Welcome to the Lewis Eady Emerging Artists Series in collaboration with CLEF | Chiron Lewis Eady Foundation.
Recital with Yuzhang Wu
7.30pm, Wednesday 14 June
Lewis Eady Steinway NZ Showroom
Programme:
Beethoven - Sonata No. 11 in B-flat Major, first movement
Bach - Prelude and Fugue in E-flat minor, BWV 853
Chopin - Etude, Op. 10, No. 1
Chopin - Nocturne in C-sharp minor, Op. 27 No.1
Chopin - Barcarolle in F-sharp Major, Op. 60
Interval
Scriabin - Sonata No. 2 in G-sharp minor, Op. 19, ‘Sonata-Fantasy’
Dutilleux - Piano Sonata, third movement
Debussy - L’isle joyeuse
Albeniz - Triana, from Iberia Book II
Yuzhang Wu is a Year 12 student in Pinehurst School. She began studying piano at the age of five. Since the beginning of 2017, she has been under the tuition of Bryan Sayer and Jian Liu.
In 2019, Yuzhang won the 1st prize at the 3rd Zhuhai International Mozart Competition for Young Musicians in China, giving her a chance to perform Mozart Piano Concerto KV 414 with the Salzburg Chamber Soloists. She is a frequent winner of New Zealand music competitions, including Overall Winner of Ara Lodge (APPA) Music Awards in 2017, Pacific International Music Competition for Youths, Norah Howell Recital in 2022, Josephine Burry Concerto Prize from 2019-2022, and the Margaret Doone Memorial Piano Sonata Scholarship. She is the recipient of the Junior Excellence Awards in Music by AIMS 2020 and the Alice Cole Piano Scholarship in 2022, as well as being a Chiron/CLEF Scholar from 2021 to 2023.
As a young pianist, Yuzhang is a frequent soloist with NZ orchestras. She was invited to perform a recital and concerto as a Laureate in Junior Piano Invitational Showcase as part of the Concours Musical International de Montreal 2020. Yuzhang has also toured with the APO Chamber Orchestra as a soloist performing Mozart Piano Concerto KV414 at the Eurochestries Festival held in Qingdao China in 2018. In the same year, she performed the Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor with the Chamber Orchestra in Tianjin Grand Theatre and in the Auckland Town Hall. In 2020, Yuzhang performed Saint Saëns Carnival of the Animals with the APO Chamber Orchestra in the Auckland Town Hall. She also had the chance to perform Beethoven’s Piano Concerto no. 3 with the NZSO at the Young Artists Showcase 2022. Most recently, Yuzhang is the 1st prize winner of the 55th National Concerto Competition.
Yuzhang is also an active cellist in Pinehurst School Orchestra and passed ABRSM Cello Grade 8 with high distinction in 2020. Besides music performance, Yuzhang likes reading and debating.