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3 Pianists Selected by SF Examiner in Memorable Concerts of 2013!
Richard Goode, András Schiff and Tien Hsieh!
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Amazon #1 in Classical Keyboard - May & November 2015
Recorded at Blue Wave Productions, Vancouver, BC
October 11-14, 2013
Recording & Mastering Engineer: Kris Siegers
Label: MSR Classics
Liner notes: Richard E. Rodda
CD available at ArkivMusic
REVIEWS:
Gramophone
April 2015 / PDF
The Classical Reviewer
12-14-14
Audiophile Audition Review, 12-10-14
Audio Society of Atlanta, November 2014, Review of
Bach & Beethoven: Mostly Transcriptions 2
Delmarva Public Radio
DOWNLOAD MP3:
Bach & Beethoven: Mostly Transcriptions 2
 Click here for Tien's Musical America Artist Showcase
Click here for Tien's Brochure (8.5 x 14 inches)
Tien on the cover of Sacramento Talent Magazine!
February, 2012 Issue
1st article in the publication: pages 8-11
Tien Hsieh:
Sacramento Talent Magazine
Read article in a PDF file
Click on the links below to see Tien's recent e-newsletters!
Issue No. 1: August 2009 -
Welcome to the first issue!
Issue No. 2: December 2009 -
Leaping into 2010
Issue No. 3: Fall 2010 -
Fall Conferencing
Issue No. 4: August 2011 - Greetings from Tien's World
Issue No. 5: January 2014 - Newsflash from Folsom, CA
Click here for past events
May 9, 2024 - Thursday
Music Conservatory of Sandpoint
6:00-8:00 pm
110 Main Street
Sandpoint, ID 83864
sandpointconservatory.org
May 10, 2024 - Friday
7:00 PM
Panida Theatre
300 North 1st Avenue
Sandpoint, Idaho 83864
August 9, 2024 - Friday
San Jose Jazz Festival
SJZ Break Room
5:30 PM
310 S. First Street
San Jose, CA 95113
summerfest.sanjosejazz.org
venue & parking info
August 26-28, 2024
Western Arts Alliance Conference
Luncheon Showcase Artist 2023
Town & Country
San Diego, CA 92108
westarts.org
October 14-17, 2024
Arts Northwest Conference
Juried Showcase Artist 2023
Historic Davenport
Spokane, WA 99210
artsnw.org
March 17-20, 2025
Arts for Life - Artist Residency
Classroom Connections
Long Beach, CA 90815
carpentercenter.org/artsforlife
March 21, 2025 - Friday
Carpenter Performing Arts Center
8 PM
6200 E. Atherton Street
Long Beach, CA 90815
carpenterarts.org
venue & parking info
January, 11, 2023
Angel's Center for the Arts
Private Concert for Yale Law School Event
3 PM
1023 Del Paso Blvd
Sacramento, CA
January 15, 2023 - Sunday
APAP Showcase
12:30-1:00 PM
The New York Hilton Midtown
1335 Avenue of the Americas / 6th Avenue
New York, NY
Showcase Link - vitaltheatre.org
April 17, 2023
California Arts & Culture Summit
The Sofia, Home of B Street Theatre
2700 Capitol Ave
Sacramento, CA 95816
April 25, 2023 - Tuesday
Noontime Concerts
12:30 PM
Old St. Mary's Cathedral
660 California Street
San Francisco, CA 94108
July 9, 2023 - Sunday
Levitt Pavilion Denver
1380 West Florida Ave - in Ruby Hill Park
Denver, CO 80223
Digital Flyer for 7-9-2023
September 9, 2023 - Thursday
Western Arts Alliance Conference
12:00 PM Luncheon Showcase (ticketed event)
The Triple Door
216 Union Street
Seattle, WA 98101
Booth #310 at Sheraton Grand Seattle, Stephen Sunderlin @ Vital Theatre Company
October 16-19, 2023
Arts Northwest Conference
Juried Showcase
Patricia Reser Center for the Arts
12625 SW Crescent Street
Beaverton, OR 97005
Booth #10 @ Reser Center
April 23, 2022
Bandon Showcase (rescheduled from 2021)
Solo Recital
7:30 PM
Sprague Community Theater
1202 11th Street SW
Bandon, OR 97411
bandonshowcase.org
May 14, 2022 - Saturday
Angel's Center for the Arts - "Sacramento's Newest Venue!"
