The Yale Club of Beijing Invites You

to a Music Salon with

Shawn Moore YSM '13

&

Wenbin Jin YSM '09

3:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 26, 2016

Please join Yale School of Music graduates Shawn Moore and Jin Wenbin for an afternoon music salon in the heart of Beijing's CBD. Works of Beethoven, Ravel, Arvo Pärt and others will be featured, both duets and solos, and all accompanied by commentary that will aspire to be helpful to audience appreciation. In true salon style, this will be a relaxed and interactive event. Wine and refreshments will be provided, and we encourage discussion and audience involvement. Our generous host is in possession of not one but two concert size pianos in his space, one a very beautiful Bösendorfer, so this is a rare opportunity to appreciate some great piano music on wonderful pieces of equipment in someone's home. 

About the Musicians

Shawn Moore

Shawn Moore is an American violinist from the Chicago area. A graduate of Bard College and Yale School of Music, he freelances all over the world as violinist and is based in Beijing as an admissions officer for Bard College. Comfortable with a variety of styles, Shawn does everything from classical to EDM improv, and has collaborated with a diverse array of musicians including DJ Spooky and Natalie Merchant. His classical recordings with his string quartet can be heard on Parma and Albany records, and they collaborated with Natalie Merchant on her recent Nonesuch release, "Paradise Is There”. 

Wenbin Jin

Acclaimed by music critiques as＂…a pianist who expresses the greatest joy and wonderment in his playing. Everything comes across as fresh and unhackneyed, as he has always something interesting to convey," Jin started playing piano at the age of 5. At the age of 12, he was accepted into the middle school affiliated with the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing under Professor Zhang Jin, entering with the highest score at that time. At the age of 18, he was accepted into Yale University to study with Boris Berman, where he received a certificate of performance in 2009. Since the fall of 2009 he has studied with Mr. Hung-Kuan Chen at the New England Conservatory. In the coming fall of 2013, he will return to Yale to study with Boris Berman at the Yale School of Music.

Jin has participated and won many important competitions. Most recently, he won 2nd prize (with no first prize awarded) for the best performance of a commissioned work, and best Chinese contestant prizes in the 6th Shanghai International Piano competition. As a prize engagement, he will give a recital and concerto appearance in Shanghai and Beijing in 2013, and will perform in the Piano festival of Singapore in following year. 

In addition, he has won the top prizes in the Missouri southern International piano competition, Toyama Piano competition, and the China national Piano competition. He was also semi-finalist in the prestigious Clara- Haskil Competition 2011. 

He has in played many recitals all over the world, such as USA, Holland, Italy, Canada, Japan, S.Korea, France, Germany, Australia, and Taiwan. He has performed with many orchestras such as the Beijing Symphony Orchestra, the Shanghai Philharmonic orchestra, and NEC string Chamber Orchestra. 

Apart from his solo activity, Mr. Jin is well-known as a collaborative pianist and chamber music player. He performed with many renowned musicians such as Xi Chen, Dami Kim, and Sejong Soloists, in many important musical venues such as Kumho Music series, Rising Star series of GMMFS, Yale School of Music chamber music association, and New England Conservatory’s Chamber music sessions. He has been appointed as an official collaborative pianist for last 5 years in the Great Mountain music festival in Korea; his trio also toured and gave recitals in major cities in China year of 2009.

Mr. Jin had closely worked with many world-acclaimed musicians, including Jian Wang, Aldo Parisot, Claude Frank, Peter Frankl, Ani Kavafian, Frans Helmerson, Miriam Fried, David Shifrin, and Alfred Brendel.

Event details:

Date: Saturday, March 26, 2016 

Time: 3:30-5:30 PM 

Venue: CBD Area. See e-ticket for details.

Limited seating: Only 20 seats available. Priority for 2016 dues-paying Yalies. Please pay dues on https://yoopay.cn/pay/77873513. Open to the public after March 20.

Sign up: https://yoopay.cn/event/40138303

Costs: ¥100. 

Yale Club Caps: A free Yale Club of Beijing cap for each participant.  If you wish to buy additional caps, please order here https://yoopay.cn/pay/78044401.