Biography
Pianist Nana Shi is a sought-after performer, collaborator, and music educator. Born in China, she now lives in New Jersey and frequently performs as a soloist and collaborative pianist. Her recent appearances include performances at Roulette Intermedium, Americas Society, The Juilliard School, and SUNY New Paltz, among others. Her solo recital for piano and electronics at SUNY New Paltz has been praised for having “both a sense of serene beauty and striking intensity” by New Paltz Oracle. OperaWire called Shi's rendition of Alban Berg's songs with soprano Jennifer Zetlan "intuitive", "breathtaking", and "exquisite attention to detail".
An avid chamber musician, she has spent many summers at music festivals such as Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival, Tanglewood Music Center, Banff Music Centre, Interlochen Arts Camp, and Chelsea Music Festival in NYC. She worked closely with world class chamber musicians such as Gil Kalish, Seymour Lipkin, and members of the Emerson String Quartet and Juilliard String Quartet. Equally at home with vocal and contemporary music, she is a frequent artist at Brooklyn Art Song Society and has performed with extraordinary singers such as Lucy Shelton, Jennifer Zetlan, Hannah Cho, Kristina Bachrach, and Sara LeMesh, among others. She often advocates contemporary works by living composers and female composers, and has recently performed music by Errollyn Wallen, Phyllis Chen, Missy Mazzoli, Florence Price, Margaret Bond, Fanny Mendelssohn, and Amy Beach. She often plays with NY based ensembles such as the Momenta Quartet, and she is the pianist of Shiozaki Duo alongside her husband and violinist Alex Shiozaki.
Ms. Shi holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Piano Performance from SUNY Stony Brook under the tutelage of Gil Kalish, and Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. Other mentors include William Black, Eugene and Elisabeth Pridonoff, Yafen Zhu, and many more. She currently teaches piano as a lecturer at SUNY New Paltz during the academic year and Interlochen Arts Camp in the summer. She also serves as a staff pianist for the Juilliard School's Preparatory Division and the music director of Union Church of Bay Ridge in Brooklyn.
An avid chamber musician, she has spent many summers at music festivals such as Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival, Tanglewood Music Center, Banff Music Centre, Interlochen Arts Camp, and Chelsea Music Festival in NYC. She worked closely with world class chamber musicians such as Gil Kalish, Seymour Lipkin, and members of the Emerson String Quartet and Juilliard String Quartet. Equally at home with vocal and contemporary music, she is a frequent artist at Brooklyn Art Song Society and has performed with extraordinary singers such as Lucy Shelton, Jennifer Zetlan, Hannah Cho, Kristina Bachrach, and Sara LeMesh, among others. She often advocates contemporary works by living composers and female composers, and has recently performed music by Errollyn Wallen, Phyllis Chen, Missy Mazzoli, Florence Price, Margaret Bond, Fanny Mendelssohn, and Amy Beach. She often plays with NY based ensembles such as the Momenta Quartet, and she is the pianist of Shiozaki Duo alongside her husband and violinist Alex Shiozaki.
Ms. Shi holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Piano Performance from SUNY Stony Brook under the tutelage of Gil Kalish, and Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. Other mentors include William Black, Eugene and Elisabeth Pridonoff, Yafen Zhu, and many more. She currently teaches piano as a lecturer at SUNY New Paltz during the academic year and Interlochen Arts Camp in the summer. She also serves as a staff pianist for the Juilliard School's Preparatory Division and the music director of Union Church of Bay Ridge in Brooklyn.
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