Round Hill Community Church is pleased to announce that violinist, Mark Chien, will be featured on Rally Day, Sunday, September 9th, as the first performer in the “Youth Music Series,” which will present talented young instrumentalists from the Greenwich area throughout the year. Chien will play the 2nd Movement of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto, Canzonetta: Andante, as the prelude to the morning service.
17-year-old violinist Mark Chien, has performed in some of the country’s most renowned concert halls and festivals including, Lincoln Center’s David Koch Theatre, Alice Tully Hall, Symphony Space and Carnegie Hall. Mark traveled to Salzburg, Austria to participate in the University of Mozarteum Summer International Academy. In the summers of 2011 and 2012, he participated in the Bowdoin International Music Festival. Mark began learning the violin at age 6 with Spring Berv and at age 10, continued his studies with Lewis Kaplan of the Juilliard School. At the Bowdoin International Music Festival, Mark studied with Ayano Ninomiya, the first violinist of the Ying Quartet, Frank Huang, the concertmaster of the Houston Symphony, and Lewis Kaplan. He was awarded Honorable Mention in the 2006 Connecticut International Young Artist Violin Competition. He was featured as a soloist with the Greenwich Symphony at age 13. Mark attended the Mannes College of Music for four years in the pre-college division and currently is in his third year as a member of the award winning New York Youth Symphony. Mark is a senior at Greenwich High School and plans on continuing his violin studies through college.
