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'''David Oei''' ({{zh|c=]]]|p=Huáng Jílín}}; surname pronounced "Wee" in Hokkien, born 1950) is a Hong Kong-born American classical ]. | |||
== Early life and education == | |||
Oei was born in Hong Kong, into a family that had emigrated from Amoy (]), ] in 1934 to open a branch of ] founded by his great grandfather Oei Tjoe. In Hong Kong, he began studying classical piano at the age of four with Tu Yuet-Sien. At the age of nine, after winning eleven first prizes at the ], he was a soloist with the ]. At the age of ten he immigrated to the ] by winning a full scholarship to study with ] at the ] and later accepted a full scholarship to study with Munz and ] at the ] from 1964 to 1972, leaving a year short of graduation to perform with ] as a member of ] until 1985. During that same period he also founded the Aspen Soloists, a ] that toured extensively under ] management. He attended the ] from 1963 to 1967 and won the concerto competition in each of those five years. He also won the Concert Artists Guild, ] Young Artists, Young Musicians Foundation, and Paul Ulanowsky Chamber Pianists competitions. He became a ] ] on November 20, 1985. | |||
Oei was born in Hong Kong and started performing aged four.<ref name="Advance-1983">{{cite news |title=Community Concert Season |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/1009130615 |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The News and Advance |date=1 May 1983}}</ref> By the age of nine he had performed with the ].<ref name="News-1995">{{cite news |title=String quartet to close the anniversary season |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/519130784 |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The Daily News (Lebanon, PA) |date=31 August 1995}}</ref> He was awarded eleven first prizes at the Hong Kong Music Festival.<ref name="Advance-1983"/> He attended the ] music camp for five years and won five concerto competitions there.<ref name="Advance-1983"/><ref name="News-1995"/> | |||
He made his first appearance on U.S. network television in 1966, on one of the famous '']'' conducted by ].<ref>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1025015/</ref> | |||
In 1964, aged 13, he performed ] with the ]; a reviewer wrote:<ref name="SDT-1964">{{cite news |title=An Impressive Final Concert |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/292236712 |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=Salisbury Daily Times |date=20 March 1964}}</ref> | |||
:"Considering the age of the soloist, it was an outstanding performance and perhaps the critic should stop right there. Young David, however, is a musician, performing at an adult technical level in a world of adult artists. The critic, therefore, must consider his performance in that light also and then he was not quite so outstanding. ... Basically, Master David Oei has just not lived long enough to have acquired the emotional experience and understanding so necessary for superior interpretation of this work. It would be fortunate if we could hear him again in fifteen years. The comparison in the performances would undoubtedly be astounding." | |||
Oei attended the ] and the ].<ref name="Advance-1983"/><ref name="SDT-1964"/><ref name="NVR-1973">{{cite news |title=David Oei Produces Electric Fireworks of Sound |first=Bernice |last=Dunn|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/564294330 |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The Napa Valley Register |date=18 October 1973}}</ref> | |||
Other awards include ] Young Artists, Young Musicians Foundation (1972), and ] Chamber Pianists competitions.<ref name="News-1995"/><ref>{{cite journal |title=Getting a break |journal=Music Educators Journal |date=1973 |volume=59 |issue=6 |jstor=3400456 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3400456|access-date=14 August 2024}}</ref> | |||
He was a soloist in one of the '']'' conducted by ].<ref>{{cite book | last=Kopfstein-Penk | first=A. | title=Leonard Bernstein and His Young People's Concerts | publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers | year=2015 | isbn=978-0-8108-8850-0 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UzzaBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA32 | access-date=14 Aug 2024 | page=32|quote=When a clarinetist auditioned and brought his own accompanist (David Oei), the clarinetist was rejected, but Bernstein and the audition committee gave a contract to the accompanist since they were enchanted by "superb musicianship" and "charm" ("Young Performers No. 7," 22 February 1966, 20)}}</ref><ref name="Advance-1983"/><ref name="NVR-1973"/> | |||
