HKUST Music Alive! - Piano Recital by Tony Siqi Yun

Description

First Prize and Gold Medal Winner of the China International Music Competition in 2019, Tony Siqi Yun is one of the world’s top young pianists. Pianist Magazine called him “a poet of the piano” and described his playing as “expressive, and with his own unique voice.” His virtuosic playing delighted audiences at Hong Kong City Hall in November 2022 and now he brings his unique talent to HKUST.

* This event is in collaboration with Premiere Performances of Hong Kong.

Program

• Bach (arr. Busoni): Chaconne, from the Parita in D Minor for violin

• Bach (arr. Busoni): Chorale Prelude: Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639 

• Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 15 in D Major, Op. 28 ("Pastoral")

• Bellini/Liszt: Réminiscences de Norma, S.394

About the pianist

The Canadian-born pianist Tony Siqi Yun will make his subscription debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra this season performing Robert Schumann’s Piano Concerto under the baton of Yannick Nézet-Séguin. He first met Maestro Nézet-Séguin in the final round of the inaugural China International Music Competition in 2019, where he went on to win First Prize and a Gold Medal performing Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No 1. Other recent concerto performances have included the Cleveland Orchestra (Tchaikovsky), Toronto and Orchestre Métropolitain in Montreal (Clara Schumann) and the Orchestre de Chambre de Paris (Beethoven). Tony regularly performs solo recitals in both Europe and North America. Recent and future highlights include his debuts at the Hamburg Elbphilharmonie, Gewandhaus in Leipzig, Düsseldorf, Luxembourg and in North America the Vancouver Recital Society and Gilmore Rising Stars Series. At the Kissinger KlavierOlymp in 2022 he was awarded two prizes. Tony has a long-standing relationship with the China Philharmonic Orchestra with whom he has toured and also appeared as soloist in the 2019 CCTV New Year’s Concert. He has also performed with the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra. He is a recipient of the Jerome L. Greene Fellowship at the Juilliard School where he studies with Professors Yoheved Kaplinsky and Matti Raekallio.

Registration

• This event is for:

  • Friend of HKUST (Note: You can sign up as "Friend of HKUST" when registering for the event.)

  • HKUST faculty and staff

  • HKUST student

  • HKUST alumni

  • Family member of HKUST faculty and staff (with family or resident card)

• Free admission. Tickets will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.

• This event is for ages 6 and above.

• An individual registrant can register for up to four (4) guests including the Registrant himself/herself.

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• In accordance with the government’s announcements on epidemic containment measures, masks must be worn throughout the venue and during the performance.

• Registrant who successfully made the booking will receive a confirmation email with a PDF attachment of printable tickets and QR codes for all the guests he/she registered.

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