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The New York Times said that "Mr. Sheng Yuan's hearing has an impeccable sense of balance and is very attractive." "new york Concert Review" said that "Sheng Yuan is an artist of the highest quality." David Dupault, a famous music writer, said, "Listen to Shengyuan's concert and you will be attracted and moved!" The British International Piano Magazine called Sheng Yuan "the leading figure in China's interpretation of Bach". Andre Watts, a famous American pianist, said after listening to Sheng Yuan's performance that it was comparable to Hoffman's performance. Sheng Yuan, as the winner of the Rubinstein Memorial Award awarded by Artists International, held new york's first concert in April, 2004 in the Weill Solo Hall of Carnegie Hall. Subsequently, Sewon held several concerts in Carnegie Hall in new york, Ford Center for the Performing Arts in Toronto, Seoul National Center for the Performing Arts, National Centre for the Performing Arts, Beijing Zhongshan Concert Hall, Beijing Concert Hall, Shanghai Concert Hall and Tianjin Concert Hall. Sewon's concert was broadcast live by new york Classical Music Station, Boston Classical Music Station, American National Radio Station, Spanish National Television Station, French National Radio Station, Polish National Television Station, China CCTV and Beijing Music Station.
As a soloist, he has worked with Romanian National Auradia Philharmonic Orchestra, Spanish Tenerife Symphony Orchestra and Grand Canary Philharmonic Orchestra, Polish Beethoven Academy Orchestra, Kazakh National Symphony Orchestra, Cuban National Symphony Orchestra and Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as Chinese Philharmonic Orchestra, Beijing Symphony Orchestra, Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra, Hangzhou Philharmonic Orchestra, Guiyang Symphony Orchestra, Qingdao Symphony Orchestra, Tianjin Symphony Orchestra, Xiamen Symphony Orchestra, China Youth Symphony Orchestra and China Central Symphony Orchestra. He played chamber music with violinist Aaron Rosen, Arnold steinhardt, Kong Dongshuo, Rachel Barton Pine, Lv Siqing, Liu Yunzhi, cellist Zhao Yongchang and other Chinese and foreign musicians. In 2009, he formed the "China Trio" with violinist Vera Tsu and cellist Zhu Yibing.
In recent years, Shengyuan's research and performance of Bach's works have attracted the attention of the international music community. American The New York Times said, "Mr. Sheng Yuan's performance has considerable power, but he carefully controls this power. His prelude and fugue in A major and A minor in the first volume of Bach's Average Piano Music Collection are clear, balanced and coordinated models. But this does not mean that these two pieces of music are flat but not carved: Mr. Sheng Yuan turned the prelude in A minor into a fiery drama, while fugue was full of exuberant spirit, and the voice was well grasped, which was amazing, as if it were the sound of joy from another world. " After playing Bach's concerto in Germany, the local media wrote: "When playing Bach's concerto in D minor, Mr. Shengyuan's performance has proved his master style, not only because of his flexible finger skills, but also because of his perfect cooperation with the band." From July to 20, 200910, Shengyuan held five solo concerts of Bach's keyboard works and five Bach-themed lectures in Beijing Zhongshan Concert Hall. Bach's album and Chopin's album recorded by Shengyuan were published by China Record Company.
Besides performing activities, many articles written by Sheng Yuan have been published in magazines and newspapers such as Piano Art, Philharmonic and Music Weekly. The Chinese version of Bach's Guide to Playing, translated by him and edited by Rosalyn turek, was published by China People's Music Publishing House in 2003.
Shengyuan plays, teaches and offers master classes at the International Keyboard Academy and Music Festival held by Manis Conservatory of Music in new york and Tra Magica Music Festival in Croatia every summer. He has also worked in the United States, Canada and China.