Blockhouse Bay School of Music Concert Series - Sylvia Jiang Piano Recital

Hailed by critics as “a gifted young pianist of genuine substance” and “New Zealand’s most notable young emerging pianist,” Sylvia Jiang is bringing a recital programme to our school. 

Sylvia Jiang is a Juilliard graduate and holds an Artist Diploma from the Peabody Institute. Her performances have been featured on BBC News, ABC Australia, and RNZ Concert, amongst others, and she has won numerous prizes at prestigious competitions including the Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition.

She is presenting a programme around the theme of ‘home’—both to her personally and as a broader concept. This results in a unique blend of New Zealand music, American compositions reminiscent of her time at Juilliard, and works reflecting her family’s Chinese heritage.

Programme:

Gareth Farr, The Horizon from Owhiro Bay

Kenneth Young, A Time and Place There Was

George Walker, Piano Sonata No. 2, 1st Movement 

Frederic Chopin, Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, op 35

Gao Ping, Nostalgia 

Sergei Prokofiev, Sonata No. 7 in Bb major, Op. 83