The Piano Presents, Sundays at Four 2023
Celebrate the joy of live music in a one-hour recital series.

Sunday, April 16
Jian Liu

Programme:
Debussy - Images Book I – Reflets dans l’eau, Hommage à Rameau, Mouvement
Liszt - La Campanella
Beethoven - Sonata No.23, Op.57 “Appassionata”
Franz Liszt - Mephisto Waltz no.1, S.514

As an internationally celebrated concert pianist, Dr Jian Liu has performed throughout Europe, Asia, and North America. His artistry has taken him to some of the world’s most prestigious concert halls, including Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Centre, and as a featured soloist with orchestras including Symphony Orchestra of National Philharmonic Society of Ukraine, China National Symphony Orchestra, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, among others. He is currently the Programme Director of Classical Performance and Head of Piano Studies at New Zealand School of Music, Victoria University of Wellington. Dr Liu studied with Caio Pagano and completed his Master of Music, Doctor and Master of Musical Arts degrees from Yale School of Music, where he was a student and assistant of Professor Claude Frank.