Third Annual
Benefit Concert

Ewen Tsai began her music studies at an early age  learning piano and  cello in Taiwan.  She holds double master degrees in  both Music Performance and Education from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA and earned her bachelor’s degree in Music from Washington State University with President’s Honor Roll.  Ewen has over 20 years teaching experience, has been on both string and music education faculty at various institutions, and won awards for her research on the Integrated Music Curriculum. Ewen’s arrangements have been performed worldwide, including 100 Cello Concert in Taiwan (2020) and Cello Paradiso in the 49th Istanbul Music Festival (2021). Ewen’s students have won top honors in many competitions, evaluations and orchestra auditions.   Ewen enjoys performing all genres of music and cooperating with various arts forms including dance and exhibitions. To further enhance her musical career, Ewen actively participated in masterclasses and workshops, including Mischa Maisky (cello), Jennifer Culp (cello), Forrest Kinney (composition), Pablo Ziegler (composition). From 2012-2019, Ewen represented North California to perform in the annual MTAC convention. In 2016-2020, Ewen was elected two terms Music Teachers’ Association of California Branch President,  hosted and coordinated concerts, competitions, student recitals, masterclasses and lectures.   (The Music Teachers’ Association of California®, incorporated in 1897, is a professional organization dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in music education. With over 6,000 teachers, Certificate of Merit® (CM) is the most participated music evaluation program in the United States.)

Ryan Wang, 16, is currently a Sophomore at Leigh High School in San Jose, California. He began playing the flute at the age of 7 with Ms. Li-Ling Chen. Since then, Ryan has participated in and won many international music competitions, including 1st Prize winner of the San Francisco International Innovative Music Competition, 1st Prize winner of the 19th Century Music Competition, 1st Prize winner of the Beethoven Young Musician Competition, 2nd Prize winner of the Caneres International Music Competition, 1st Prize winner of the Medici International Music Competition, 1st Prize winner of the 6th Glory International competition, 2nd prize winner of the Maurice Ravel Competition, and many more. He played first chair in the California Youth Orchestra Wind Symphony at age 12, co-principal chair in the California Youth Symphony Associate Orchestra at ages 13 and 14, and currently is the 2nd chair principal in the California Youth Symphony Senior Orchestra.

陈丽玲于1997年毕业于维也纳音乐学院，主修长笛演奏和长笛教学。她于2001年获得国家长笛教学证书，并于2004年获得长笛演奏高级文凭。她曾在欧洲和亚洲举办过多场音乐会。除了音乐会演出外，她还致力于长笛教学，二十多年来指导了众多学生。她的一些学生曾在国内外著名音乐比赛中获奖。她对长笛教学的热情持续激励着新一代的长笛演奏家。

芬妮·钱德拉四岁开始学习钢琴，并在同年于儿童电视节目中首次登台演出。九岁时，她已参加过众多音乐会和电视节目。同年，她加入雅马哈青少年原创音乐会（JOC），这是一个致力于培养有才华的年轻音乐家进行音乐创作的组织。在JOC学习期间，她创作了多首作品，并在印度尼西亚、泰国和马来西亚等地多次演出。 2004年，她赢得了那慕尔圣母大学协奏曲比赛的冠军，并与红杉交响乐团合作演奏了拉赫玛尼诺夫第二钢琴协奏曲。2006年夏天，钱德拉女士受邀前往维也纳博森多夫钢琴学院深造。 钱德拉女士拥有超过17年的钢琴教学经验，她的一些学生已被中国的音乐学院录取。 2002年，她在印度尼西亚泗水为钢琴教师举办了一场钢琴研习班，并成为当地Quatro音乐教育学校的联合创始人之一。 2007年，她与恩师安娜·波克莱夫斯基女士以及同事比安卡·罗斯利女士共同创办了安娜·波克莱夫斯基音乐学院。 https://www.annapoklewskiacademyofmusic.com/piano-instructors

