Debussy Sonata for Violin and Piano L. 140 (1917)

Tang Tee Khoon, violinist
Eliane Reyes, pianist
Live Recording 'The Parisian Chevaliers' 13 Nov 2015 Esplanade Recital Studio, Singapore by Rolton Productions
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ELIANE REYES
Eliane Reyes began playing the piano at a very young age. Laureate of the Cziffra Fondation (France), she played the same year at the Tibor Varga Festival and also under the direction of Sergiu Comissiona with the Royal Orchestra of Concertgebouw, Amsterdam.
First trained by her mother, she then studied at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels in Jean- Claude Vanden Eynden’s class, then at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel, the Berlin University of the Arts, the Mozarteum University of Salzburg, as well as at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique of Paris. After her studies, she was named Professor of complementary piano at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique of Paris.
Eliane has won a range of international competitions such as the 1st prize in Ettlingen, Germany as well as at the Cervantes competition in Cuba. She has also been a finalist at the International Musical Competitions of Montreal and Düsseldorf (Clara Schumann) and the Maria Canals for chamber music. Supported by the Vocatio, Rheinold Blüthner, and Solti Foundations, Eliane has collaborated with artists such as Martha Argerich, Misha Maisky, Ivry Gitlis, and Augustin Dumay.
Her discography consists of works from Nicolas Bacri, F.Chopin, C.Debussy, Benjamin Godard, F.Liszt, D.Milhaud, M.Ravel, and have obtained numerous awards such as “Pianiste maestro” from Pianiste magazine, “Ring” from Classic Info, and “la cléf d’or” from Remusica for her solo recording of 24 intermezzi d’A.Tansman. Eliane was nominated three times for the International Classical Music Awards.
Eliane Reyes is currently a Professor of piano at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels.
TANG TEE KHOON
Tang Tee Khoon has been described as ‘a chamber musician of the highest order’, and a ‘national treasure’, her playing as ‘truly transcendent’ and where an ‘unfailingly singing tone co-exist with an iron-clad technique and razor-keen responses’.
Tang Tee Khoon, named one of the 40 under 40 faces to watch by Prestige Singapore, is the second-ever violinist to be awarded the loan of a J.B. Guadagnini violin by the Singapore National Arts Council.
Tang first made her concerto debut with the NUS Symphony Orchestra in Singapore at age 12 and has since performed as a soloist with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, the Singapore Arts Festival Orchestra, the Singapore Chinese Orchestra, and other orchestras in the U.S., Europe and Japan.
After being awarded the violin loan in 2009, Tang performed as soloist and recitalist at Kioi Hall Tokyo, Banff Centre for the Arts Canada, St. John Smith’s Square London and at Singapore’s celebration of 40 years of diplomatic ties with Philippines as soloist with the Philippines Philharmonic Orchestra.
Some of Tang Tee Khoon's appearances at high profile events include private performances for the late Singapore President Ong Teng Cheong, a Tsunami Benefit Concert by the ASEAN Women’s Circle in Washington D.C., and the World Trade Organization Closing Ceremony in Singapore.
Tang has won numerous awards for her work, including being named the 2004 winner of the East and West International Artists Auditions in New York, which led to her successful debut recital at Carnegie’s Weill Hall the following year. Prizes and awards also include 2nd prize at the Klein International Competition U.S.A., 1st prize at Kocian International Violin Competition Czech Republic and the Myra Hess Award U.K.
As a chamber musician, Tang Tee Khoon has collaborated with the members of Emerson String Quartet, Takács String Quartet, Borromeo String Quartet, Peabody Piano Trio, San Francisco Piano Quartet, Wu Han, Colin Carr, Hsin-Yun Huang, Midori and Ian Swenson. Tee Khoon Tang directs a chamber music series in Singapore that works actively to maintain an international level of chamber music performance in her home country, and presents important educational activities and experience-centered events in the community.
Tang Tee Khoon mentored with Donald Weilerstein in Boston and David Takeno in London U.K.