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Wendy Fang Chen Tilp (陳丹蘋)

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Wendy Fang Chen Tilp (陳丹蘋)

Identity Snapshot

  • English: Wendy Fang Chen Tilp
  • Chinese: 陳丹蘋
  • Era: 1970
  • Geography: Brooklyn, NY
  • Core roles: professor, educator
  • Source: TAH Foundation Who’s Who

Wendy Fang Chen, pianist and composer born in Brooklyn of Taiwanese descent earned her B.M. and M.M. from the Juilliard School. Chen has performed with such noted orchestras as the London Philharmonic, Brooklyn Philharmonic, Bolshoi Theater Orchestra, Central Philharmonic of China, Taipei Municipal Symphony Orchestra and in such internationally renowned venues as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Tchaikovsky Grand Concert Hall and Kennedy Center. A faculty member at The Juilliard School, she has won numerous prizes for her piano performances and compositions. She made her theatrical debut in 1994 as the pianist Clara Schumann in the play, Virtuosa.

Education

  • The Juilliard School — 1994 — B.S., Piano and Composition — 1996 — M.S., Piano and Composition

Employment

  • The Juilliard School — Associate Director of Career Development — (1999-2003) — The Juilliard School — College Faculty in Career Skills — (2000-2002) — The Juilliard School, Career Planning and Development Department — Associate Director

Career & Community Note

A pianist and composer born in Brooklyn of Taiwanese descent, she earned her B.M. (1994) and M.M. (1996) in Piano and Composition at The Juilliard School. Her performing career took her with the London Philharmonic, Brooklyn Philharmonic, Bolshoi Theater Orchestra, Central Philharmonic of China, and Taipei Municipal Symphony Orchestra, in venues including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Tchaikovsky Grand Concert Hall, and the Kennedy Center; she made her theatrical debut in 1994 as the pianist Clara Schumann in the play Virtuosa, and her 1990 recording of Grieg/Schumann piano concertos is held in the TAH corpus ([[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/520-grieg-schumann-piano-concertoswendy-fang-chen1990-music-e9-9f-b3-e6-a8-82cd|TAH #520]]). From 1999 she moved from the stage into mentorship at her alma mater — Associate Director of Juilliard’s Career Planning and Development Department (1999–2003) and College Faculty in Career Skills (2000–2002). The family’s performing-arts network in the vault spans Taiwan and New York: mother |Patsy Fang Chen 方秀蓉 is Artistic Director of the |Youth Orchestra, CYCNY, and sister |Dr. Justine Fang Chen 陳潔思 is a violinist and composer.

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Connected in the Vault (vault-internal)

  • Mother |Patsy Fang Chen 方秀蓉 is Artistic Director of the |Youth Orchestra, CYCNY and was president of KYVAS Arts Management Inc. — the family’s performing-arts career spans both Taiwan and New York.
  • Sister |Dr. Justine Fang Chen 陳潔思, violinist and composer — see her archived profiles [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/67-justine-f-chen-e9-99-b3-e6-bd-94-e6-80-9d-violin-and-composer|TAH #66]] and [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/whos-who-164-justine-fang-chen|TAH #164]].
  • Father |Wen Jer Chen 陳文哲 holds his own TAH Who’s Who profile — his 2016-11-18 encyclopedia record is held in the vault as [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/whos1402|TAH #1402]].
  • Mother |Patsy Fang Chen 方秀蓉’s archival papers are catalogued in the corpus as [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/collection-of-mrs-patsy-chen|TAH #36, Collection of Mrs. Patsy Chen 方秀蓉女士的收藏]].
  • Her own TAH encyclopedia records: [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/182-wendy-fang-chen-e9-99-b3-e4-b8-b9-e8-98-8b-pianist|TAH #182, Pianist]] · [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/whos-who-355-wendy-fang-chen-tilp|TAH #355]] · [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/213-3|TAH #213 (2019)]] — three encyclopedia passes, 2015/2019.
  • 1990 recording: [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/520-grieg-schumann-piano-concertoswendy-fang-chen1990-music-e9-9f-b3-e6-a8-82cd|TAH #520 Grieg/Schumann Piano Concertos]].
  • |TAH Foundation
  • |taiwaneseamericanhistory.org
  • 音樂CD — her 1990 recording held in the TAH corpus
  • [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/whos-who-355-wendy-fang-chen-tilp||TAH #355 Who’s Who entry]]
  • [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/182-wendy-fang-chen-e9-99-b3-e4-b8-b9-e8-98-8b-pianist||TAH #182: Wendy Fang Chen 陳丹蘋, Pianist]]

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