Tony Yike Yang / Klavierabend
Werke von Chopin, Scriabin & Kapustin
PROGRAMM
Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849)
Scherzo h-Moll Opus 20
Scherzo b-Moll Opus 31
Scherzo cis-Moll Opus 39
Scherzo E-Dur Opus 54
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Alexander Skrjabin (1872–1915)
Fünf Préludes Opus 16
Fantaisie h-Moll Opus 28
Nikolai Kapustin (1937–2020)
Acht Concert Etudes Opus 40
Tony Yike Yang – Biografie:
Hailed by CBC Music as one of Canada’s finest young musicians, pianist Tony Yike Yang first rose to international acclaim in 2015 after becoming the youngest-ever laureate in the history of the International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, winning the 5th prize at the age of 16. Additionally, Tony has also won prizes at the Van Cliburn, Gina Bachauer, Hilton Head, Cooper, and the Bosendorfer & Yamaha USASU International Piano Competitions.
As a soloist, Tony has performed internationally in over forty countries in venues such as Carnegie Hall, Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, Salle Cortot, the National Philharmonic in Warsaw, Seoul Arts Center, the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, Osaka Symphony Hall, Koerner Hall, Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, Severance Hall, Esplanade Singapore, Teatro Municipal São Paulo, Stadtcasino Basel, Milan Conservatory, Aula Simfonia Jakarta, and Dubai Millennium Amphitheatre.
Tony has also performed for dozens of royalty and dignitaries such as HRH Camilla, the Queen Consort of the United Kingdom, HRH Queen Mathilde of Belgium, former Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, former Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser Al-Sabah, and Polish President Andrzej Duda, among others.
Concerto highlights include appearances with the Cleveland Orchestra, Warsaw Philharmonic, Orchestre Métropolitain, Fort Worth Symphony, Basel Proms Orchestra, Ontario Philharmonic, Jakarta Sinfonietta, Toronto Sinfonietta, Edmonton Symphony, Changsha Symphony, Chongqing Symphony, Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Nova Scotia, and the Hohhot Philharmonic.
Tony is also passionate about the role of music in the greater community. Among his most devoted projects include a comprehensive collaboration as feature artist with Toronto-based charity Looking at the Stars, delivering between 5-10 concerts a year to prisons across Lithuania and the United States. Tony also works closely with Chamber Music Kenya to make classical music accessible in eastern Africa, as well as the Guangdong Disabled Persons’ Federation to bring live music to visually-impaired youth in the Guangdong province. Since 2018, Tony is a Youth Cultural Ambassador to the City of Guangzhou.
Born in Chongqing and raised in Toronto, Tony is a recent graduate of Harvard University with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics. He is Artist-in-Residence at the Ingesund Piano Center in Sweden and at the Chinese University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen, and in the past, was a fellow at the Oberlin-Lake Como International Piano Academy. Currently pursuing his Master of Music at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover under Prof. Arie Vardi, Tony is a recent recipient of the Harvard University Robert Levin Prize in Musical Performance, and is named “One To Watch” by Scala Radio UK.
“Textures and colors abounded…I’ve never heard a better [Scarbo] than the one from this young Canadian.” – The Boston Musical Intelligencer
“Yang commands a formidable technique, and a determination to set a personal stamp on everything he plays.” – The Dallas Morning News
“…an absolute revelation…he combines the characteristics of a true virtuoso and an artist.” – The Chopin Courier
“…stunning aplomb… a hot-shot talent for sure.” – The Straits Times Singapore
“I heard Yang deliver Ravel’s Gaspard de la Nuit in a manner that challenged comparison with the 1930s recording by the young Walter Gieseking or the eerie ghastliness I heard Michelangeli create in Carnegie Hall in the late 1960s.” – Stephen Wigler, International (Piano Magazine)
"As a Lisztian, Yang combines the mercurial spirit of Horowitz with the pulverising power of Lazar Berman. It was very satisfying to have witnessed all of this live." – Chang Tou Liang, Singapore
"A breath of soul, both intimate and devastating. This masterpiece [Fantasy Op. 28 by Scriabin] of formidable complexity unfolded under his fingers like an emotional whirlwind that shook the listener, leaving a temporal fracture" – Ici Beyrouth
"For [Chopin's] Scherzo No. 2, words fail...stunning, dazzling, with a splendor of sound, a frankness of texture, and a regal attack" – L’Orient-Le Jour
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