Tony Siqi Yun
Saturday, August 24 at 7:30 p.m.
Sponsored by Tony Zazula & Mark Chamberlain
The Canadian-born soloist made his acclaimed subscription debut last year with the Philadelphia Orchestra under the baton of Yannick Nézet-Séguin and regularly performs recitals throughout Europe and North America.
In 2023-24, engagements include: the Colorado Music Festival, the Aspen Festival, the Vail Dance Festival, Hamilton (ON) Philharmonic, Edmonton Symphony and Orchestra Lumos, the Rhode Island Philharmonic, and the New Jersey Symphony, among others. He is a first-prize winner and gold medalist at the inaugural China International Music Competition and a recipient of the Jerome L. Greene Fellowship at The Juilliard School, where he studies with Professors Yoheved Kaplinsky and Matti Raekallio.
Learn more about Tony Siqi Yun at kirshbaumassociates.com.
"A true poet of the keyboard. Expressive and with his own distinct voice, yet elegant and poised.” – Pianist Magazine
PROGRAM
Theme with Variations in D minor, Op.18b Johannes Brahms
Isoldes Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde,S.447 Richard Wagner/Franz Liszt
Piano Sonata in F minor, Op.57 “Appassionata” Ludwig van Beethoven
INTERMISSION
Chaconne in D minor, BWV 1004 Johann Sebastian Bach/Ferruccio Busoni
Prelude Op. 31, No. 8: “La chanson de la folle au bord de la mer" Charles-Valentin Alkan
Après une lecture du Dante: Fantasia quasi Sonata Franz Liszt
