# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Curtis Phill Hsu • Brighton Festival
- **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 11 May, 2026 at 07:30 pm (+01:00)
- **Event Description**: Curtis Phill Hsu won the biennial Hastings International Piano Competition in 2024, having impressed the jury with his “artistry, musical maturity and technical brilliance”. He now returns to the Brighton Festival, following an impressive lunchtime recital of Debussy Préludes last year, to play Rachmaninoff’s hyper-romantic Second Piano Concerto alongside the youngsters of the Brighton and East Sussex Youth Orchestra.

Written in 2024 for the young players of York’s Yorchestra, veteran British composer Nicola LeFanu’s exuberant Airs and Fanfares – alternating fanfares that showcase the brass with airs that foreground the woodwind – were specifically designed so as to, in her words,“ allow the advanced players to shine, but not daunt the less experienced”.

To complete the programme, the tempestuous overture to pioneering suffragette composer Ethel Smyth’s Edwardian opera about murderous Cornish sea scavengers is offset against Saint-Saëns’s violin-led Hallowe’en vision of Death fiddling while skeletons dance on their graves.

Artistic Director of the Brighton and East Sussex Youth Orchestra since its foundation in 2021, Peter Michael Davison enjoys a busy career in both the concert hall and the recording studio, and is equally comfortable conducting the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra or the soundtrack to Casualty.

Brighton and East Sussex Youth Orchestra
Peter Davison conductor
Curtis Phill Hsu piano

REPERTOIRE
Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op 18
Ethel Smyth The Wreckers Overture
LeFanu Airs and Fanfares
Saint-Saëns Danse Macabre

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- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/brighton/curtis-phill-hsu-•-brighton-festival/200029922790349
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## Event venue details

- **city**: Brighton
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: Brighton Dome Concert Hall
- **lat**: 50.8234143
- **long**: -0.138288
- **full address**: Brighton Dome Concert Hall, 29 New Rd,Brighton and Hove, Brighton, United Kingdom

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Curtis Phill Hsu • Brighton Festival being held?
  - **A:** Curtis Phill Hsu • Brighton Festival takes place on Mon, 11 May, 2026 at 07:30 pm to Mon, 11 May, 2026 at 07:30 pm at Brighton Dome Concert Hall, 29 New Rd,Brighton and Hove, Brighton, United Kingdom.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Curtis Phill Hsu • Brighton Festival?
  - **A:** Curtis Phill Hsu • Brighton Festival is organized by Hastings International Piano.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Curtis Phill Hsu • Brighton Festival is ideal for live music fans, concert-goers, and anyone who enjoys unforgettable performances from their favorite artists in an electric live atmosphere. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Brighton, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Curtis Phill Hsu • Brighton Festival sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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