Joint Piano Recital- Samuel Glicklich and Yi-Chen Feng

The UCSB Center for Taiwan Studies and the Department of Music present a joint piano recital in Karl Geiringer Hall on October 24, 7:30 pm of two recent First Prizewinners of the International Maestro Piano Competition in Taiwan. Samuel Glicklich (1st Prize 2025) and Yi-Chen Feng (1st Prize 2020) will be performing works by Gubaidulina, Beethoven, Busoni, Liszt and Prokofiev. Please join us for what promises to be an exciting evening of extraordinary pianism.

Bio: Samuel Glicklich
Samuel Glicklich, a native of Los Angeles, is an award-winning pianist celebrated for his expressive depth and commanding virtuosity. He has earned top honors in numerous major international competitions, including First Prize at the 2025 Maestro Piano Competition, Second Prize at the 2022 Casagrande International Piano Competition, Third Prize at the 2021 Singapore International Piano Competition, the KulturKontakt Eppan Artist Prize at the 2025 Piano Academy Eppan, and was a solo finalist in the 2023 Busoni International Piano Competition. He also won the 2022 Colburn School Concerto Competition and the 2019 Aspen Music Festival Concerto Competition, performing with conductors James Conlon and Ludovic Morlot. Additional accolades include prizes at the 2025 Bösendorfer Piano Competition, the 2021 Canada International Piano Competition, and the 2017 Seattle and Glendale International Piano Competitions. In 2022, Samuel was awarded the Young Talents scholarship from the Musique & Vin au Clos Vougeot Festival in Burgundy, France, where he performed under the artistic direction of Jean-Yves Thibaudet and Gautier Capuçon. He has collaborated with an array of distinguished musicians, including Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Gautier Capuçon, Tatjana Masurenko, Martin Beaver, Peter Lloyd, and composer Eric Whitacre, for whose virtual choir project Sing Gently he served as the featured pianist. Samuel’s performances have been presented at major venues including Carnegie Hall as a guest of From the Top, Benaroya Hall, and the Bing Theater at LACMA for the Sundays Live radio broadcast. He completed his Master of Music degree at the Colburn Conservatory of Music, studying with Fabio Bidini and Jean-Yves Thibaudet, and is currently pursuing post-graduate studies at the Musik-Akademie Basel under the guidance of Claudio Martínez Mehner.

Taiwanese pianist Yi-Chen Feng’s musical life has taken him from his native Taiwan to stages across Asia, Europe, and the United States. In 2022, he made his Carnegie Hall debut at Stern Auditorium with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, performing Liszt’s First Piano Concerto. His top prize at Taiwan’s inaugural International Maestro Piano Competition led to concert engagements and a recording contract with Universal Music Group.
Beyond his orchestral appearances, Feng has performed at venues including Flagey in Brussels, TivoliVredenburg in Utrecht, and the National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts in his hometown. His festival appearances include the Oxford Piano Festival and the Chautauqua Music Festival. His musical development has been shaped by studies at Peabody and Yale with Boris Slutsky, followed by an Artist Diploma at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music with Yoshikazu Nagai. He is currently pursuing his Doctor of Musical Arts at the Peabody Conservatory, continuing his work with Boris Slutsky.

Bio: Yi-Chen Feng
Pianist Yi-Chen Feng has won top prizes at competitions including the Dallas, SanFrancisco, New York Liszt, San Jose, and Virginia Waring International Piano Competitions. He made his Carnegie Hall debut in 2022, performing Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s. A vivid performer, he has appeared at major venues such as Weill Recital Hall, Taiwan’s National Recital Hall and Weiwuying, Hangzhou Grand Theater, Galerie dorée de la Banque de France, TivoliVredenburg, and Flagey. He is currently pursuing his Doctor of Musical Arts at the Peabody Conservatory, following studies at Yale and the San Francisco Conservatory.

General ($13.25); Senior/Military/Non-UCSB students with ID ($10); UCSB students with ID and children under 12 (FREE)