Wallace International Piano Festival
LIXIN ZHANG: Ocean
Played as an encore by Lixin Zhang himself at the 2018 Wallace International Piano Festival. Audio
CHOPIN: Ballade No 2 in F Op 38
Played by Lixin Zhang at the 2018 Wallace International Piano Festival, 15 July 2018. Audio
DEBUSSY: Four Preludes
Played by Lixin Zhang at the 2018 Wallace International Piano Festival, 15 July 2018. Audio
SCHUMANN: Novellettes Op 21, Nos 1 & 2
Played by Lixin Zhang at the 2018 Wallace International Piano Festival, 15 July 2018. Audio
LISZT: Consolations Nos 1, 2 & 3
Played by Lixin Zhang at the 2018 Wallace International Piano Festival, 15 July 2018. Audio
BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 26 in E flat Op 81a, "Les Adieux"
Played by Lixin Zhang at the 2018 Wallace International Piano Festival, 15 July 2018. Audio
LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No 12 in C# minor
Played as an encore by Avan Yu at the 2018 Wallace International Piano Festival, 12 July 2018. Audio
LISZT: Piano Sonata in B minor
Played by Avan Yu at the 2018 Wallace International Piano Festival, 12 July 2018. Audio
LISZT: Petrarch Sonnet No 123
Played by Avan Yu at the 2018 Wallace International Piano Festival, 12 July 2018. Audio
MOZART: Piano Sonata No 18 in D, K576
Played by Avan Yu at the 2018 Wallace International Piano Festival, 12 July 2018. Audio
Young Canadian pianist to open Wallace International Piano Festival
The Wallace International Piano Festival opens tomorrow with a recital from young Canadian pianist Avan Yu. Avan came to international attention when he won the Sydney Piano Competition in 2012, and… Audio
Upbeat for Wednesday 11 July
France might be leading at the Football World cup, but they’ve got a long way to go in music, how much is a manuscript of Elgar’s Enigma Variations worth, and pianist Avan Yu on the upcoming Wallace…
Rae de Lisle’s many hats
Rae de Lisle is well known as both a pianist and teacher; also as a teacher of teachers, and an expert in the treatment of performance related injuries such as focal dystonia. Rae is Director of the… Audio
Upbeat for Friday 6 July
Piano virtuoso Lang Lang comes back after injury, we preview NYO’s weekend performance of The Firebird, Rae de Lisle gives us an insight into the Wallace National Piano competition and we discover new…
Lixin Zhang Beethoven, Chopin and Bartok
Competition winner Lixin Zhang plays the first movement of Beethoven's Piano Sonata No.3 in C Op.2, Chopin's Ballade No.1 in G Minor Op.23 and Bartok's Allegro Barbaro at the 2016 Wallace National… Audio
Marianna Kang Debussy Jardins sous la pluie & Barber Excursions
Marianna Kang plays Debussy's Jardin sous la pluie and movements 1 and 4 of Samuel Barber's Excursions at the 2016 Wallace National Junior Piano Competition at the University of Auckland Music… Audio
Marianna Kang Haydn Sonata in C# Minor and Glinka The Lark
Marianna Kang plays Haydn's Piano Sonata in C Sharp Minor Hob 16:36 and The Lark by Mikhail Glinka (transcribed by Balakirev) at the 2016 Wallace National Junior Piano Competition at the University of… Audio
Emilly Fan Messiaen Prelude No.8 un reflet dans le vent
Emilly Fan plays Prelude No.8 'Un reflet dans le vent' at the 2016 Wallace National Junior Piano Competition at the University of Auckland Music Theatre. Audio
Emilly Fan Beethoven Sonata No7 Mov1 & Chopin Nocturne in C#
Emilly Fan plays movement one of Beethoven's Sonata No.7 in D, Op.10 No.3 and Chopin's Nocturne in C Sharp Minor Op.27 No.1 at the 2016 Wallace National Junior Piano Competition at the University of… Audio
Sean Yang Rachmaninov Prelude in B Flat No2 & Ravel Sonatine
Sean Yang plays Prelude in B Flat Op.23 No.2 by Rachmaninov and the third movement of Ravel's Sonatine at the 2016 Wallace National Junior Piano Competition at the University of Auckland Music… Audio