Dr. Jun Qian
Assistant Professor of Clarinet
Qian has appeared as a concerto soloist with the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, the Eastman Chamber Orchestra, the Shanghai Philharmonic, the Xiamen Philharmonic, the Pueblo Symphony Orchestra, the Baylor Symphony Orchestra, and the Shangyang Opera Orchestra. He was the first to introduce a number of western clarinet concertos, including La Traviata Fantasy and concertos by Aaron Copland and Malcolm Arnold, in full orchestral versions to Chinese audiences. In 2001, he made his Carnegie Hall debut, performing Weber's Clarinet Concerto No. 1. National and international appearances as principal and guest principal clarinetist also include the Eastman Wind Ensemble's tours of Asia in 2000 and 2004, Central Wisconsin Symphony, the North Carolina Festival Orchestra's European tour, the Kent-Blossom Music Festival (student guest principal with the Cleveland Orchestra), the National Orchestra Institute (USA), the American Wind Symphony, and the Binghamton Philharmonic. In 2004, he was the featured soloist at the International Performing Arts Festival in Japan, and appeared on National Public Radio's "Performance Today" with the Grammy-award winning Ying Quartet.
Since 2006, Qian's activities as a teacher and performer have included a clarinet recital in Paris, France, conducting the Nazareth/Houghton Clarinet Choir as part of the International Clarinet Choir Festival in Rochester, New York, and many concerto appearances and master classes throughout China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Canada, and the USA. In 2009, Dr. Qian performed a chamber and solo recital in Shanghai, China, with the first prizewinner of Queen Elizabeth Competition, Japanese violinist Yayoi Toda. He was also invited by the Singapore Ministry of Education, Singapore National Youth Orchestra, and Singapore American School to give numerous master classes and a solo recital. In 2011, He performed solo recitals in Shanghai, Taipei National Concert Hall, at the International Clarinet Conference in Los Angeles, and at the International College Music Society Conference in South Korea.
Currently, he is working on a solo CD project at the Minnesota Public Radio Station, entitled East Meet West. This CD will be the first professional recording of music for clarinet and piano by well-known Chinese composers. All of the music on the CD explores the intersection of elements of Chinese culture with Western art music. The composers represented in this recording were either born in China or raised in a Chinese family. Collectively, they present an impressive list of international accolades and accomplishments.
Qian holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Baylor University, where he was a student of Richard Shanley, and a Master of Music degree and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Eastman School of Music, where he studied with Kenneth Grant and as the last private student of Stanley Hasty. Qian is the founding director of Virtuosi Chamber Winds, a group specializing in large wind chamber music, and the Amadeus Youth Clarinet Ensemble, a training ensemble for high school students in the USA.
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