RZWESKI: Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues from North American Ballads 8’
BEETHOVEN: Sonata in C sharp minor, Op.27 No.2 Moonlight 15’
– Adagio sostenuto
– Allegretto
– Presto agitato
GERSHWIN/EARL WILD: 3 Virtuoso Etudes: Man I Love, Embraceable You and I Got Rhythm 7’
BUSONI: Sonatina No.6 Carmen Fantasy 10’
SAINT-SAENS: Danse macabre 8’
‘There was much to impress in Ji Liu’s fearless glissandos and a saturnine lyricism that attracted supernatural suggestion…. Ji Liu remained as cool as a cucumber as his fingers played with fire….this was a fine performance of a masterpiece and established Ji Liu as one to watch.’ –
www.classicalsource.com / Queen Elizabeth Hall / Liszt’s Totentanz / January 2014
‘Ji Liu displayed an amazing sum of talent and maturity for his seemingly young age. Ji belongs to this breed of pianists that need not to put up a flamboyant physical show to distract the audience. Solely hands were at work to let the music do the talking.’ –
www.performancereviewed.com / Barbican / Rachmaninov No.2 / February 2014
‘It was fitting that the concert series went out on a high with a recital by pianist Ji Liu. With a mixed programme of well-known piano standards and a few lesser known works he demonstrated skills beyond his 22 years….he performed with extraordinary concentration and understanding.’ –
This is South Wales / Gower Festival / July 2013
‘Ji Liu, had his audience experiencing a whole range of emotions….The Beethoven ‘Moonlight’, Chopin Nocturnes and the Prokofiev Sonata No.7 were all despatched with consummate control.’ –
*****The latest.co.uk / Brighton Festival / May 2013
‘In Rhapsody in Blue….pianist Ji Liu finds comedy and tenderness.’-
Gramophone / Royal Academy of Music RAM042 / September 2012
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