Kevin Chen performs Beethoven, Chopin, and Liszt

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Program

Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 28 in A Major, Op. 101

1. Allegretto, ma non troppo

2. Vivace alla Marcia

3. Adagio, ma non troppo, con affetto

4. Allegro

Frédéric Chopin, Polonaise-Fantaisie in A-flat Major, Op. 61

Frédéric Chopin, Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52

Franz Liszt, 2 Csárdás, S. 225

I. Csárdás

II. Csárdás obstinée

Franz Liszt, Années de pèlerinage, Troisième année, S. 163

Les jeux d'eaux à la Villa d'Este (The Fountains of the Villa d'Este)

Franz Liszt/Franz Schubert, Lieder von Franz Schubert, S. 558

Erlkönig, D. 328

Franz Liszt, Années de pèlerinage, Deuxième année : Italie, S. 161

5. Sonetto 104 del Petrarca

Vincenzo Bellini/Franz Liszt, Réminiscences de Norma, S. 394

Robert Schumann/Franz Liszt, Frühlingsnacht, S. 568

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Meditation op. 72 No. 5

Kevin Chen performs Beethoven, Chopin, and Liszt

New Generation Piano Recital

Cast

Kevin Chen — Pianist

Program notes

Canadian pianist Kevin Chen took first prize at the 2021 Franz Liszt Competition in Budapest, the 2022 Concours de Genève, and the 2023 Arthur Rubinstein Piano Master Competition in Tel Aviv—incredible accolades for any artist, but staggeringly impressive for one who was born in 2005! Now 18, this phenom of uncommon artistic maturity takes the stage of Paris's Fondation Louis Vuitton for a soulful and virtuosic Romantic program, featuring the first of Beethoven's complex late sonatas (Op. 101 in A), Chopin's dazzling Polonaise-Fantaisie and stormy Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, and a Franz Liszt lineup that would make a lesser pianist tremble, including two Hungarian-tinged Csárdás, the diabolical Erlkönig (transcribed from Schubert), and the passionate Réminiscences de Norma—an audacious and undeniable statement of arrival from a pianist you'll be seeing much more of in the coming years.

Photo © Fabrice Umiglia

A closer look: featured composers

Franz Liszt

Frédéric Chopin

Robert Schumann

Ludwig van Beethoven

Franz Schubert

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Vincenzo Bellini

Further listening: featured works

Années de pèlerinage, Troisième année, S. 163

Franz Liszt (Composer)

Années de pèlerinage, Deuxième année : Italie, S. 161

Franz Liszt (Composer)

Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52

Frédéric Chopin (Composer)

Polonaise-Fantaisie in A-flat Major, Op. 61

Frédéric Chopin (Composer)

Piano Sonata No. 28 in A Major, Op. 101

Ludwig van Beethoven (Composer)

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