Georgia Tech School of Music Presents:
Heimfahrt
Monday, April 15th 2024
7:30pm - 9:00pm
Ferst Center for the Arts
Dr. Chaowen Ting, Conductor
Composer Bio – Hsin-Lei Chen
Hsin-Lei Chen, born in 1982, is a Taiwanese composer and educator holding positions such as Secretary-General of ISCM-Taiwan and Adjunct Assistant Professor at National Tsing Hua and National Taichung University of Education. She studied composition at Taipei National University of the Arts and obtained her Master's and Doctoral degrees from the University of Cincinnati. Chen's compositions have won numerous awards, including at the World Harp Congress and the University of Cincinnati Orchestral Composition Competition. Her works have been performed globally, including at prestigious venues like Carnegie Hall and the National Concert Hall in Taipei. Chen also collaborates widely, having worked with various orchestras and ensembles worldwide. Recently, she was commissioned to write a stage play score for 'Exclusion' in Washington D.C., and her orchestral piece inspired by Clara Schumann is slated for future performances in the USA and Malaysia.
Soloist Bio – Sean Yoshihara
Sean Yoshihara is a symphony orchestra cellist and second-year Computer Science undergraduate student at Georgia Tech. Originally from Schaumburg, Illinois, Sean has been studying the cello under the instruction of Brian Hoffman at the Midwest Conservatory of Music since the age of ten. He has also had the opportunity to work with accomplished professionals in various festivals, most recently during attendance at the Birch Creek Summer Music Academy.
Musical achievements include a selection to the 2020 NAfME All-National Symphony Orchestra and three selections to the ILMEA Honors All-State Orchestra, where he served as Assistant Principal cellist during the 2022 All-State Festival. He has performed in the Chicago International Music Festival as a member of the American Prize-winning Midwest Philharmonic Orchestra and is an NSOA Orchestra Award recipient. Other achievements include a soloist debut as a senior division winner of the Midwest Conservatory of Music Concerto Competition and an Honorable Mention at the DePaul Concerto Festival.
He is most recently the winner of the 2023 GTSO Concerto Competition. Performing Dvořák’s Cello concerto has been a longtime dream of his, and is excited to share such an iconic piece with the audience.