On February 24, the Lantern Festival, pianist Yuan Fang will bring romantic Chinese and foreign classic piano works to the Shenzhen Concert Hall. Works by Beethoven, Liszt, Chopin, Schubert, and Debussy will all be performed. Spend a romantic night of flowers and fun with the public audience.
As a pianist and piano educator active at home and abroad, Yuan Fang graduated from the University of Music and Drama in Munich and received the highest degree in piano performance and chamber music that can be awarded in Germany. She was certified as a double performer by the Ministry of Education of China. Professional doctorate; he became an associate professor at the Central Conservatory of Music at the age of 29. His students have won prizes in domestic and foreign professional competitions such as the "Golden Bell Award", "Wenhua Cup", "Xinghai Cup" and "Schumann Youth International Piano Competition". Top spot. In terms of performance, Yuan Fang has not only collaborated with conductors such as Zubin Mehta and Lawrence Foster, but also with many well-known symphony orchestras at home and abroad, such as the London BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the Czech Republic Philharmonic Orchestra, China Philharmonic Orchestra, China Symphony Orchestra, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, National Center for the Performing Arts Orchestra, etc., have also led Phoenix TV's "Global Chinese New Year Music Festival" and "Great Hall of the People New Year Concert" and other performances. He has given solo concerts in famous concert halls such as New York's Carnegie Hall.
Yuan Fang’s outstanding stage performance and outstanding playing skills have received a lot of praise from the industry and the media: piano master Paul Badula Skoda praised her as “one of the few young pianists who can bring out the soul of a composer”; German media She was evaluated as a "very infectious Chinese pianist"; some media praised her as "her music is full of justice, love and kindness, bringing irresistible cultural power to Chinese classical music".
Lantern Festival is the first full moon of the New Year, and it is also a festival for family reunions. In this performance, two "Moonlight" works by Beethoven and Debussy were specially selected to echo the beautiful holiday atmosphere. There are also Schubert's "Three Piano Pieces", which are full of rich psychological activities and thoughts, the poetic and elegant Gershwin's "Three Preludes", the fresh and exquisite Chopin's "Smooth Andante and the Gorgeous Wielkopolska", and the passionate Liszt's "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2" and "In That Faraway Place" adapted by the famous Chinese composer Zhang Chao. This work adapted from traditional folk songs not only retains the original cultural characteristics and national customs, but also Combining the artistry and skill of piano playing, the whole piece is bold, smooth, and expresses one's feelings directly. It is a model of the perfect fusion of traditional Chinese music and Western musical instruments.
(Photo provided by Shenzhen Concert Hall)
(Author: Shenzhen Special Zone News reporter Zhang Rui Correspondent Su Haochen)
