Live at Jordan Hall - Dohnányi, Britten, Grieg (BHM Media Productions, ASIN: B07G486K7C), 2018
- Bion Tsang: The Blue Rock Sessions - Inspired by vintage recordings of strings giants Pablo Casals, Jascha Heifetz, Isaac Stern and more (BHM Media Productions, ASIN: B071J8WXF2), 2017
- Live in Concert: Brahms Cello Sonatas and Four Hungarian Dances (Artek AR-0051-2), 2010
- A Company of Voices: Conspirare in Concert (Harmonia Mundi HMU 907534), 2009
- Live in Concert: Beethoven Sonatas and Variations for Cello and Piano (Artek AR-0025-2), 2006
- Strauss / Turina: Quartets for Piano and Strings (Suoni e Colori SC253362), 2004
- Kodaly: Works for Violin and Cello (Suoni e Colori SC253282), 2002
- Schubert / Schumann: Works for Cello and Piano (CAMI 4268), 1991
Awards and recognition
- Grammy Award Nominee, Best Classical Crossover Album, 2009[4]
- Texas Exes Teaching Award, Butler School of Music, The University of Texas at Austin, 2004
- Avery Fisher Career Grant, 1992
- Bronze Medal. IX International Tchaikovsky Competition, 1990
- MEF Career Grant, 1990
- Finalist, Rhodes Scholarship, 1988
- Fifth Prize. VIII International Tchaikovsky Competition, 1986
- Winner, Artists International Award, 1984
- Presidential Scholar in the Arts, Presidential Scholars Program, 1984
- Piatigorsky Memorial Cello Prize, Young Musicians Foundation National Debut Competition, 1982
References
- ^ "Avery Fisher Career Grant Recipients". Archived from the original on 2010-05-08. Retrieved 2011-06-23.
- ^ International Tchaikovsky Competition Laureates Archived June 15, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "I am a Teacher Because...". The Alcade. p. 49. March/April 2004.
- ^ 52nd Grammy Award Nominees Archived February 1, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
Further reading
String Letter Publishing (2001). 21st Century Cellists. Back Stage Books.
VC / The Violin Channel Web Blog