Musicus Fest 2024 - Next Generation Virtuosi

Description

Emerging piano master interprets concert classics

The wait is over for Zach Cheong Hoi-leong’s piano recital! The varied program is a sophisticated survey of his beloved classical pieces, including Chopin’s "Heroic" Polonaise, technically demanding pieces by Beethoven and Rachmaninoff, and works by Bach and Schubert.
 
Prior to winning the 2022 Musicus Young Artist Audition, Zach has been appearing in Musicus concerts since 2018. He recently graduated from the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia and is pursuing his master’s at the world-famous Juilliard School of Music, on top of appearing in concert halls worldwide. 
 
Zach possesses an expansive and splendid artistry as an up-and-coming star who has already won a raft of awards in China, Japan and Germany, including the prestigious International Chopin Piano Competition in ASIA. Witness an elegant yet rigorous performer who creates magic on the keyboard with complete mastery of the repertoire.

Program

Beethoven

Piano Sonata No. 24 in F-sharp, Op. 78, "À Thérèse"

J.S. Bach

Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, BWV 903

Chopin

Selections from 24 Preludes, Op. 28

Polonaise in A-flat, Op. 53, "Heroic"

Rachmaninoff

Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42

Mendelssohn

Lieder ohne Worte (Songs Without Words), Op. 67, No. 1, Andante in E-flat, MWV U 180

Schubert / Liszt tr.

12 Lieder, S. 558, No. 4: Erlkönig (Erlking), D. 328

Geistliche Lieder, S. 562, No. 1: Litanei auf das Fest Aller Seelen (Litany for the Feast of All Souls), D. 343

Ravel

La valse, M. 72