Beethoven, Ligeti & Ravel
Since winning the International Chopin Concours, Bruce Liu has been a fixture on the world’s great stages. In 2024, the Canadian pianist brought the house down with Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 2. So it was only a matter of time before we invited him back for a recital. Liu takes you on a journey from Ligeti’s modernist world of sound, via the poetry of Chopin and Albéniz’ southern temperament to the impressionist strokes of Ravel and Debussy and the understated Mompou. The culmination of the evening is the Waldstein Sonata by Beethoven, as we celebrate the 200th anniversary of his death in 2027.
Bruce (Xiaoyu) Liu
piano
Program
György Ligeti
Etude no. 4 "Fanfares"
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata no. 14, op. 27/2, "Moonlight"
Frédéric Chopin
Nocturne op. 27/1
Frédéric Chopin
Nocturne no. 8, op. 27/2
Maurice Ravel
Alborada del gracioso (Miroirs)
Claude Debussy
Rêverie
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata no. 21, op. 53, "Waldstein"
Isaac Albeniz
El Puerto (Iberia)
Federico Mompou
Glossa sobre "Au clair de lune"
Federico Mompou
Fantasia Sobre "Au clair de la lune"
Franz Liszt
Rhapsodie espagnole, S. 254
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Location
Henry Le Boeuf Hall
Rue Ravenstein 23 1000 BRUSSELS