EE Faculty Recital: Heeyeon Chi, Piano

Artist(s)

Pianist Heeyeon Chi has performed in Canada, Germany, Luxembourg, Russia, Switzerland and in the United States, where she recently appeared at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall and at The Bruno Walter Auditorium at Lincoln Center. She has been awarded several prizes in piano competitions, such as International Keyboard Odyssiad Festival & Competition, Bradshaw & Buono International Piano Competition, Canadian Music Competition, Burnaby Clef Society Competition, and Burnaby Concerto Competition. 

Highlights of her previous engagements include appearances as soloist with the New England Repertory Orchestra conducted by Tiffany Chang, Orchestre des Jeunes de Fribourg conducted by Theophanis Kapsopoulos, guest artist at Banff Centre Arts Program, Eastern Illinois University, Interlochen Center for the Arts, and at the Boston University Tanglewood Institute Young Artists Program. Ms. Chi is currently on the piano and chamber music faculty at New England Conservatory Preparatory School and Continuing Education, as well as faculty at Boston University Tanglewood Institute Young Artists Piano Program.


Pianist Victor Cayres has earned praise for concerts with the Sine Nomine string quartet and as soloist with Boston Pops, Orchestre des Jeunes de Fribourg in Switzerland, and Brno Philharmonic in the Czech Republic. He has been a guest artist at Banff Center for the Arts in Canada, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Universidade de São Paulo, Claflin University, Western Washington University, and Tchaikovsky Conservatory and State University for Arts and Culture in Moscow.

He has recorded for Albany, Centaur, Navona, and Parma Records, and frequently performs in Brazil, Europe, South Korea, and in the United States, including Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall, Chicago’s Preston Bradley Hall, Boston’s Symphony Hall and Jordan Hall. His concerts have been broadcast live at Brazil’s TV Cultura channel, Boston’s WGBH 99.5 All Classical, and Chicago’s WFMT Fine Arts Radio. Mr. Cayres currently serves as Lecturer at Boston University, Co-Director for Boston University Tanglewood Institute Young Artists Piano Program, and Faculty at New England Conservatory Preparatory School and Rivers School Conservatory. In his free time he enjoys cooking and playing soccer.