Saturday, March
20, 2021,
8:00 pm at Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Presenting
Kate Liu
劉珒,
pianist
~ Program
~
George Frideric Handel:
Suite No. 5 in E Major, HWV 430 for harpsichord.
"The Harmonious Blacksmith"
Präludium
Allemande
Courante
Air & 5 variations "The Harmonious Blacksmith"
Frédéric Chopin:
Fantaisie in F minor, Op. 49
Frédéric Chopin:
Polonaise-Fantaisie in A-flat Major, Op. 61
~ intermission
~
Robert Schumann:
Arabeske in C Major, Op. 18
Robert Schumann:
Fantasie in C Major, Op. 17
Durchaus fantastisch und leidenschaftlich vorzutragen
Mäßig: Durchaus energisch
Langsam getragen: Durchweg leise zu halten
Free admission, donation
appreciated.
Face mask and social distancing mandated.
Children under 6 not admitted.
Reservation required
Foundation for
Chinese Performing Arts
"Kate Liu invited us into her world of fantasies at
Gardner’s Calderwood Hall tonight. Loving and passionate
outbursts were paired with intricate and pensive events.
Philosophical and fanciful all at the same time. What a
powerful performance!!"
"After reviewing from the concert recording on YouTube,
Jim McDonald of The Boston Musical Intelligence said,
and quoted here: “It was a great pleasure to hear
pianist Kate Liu perform for the Chinese Foundation for
Performing Arts at the Gardner Museum’s Calderwood Hall,
even if well after the fact, and on YouTube rather than
as one of the nine people who experienced it in
person.... Throughout, Liu’s music making was seriously
serious, solemn even, and super sensitive, with power,
richness, and a deliberateness that brought Emil Gilels
to mind. She shows calmness, even at full power, and
chooses a dutiful and respectful approach over a playful
one; an occasional touch of ennui sets in (a good
thing). “
Kate Liu 劉珒,
pianist
https://www.kateliu.com/
Pianist Kate Liu gained international acclaim after winning the
Bronze Medal and Best Mazurka Prize at the 17th International
Fryderyk Chopin Competition in Warsaw, Poland. She was also
awarded the audience favorite prize voted by the Polish public
on the Polish National Radio.
As a soloist, Kate has performed in many important venues, such
as the Seoul Arts Center, Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, Carnegie’s
Weill Hall, Severance Hall in Cleveland, La Maison Symphonique
de Montréal, Warsaw National Philharmonic, Kennedy Center in
Washington, D.C., Shanghai Concert Hall, Osaka Symphony Hall,
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Hall, Phillip’s
Collection, and others. She has collaborated with orchestras
including the Cleveland Orchestra, Warsaw Philharmonic
Orchestra, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Polish Radio
Orchestra, Poznan Philharmonic, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony
Orchestra, Daegu Symphony Orchestra, Rochester Philharmonic,
Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra, and Evanston Symphony Orchestra.
Her debut album of works by Chopin was released on the Fryderyk
Chopin Institute label in 2016.
Born in Singapore, Kate began playing the piano when she was
four years old and moved to the United States when she was
eight. Early on in her career, she won 1st Prizes at the Third
Asia-Pacific International Chopin Competition and the New York
International Piano Competition. She received a Bachelor’s
degree from the Curtis Institute of Music and is currently
pursuing graduate studies at The Juilliard School with Robert
McDonald and Yoheved Kaplinsky. Her previous private studies
were at the Music Institute of Chicago with Alan Chow, Micah Yui
and Emilio del Rosario.