4th November 2023 – Internationally acclaimed concert pianist Haiou Zhang’s ternary run in Singapore proved a sublime showcase of rich sensations, emotional intensity and artistic brilliance conveying everything from ethereal beauty, to serenity and agitation, to passion and nostalgia with every sparkling note.
Zhang’s programme for the evening featured a selection of pieces by Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Schumann and Liszt, masterfully brought to life through every moment of turbulence and tranquility by his skillful hands and truly demonstrating the mastery he is best known for. He truly captured the scenery in sonic ecstasy for Liszt’s Les jeux d’eau à la Villa d’Este, the emotionally charged late-period Beethoven, and everything in between in this Grand Finale to C.Bechstein’s 170th Anniversary Celebration Concert Series in Singapore.
Programme:
J.S BACH – Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue in D Minor BMV903
W.A MOZART – Piano Sonata No. 12 in F Major K. 332
- Allegro
- Adagio
- Assai Allegro
L.V. BEETHOVEN – Sonata No. 30 in E Major Op.109
- Vivace, ma non troppo – Adagio espressivo
- Prestissimo
- Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung (Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo)
ROBERT SCHUMANN / FRANZ LISZT – Widmung (Dedication)
FRANZ LISZT – Les jeux d’eau à la Villa d’Este
FREDERIC CHOPIN – Nocturne in C-Sharp Minor Op. posth.
FREDERIC CHOPIN – Prelude No.15 Op. 28 “Raindrop”
FREDERIC CHOPIN – Nocturne in E-flat major, Op. 9, No. 2
FREDERIC CHOPIN – Scherzo No. 2 in B-Flat Minor Op. 31
The audience erupted into exuberant cheers and applause at the end of the programme, which was then met with three magnificent encores – Schumann’s posthumous Variation V form Symphonic Etudes Op.13, and movement No.14 from Davidsbundlertanze Op.6, and finally, a scintillating Moszkowksi Entincelles drew his delightful recital to a fitting close.
The shining performance by Haiou Zhang truly dazzled and captured the audience, and we can’t wait to see him again in Singapore.
ABOUT THE ARTISTE
Haiou Zhang was born in 1984 in China, and first studied at the Central Conservatory in Beijing before continuing his studies at the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media with Prof. Bernd Goetzke. Haiou Zhang launched his career in 2005/06, and after much success, is heard regularly in concerts and interviews for various radio and television stations around the world. He has a strong presence in Germany’s classical radio landscape at BR-Klassik, NDR Kultur, and Deutschlandradio Kultur to name a few.
Haiou Zhang is Music Director and Founder of International Music Festival Buxtehude / Altes Land / Harburg in Northern Germany, which is aimed primarily at young audiences. The festival has become one of the most successful classical music institutions in metropolitan Hamburg.
Haiou Zhang has immortalised the illustrious works of master composers Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, and Liszt on 3 CD albums he has recorded on the C. Bechstein D282 – “Liszt Piano Works” (2011), “Fingerprints” (2017), and “My 2020” (2021).
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