3PM - Solo Recital
VIP Event
1023 Del Paso Blvd
Sacramento, CA
October 10-13, 2022
Arts Northwest Conference
"The HUB" at Hotel Murano
1320 Broadway
Tacoma, WA
artsnw.org
October 16, 2022 - Sunday
Water Music Festival
3 PM - Solo Recital
Historic Chinook Event Center
810 State Route 101
Chinook, WA 98614
watermusicfestival.com
June 13, 2021 - Saturday
San Juan Bautista Rotary Club Presents Preludes 4 Father's Day
8:00 PM
Virtual Solo Recital via OnZoom
October 10. 2021 - Sunday
Crocker Art Museum
Solo Recital
3:00-4:00 PM
216 O Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
Register for tickets
January 25, 2020 - Saturday
The World Theater at CSU Monterey Bay
8:00 pm
5260 Sixth Avenue
Seaside, CA 93955
See a review
January 26, 2020 - Sunday
Private Concert
2 pm
Saratoga, CA
February 2, 2020 - Sunday
Atelier Concert Series
The American Church
17h (5 pm)
65 Quai d'Orsay
75007 Paris, France
February 8, 2020 - Saturday
Salle Cortot
Solo Recital
20H30 (8:30 pm)
78 Rue Cardinet
75017 Paris, France
Salle Cortot: Une Californienne à Paris
February 9, 2020 - Sunday
Accueil Musical de Saint-Merry
Solo Recital
16h (4 pm)
76 Rue de la Verrerie
75004 Paris, France
saintmerry.org
May 21-31, 2020 (postponed until further notice)
San Francisco International Arts Festival
In Diaspora: I.D. for the New Majority
Solo Recital / Details TBA
Fort Mason, SF
sfiaf.org
Sponsorship Packet
December 13, 2020 - Sunday (rescheduled to 10-10-2021)
Crocker Arts Museum - Classical Concert Series
3 pm
216 O Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
crockerart.org
February 7, 2019
Meet The Artist Recital Reception
Folsom Lake Symphony
6:00 pm
Private Residence
El Dorado Hills, CA
folsomlakesymphony.com
February 9, 2019
Folsom Lake Symphony
Peter Jaffe, Conductor
Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22
7:30 pm
Harris Center at Folsom Lake College
10 College Parkway
Folsom, CA 95630
folsomlakesymphony.com
Review: perfcal.com
April 26, 2019 - Friday
Presentation for Teachers
Music Teachers Association of California (MTAC) - Sierra Branch
Sierra Branch
April 27, 2019 - Saturday
Music Teacher Association of California (MTAC) - Sierra Branch
Solo Recital
5:00 PM
Tim's Music
6818 Fair Oaks Blvd
Carmichael, CA 95608
General Admission Tickets, please contact Robin Clary: rcpiano1@gmail.com
June 25, 2019
Noontime Concerts
12:30 pm
Old St. Mary's Cathedral
660 California Street
San Francisco, CA 94108
noontimeconcerts.org
Tien Hsieh Flier
August 26-29, 2019
Western Arts Alliance Conference
Booth 916
Diamond Ballroom
JW Marriott at L.A. Live
900 West Olympic Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90015
October 14-17, 2019
Arts Northwest Conference
Booth 52 - Junior Ballroom, Boise Centre
Showcase at the Grove Hotel
Tuesday, 10/15 @ 9:47-10:02 pm
Boise, Idaho
December 7, 2019 - Saturday
San Francisco International Arts Festival Season Announcement & Holiday Party
7:00 PM / 6:30 PM Doors open
Fort Mason Center Chapel
1100 Bay Street
San Francisco, CA 94123
Announcement
Tickets
Mostly Transcriptions
CD Release!
