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
Tuesday, July 31,
2018, 7:30 PM at Keiter
Niu Niu
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pianist
~Program~
Felix
Mendelssohn: Rondo Capriccioso Op. 14
Frédéric Chopin: Barcarolle in F-sharp Major, Op. 60
Franz Schubert: Impromptu Op. 90 No. 3 in G-flat Major
Frédéric
Chopin:
Impromptu No. 2 in F-shart Major, Op. 36
Impromptu No. 3 in G-flat Major, Op. 51
Scherzo No. 3 in C-sharp Minor Op. 39
—Intermission—
Franz Liszt: Soirées
de Vienne No. 6 in A Major
Sonata in B Minor, S.178
Steinway piano provided by M. Steinert & Sons
Meet The Artists
Niu Niu
牛牛,
pianist
photo: Chris
Lee
Niu Niu (aka Shengliang
Zhang) was born in 1997 into a musical family in Xiamen. After showing
talent at age 3, Niu Niu initially studied piano with his father,
later making his recital debut at age 6. At age 8, he became the
youngest student ever enrolled at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music.
Since age 10, Niu Niu has studied with Hung-Kuan Chen, initially
at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and later the New England
Conservatory of Music in Boston, where Niu Niu and his family relocated.
Niu Niu graduated from The Juilliard School of Music with the Bachelor
Degree in 2018, where he studied with Hung-Kuan Chen.
The youngest pianist ever signed to a major classical label, his
debut album, Niu Niu Plays Mozart (2008) was followed by Niu Niu
plays Chopin—The Complete Études (2010) and Niu Niu Liszt Transcriptions
(2012). His sixth album, Niu Niu Portrait, was released in 2016.
After signing with Universal Music Hong Kong in December 2017, his
first album for the label (recorded in Berlin) is released in June
2018.
Niu Niu opened the 2014/15 season performing the Dvořák Piano Concerto
with Jiří Bělohlávek and the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. In March
2014, he toured with Yutaka Sado and his Super Kids Orchestra on
a five-city tour of Japan’s major concert halls, later returning
that summer in a critically acclaimed recital tour. During August
2016, Niu Niu completed a tour of 16 Chinese cities.
Other career highlights include the 2007 Pearl Awards at London’s
Royal Festival Hall, performing Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No.1
conducted by his coach and mentor Leslie Howard in the presence
of His Royal Highness Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales. As first
laureate of the Artemisia Foundation, he made his debuts in Boston’s
Jordan Hall and Yale University’s Sprague Hall in 2012. In 2007,
his performance in the CCTV Ministry of Culture Spring Festival
Gala was televised nationwide.
In 2017, Niu Niu was invited to perform for the presidents of China,
Russia, India, Brazil, and South Africa during the BRICS summit
evening gala. He is currently planning a world concert tour in 2018.
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