2024 EMERGING ARTISTS SERIES | RECITAL WITH CATHERINE CHANG (PIANO)

We are delighted to welcome Catherine Chang as part of the 2024 Lewis Eady Emerging Artists Series.

Catherine Chang is a New Zealand pianist, and holds a BMus in Classical Piano Performance from the University of Auckland under Richard Liu. She has performed with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, Auckland Youth Orchestra, Auckland Youth Choir, NZ Opera and Chamber Music New Zealand.

Catherine received the People’s Choice Award and Runner-up of the National Young Performer of the Year, Best Performance of a New Zealand work at the Lewis Eady National Piano Competition, and Runner-up and Best Performance of a Classical Sonata at the Lewis Eady National Junior Piano Competition.

Catherine is highly sought after as a collaborative pianist and teaches piano at the Chiron Music Academy. She has extensive collaborative experience, having accompanied studio concerts and playing for masterclasses with international artists. Additionally, Catherine has accompanied students for exams, auditions, and local/international competitions with great success and distinction.

After a successful audition trip to the UK at the end of last year, Catherine is very excited to be starting her MMus in Piano Performance at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in September this year.

We invite you to join us for this recital by one of New Zealand's leading young pianist.

Programme details

Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue in D minor - J.S. Bach
Dumka: Scenes from a Russian Village, Op. 59 - Tchaikovsky
Sonata No. 7 in B flat major, Op. 83, 'Stalingrad' - Prokofiev

INTERVAL

Ballade No. 2 in B minor, S. 171 - Liszt
Deux Légendes, S. 175 - Liszt
No. 1: St François d'Assise: La prédication aux oiseaux
No. 2: St François de Paule marchant sur les flots

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