Bruce Liu, Piano

Since his success at the 2021 Chopin Competition in Warsaw, Bruce Liu has built an exemplary career on the world’s greatest stages. He returns to Verbier with a recital combining, alongside Bach, Liszt, and Chopin, the Spanish colors of Mompou and Albéniz.

Program and cast

GYÖRGY LIGETI (1923-2006)
Fanfares, from Études for Piano, Book I

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH(1685-1750)
French Suite No. 5 in G major BWV 816

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major Op. 53 “Waldstein”

Interval

FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN (1810-1849)
Nocturne in D-flat major Op. 27 No. 2

MAURICE RAVEL (1875-1937)
Alborada del gracioso from Miroirs

FEDERICO MOMPOU (1893-1987)
Glossa sobre « Au clair de la lune »
Fantasia sobre « Au clair de la lune »

ISAAC ALBÉNIZ (1860-1909)
El Puerto, from Iberia, Book I

FRANZ LISZT (1811-1886)
Rhapsodie espagnole S. 254