Program Mezzo

Leeds International Piano Competition Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Domingo Hindoyan (direction) JTomharu Ushida (Japan) – Medici Audience Prize winner Franz Schubert 1797 – 1828 Piano Sonata in B flat D960 Khanh Nhi Luong (Vietnam) - 3rd Prize Kate Whitley 1975 - Five Piano Pieces Sergei Prokofiev 1891 - 1953 Piano Concerto No 3 In C Major, Op. 26 Junyan Chen (China) - 2nd Prize Franz Liszt 1811 - 1886 Funérailles (from Harmonies Poétiques et Religieuses) Sergei Rachmaninov 1873 - 1943 Piano Concerto No. 4 In G Minor, Op. 40 Jaeden Izik-Dzurko (Canada) - 1st Prize Maurice Ravel 1875 – 1937 Oiseaux Tristes (from Miroirs) Johannes Brahms 1833 - 1897 Piano Concerto No 2 In B Flat Major Op. 83 Leeds International Piano Competition, 20-21 September 2024 Today we will follow the journey of three participants in the Leeds International Piano Competition. From 11 to 21 September 2024, young pianists from all over the world came to this city in central England to submit to the jury chaired by Imogen Cooper. Who among them will add their name to Radu Lupu, Murray Perahia, Mitsuko Uchida, András Schiff, Lars Vogt, Sunwook Kim, or Alim Beisembayev, former winners of this competition? You will find out by listening to these three artists during the second phase, the semi-final and the final, during which they will be accompanied by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Domingo Hindoyan.