==Career== | |||
Oei has performed with such major orchestras as the ], ], ], ], and the ]. In addition, he has performed with ] and is also noted as a performer of the works of ]. He appeared on television in ]'s ], as well as on '']'' and '']''. He has recorded for the ], Arabesque, ], ], ], Grenadilla, ], Festival Chamber Music, Pro Arte, and ] labels. He is the founding director of the Salon Chamber Soloists and a member of the Festival Chamber Music, Friends Of Mozart and the Elysium and Ecliptica Chamber Ensembles. He is a member of a duo with the Korean-born violinist ], with which he has recorded and gives annual concerts. He also performs in a piano duo (performing music for piano four hands as well as for two pianos) with ], which gives frequent concerts. | |||
Oei has been a soloist with the ], the ] and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.<ref name="Advance-1983"/><ref name="News-1995"/> He has performed at ].<ref name="NYT-1977">{{cite news |title=Music in Review |first=John |last=Rockwell|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/11/27/archives/music-in-review-arkady-delman-violinist-makes-new-york-debut.html |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The Napa Valley Register |date=27 November 1977}}</ref> | |||
In addition to a busy schedule as a chamber musician and soloist, Oei teaches at ] in ] and in the Preparatory Division at ]. During the summer he teaches at Summertrios and the Bennington Chamber Music Conference. A former regular fixture at ] and ], he performs at various festivals including ], ], OK Mozart, ], and ]. He has served as an affiliated teacher at the ] and he was the Volunteers Coordinator and Head Coach for the ] ]. | |||
He performed with ] in '']'' stage show.<ref name="News-1995"/><ref name="NVR-1973"/><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Leroux |first1=Janice A |title=Two Shots That Changed My Life: An Interview with Peter Schickele |journal=Music Educators Journal |date=1983 |volume=70 |issue=3 |pages=48–51 |doi=10.2307/3401159 |jstor=3401159 |url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.2307/3401159 |access-date=14 August 2024}}</ref> | |||
In 2015, he was teaching at ] in the preparatory section.<ref name="CBS-2015">{{cite news |title=Renowned Concert Pianist David Oei Accused Of Fondling 15-Year-Old Student |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/renowned-concert-pianist-david-oei-accused-of-fondling-15-year-old-student |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=CBS News |date=13 April 2015}}</ref> | |||
Beginning in the mid-1980s, Oei also served for five years as the Music Director and Production Advisor for Music-Theatre Group's productions of ] and ]'s ''Africanis Instructus'' and ''Love and Science''. In July 2001 he served as the Music Director for the ] production of the opera '']'' (with score by ] and libretto by Richard Foreman). | |||
==Sexual assault== | |||
Oei lives in ] with his wife, the violinist . From December 1994 to June 2004 he was the owner of Carlyle Wines, a ] shop that was located on Manhattan's ], which was selected by Cadogan Publishing as among The Best One Thousand Establishments In America.<ref></ref> | |||
In 2015, Oei was accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old music student.<ref name="CBS-2015"/><ref name="NYP-2015">{{cite news |last1=Rosenberg |first1=Rebecca |title=Renowned classical pianist avoids jail for groping teen student |url=https://nypost.com/2015/11/19/renowned-classical-pianist-avoids-jail-for-groping-teen-student |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=New York Post |date=19 November 2015}}</ref> He accepted his guilt and agreed a ].<ref name="NYP-2015"/> | |||
==Personal life== | |||
Oei lives in ] with his wife, the violinist Eriko Sato.<ref name="Advance-1983"/><ref name="NYP-2015"/><ref>{{cite news |last1=Sherman |first1=Robert |title=MUSIC; Dawn Upshaw in Recital at Sarah Lawrence |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/11/nyregion/music-dawn-upshaw-in-recital-at-sarah-lawrence.html |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=11 October 1998 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527081236/https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/11/nyregion/music-dawn-upshaw-in-recital-at-sarah-lawrence.html |archive-date=27 May 2015}}</ref> | |||
