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Smith Square Hall
Sinfonia Smith Square
Smith Square
City of Westminster
London
SW1P 3HA
England
Tickets
Prices: £20 / £12 / £6 concessions
Booking line: 020 7222 1061
Book Tickets
Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata no.21 in C major 'Waldstein', Op.53
Alban Berg – Piano Sonata, Op. 1
~ Interval ~
György Ligeti – Étude no.10 'Der Zauberlehrling'
György Ligeti – Étude no.13 'L'escalier du diable'
Franz Liszt – Piano Sonata in B minor, S.178
Performers
Zeju Fan – piano
Programme Note
What does it mean to play one of the most demanding programmes in the piano repertoire?
Zeju Fan’s debut at Smith Square Hall opens with Beethoven’s Waldstein Sonata — brilliant, propulsive, and immediately engaging. Berg’s Op. 1 follows: compact, intense, and emotionally charged.
After the interval, Ligeti’s Études Nos. 10 and 13 raise the stakes entirely. Rhythmically intricate and physically demanding, they lead directly into Liszt’s B minor Sonata — thirty minutes of continuous, evolving drama, building to one of the most powerful conclusions in the repertoire.
Fan is a full scholarship holder at the Royal Academy of Music and a prizewinner at international competitions. This is a focused, high-impact programme built around contrast, energy, and scale.