17岁的塞莉西亚·滕迪安（Celicia Thendean）3岁时便在母亲和安娜·波克莱夫斯基（Anna Poklewski）教授的指导下开始学习钢琴。之后，她师从著名钢琴家伊拉娜·维雷德（Ilana Vered），进一步深造。 塞莉西亚曾荣幸地与众多知名乐团合作演出，担任独奏，其中包括沃斯堡交响乐团、布鲁内西斯名家乐团、利弗莫尔-阿马多尔交响乐团、帕洛阿尔托爱乐乐团和SEEN乐团。她卓越的才华使她在众多著名钢琴比赛中斩获殊荣，例如德克萨斯国际钢琴节协奏曲比赛、亚瑟·弗雷泽国际钢琴比赛、克劳黛特·索雷尔钢琴比赛、温哥华交响乐团青年艺术家比赛以及费城国际音乐节。此外，她还于2024年荣获肖邦基金会奖学金。 塞莉西亚的音乐造诣得益于她参与的众多知名夏季音乐项目，包括茱莉亚夏季音乐节、德克萨斯国际钢琴节、佩鲁贾音乐节、东南钢琴节、维瓦切音乐节、费城国际音乐节以及爱德华·奥尔夏季工作坊。2020年，塞莉西亚在维瓦切音乐节上的出色表现为她赢得了享有盛誉的维瓦切奖，并因此受邀前往北卡罗来纳州威尔明顿，与玛丽娜·洛马佐夫、约瑟夫·拉克斯和阿拉·格雷戈里安等杰出教授同台演出。 除了在专业领域取得的成就之外，塞莉西亚还致力于用音乐传递正能量。她曾举办慈善音乐会，支持艾伦·胡基金会和阿马多尔高中的音乐项目，这体现了她对社区服务的奉献精神。 除了钢琴演奏之外，塞莉西亚还是一位多才多艺的音乐家，精通大提琴、双簧管、英国管和单簧管等多种乐器。她还因在全州中学大乐队中的杰出表现而荣获埃德·沃尔夫奖学金。

Mai Weber is a passionate musician with 18 years of experience playing both piano and cello. In high school she founded a music club called Bay Area Music Society, and gathered fellow musicians from her string orchestra and other music studios to perform at a number of recitals and volunteer performances at local retirement communities. After moving away for college, she continued to return during holiday breaks to rehearse and perform alongside her younger sister Lynn, who has been carrying on club activities. A graduate of UC Riverside with a B.S. in Biology, Mai is set to begin optometry school this coming fall. This concert marks her first performance as a piano soloist in years, and she is excited to share this moment before embarking on the next chapter of her academic journey.

Born in Taiwan, Taoyuan, Yi-Hsuan Lee started playing piano at the age of six. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from National Taiwan Normal University, her teachers including Lina Yeh and Su-Yin Hsaio. She has won numerous prizes in North America and Asia, including the second grand prize of the Vancouver International Music Competition, the most exceptional performance prize of the Charleston International Music Competition, and the Concerto Competition of National Taiwan Normal University. She has performed concerti with the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra, the National Taiwan Normal University Orchestra in Taipei, and with the Perugia Piano Festival Orchestra in the Hall of Notaries, Perugia, Italy. She holds dual master’s degrees in Piano Performance and Piano Chamber Music from the University of Michigan, and completed her Doctor of Musical Arts (D.M.A.) in Piano Performance in 2022, under the mentorship of Arthur Greene. In 2022, Yi-Hsuan moved to the San Francisco Bay Area, where she has been deeply committed to piano education, guiding students to success in various competitions and exams. Website: https://www.yihsuanlee.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@yihsuan1230

马克在阿马多尔谷高中、圣马特奥高中和普莱森顿中学任教35年，教授管弦乐、管乐、爵士乐和合唱。过去十年间，阿马多尔谷高中管弦乐队四次在加州音乐教育家州级大会上演出。奥贝尔先生曾两次荣获“年度教师”称号，其中包括普莱森顿联合学区的本地奖项。他曾与杰米·艾伯索尔、卢·罗尔斯、克莱·艾肯等众多音乐家合作演出。目前，他活跃于加州各地，担任客座指挥、评委、专业音乐家、出版作曲家，并指导新晋音乐教师。