DEBUT RECITAL BY BRUCE (XIAOYU) LIU, WINNER OF THE 18TH INTERNATIONAL CHOPIN COMPETITION IN WARSAW
The concert at the Chan Centre is being recorded by CBC Music for broadcast on Sunday, March 13 on In Concert, heard weekly from 11 to 3 with host Paolo Pietropaolo
Sunday, February 20, 2022 | 2:00 pm(SOLD OUT)
Chan Centre(Click for directions)
University of British Columbia
6265 Crescent Road
Monday, February 21, 2022 | 2:00 pm(SOLD OUT)
The Orpheum(Click for directions)
601 Smithe St.
Please click here to read notes for this event. There will be no printed programs at the venue.
For both concerts we will sell 50% of the theatre’s capacity.
Proof of vaccination and a piece of valid government photo ID will be required to access the venue.
This presentation is made possible with support from the Chan Endowment Fund at the University of British Columbia.
VANCOUVER DEBUT RECITAL
The Paris-born and Montreal-bred Canadian pianist Bruce (Xiaoyu) Liu won the 40,000-euro first prize of the 18th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, one of the most prestigious contests in the world.
Born on 8 May 1997 in Paris, he graduated from the Montreal Conservatoire under Richard Raymond and is currently a student of Dang Thai Son. He has performed with major ensembles including the Cleveland Orchestra, Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra, Montreal Symphony Orchestra and Orchestra of the Americas, and has toured with the China NCPA Orchestra in North America. Recent seasons have brought two successive tours of China with the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine and the Lviv Philharmonic Orchestra (including appearances at the National Centre for the Performing Arts, Beijing Concert Hall and Shanghai Oriental Arts Centre), and the Orchestre Lamoureux at Salle Gaveau. He has won prizes at international piano competitions in Sendai, Montreal, Tel Aviv and Viseu.
ALL CHOPIN
Nocturne in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 1
Rondo à la mazur in F Major, Op. 5
Ballade No. 2 in F Major, Op. 38
Ballade No. 3 in A-Flat Major, Op. 47
INTERMISSION
Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 35 “Funeral March”
- Grave – Doppio movimento
- Scherzo
- Marche funèbre: Lento
- Presto
Andante spianato and Grande Polonaise Brillante in E-Flat Major, Op. 22
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