Nalni Chen
ABOUT
Nalni Chen is a pianist, cellist and percussionist from Taiwan. Having graduated from the University of Manchester with the Faculty of Humanities Dean’s Award, she is now in her fourth year at the Royal Northern College of Music where she studies with Dr Adam Swayne on the Joint Course (GRNCM).
Nalni is the recipient of RNCM Marjorie Clementi Memorial Award for achieving the highest mark in a final recital, RNCM Patricia Cunliffe Award for Contemporary Music and the Procter-Gregg Prize for Performance at the University of Manchester.
Her recent performances showcase her versatility in diverse settings, from Ligeti Etudes to Rhapsody in Blue alongside the Manchester Beethoven Orchestra. Previous orchestral collaborations include Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 1 with both the RNCM Repertoire Orchestra and the Manchester University Symphony Orchestra, and a performance of Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3 in Malvern.
Nalni has particularly enjoyed six-piano projects – collaborating with Graham Fitkin and performing John Psathas ‘Voices at the End’; other concert highlights include a solo recital at the Pavilion Arts Centre in Buxton, ‘Goldberg: Jazz Variations’ and a performance of George Crumb at RNCM.
Nalni has always found competitions rewarding, recently winning the Concerto Competition at University of Manchester and a finalist in RNCM Concerto Audition; she has achieved second place in the Taiwan International Music Competition twice and was awarded honours for Open Class piano solo and William Lewis Recital at the Worcester Competitive Arts Festival.
As a versatile musician, Nalni has also collaborated with other musicians in the Music business, including Izzy Stylez, a singer-songwriter from London, for his Christmas single ‘Head In the Clouds’, as well as working with violinist Aleksey Igudesman.
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