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Chia-Ling Chien (簡嘉琳)

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Chia-Ling Chien (簡嘉琳)

Identity Snapshot

  • English: Chia-Ling Chien
  • Chinese: 簡嘉琳
  • Era: -
  • Geography: 台灣
  • Core roles: Taiwanese American (TAH Who’s Who)
  • Source: TAH Foundation Who’s Who

簡嘉琳，六歲開始學習鋼琴，九歲考上台北市古亭國小音樂班，同年開始學習大提; 之後，並以優異成績甄試上第一志願台北市師大附中國中部音樂班，國立台南藝術大學七年一貫制音樂系。在國內求學期間，曾獲得多數國內音樂比賽大獎，包括連續四年台北市音樂比賽大提琴組冠軍、台灣省音樂比賽大提琴組第二名、連續三年台北市音樂比賽鋼琴組冠軍、第七屆台北國際蕭邦鋼琴大賽第二名.。鋼琴師事黃麗英教授、黎國媛教授、陳俐慧教授;大提琴師事陳哲民教授和俄籍徐必樂教授。2000年，榮獲美國加州 Idyllwild Arts Academy 獎學金，前往美國與知名大提琴家 John Waltz 學習。在校期間曾獲得連續兩年校內最佳獨奏會獎，並受校方邀請與 Idyllwild Arts Academy Chamber Orchestra 演出 Tchaikovsky’s Variations on a Rococo theme。

Education

  • 台南藝術大學 — B.S.
  • The Cleveland Institute of Music — 2009 — M.S.

Employment

  • San Diego Symphony — 2008-present — 副首席大提琴
  • Idyllwild Arts Academy Chamber Orchestra&The Cleveland Institute of Music — 首席大提琴
  • The Cleveland Institute of Music — － — 首席大提琴

Artistic Record

  • Began piano at age six; entered Kuting Elementary School music class (Taipei) at nine, studying cello the same year; later passed the audition for the music class of National Taiwan Normal University’s affiliated junior high, then the Tainan National University of the Arts seven-year integrated music program.
  • National competition record includes four consecutive Taipei City Music Competition cello first prizes, three consecutive Taipei City Music Competition piano first prizes, second prize in the 7th Taipei International Chopin Piano Competition, and second prize in the Taiwan Provincial Music Competition cello division.
  • Piano teachers: 黃麗英, 黎國媛, 陳俐慧; cello teachers: 陳哲民 and Russian cellist 徐必樂.
  • 2000: scholarship to Idyllwild Arts Academy (California), studying with cellist John Waltz; won two consecutive school solo-recital prizes and performed Tchaikovsky’s Variations on a Rococo Theme with the Idyllwild Arts Academy Chamber Orchestra.
  • Cleveland Institute of Music (2009, M.S.), where she served as principal cellist; since 2008, assistant principal cello of the San Diego Symphony (副首席大提琴).
  • Recorded in the TAH encyclopedia both as a person entry — [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/whoswho1582|TAH #1582, Chia-Ling Chien 簡嘉琳 (2017/03)]] — and in the TAH musician series — [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/musician391|TAH #391, Jia-Lin Jian 簡嘉琳, Cellist (2017/03)]] — via TAH Foundation.
  • 2017-03-26 — both TAH encyclopedia records were published the same day: [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/whoswho1582|TAH #1582]] (person entry) and [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/musician391|TAH #391]] (musician series).
  • Greater San Diego / Cleveland community pages in the vault: TA Professionals San Diego · TAA Greater Cleveland.

Family

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Sources

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Both in-vault encyclopedia records linked from this page are disk-verified: [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/whoswho1582|TAH #1582]] and [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/musician391|TAH #391]]. Community context for her two documented bases is in-vault: San Diego — TA Professionals San Diego (also TA Foundation of San Diego, San Diego TA Cultural Association); Cleveland — TAA Greater Cleveland. No biography invented beyond the TAH tables, no web used, no new pages created, nothing published.

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