Release Date:
November 9, 2010!
Featuring Bach-Busoni, Schubert-Liszt, Chopin-Liszt, Liszt, and, a pair of dedications by Cortese and Schumann-Liszt!
Find CD at:
ArkivMusic
Amazon.com
MSR Classics
Recorded at Blue Wave Productions in Vancouver, BC
on February 6-8, 2010
Recording Engineer: Ken Burke
Producer: Tien Hsieh
Label: Titanic Records
Liner Notes: Richard E. Rodda
"[ * * * * ] [Liszt's Venezia e Napoli] is finely executed with a delicate yet persistent touch that serves the music well... Tien Hsieh once again proves herself a dominating and forcefully interpretative presence. Her technique is strong, her tone warm and clear, and she identifies with these pieces in a way that would have made Earl Wild, that master of transcriptions, proud. Sound is excellent."
Steve Ritter, Audiophile Audition [February 2015]
"This program centers around the transcriptions of Franz Liszt. Liszt drew significant inspiration from the music of Schubert, Schumann, Chopin and Bach. It is "mostly" transcriptions because Hsieh includes several original pieces of Liszt from Venezia e Napoli and a lovely, meditative piece of new music by Glen Cortese called Elegy (2008). I enjoyed listening to this recording while reading along the scores of the original works. The effect is that Liszt himself was in my living room, creating extempore fantasias on pieces he loved, or spontaneously transcribing and embellishing the music at sight.
Hsieh opens the program with Busoni's transcription of Bach's Toccata, Adagio and Fugue. In that transcription, Busoni expands on the Lisztian tradition. Hsieh plays with grace and energy. She has a keen ear for the music's architecture, and make the piano sing in every register."
American Record Guide, May/June 2011 (P. 209)
Benjamin Katz
"Hsieh's interpretation of Busoni's transcription shows just as much respect for Bach as Busoni did. Her approach to phrasing and dynamics is characteristically nineteenth-century; but that is what we should expect of a reading of Busoni..."
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September 2, 2011
Stephen Smoliar, Examiner.com
"Clearly rendered and intimately performed"
Sacramento Bee, March 18, 2011
Edward Ortiz
"...I am very pleased that she has returned with her impressively exciting accounts of the Bach-Busoni and also the Bach-Liszt Fantasy and Fugue in G Minor, and the Schumann-Liszt "Widmung" (which was likewise an encore at the end of the 2008 Weill Hall concert). I still retain in my mind's ear beautiful performances of Beethoven's Op. 111 and Schumann's "Humoresque" at that recital.
In commenting upon this recorded anthology, I can reiterate that Tien Hsieh is a formidable virtuoso and also a magnetic musical persona... In terms of color, texture and concentration on detail, she immediately makes you sit up and take notice! The opening measures of the Bach-Busoni Toccata, slashing and sparely pedaled, along with the arranger's clever "Busonifications", recreate the facsimile of the original organ, with its characteristic squeal and visceral intensity. (I might add that the state-of-the-art fidelity of the recording further enhances the physical allure of this thrusting and appropriate interpretation). (Note too, Ms. Hsieh's precise articulation of the Fugue)."
Read the full review: New York Concert Review Inc.
Harris Goldsmith
New York Concert Review
February 25, 2011
"The Busoni and Liszt Bach transcriptions, as well as the Cortese piece, have the effect of solid pillars, with the song transcriptions providing a more lyrical contrast, and Hsieh's readings find links between Busoni and Liszt: she has a way of deploying accent and articulation that suggest the quirky personal charisma each pianist-composer must have had."
James Manheim, AllMusic.com
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