Hi all,
I am super thrilled to present a solo recital at the Independent Theatre. This recital will be like a musical celebration for my 30th Birthday in May this year, so I hope you can join me in immersing ourselves to some of my absolute and dream pieces that I have waited years to bring to the stage.
Booking link
https://events.humanitix.com/alexander-yau-in-recital-music-in-a-fantastical-world-works-by-beethoven-ravel-and-liszt
Details are below:
About the Concert
Multi-talented Sydney-born pianist Alexander Yau makes his debut recital at the Independent Theatre with works by Beethoven, Ravel and Liszt. Described as ‘A master at the piano’ by pianist Balazs Sokolay who praises his 'artistic taste is good enough not to make any any kind of “show” even in the most brilliant parts of great masterworks', Alexander Yau continues to seek deep and meaningful interpretations of the great works in classical music and present them to the wider public in its truest and purest form. He is a sincere artist and thoughtful musician, who uses his flawless technique for the sake of showing the greatness and genius of the composers.
In this concert, Alexander will take us into the poetic and fantasy world of piano music which contains direct references and allusions to other art forms, summoning the marriage of poetic ideas and musical thought. He will open the concert with two evocative and rather 'fantasia-like' Sonatas Op. 27 by Beethoven, no. 2 being the famous 'Moonlight Sonata' and then proceed to Ravel's fiendishly difficult yet the most intricate and formidable piano work, Gaspard de la nuit, based on the 3 poems by Aloysius Bertrand. In the second half of the program, Alexander will take us into the journey of Liszt, in a selection of divine and highly passionate works from his Harmonies Poétiques et religieuses and Années de pèlerinage, Year 2 Italy.
2025 marks an important year for Alexander in which he has commenced his position as Associate Lecturer in Collaborative Piano Faculty at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. This recital celebrates his early staged and promising career in some of his best interpretations of the great masterpieces by Beethoven, Ravel and Liszt.
DATE/TIME: 24th May, 2025, 7:00pm
VENUE: The Independent Theatre
PROGRAM
Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonata no. 13 in E-flat major Op. 27 no. 1 “Sonata quasi Fantasia”
Sonata no. 14 in C-sharp minor Op. 27 no. 2 “Moonlight”
Maurice Ravel
Gaspard de la nuit
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Franz Liszt
Harmonies Poétiques et religieuses, S. 173
- Funerailles
- Benediction de dieu sans la solitude
Années de pèlerinage, Year 2 Italy, S. 161
- Sonetti 104 del Petrarca
- Après une lecture du Dante: Fantasia Quasi Sonata
Alexander Yau, piano
(Approximately 100 minutes, inclusive of a 15-minute interval)
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