Ning An/Gloria Chien, Piano Duo

Young Pianists Ning An and Gloria Chien made their duo concerto debut on the stages of Jordan Hall, Boston, performing Poulenc’s Double Piano Concerto with Sergiu Commissiona  and the New England Conservatory Orchestra.  Since then, the husband and wife team have taken their two piano performances to such venues such as the Salle Cortot in Paris and Taiwan’s National Concert Hall.

Their two piano debut in Jordan Hall, Boston was praised by the Boston Herald: “Ning An and Gloria Chien opened the performance with Gershwin’s “An American in Paris.”  The playing was remarkable for its precise ensemble, for the clarity of textures, its rhythmic swing and the vividness of the instrumental colors.” In 2006, they performed the Mozart Double Concerto with the Chattanooga Symphony Orchestra as well as giving two piano recitals in Boston, Houston, Oklahoma and on a tour of Taiwan.

Ning An is the First Prize Winner of the 2003 William Kapell Piano Competition.  Ning An made his concerto debut at the age of sixteen, performing the Rachmaninov Second Piano Concerto with the Cleveland Orchestra in February of 1993. He has since appeared with the London Symphony Orchestra, Warsaw Philharmonic, the Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Belgian National Symphony, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, the Flemish Radio Symphony, the Stuttgart Philharmonic, and the Taipei Symphony Orchestra and has worked with such conductors as Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, Kasmierz Kord, Jajha Ling, Vladimir Fedosseyev, Jorg-Peter Weigle, Marc Soustrot, and Sergiu Comissiona. Mr. An has presented recitals at venues such as Salle Verdi (Milan, Italy), Salle Cortot (Paris), and the Palais de Beaux Arts in Antwerp. He has been invited to perform at numerous festivals, including the International Chopin Festival in Duszinski, Poland, the Gina Bachauer Piano Festival in Salt Lake City, New Hampshire’s Monadnock Music Festival, the Bourglinster Festival in Luxembourg, and the Interlaken Music Festival in Switzerland. 

Gloria Chien has appeared as a soloist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Taipei Symphony Orchestra, and the New England Conservatory Honors Orchestra under conductors such as Sergiu Comissiona, Keith Lockhart, Thomas Dausgaard and Benjamin Zander. She has performed recitals at the Gardner Museum, Jordan Hall, Harvard Musical Association, Taiwan National Concert Hall and Salle Cortot in Paris.

She has been a prize winner in numerous competitions including the 2000 San Antonio International Piano Competition and the World Piano Competition. Her private teachers have included Russell Sherman and Wha-Kyung Byun. Currently a member of the Chameleon Arts Ensemble of Boston, she is also a Assistant Professor of Piano at the Lee University in Tennessee.