==Discography== | ==Discography== | ||
*1974: '' |
*1974: ''The Intimate P. D. Q. Bach'': John Ferrante (]), David Oei (piano) (]) | ||
*1978: ] Sonata: Elmar Oliveira (violin), David Oei (piano) (New World) | *1978: ] Sonata: ] (violin), David Oei (piano) (]) | ||
*1980: PDQ Bach '']'': David Oei (piano), Anne Epperson (piano) (Vanguard) | *1980: PDQ Bach '']'': David Oei (piano), ] (piano) (Vanguard) | ||
*1984: Peter Schickele Clarinet Quartet: Eriko Sato (violin), ] (cello), David Shifrin (clarinet), David Oei (piano) (Vanguard) | *1984: ''Peter Schickele Clarinet Quartet'': Eriko Sato (violin), ] (cello), ] (clarinet), David Oei (piano) (Vanguard) | ||
*1989: ] & ]: Sonia Wieder-Atherton (cello), David Oei (piano) ( |
*1989: ''] & ]'': ] (cello), David Oei (piano) (]) | ||
*1989: David Schiff: ''Gimpel the Fool'': Theodore Arm (violin), Warren Lash (cello), |
*1989: ]: ''Gimpel the Fool'': Theodore Arm (violin), Warren Lash (cello), David Shifrin (clarinet), David Oei (piano) (]) | ||
*1990: ] Retrospective: Patricia Spencer (flute), David Oei (piano) (New World) | *1990: ''] Retrospective'': ] (flute), David Oei (piano) (New World Records)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Edwards |first1=J. Michele |title=Miriam Gideon Retrospective |journal=Perspectives of New Music |volume=34 |issue=2 |page=244-247 |doi=10.2307/3052365 |jstor=3052365 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3052365 |access-date=14 August 2024}}</ref> | ||
*1993: ] ]: Chin Kim (violin), David Oei (piano) (Pro Arte) | *1993: ''] ]'': ] (violin), David Oei (piano) (Pro Arte) | ||
*1995: ] Works For Horn: David Jolley (horn), David Oei (piano) (Arabesque) | *1995: ''] Works For Horn'': ] (horn), David Oei (piano) (]) | ||
*1997: Old Friends: |
*1997: ''Old Friends'': Christopher Lee (violin), David Oei (piano) (Quattro Corde) | ||
*2004: Karel Husa Recollections: Quintet of the Americas, David Oei (piano) (New World) | *2004: ''Karel Husa Recollections: Quintet of the Americas'', David Oei (piano) (New World Records) | ||
*2005: Donald Crockett Ceiling Of Heaven: Renee Jolles (violin), Nicolas Cords (viola), Edward Aaron (cello), David Oei (piano) (Albany) | *2005: ''Donald Crockett Ceiling Of Heaven'': ] (violin), Nicolas Cords (viola), Edward Aaron (cello), David Oei (piano) (]) | ||
*2007: ] and ] Sonatas: Ruth Sommers (cello), David Oei (piano) (FCM) | *2007: ''] and ] Sonatas'': ] (cello), David Oei (piano) (FCM) | ||
*2008: The Lay of Love and Death of the Cornet Christoph Rilke by ]: David Oei (piano), Lutz Rath (speaker) | *2008: '']'' by ]: David Oei (piano), Lutz Rath (speaker) | ||
*2010: ''Five Not-So-Easy Pieces'': David Oei (piano), Eriko Sato (violin) (Prestissimo) | |||
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David OeiChinese: 黃吉霖; pinyin: Huáng Jílín | |
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Born | 1950 (age 74–75) Hong Kong Occupied Territory |
Instrument | Piano |
Spouse | Eriko Sato |
David Oei (Chinese: 黃吉霖; pinyin: Huáng Jílín; surname pronounced "Wee" in Hokkien, born 1950) is a Hong Kong-born American classical pianist.
Early life and education
Oei was born in Hong Kong and started performing aged four. By the age of nine he had performed with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. He was awarded eleven first prizes at the Hong Kong Music Festival. He attended the Interlochen Center for the Arts music camp for five years and won five concerto competitions there.
In 1964, aged 13, he performed Piano Concerto No. 20 (Mozart) with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; a reviewer wrote:
- "Considering the age of the soloist, it was an outstanding performance and perhaps the critic should stop right there. Young David, however, is a musician, performing at an adult technical level in a world of adult artists. The critic, therefore, must consider his performance in that light also and then he was not quite so outstanding. ... Basically, Master David Oei has just not lived long enough to have acquired the emotional experience and understanding so necessary for superior interpretation of this work. It would be fortunate if we could hear him again in fifteen years. The comparison in the performances would undoubtedly be astounding."
Oei attended the Peabody Institute and the Juilliard School.
Other awards include WQXR Young Artists, Young Musicians Foundation (1972), and Paul Ulanowsky Chamber Pianists competitions.
