YONGQIU LIU

CHINA

– date of birth: August 1, 2000
– currently studies at the New England Conservatory (Prof. Zhe Tang, Prof. Alexander Korsantia);
– performed with Minnesota Orchestra, Serbian National Radio Orchestra, New York Festival Orchestra, etc
– participated in masterclasses given by Dmitri Bashkirov, Barry Douglas, Gary Graffman, Eleanor Wong, etc.

Prizes: laureate of the Chopin International Youth Piano Competition, Yamaha USASU Competition, International Competition Jeunesses Musicales in Belgrade

Program:

First Round

Bach Prelude and Fugue in A minor, WTC II

Haydn Sonata in E-flat major Hob. XVI: 52

Liszt Paganini Étude No. 3 in G sharp minor, La Campanella

Scriabin Étude Op. 65 No. 2

Second Round

Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 31 in E-flat major Op. 110

Brahms Variations on a Theme of Paganini Op. 35 (Book II)

Semifinal

Enescu Piano Suite No. 2 in D major Op. 10, Des cloches sonores

Ravel La Valse

Final

Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor Op. 23