Ying-Chen Kao | composer, pianist, web/graphic designer
Ying-Chen Kao | composer, pianist, web/graphic designer
Description: "[one] of the finest, busiest pianists active in New York's contemporary-classical scene" pianist, educator and recording artist Isabelle O'Connell has an active international career as soloist and chamber musician that has taken her around the United States, Canada, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and Europe, including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center and Chicago Cultural Center.
Since her Carnegie Hall debut recital in 2002, pianist Isabelle O'Connell has developed an international career as soloist and chamber musician that has taken her around the United States, Canada, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and Europe, to venues such as Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, Chicago Cultural Center, Cleveland Museum of Art, Detroit Art Institute, the Gilmore Keyboard Festival, St David’s Hall, Cardiff and the National Concert Hall, Ireland.
Isabelle is co-founder of Grand Band, a piano sextet described by the New York Times as: "six of the finest, busiest pianists active in New York's contemporary-classical scene”. Isabelle has performed as concerto soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland. She has also performed with Crash ensemble, Alarm Will Sound, Da Capo Chamber Players, the ConTempo and New Zealand String Quartets and is a member of the Friends of MATA ensemble.
Composers she has worked with include John Adams, John Luther Adams, Morton Subotnick, Meredith Monk, Julia Wolfe, Michael Gordon, Kevin Volans, Donnacha Dennehy, Dan Trueman, Bunita Marcus, amongst many others.
Ying-Chen Kao | composer, pianist, web/graphic designer
Ying-Chen Kao | composer, pianist, web/graphic designer