The 22nd Annual Music
Festival at Walnut Hill
胡桃山音樂營
July 25
to August 17, 2013
Concerts
and Master Classes
Admission free.
Suggested Donation $5 at door
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Monday, August 12, 2013, 7:30 PM
at Keiter Center
Mr.
Meng-Chieh Liu, piano
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Program |
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An All Johannes
Brahms Program
8 Klavierstücke, Op.76
1. Capriccio-Un poco agitato
2. Capriccio-Allegretto non troppo
3. Intermezzo-Grazioso
4. Intermezzo-Allegretto grazioso
5. Capriccio-Agitato, ma non troppo Presto
6. Intermezzo-Andante con moto
7. Intermezzo-Moderato semplice
8. Capriccio-Grazioso ed un poco vivace
4 Klavierstücke, Op.119
Intermezzo-Adagio
Intermezzo-Andantino un poco agitato
Intermezzo-Grazioso e giocoso
Rhapsody-Allegro risoluto
Intermission
4 Ballades, Op.10
Andante
Andante
Intermezzo-Allegro
Andante con moto
Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op.24
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Steinway piano provided
by M. Steinert & Sons
Meet The Artists |
Meng-Chieh Liu,
劉孟捷 piano
 A
recipient of the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant, Meng-Chieh Liu
first made headlines in 1993 as a 21-year-old student at The Curtis
Institute of Music when he substituted at last minute's notice for André
Watts at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia. The concert earned high
acclaim from critics and audience alike, and was followed by a number of
widely praised performances, including a recital at the Kennedy Center
and a concert on the Philadelphia All-Star Series. Already an
accomplished artist at the time, Mr. Liu had made his New York
orchestral debut two years earlier.
Following Mr. Liu's triumph in Philadelphia, an appearance with the
Philadelphia Orchestra was immediately scheduled, but it was not to be.
The stellar beginning of his career was abruptly halted by a rare and
debilitating illness that affected his connective tissues. Hospitalized
and almost immobile for a year, doctors believed his chances for
survival were slim and, should he survive, playing the piano would be
"absolutely impossible." With arduous determination and relentless
physical therapy, Mr. Liu has been restored to full health and is now
once again performing on the concert stage. Since then, he has performed
throughout the world as a soloist in recitals and with orchestras under
conductors Christoph Eschenbach, Gustavo Dudamel and Alan Gilbert. In
2002, Liu received the Avery Fisher Career Grant and the Philadelphia
Musical Fund Society Career Advancement Award. A sought-after musician
and strong advocate of chamber music, Liu performs in music festivals
across the globe and has worked with international musicians Shmuel
Ashkenasi, David Soyer, Bernard Greenhouse, James Buswell, Wendy Warner
as well as the Borromeo and St. Lawrence Quartets. Liu also collaborates
with artists in varied disciplines, such as Mikhail Baryshnikov and the
White Oak Dance Project, among other dance companies. His concerts have
been heard over the airwaves around the world, and a biography on his
life was broadcast on Taiwanese National Television.
Born in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Meng-Chieh Liu began his piano studies early,
and at age thirteen was accepted by The Curtis Institute of Music to
study with Jorge Bolet, Claude Frank, and Eleanor Sokoloff, and received
first prizes in the Stravinsky, Asia Pacific and Mieczyslaw Munz piano
competitions. Since 1993, Liu served on the piano and chamber music
faculties at The Curtis Institute of Music where he coordinated the
piano chamber music program from 1999-2009, and in 2006, he joined the
faculty at Roosevelt University. Liu also joined Chicago Chamber
Musicians in the fall of 2009, and now serves as Artistic Director of
the ensemble, where performances have already been acclaimed for his
"faultless, discreetly balanced pianism" (Chicago Classical Review).
(2013)
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Thank you
for your generous contribution to
Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts
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中華表演藝術基金會
Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts
Lincoln, Massachusetts
updated 2013 |
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