Andrew von Oeyen
Andrew von Oeyen (born November 12, 1979) is an American concert pianist.
Life and career
Von Oeyen began piano lessons at age five in Los Angeles and made his solo orchestral debut at age ten. At age 16, he made his debut with Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. He studied at the Juilliard School and Columbia University and won the Gilmore Young Artist Award (1999), and First Prize in the Leni Fe Bland Foundation National Piano Competition (2001).
He went on to perform extensively in recital and in orchestral appearances around the world, appearing as soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony, Saint Louis Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Singapore Symphony, Utah Symphony, Chicago's Grant Park Festival Orchestra, Pacific Symphony, San Diego Symphony, Vancouver Symphony, Berlin Symphony Orchestra, New Japan Philharmonic, and Prague Philharmonia among others. On July 4, 2009, von Oeyen performed at the U.S. Capitol with the National Symphony Orchestra in "A Capitol Fourth". The concert was broadcast live by PBS both in the US and internationally.
Von Oeyen has appeared in recital at Wigmore Hall and Barbican Hall in London, Lincoln Center in New York, the Kennedy Center in Washington, Symphony Hall, Boston, Tonhalle Orchester Zürich, Tchaikovsky Hall in Moscow, Bolshoi Zal in St. Petersburg, Dublin's National Concert Hall, Royce Hall in Los Angeles, the Herbst Theater in San Francisco, Sala São Paulo, Teatro Olimpico in Rome, in Bucharest, Vietnam, Macau, and in all the major concert halls of Japan and South Korea. He regularly appears at festivals including Aspen, Ravinia, Saratoga, Mainly Mozart, Grand Teton, Grant Park, Spoleto Festival USA, Gilmore, Festival del Sole (Napa Valley), Schubertiade (Austria) and "Piano en Valois" (France). He has also toured extensively with violinist Sarah Chang throughout Europe, the United States and Asia.
In 2014, Von Oeyen appeared at the Royal Opera House Muscat for the Sultanate of Oman's New Year’s Gala concerts and in June of 2015 made his debut with the Mariinsky Orchestra at the Stars of the White Nights Festival in St. Petersburg.
Von Oeyen lives in Paris and Los Angeles.
Discography
- Liszt Piano Music. Label: Delos International/Naxos DE3412
- Andrew von Oeyen Live in Recital. Label: V&V Records (digital release)
- Debussy. Stravinsky, Newman. Label: Delos 3412
Sources
- Kaczmarczyk, Jeffrey, "Grand Rapids Symphony, pianist Andrew von Oeyen, triumphant success with all-Russian program", m.live.com, February 1, 2014.
- Herman, Kenneth, "Andrew von Oeyen Makes Stunning Debut in Schumann Concerto", San Diego Arts, January 16, 2012.
- Johnson, Lawrence B., "DSO's surprise pianist is a genuine Rach star", Detroit News, May 24, 2008. Accessed 12 November 2008.
- Delacoma, Wynne, "Villaume conducts memorable Grant Park debut", Chicago Sun-Times, July 11, 2005. Accessed 19 December 2007.
- Lee Hyo-won, "Sarah Chang Aims to Cast Off Prodigy Label", Korea Times, 12 July 2009. Accessed 9 April 2010.
- Page, Tim "Andrew von Oeyen, Keenly Attuned to Liszt's Grand Design", Washington Post, May 7, 2007. Accessed 18 December 2007.
- PBS, A Capitol Fourth in High Definition
