| Jiafeng Chen | |
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| Birth name | Chen Jiafeng |
| Born | April 13, 1987 Shanghai, China |
| Genres | Classical |
| Occupations | musician |
| Instruments | Violin |
| Website | http://jiafengchen.com/ |
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| Nicolò Gagliano in Napoli 1751 | |
Chen Jiafeng (born April 13, 1987) (Chinese: 陈佳峰), born in Shanghai, is a Chinese violinist. He started to play the violin at the age of 3 and gave his first concert at 8.
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Born in Shanghai in 1987, Jiafeng Chen started to play the violin at the age of three. He studied with Prof. Peter Shixiang Zhang at the age of four. From 1996 to 2004, he studied with Prof. Jiyang Zhao and Prof. Lei Fang in the Music School affiliated to Shanghai Conservatory of Music. During these years, he was awarded numerous scholarships. In 2002, he gave solo performances across the country of U.S.A.
In 2004 he moved to England to study at Chetham's School of Music in Manchester, and soon after was awarded from the Hattori Foundation and the Manoug Parikian Prize at the Musicians’ Benevolent Fund String Awards in London. This led to an invitation to give his Wigmore Hall debut in December 2005.
He has recently had masterclasses with Burkhard Godhoff, Eduard Grach, Tuomas Haapanen, Piotr Janowski, Herman Krebbers, Pierre Amoyal, Itzhak Perlman and Ruggiero Ricci.
Alongside his developing concert career, he is currently continuing his studies from September 2006 with Prof. Jan Repko at the Royal College of Music in London. He holds the Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Scholarship.
In December 2005, aged 18, Jiafeng Chen won 2nd Prize in the prestigious International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition in Helsinki. This led to accolades from the Finnish press and from such distinguished figures as Pierre Amoyal, Herman Krebbers and Tuomas Haapanen. It also led to engagements with the Tapiola Sinfonietta and Paavo Berglund, with the Vaasa City Orchestra, and a recital in Hämeenlinna, as well as invitations to perform in Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, UK and South Africa.
Jiafeng won 1st Prize at the 9th Wieniawski International Violin Competition in Poland, with further prizes from the European Union Music Competition and the Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music, and 2nd Prize at the 13th Menuhin International Violin Competition in Cardiff.
He has participated in numerous music festivals and seasons including the BBC Proms cycle of 2006 as a soloist when his recital was broadcast on BBC radio 3; the Lake District Music Festival, and the Shanghai ‘Spring’ International Music Festival. Jiafeng has had numerous concerts throughout the world. He has performed as soloist with many eminent orchestras and conductors, including the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Shanghai Opera Symphony Orchestra, Halle Orchestra (Rory Macdonald), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Petri Sakari), Tapiola Sinfonietta (Paavo Berglund) and the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra (John Storgards).