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Eric Lu and Kate Liu | “Storms of Life”
Two outstanding young American pianists perform a spellbinding programme of masterworks for piano four-hands by Mozart, Schubert and Chopin.
Part of the Kettner Concerts in Oxford - 2026 Series
Add to my Calendar 06-04-2026 19:00 06-04-2026 21:00 36 Eric Lu and Kate Liu | “Storms of Life” This recital is produced by the charity Promote Our Pianists working together with Kettner Concerts to offer live performances to outstanding young pianists. Eric Lu is the First Prize Winner of the 19th International Chopin Piano Competition 2025 in Warsaw. Before that he had won First Prize at the Leeds International Piano Competition in 2018 at the age of 20. Eric’s always thoughtful, poetically imbued and powerful interpretations have already made him one of the most distinctive artists on the international music scene. Kate Liu, born in Singapore, has garnered international recognition, notably winning the Third Prize at the 17th International Fryderyk Chopin Competition in Warsaw. She also received the Audience Favourite Prize awarded by the Polish public through Polish National Radio. Since then she has toured internationally, performing at some of the world’s most renowned venues and collaborating with orchestras around the globe. We are privileged to hear them perform for us here for the very first time at the historic Holywell Music Room in Oxford, said to be the oldest purpose-built music room in Europe. PROGRAMME NOTES (Schubert) The last works of Schubert, that most poetic of composers, written in an outpouring of creativity just months before his death, transport us through a tumult of emotions: stormy, lyrical, yearning, tranquil and triumphant. (Mozart) Mozart dedicated this exhilarating sonata to one of his most talented pupils, Josepha Auernhammer, with whom he enjoyed playing piano-4-hands. Josepha later became a much-admired concert pianist and teacher in Vienna. (Chopin) Chopin composed this sparkling piece as a work for solo piano while studying at the Warsaw Conservatoire, later rearranging it for two pianos. It was not published until 1855 after his death. Holywell Music Room, Oxford DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Holywell Music Room
Holywell Street
Oxford
Oxfordshire
OX1 3SB
England
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Programme
Franz Schubert – Allegro in A minor, D.947
Franz Schubert – Fantasie in F minor, D.940
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Sonata for Two Pianos in D major, K.448/375a
Frédéric Chopin – Rondo in C major, Op.73
Performers
Eric Lu – piano
Kate Liu – piano
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Programme Note
This recital is produced by the charity Promote Our Pianists working together with Kettner Concerts to offer live performances to outstanding young pianists.
Eric Lu is the First Prize Winner of the 19th International Chopin Piano Competition 2025 in Warsaw. Before that he had won First Prize at the Leeds International Piano Competition in 2018 at the age of 20. Eric’s always thoughtful, poetically imbued and powerful interpretations have already made him one of the most distinctive artists on the international music scene.
Kate Liu, born in Singapore, has garnered international recognition, notably winning the Third Prize at the 17th International Fryderyk Chopin Competition in Warsaw. She also received the Audience Favourite Prize awarded by the Polish public through Polish National Radio. Since then she has toured internationally, performing at some of the world’s most renowned venues and collaborating with orchestras around the globe.
We are privileged to hear them perform for us here for the very first time at the historic Holywell Music Room in Oxford, said to be the oldest purpose-built music room in Europe.
PROGRAMME NOTES
(Schubert)
The last works of Schubert, that most poetic of composers, written in an outpouring of creativity just months before his death, transport us through a tumult of emotions: stormy, lyrical, yearning, tranquil and triumphant.
(Mozart)
Mozart dedicated this exhilarating sonata to one of his most talented pupils, Josepha Auernhammer, with whom he enjoyed playing piano-4-hands. Josepha later became a much-admired concert pianist and teacher in Vienna.
(Chopin)
Chopin composed this sparkling piece as a work for solo piano while studying at the Warsaw Conservatoire, later rearranging it for two pianos. It was not published until 1855 after his death.
