Bruce Liu, piano

Name: Bruce Liu, piano
Start: 2025-01-19T15:00:00-05:00
Location: 273 Bloor Street West, Toronto, ON, Canada, Ontario M5S 1W2

Schedule

Sun, 19 Jan, 2025 at 03:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

273 Bloor Street West, Toronto, ON, Canada, Ontario M5S 1W2 | Toronto, ON

One of the world's most exciting young pianists, Bruce Liu returns to Koerner Hall to perform a thrilling program of works by Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, and Mendelssohn.
First prize winner of the 18th Chopin Piano Competition 2021 in Warsaw, Bruce Liu’s “playing of breathtaking beauty” (BBC Music Magazine) has secured his reputation as one of the most exciting talents of his generation and contributed to a “rock-star status in the classical music world” (The Globe and Mail).
“Pianist Bruce Liu, magician's fingers and soul of integrity.” (Le Monde)
Program:
Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky: January-June from The Seasons, op. 37b
Felix Mendelssohn: Scherzo from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, op. 61 (arr. Rachmaninov)
Alexander Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 4 in F sharp Major, op. 30
Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky: July-December from The Seasons, op. 37b
Sergei Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 7 in B flat Major, op. 83 (“Stalingrad”)