He was a soloist in one of the Young People's Concerts conducted by Leonard Bernstein.
Career
Oei has been a soloist with the New York Philharmonic, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. He has performed at Carnegie Hall.
He performed with Peter Schickele in The Intimate P. D. Q. Bach stage show.
In 2015, he was teaching at Mannes School of Music in the preparatory section.
Sexual assault
In 2015, Oei was accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old music student. He accepted his guilt and agreed a plea deal.
Personal life
Oei lives in New York City with his wife, the violinist Eriko Sato.
Discography
- 1974: The Intimate P. D. Q. Bach: John Ferrante (countertenor), David Oei (piano) (Vanguard)
- 1978: Karel Husa Sonata: Elmar Oliveira (violin), David Oei (piano) (New World Records)
- 1980: PDQ Bach Liebeslieder Polkas: David Oei (piano), Anne Epperson (piano) (Vanguard)
- 1984: Peter Schickele Clarinet Quartet: Eriko Sato (violin), Fred Sherry (cello), David Shifrin (clarinet), David Oei (piano) (Vanguard)
- 1989: Schumann & Grieg: Sonia Wieder-Atherton (cello), David Oei (piano) (Adda)
- 1989: David Schiff: Gimpel the Fool: Theodore Arm (violin), Warren Lash (cello), David Shifrin (clarinet), David Oei (piano) (Delos Productions)
- 1990: Miriam Gideon Retrospective: Patricia Spencer (flute), David Oei (piano) (New World Records)
- 1993: Prokofiev Violin Sonata No. 2: Chin Kim (violin), David Oei (piano) (Pro Arte)
- 1995: Alec Wilder Works For Horn: David Jolley (horn), David Oei (piano) (Arabesque Records)
- 1997: Old Friends: Christopher Lee (violin), David Oei (piano) (Quattro Corde)
- 2004: Karel Husa Recollections: Quintet of the Americas, David Oei (piano) (New World Records)
- 2005: Donald Crockett Ceiling Of Heaven: Renee Jolles (violin), Nicolas Cords (viola), Edward Aaron (cello), David Oei (piano) (Albany Records)
- 2007: Strauss and Rachmaninoff Sonatas: Ruth Sommers (cello), David Oei (piano) (FCM)
- 2008: The Lay of Love and Death of the Cornet Christoph Rilke by Viktor Ullmann: David Oei (piano), Lutz Rath (speaker)
- 2010: Five Not-So-Easy Pieces: David Oei (piano), Eriko Sato (violin) (Prestissimo)
References
- ^ "Community Concert Season". The News and Advance. 1 May 1983. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ "String quartet to close the anniversary season". The Daily News (Lebanon, PA). 31 August 1995. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ "An Impressive Final Concert". Salisbury Daily Times. 20 March 1964. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ Dunn, Bernice (18 October 1973). "David Oei Produces Electric Fireworks of Sound". The Napa Valley Register. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- "Getting a break". Music Educators Journal. 59 (6). 1973. JSTOR 3400456. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- Kopfstein-Penk, A. (2015). Leonard Bernstein and His Young People's Concerts. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 32. ISBN 978-0-8108-8850-0. Retrieved 14 Aug 2024.
When a clarinetist auditioned and brought his own accompanist (David Oei), the clarinetist was rejected, but Bernstein and the audition committee gave a contract to the accompanist since they were enchanted by "superb musicianship" and "charm" ("Young Performers No. 7," 22 February 1966, 20)
- Rockwell, John (27 November 1977). "Music in Review". The Napa Valley Register. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- Leroux, Janice A (1983). "Two Shots That Changed My Life: An Interview with Peter Schickele". Music Educators Journal. 70 (3): 48–51. doi:10.2307/3401159. JSTOR 3401159. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ "Renowned Concert Pianist David Oei Accused Of Fondling 15-Year-Old Student". CBS News. 13 April 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ Rosenberg, Rebecca (19 November 2015). "Renowned classical pianist avoids jail for groping teen student". New York Post. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- Sherman, Robert (11 October 1998). "MUSIC; Dawn Upshaw in Recital at Sarah Lawrence". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 27 May 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- Edwards, J. Michele. "Miriam Gideon Retrospective". Perspectives of New Music. 34 (2): 244-247. doi:10.2307/3052365. JSTOR 3052365. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
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