Yu-Chien Tseng & Rohan De Silva - Reverie (2017)

Taiwanese violinist Yu-Chien (Benny) Tseng is rapidly building an international reputation as an emerging young soloist of enormous promise praised for his “grace, poise, and blistering virtuosity.”

A student of Aaron Rosand and Ida Kavafian at the Curtis Institute of Music, Tseng is the 1st prizewinner at the Singapore International Violin Competitions and the Sarasate Violin Competition in Pamplona, Spain. In July 2015, he was awarded the 2nd prize at the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition.

Yu-Chien Tseng is already developing a promising career as a soloist, having played with such orchestras as the Philadelphia Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra of Belgium, Taipei Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra of Taiwan, Orquesta Sinfónica de Navarra and the Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie.

In 2015 Tseng performed Mozart’s violin concerto No 5 at the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition’s gala concert in Moscow with the Mariinsky Orchestra under Valery Gergiev. At the gala concert in St. Petersburg he performed the Tchaikovsky’s violin concerto. He also performed under Gergiev at the Gergiev’s festival in Mikkeli, Finland and performed both the Tchaikovsky and Brahms concertos with Valery Gergiev and the Munich Philharmonic on their tour of Taiwan in November 2015.

Yu-Chien Tseng has given recitals in Taiwan, Spain, Belgium, China and the United States. His debut recording (2012) is an album of French violin sonatas (Franck, Ravel and Debussy) on the Fuga Libera Label.

He plays the Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesu 1732 Ex “Castelbarco-Tarisio,” on loan from the Chi-Mei Culture Foundation, Taiwan.

TRACKLIST
01. Tartini: Sonata in G Minor, "The Devil's Trill", B.g5-1. Larghetto affettuoso - Rohan De Silva and Yu-chien Tseng
02. Tartini: Sonata in G Minor, "The Devil's Trill", B.g5-2. Allegro - Rohan De Silva and Yu-chien Tseng
03. Tartini: Sonata in G Minor, "The Devil's Trill", B.g5-3. Grave - Allegro assai - Rohan De Silva and Yu-chien Tseng
04. Chopin: Nocturne, Op. 27, No. 2 - Rohan De Silva and Yu-chien Tseng
05. Mozart: Sonata for Piano and Violin in B Flat Major, K.454-1. Largo - Allegro - Rohan De Silva and Yu-chien Tseng
06. Mozart: Sonata for Piano and Violin in B Flat Major, K.454-2. Andante - Rohan De Silva and Yu-chien Tseng
07. Mozart: Sonata for Piano and Violin in B Flat Major, K.454-3. Allegretto - Rohan De Silva and Yu-chien Tseng
08. Ernst: Etude No. 6, Variations On "The Last Rose Of Summer" - Yu-Chien Tseng
09. Tchaikovsky: Souvenir d'un lieu cher, Op.42-Mélodie - Rohan De Silva and Yu-chien Tseng
10. Wieniawski: Variations on an original theme, Op.15 - Rohan De Silva and Yu-chien Tseng