The 27th Annual Music Festival at Walnut Hill
胡桃山音樂營
July 19 to
August 12, 2018
Concerts
and Master Classes
Admission free.
Suggested Donation $5 at door
reviews
Friday, July 27, 2018,
7:30 PM
at Delbridge
Yue Chu,
pianist
~Program~
When Liszt Meets Beethoven, the Journey continues...
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.21 in C Major Op.53 "Waldstein"
Allegro con brio
Introduzione: Adagio molto (in F major)
Rondo. Allegretto moderato — Prestissimo
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.30 in E Major Op.109
Vivace ma non troppo — Adagio espressivo
Prestissimo
Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo
—Intermission— Pause, Breath
Franz Liszt: Piano Sonata in B minor, S. 178
Steinway piano provided by M. Steinert & Sons
Meet The Artists
Yue Chu,
pianist
Yue
Chu was born in Tianjin, China and began studying piano at the age
of five. He won his first performance competition at the age of
eight, and at ten, conducted the youth orchestra and choir in the
closing ceremony of the 43rd World Table Tennis Championships.
In China, Mr. Chu studied with Yun-Xian Chen, Jin Zhang, and Yuan
Wu. He came to Calgary, Canada at the age of 15 to study with Hung-Kuan
Chen and Tema Blackstone. He received his Bachelor and Master of
Music degrees under the guidance of Russell Sherman and Wha-Kyung
Byun at the New England Conservatory, where he was the first undergraduate
to receive the Presidential Scholarship in two consecutive years
and was the first recipient of the Burnes Family Award.
Mr. Chu received a performing diploma at the Curtis Institute of
Music, where he studied with renowned pianists Jonathan Biss, Leon
Fleisher, Claude Frank, Seymour Lipkin, and Meng-Chieh Liu. At Curtis,
where all students receive merit-based full-tuition scholarships,
Mr. Chu was the Martin and Sarah Taylor Fellow. Mr. Chu continued
his studies in the Artists Diploma program at the Yale University
School of Music under the guidance of Peter Frankl. At Yale, he
was the recipient of the Henry & Lucy Moses Scholarship and Fellowship.
In addition, Mr. Chu has had coaching with Gary Graffman, Richard
Goode, Menahem Pressler, Robert McDonald, Itzhak Perlman, Miriam
Fried, and Don Weilerstein.
Mr. Chu has performed as a soloist with the Calgary Philharmonic
Orchestra, New England Conservatory Orchestra, the Cape Cod Symphony
Orchestra, the Tianjin Symphony Orchestra and many others. He has
appeared in numerous competitions and music festivals, including
the Bösendorfer USASU International Piano Competition, the Van Cliburn
International Piano Competition, the Honens International Piano
Competition, the Heida Hermans Piano Competition, the Kiwanis Music
Festival, the Morningside Music Bridge, the Foundation for Chinese
Performing Arts’ Music Festival at Walnut Hill, the Perlman Music
Program, and the Ravinia Festival.
Mr. Chu’s career accelerated after he won first prizes in the 2011
Heida Hermanns International Piano Competition and the 2012 Wideman
International Piano Competition. He subsequently performed with
the Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra, the Shreveport Symphony
Orchestra and the South Arkansas Symphony Orchestra. He has appeared
in concerts at the Philips Collection in Washington D.C., the Dame
Myra Hess series in Chicago, and the Louvre Music Series in Paris.
Mr. Chu also appears frequently in recitals with a variety of renowned
chamber ensembles and artists, including the Parker Quartet, the
Far Cry, Eighth Blackbird, Zuill Bailey, Kim Kashkashian, Itzhak
Perlman and Peter Wiley, among many others. Recently, Mr. Chu became
a Tempo Primo artist, touring under its management in Asia, Europe
and North America.
Mr. Chu has been active in international cultural exchange programs
and in music festivals. He is the co-founder and director of the
2015 Namei International Music Festival and the 2017 West Lake International
Youth Music Festival. He also co-founded the International League
of Artists, which brings together artists from around the world
to collaborate on new art projects. In 2016, Mr. Chu joined INNUAN
as its co-artistic director as well as joining the MCNY, and has
been selected as the Chairman of its Rising Star Young Musician
program. Also in 2016, Mr. Chu was invited as piano faculty and
guest performing artist for Morningside Music Bridge’s 20th Anniversary
, a tuition free program for talented young musicians across China,
North America and Poland.
When not at the keyboard, Mr. Chu enjoys reading and playing sports,
and likes to whip up delicious meals for his friends! In addition
to his music studies, Mr. Chu has also earned a certificate from
NYU in Philanthropy and Management, and a certificate from the Professional
English Program at the Columbia University, Rennert International
Program.
Thank you
for your generous contribution to
Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts
中華表演藝術基金會
Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts
Lincoln, Massachusetts
updated 2018