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Baian ChenCountertenor

Community Engagement

Beyond the concert hall

Bringing the countertenor voice to audiences in senior living communities, universities, and research institutions across Greater Boston.

Baian Chen, countertenor

Alongside his work on the operatic and concert stage, Chen performs regularly for audiences outside the concert hall — in senior living communities, universities, and research institutions across Massachusetts, and previously in schools and churches in Guangzhou, China. These programs pair repertoire from the Baroque through the contemporary with spoken introduction, bringing the countertenor voice to listeners who may be encountering it for the first time.

50+

Programs since 2023

5

Venue types

Boston + Guangzhou

Regions

Performing for an audience at UMass Dartmouth

Film

In the room

Who calls my parting soul from death?

George Frideric Handel

Whitehead Institute at MIT, Cambridge

April 2026

Live performance recording

By thee with bliss

Joseph Haydn

Sudbury Senior Center

April 2026

Live performance recording

Duetto buffo di due gatti

Sudbury Senior Center

April 2026

Live performance recording

Shenandoah

NEC Pierce Hall · Seniors Helping Seniors

April 2025

Live performance recording

Colloque sentimental

Léo Ferré

LAB Ensemble · from rehearsal

  • Countertenor — Baian Chen
  • Violin I — Aidan Daniels & Harry Graham
  • Violin II — Herbert Bi
  • Piano — Joseph Bozich

2026

Rehearsal footage

Programs

Where he has performed

2026

April 28, 2026

1:00 pm

Sudbury Senior Center

Senior Living

Sudbury, MA

April 23, 2026

12:00 pm

Whitehead Institute

Research Institute

Cambridge, MA

Biomedical research institute affiliated with MIT

March 12, 2026

12:30 pm

UMass Dartmouth

University

Dartmouth, MA

February 24, 2026

3:00 pm

Cambridge Homes

Senior Living

Cambridge, MA

2025

May 12, 2025

2:30 pm

The Commons in Lincoln

Senior Living

Lincoln, MA

May 9, 2025

2:30 pm

Cadbury Commons

Senior Living

Cambridge, MA

May 2, 2025

3:00 pm

Lasell Village

Senior Living

Newton, MA

April 25, 2025

10:30 am

NEC Pierce Hall

Conservatory

Boston, MA

Seniors Helping Seniors

March 7, 2025

10:30 am

Chestnut Park at Cleveland Circle

Senior Living

Brighton, MA

2024

2024

The Susan S. Bailis Assisted Living Community

Senior Living

Boston, MA

2023

2023

Local schools and churches

Schools & Churches

Guangzhou, China