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Joel Fan

p, *1969 US
Musician of Classical and World

Joel Fan is an American pianist noted for his work with Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Project, as well as his solo virtuosity and eclectic repertoire. Fan was born on July 29, 1969 in the United States to parents from Taiwan. He studied at the Juilliard School and has received both a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard University, where his teachers included the composer Leon Kirchner, and a Master of Music degree in Piano Performance from the Peabody Conservatory as a student of Leon Fleisher. His performing career began with the New York Philharmonic at the age of 11 after having won the Philharmonic's Young People's Concert Auditions. He has since appeared internationally in recital and with orchestras such as the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, New Symphony Orchestra of Bulgaria, Santa Fe Pro Musica, and Singapore Symphony Orchestra.

     
Instruments
  • Piano
  • Percussion
Genres
  • Classical
  • World
  • Folk
  • Jazz
Popular Tracks   
Paraphrase de concert sur Rigoletto, S. 434: Verdi - Rigoletto: Paraphrase de concert, S434/R267(Hungary) on World Keys by Joel Fan
4 Sketches, Op. 15: No. 4. Fireflies on West of the Sun: Music of the Americas by Joel Fan
No. 3 Miero vuotti uutta kuuta from Five Finnish Folk Songs - Edited Version on Silk Road Journeys - When Strangers Meet by Yo-Yo Ma & Silkroad Ensemble
Rondo a la krakowiak in F Major, Op. 14 on Dances for Piano & Orchestra by Joel Fan & Christophe Chagnard
Grande tarantelle, Op. 67 (orch. H. Kay) on Dances for Piano & Orchestra by Joel Fan & Christophe Chagnard
No. 5 Joiku from Five Finnish Folk Songs - Edited Version on Silk Road Journeys - When Strangers Meet by Yo-Yo Ma & Silkroad Ensemble
Habil-Sayagy (In Habil's Style) on Silk Road Journeys - When Strangers Meet by Yo-Yo Ma & Silkroad Ensemble
No. 4 Mikin Pekko from Five Finnish Folk Songs on Appassionato by Yo-Yo Ma
Troubled Water on West of the Sun: Music of the Americas by Joel Fan
Mekta' in the Art of Kita, Book 3: Sayera (Egypt) on World Keys by Joel Fan

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Band Members
Discography
Title Artist Year Type
West Of The Sun - Music Of The AmericasJoel Fan2009Album
World KeysJoel Fan2006Album
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