“Beatrice Long caused a sensation!”

Le Provencal, France

 

Solo Orchestral Performances

  • Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
  • Orquesta Sinfonica del Estado de Mexico
  • National Symphony Orchestra (Taiwan)
  • Taipei Symphony Orchestra (Taiwan)
  • Taipei Civic Orchestra (Taiwan)
  • Jura Symphony Orchestra (France)
  • Laredo Philharmonic (Texas)
  • New Amsterdam Orchestra (New York)
  • Lyric Orchestra, and South Orange Symphony (New Jersey)
  • Mountain Symphony Orchestra (Tennessee)
  • Ensemble du Monde, New York City
  • Representative Recitals for which Beatrice received critical acclaim :
  • Ravinia Festival (Chicago)
  • Summer Festival (Champagne, France)
  • Del Valle Concert Series (San Francisco)
  • Phillips Gallery Concert Series (Washington, D.C.)
  • Red Star Theater (Hungzhou, China)
  • International Piano Series (Charleston, S.C.)

“Long is persuasive in delicately inflected pieces….conveyed with sensibility.”

BBC Magazine, London, England (on the Scarlatti Sonatas CD)

Education and Training

  • Mieczyslaw Horszowski (Curtis Institute, Philadelphia, PA)
  • Leon Fleisher (Peabody Conservatory, Baltimore, MD)
  • Fou Ts’ong (London, England)
  • Seymour Lipkin (Curtis Institute)
  • Enrique Graf (Peabody Institute)
  • Graduate with Honors: Curtis Institute and Peabody Conservatory of Music)

Awards

  • Robert Casadesus International Piano Competition (Top Prize)
  • AMSA World Piano Competition
  • Taipei International Piano Competition
  • Festorazzi Award for the Most Promising Student of Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia
  • First Prize, National Piano Competition of Taiwan, 1976 and 1977
  • Distinguished Pedagogy Award for Outstanding Teaching,  Cecilian Music Clubs NJPAC
  • Certificate of Excellence in Pedagogy, Music-Fest

“Beatrice Long is a strong, no-nonsense musician whose command of these works is impressive on many levels. She fathoms easily their harmonic substance, demonstrates an impressive patience with their form, and has a fine ear for detail and phrasing”

The American Record Guide (on the Scriabin Mazurkas)

CD Labels

Naxos (the AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE described her Scriabin Mazurkas disc as “impressive” on many levels)

Countries Beatrice Long has performed in

Taiwan, China, Singapore, Malaysia, England, France, Belgium, Austria, Switzerland, United States, Canada, Mexico, Honduras, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Italy, Germany, Uruguay, Argentina

Furthermore, Beatrice Long has performed as a “Musical Ambassador” throughout Central America, organized by U.S. Embassies in those countries.

“With inspired mastery, emotive range and profound lyricism characteristic of a virtuoso, she extracted the most intimate and hidden meaning in music.”

La Nacion, Costa Rica