TWO PRIZE-WINNING PIANISTS PERFORM IN SINGAPORE THIS WEEKEND: ERIC LU & LUCA BURATTO

TWO PRIZE-WINNING PIANISTS

PERFORM IN SINGAPORE THIS WEEKEND:

ERIC LU & LUCA BURATTO

 

The Covid pandemic may not be over but this has not stopped the flow of good music. Two world-class prize-winning pianists will perform this weekend in Singapore. They are ERIC LU, who performs two solo recitals on Saturday and Sunday (8 & 9 January 2021) and LUCA BURATTO who partners with Singaporean violinist TANG TEE KHOON in four duo recitals, also on Saturday and Sunday (8 & 9 January 2021).

 

 

ERIC LU

 

History was made in 2018 when Eric Lu became the first American pianist to be awarded First Prize at the Leeds International Piano Competition since Murray Perahia in 1972. In 2019, he substituted for an indisposed Martha Argerich, performing Chopin’s First Piano Concerto with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra.

 

He offers two different programmes:

 

8 January (SOTA Concert Hall, 7.30 pm)

SCHUMANN Waldszenen, Op.82

SCHUBERT Sonata in A major, D.959

 

9 January (Victoria Concert Hall, 7.30 pm)

SCHUBERT Sonata in A minor, D.784

SCHUBERT Sonata in A major, D.959

 

Tickets available here: A Poetic Journey | SISTIC 

 

This concert is presented by Altenburg Arts

   

 

 

LUCA BURATTO

 

Italian pianist Luca Buratto came to prominence after winning First Prize in the 2015 Honens International Piano Competition in Calgary, Canada. Commemorating the 250^th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth in 1770, Buratto and Singaporean violinist Tang Tee Khoon will perform all ten of Beethoven’s Violin Sonatas in four concerts over two evenings. This is the first time in Singapore that the cycle is accomplished by one dedicated violin and piano duo. Previous cycles here have involved multiple musicians.

 

The four concerts are as follows

 

8 January 

(Esplanade Recital Studio, 6.30pm)

BEETHOVEN Sonatas, Op.12 Nos.1-3

 

8 January 

(Esplanade Recital Studio, 9.00pm)

BEETHOVEN Sonatas, Op.23 & 24 “Spring”

 

9 January 

(Esplanade Recital Studio, 6.30pm)

BEETHOVEN Sonatas, Op.30 Nos.1-3

 

9 January 

(Esplanade Recital Studio, 9.00pm)

BEETHOVEN Sonatas, Op.47 “Kreutzer” & 96

 

Tickets available here: Beethoven250 [G] | SISTIC 

 

This concert is presented by Chamber Music & Arts Singapore