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Li-Chan Chen-Maxham (陳麗嬋)

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Li-Chan Chen-Maxham (陳麗嬋)

Identity Snapshot

  • English: Li-Chan Chen-Maxham
  • Chinese: 陳麗嬋
  • Era: —
  • Geography: Taichung, Taiwan
  • Core roles: professor, artist, educator
  • Source: TAH Foundation Who’s Who

Soprano Li-Chan Chen was the leading soprano of the ensemble of the Pfalztheater in Kaiserslautern, Germany for six consecutive seasons. Her performing credits there include Pamina, Lauretta, Nannetta, Norina, Adina, Susanna, Eurydice, Oscar, Dalinda (Handel’s Ariodante), Valencienne. She also made guest appearances at the theaters in Gelsenkirchen, Germany and St. Gallen, Switzerland. As an Adler Fellow with the San Francisco Opera, she performed on the main stage with the company in the Marriage of Figaro, Jenufa, Manon, Der Rosenkavalier and sang leading parts in The Medium and Falstaff. Ms. Chen appeared in various leading roles with the Hawaii Opera Theater, the Michigan Opera Theater, the Dayton Opera Theater and the Center for Contemporary Opera in New York City. Ms. Chen’s concert performances as soprano soloist include Messiah, Gloria (Vivaldi), St. John’s Passion, B minor Mass, the Four Seasons (Haydn), Carmina Burana, Mahler Symphony No. 4, the Midsummer Night’s Dream (Mendelssohn), Stabat Mater (Pergolesi), Pauken Messe (Haydn) and Magnificat (John Rutter). She was the Second Prize winner of the female division of the International Concours de Chant de Paris.

Education

  • National Taiwan Normal Univ. — B.S.
  • Manhattan School of Music — M.S., Vocal Singing

Employment

  • Taipei Hwa Kang Arts School — Teaching Vocal — Taiwan Baptist Theological Seminary — Teaching Vocal — Chinese Christian Church Music Institute for Worship (CCCMIW) — Teacher — Rutgers University Newark — Teaching Vocal — (2002-) — Pfalztheater, Kaiserslautern, Germany — Leading Soprano — San Francisco Opera (Adler Fellow) — Adler Fellow / Principal Artist — San Francisco Opera Merola Opera Program — Participant — Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey — Music Faculty — (2002-) — Community — Chinese Christian Church Music Institute of Worship — Teaching Artist / Vocal Workshop Conductor

Career Highlights (from TAH profile)

  • 德國 Kaiserslautern 市立 Pfalztheater 首席女高音連續六季：Pamina、Lauretta、Nannetta、Norina、Adina、Susanna、Eurydice、Oscar、Dalinda、Valencienne
  • 客座演出：德國 Gelsenkirchen、瑞士 St. Gallen 劇院
  • 舊金山歌劇院 Adler Fellow：主舞台演出《費加羅的婚禮》《Jenufa》《Manon》《玫瑰騎士》；《Medium》《Falstaff》領唱；Merola Program 學員
  • 領唱：Hawaii / Michigan / Dayton Opera Theater、紐約 Center for Contemporary Opera
  • 音樂會獨唱： Messiah、Vivaldi《Gloria》、《約翰受難曲》、《B 小調彌撒》、海頓《四季》、《布蘭詩歌》、馬勒第四、門德爾松《仲夏夜之夢》、Pergolesi《Stabat Mater》、Rutter《Magnificat》
  • 巴黎國際聲樂比賽（Concours de Chant de Paris）女子組二等獎
  • 教職：台北華岡藝校、台灣浸信會神學院、華神中華基督教拜樂學院（CCCMIW）、Rutgers University Newark（2002-）

Family

No filled family fields on the TAH profile.

Career Timeline (from page bio)

  • 國立台灣師範大學學士 → 曼哈頓音樂學院（Manhattan School of Music）碩士（聲樂）
  • 德國 Kaiserslautern 市立 Pfalztheater 連續六季首席女高音；客席演出：德國 Gelsenkirchen、瑞士 St. Gallen 劇院
  • 舊金山歌劇院 Adler Fellow（Merola Program 學員）：主舞台演出《費加羅的婚禮》《Jenufa》《Manon》《玫瑰騎士》，並於《Medium》《Falstaff》領唱
  • 領唱歌劇院：Hawaii Opera Theater、Michigan Opera Theater、Dayton Opera Theater、紐約 Center for Contemporary Opera
  • 2002 年起 — Rutgers University（Newark）音樂教師；亦曾任教台北華岡藝校、台灣浸信會神學院、中華基督教拜樂學院（CCCMIW）教學藝術／聲樂工作坊指揮
  • 獲獎：巴黎國際聲樂比賽（Concours de Chant de Paris）女子組二等獎
  • 音樂會女高音獨唱曲目：韓德爾《Messiah》、Vivaldi《Gloria》、巴赫《約翰受難曲》《B 小調彌撒》、海頓《四季》《Pauken Messe》、《布蘭詩歌》、馬勒《第四交響曲》、門德爾松《仲夏夜之夢》、Pergolesi《Stabat Mater》、Rutter《Magnificat》

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Role in the Community

(absorbed 2026-09-14 revisit pass from the vault corpus)

  • The movement record places her inside the 台灣人音樂家推廣 network: in 1992 and 1993 she was invited by 林衡哲醫師’s 「台灣名家演奏系列」 concert series in Los Angeles, alongside 林昭亮、胡乃元、陳泰成、陳毓襄、曾道雄, with programs deliberately interleaving works by 蕭泰然 and 許常惠 — the series’ stated aim was to introduce Taiwanese musicians and composers to the US mainstream (per the memoir [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys287|Our Journeys #287]], which also cites 林衡哲’s book 台灣音樂之光).
  • 林衡哲’s essay 台灣的世紀女高音－陳麗嬋 (2015-07) is itself in the corpus: [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/mystories312|TAH #312]]. Her TAH encyclopedia/Who’s-Who profiles are corpus works too: [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/71-li-chan-chen|TAH #71]], [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/60-li-chan-chen-maxham-e9-99-b3-e9-ba-97-e5-ac-8b-soprano|TAH #60 (2014)]], [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/whos-who-1114-li-chan-chen-maxham|TAH #1114]], [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/11-li-chan-chen-famous-soprano|TAH #11]].
  • Saturation note: the corpus’s distinctive new fact is the 1992–93 LA 台灣名家演奏系列 appearances — community-side verification of the press-kit soprano bio; no date/name conflicts found, nothing to HOLD.

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