Wayman Chin, Dean of the Conservatory, Chamber Music (chair), piano, collaborative piano
Pianist Wayman Chin, Dean of Longy’s Conservatory, has performed widely throughout the United States and Asia. In the United States, his concerts have included performances at Princeton University, the Curtis Institute of Music, Jordan Hall in Boston, at the Honolulu Academy of Arts and on the Old First Concert Series in San Francisco. In the Far East, Mr. Chin has appeared at Tsuen Wan Town Hall in Hong Kong, and in the Philippines, on the Sala Foundation concert series, and at the residence of the US Ambassador in Manila. His playing has been described as, “transcendental….long lines spun like glorious gold thread,” “ferociously concentrated….intense, focused, and musically astute,” (Boston Herald) and “vividly characterized and atmospheric.” (Stamford Mercury, UK).
An advocate of new music, Mr. Chin has premiered a number of works by noted composers, including those of Meyer Kupferman, Elinor Armer, and Paul Brust; over the past ten years, he introduced several works of Aaron Jay Kernis to Boston audiences. Of Chin’s performance of Kernis’ song cycle Valentines, with soprano Karyl Ryczek, David Cleary of 21st Century Music wrote, “Wayman Chin traversed the formidable challenges of the piano part with conspicuous success. His highly demonstrative performing style excellently suited the work’s forthright nature.”
Devoted to chamber music playing, Wayman Chin has collaborated with artists such as the Cassatt String Quartet and the Pacifica Quartet; oboists Keisuke Wakao and Robert Sheena; flutist Aralee Dorough; cellists Thomas Kraines and David Wells; violinists Eric Rosenblith and Toby Appel; violist Sven Arne Tepel and sopranos Karyl Ryczek, Nancy Armstrong, and Maria Jette.
A committed teacher, Mr. Chin has been honored with the George Seaman Award for Excellence in the Art of Teaching. For the past five summers, he has taught and performed at the Stamford International Music Festival in Great Britain. Mr. Chin has also been a contributing writer to Opera News.
B.M., cum laude, Hartt School; M.M., Yale University. Piano with Donald Currier and Anne Koscielny; master classes with Claude Frank, Richard Goode. Fellowship studies in chamber music: Yale Summer School of Music and Art. Solo and chamber music performances, master classes throughout the US, Asia, and Europe. Artist faculty: Stamford Music Festival, UK. Former faculty: UMass Dartmouth, Yellow Barn Music School and Festival. Faculty: Longy School of Music.
Pianist Wayman Chin, Dean of Longy’s Conservatory, has performed widely throughout the United States and Asia. In the United States, his concerts have included performances at Princeton University, the Curtis Institute of Music, Jordan Hall in Boston, at the Honolulu Academy of Arts and on the Old First Concert Series in San Francisco. In the Far East, Mr. Chin has appeared at Tsuen Wan Town Hall in Hong Kong, and in the Philippines, on the Sala Foundation concert series, and at the residence of the US Ambassador in Manila. His playing has been described as, “transcendental….long lines spun like glorious gold thread,” “ferociously concentrated….intense, focused, and musically astute,” (Boston Herald) and “vividly characterized and atmospheric.” (Stamford Mercury, UK).