The Fryderyk Chopin Society of Connecticut & New Britain Museum of American Art Presents
JingCi Liu Piano Recital
The New Britain Museum of American Art
56 Lexington Street, New Britain, CT.
Fryderyk Chopin Society of Connecticut is thrilled to partner with the New Britain Museum of American Art to bring visitors classical music performances from world-renowned pianists.
CONCERT INFORMATION
All concerts begin at 3 p.m. in the Stanley Works Center. Doors open at 2:30 p.m.
Concert seating is first come, first served on the day of the concert and seating capacity is limited to 120.
Museum Members have free admission, and Museum guests are welcome with the purchase of an admission ticket.
MEMBERSHIP
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Biography
Pianist JingCi Liu, a native of Tianjin, China, Recently, she won the Second Prize and the Special Award-Best Romantic Performance at the Spotlight International Piano competition. In 2020-2021, she received top prizes in the New York Classical International Music Competition, Medici International Music Competition, Global Outstanding Chinese Artist International Piano Competition, WPTA Finland International Piano Competition, and William Knabe International Piano Competition. Also, she was awarded one of seven National Outstanding Artists Awards at the American Music Open Competition in California.
Ms. Liu has been featured as a soloist and chamber musician at the 2020- 2023 UConn Piano Day Master Class and Concert Series, curated by Dr. Angelina Gadeliya at the University of Connecticut. She is a GOCAA Artist and co-executive director of the Global Outstanding Chinese Artist Association Solo Recitals series. She presented a piano solo and duo concert at the opening concert of the 2022 GOCAA Artist Concert Tours and was highly appraised for her "compelling, sensitive, and energetic" playing by New York Concert Review. In 2020, Ms. Liu was selected as one of the eight promising featured pianists for the Conservatoire américain de Fontainebleau in France. Over the seasons, Ms. Liu has performed throughout prestigious venues in New York City as a featured pianist at the Mannes Sounds Festival. Including the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. Steinway Hall, The Frick Collection, National Opera Center, the Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in New York, the German Consulate General in New York, the Bohemian National Hall, the Metropolitan Club, House of Redeemer in New York City and many others.
Ms. Liu holds both a Professional Studies Diploma and a Master of Music Degree from the Mannes School of Music of The New School, where she was under the guidance of Pavlina Dokovska and Vladimir Valjarevic. Upon her graduation from Mannes, she received the Steinway Award from the Piano Department and Steinway & Sons New York which is given to an outstanding pianist.
Ms. Liu is pursuing a DMA degree in piano performance at the University of Connecticut, studying with Dr. Angelina Gadeliya. She receives a Full Scholarship and serves as a Graduate Teaching Assistant. From 2020-2022, she received grants from the Evelyn Bonar Storrs Scholarship Fund of the Musical Club of Hartford, Connecticut. Ms. Liu has been appointed as one of the guest artists and youth piano juries at the 1st Manhaville International Piano Competition and Festival in New York, in which she presented virtual lectures and concerts about "The Art of Collaboration in Piano Duo" with her husband Mr. Wenting Yu. She has been an international jury at Music Star Award International Music Competition in Europe since 2020. Her first solo album features seven female composers through the last two centuries, which includes many important and rarely heard works from Marianna von Martinez, Cecile Chaminade, Clara Schumann, Amy Beach, Lili/Nadia Boulanger, and Caroline Shaw.
Program
Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
Nocturne in B-flat minor, Op. 9, No. 1
Clara Schumann (1819-1896)
Soirées musicales, Op. 6
Notturno
Mazurka in G minor
Mazurka in G major
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1828)
Bagatelles, Op. 33
Andante grazioso quasi allegretto
Scherzo - Allegro
Andante
Allegro ma non troppo
Allegretto quasi andante
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Suite Bergamasque, L. 75
Prélude
Menuet
Clair de lune
Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52