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KEVIN CHEN – second round (19th Chopin Competition, Warsaw)

  • 2025-10-09



9.10.2025
Sala Koncertowa Filharmonii Narodowej w Warszawie / Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall

XIX Międzynarodowy Konkurs Pianistyczny im. Fryderyka Chopina
The 19th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition

KEVIN CHEN (Kanada / Canada)
https://www.chopincompetition.pl/en/competitors/832

fortepian / piano: Steinway & Sons

Preludia op. 28 / Preludes, Op. 28
nr 7 A-dur / No. 7 in A major [0:12]
nr 8 fis-moll / No. 8 in F sharp minor [1:01]
nr 9 E-dur / No. 9 in E major [3:00]
nr 10 cis-moll / No. 10 in C sharp minor [4:33]
nr 11 H-dur / No. 11 in B major [5:10]
nr 12 gis-moll / No. 12 in G sharp minor [5:55]
Polonez As-dur op. 53 / Polonaise in A flat major, Op. 53 [7:33]
Etiudy op. 10 / Etudes, Op. 10
nr 1 C-dur / No. 1 in C major [15:17]
nr 2 a-moll / No. 2 in A minor [17:22]
nr 3 E-dur / No. 3 in E major [18:44]
nr 4 cis-moll / No. 4 in C sharp minor [23:11]
nr 5 Ges-dur / No. 5 in G flat major [25:16]
nr 6 es-moll / No. 6 in E flat minor [27:00]
nr 7 C-dur / No. 7 in C major [30:44]
nr 8 F-dur / No. 8 in F major [32:21]
nr 9 f-moll / No. 9 in F minor [34:28]
nr 10 As-dur / No. 10 in A flat major [36:48]
nr 11 Es-dur / No. 11 in E flat major [39:16]
nr 12 c-moll / No. 12 in C minor [41:58]

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25 comments

  6. "Kevin Chen's tone resonates with my soul, so I listen to his YouTube videos every day."
    I want to keep this performance video forever. Please don't delete it.
    Please, please❤🙇‍♀

  15. this one is the best polonaise. Crisp clear and majestic. Just the right amount of rubato. no over-pedalling and mushiness. the left hand octaves light, sprightly and unrelentingly urgent. Like Stanislav Bunin. You feel the excitement, intensity and heartache thoughout the whole polonaise. Best Polonaise prize.

  16. I agree that he is a fantastic pianist. The comments are all well taken. However, amid the excellence I was disappointed by his Op. 10 No. 11. But then I'm spoiled by Lhevinne's performance. That is the standard. Kevin's performance of this seems dry and uninspired by comparison.

  17. エチュードは素晴らしいのはもちろん、プレリュードも好き♪久末さんと同じく控えめなお人柄も大好きです♫

  20. 25:04 I’m sorry, but I had to watch this in slow motion. He wiped off all the sweat from his face, then proceeded to wipe the piano WITH THE SAME SIDE OF THE CLOTH?

  22. 21:16–21:33 This part is so beautiful. 21:27 and 21:30 Here he plays the mid line chromatic line for the second time, very listening, very top-notch. It would be impossible to talk about everything, because after writing this, he gave a show in the next studies, I loved, for example, 38:29, he highlights lines and creates wonderful textural layers. A masterful performance of all the studies in Opus 10.

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