Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts
 Summer FREE Concert @ NEC 2023
 夏日系列音樂會
 at New England Conservatory,
Boston, Massachusetts
 Aug 10 to 26, 2023
All concerts Admission Free, suggested donation $10 at door
Age 6 and under not admitted
 

 



CONCERT 12

Wednesday, August 23, 2023, 7:30 pm
at
NEC's Williams Hall
Yutong Sun 孫榆桐, piano


~Program~
Johannes Brahms :
Six pieces for piano, Op.118
 1. Intermezzo in A minor. Allegro non assai, ma molto appassionato
2. Intermezzo in A major. Andante teneramente
3. Ballade in G minor. Allegro energico
4. Intermezzo in F minor. Allegretto un poco agitato
5. Romanze in F major. Andante
6. Intermezzo in E♭ minor. Andante, largo e mesto
Johannes Brahms:
Four piece for piano, Op.119
 1. Intermezzo in B Minor
2. Intermezzo in E Minor
3. Intermezzo in C Major
4. Rhapsody in E-flat Major


 ~Intermission~
Frédéric Chopin:
Fantasy in F Minor, Op.49

Sergei Prokofiev:
Piano Sonata No. 7 in B-flat Major, Op. 83
 Allegro inquieto
Andante caloroso
Precipitato
  

 

Admission Free, suggested donation $10 at door.
Age 6 and under not admitted.

 中華表演藝術基金會
Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts
Lincoln, Massachusetts

 

 

event photos: Xiaopei Xu and Chi Wei Lo
 
Yutong Sun 孫榆桐, piano

Yutong Sun has gained international recognition by winning major prizes of prestigious competitions in the world. Most recently, he was awarded the second prize at the 19th Paloma O’Shea Santander International competition in Spain, where he has also received the third prize at the 62th International Music competition Maria Canals in Barcelona (2016) and the first prize at the 54th International Piano competition Prize “Jaén” 2012; likewise, he has also been recognized in New Orleans, Horowitz and Bösendorfer.

Sun has made his appearances in major venues around the world such as Salle Cortot in Paris, Palau de la Música in Barcelona, Jordan Hall in Boston, The Bolshoi Hall in Saint.Peterburg, Warsaw Philharmonic Hall, Beijing Concert Hall, Shanghai Grand Theatre, among others. His performances have been broadcasted by Bavarian Broadcasting, Polish Radio and Spanish Radio and Television Corporation, Beijing Radio and Television Station, among others.

Consequently, he has been soloist with several symphony orchestras, such as Symphony Orchestra of Galicia, City of Granada Orchestra and RTVE Symphony Orchestra in Spain; Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, Phoenix Symphony Orchestra, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, The Santander Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra of Dominica Republic, among several others.

Among the conductors he has worked with are to mention Miguel Ángel Gómez Martínez, Paul Mann, Earl Lee, Nicholas McGegan, Matthew Kasper, Maciej Tworek, José Trigueros and Jose Molina.

Native of China, born in 1995, Currently he is a student of New England Conservatory under Prof. Alexander Korsantia and Prof. Dang Thai Son. Previously he was educated in The Music School attached to the Central Conservatory in Beijing with Prof. Hua Chang. Yutong Sun’s first piano recital CD was recorded by Naxos in 2012 and released worldwide in 2013 as part of its Laureate Series.



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Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts

中華表演藝術基金會
Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts
Lincoln,  Massachusetts