Music on Thursdays
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Thursday
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Kenny Fu
piano
courtesy of the Royal Academy of Music
Programme
Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev (1891-1953)
from Four Études for Piano Op 2 (1909)
I Allegro in D minor
Achille Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Images, Book 1 L110 (1901-05)
I Reflets dans l'eau Reflections in the water (Db major)
II Hommage à Rameau Tribute to Rameau (G# minor)
III Mouvement Movement (C major)
Frédéric François Chopin (1810-1849)
Fantasie in F minor, Op 49 (1841)
Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (1879-1951)
from 2 Sonatas Op 53 (1929-31)
2 Sonata minacciosa (Грозовая соната; Tempest Sonata) in F minor
Concert duration approx: 50-60 minutes
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Kenny Fu
From his early solo debut at the Wigmore Hall to his attainment of the prestigious
Sir Elton John Scholarship, Kenny Fu holds much potential and promise for a bright future.
He has given concerts on three continents and has already performed extensively throughout UK's distinguished halls including St Martin-in-the-Fields, Kings Place, Worthing's Assembly Hall, St James's Sussex Gardens. He regularly appears in London, Oxford, Brighton and the South of England for more private concert engagements.
His repertoire choices gravitate toward the late Classical and Romantic Eras where he brings an intense and captivating temperament to the works of Beethoven, Brahms and Rachmaninov.
Recently, Kenny has been awarded First Prize at the Norah Sande International Awards, Second Prize in the Croatian Piano Loop Competition and Third prize at the Fifth Vigo International Piano Competition where Martha Argerich, Nelson Freire and Cyprien Katsaris were on the panel of judges.
During his earlier years, he was the winner of the Solihull Young Musician of the Year, Silver medalist at the Cyprus International Piano Competition, semi finalist at the Sussex International Piano competition and a quarter finalist at the BBC Young Musician of the Year.
He has received guidance from numerous esteemed musicians such as Dimitri Alexeev, Evgeny Sudbin, Natalia Trull, Pascal Devoyon, Richard Goode, Tim Horton, Imogen Cooper and Angela Hewitt during his studies at the Purcell School of Music and the Royal Academy of Music.
Kenny was born in Leamington Spa and is currently in the Advanced Diploma program at the Royal Academy of Music under the tutelage of Prof Tatiana Sarkissova and Ian Fountain. He is generously sponsored by the Countess of Munster Trust, Warwick Arts Fund, and Talent Unlimited.
Sir Elton John Scholarship, Kenny Fu holds much potential and promise for a bright future.
He has given concerts on three continents and has already performed extensively throughout UK's distinguished halls including St Martin-in-the-Fields, Kings Place, Worthing's Assembly Hall, St James's Sussex Gardens. He regularly appears in London, Oxford, Brighton and the South of England for more private concert engagements.
His repertoire choices gravitate toward the late Classical and Romantic Eras where he brings an intense and captivating temperament to the works of Beethoven, Brahms and Rachmaninov.
Recently, Kenny has been awarded First Prize at the Norah Sande International Awards, Second Prize in the Croatian Piano Loop Competition and Third prize at the Fifth Vigo International Piano Competition where Martha Argerich, Nelson Freire and Cyprien Katsaris were on the panel of judges.
During his earlier years, he was the winner of the Solihull Young Musician of the Year, Silver medalist at the Cyprus International Piano Competition, semi finalist at the Sussex International Piano competition and a quarter finalist at the BBC Young Musician of the Year.
He has received guidance from numerous esteemed musicians such as Dimitri Alexeev, Evgeny Sudbin, Natalia Trull, Pascal Devoyon, Richard Goode, Tim Horton, Imogen Cooper and Angela Hewitt during his studies at the Purcell School of Music and the Royal Academy of Music.
Kenny was born in Leamington Spa and is currently in the Advanced Diploma program at the Royal Academy of Music under the tutelage of Prof Tatiana Sarkissova and Ian Fountain. He is generously sponsored by the Countess of Munster Trust, Warwick Arts Fund, and Talent Unlimited.
Recordings of the works in today's concert
Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev (1891-1953)
from Four Etudes for Piano Op 2 (1909)
I Allegro in D minor [2:20]
Our opening work is played by Marite Männi in a performance youtube viewers seem to particularly enjoy:
from Four Etudes for Piano Op 2 (1909)
I Allegro in D minor [2:20]
Our opening work is played by Marite Männi in a performance youtube viewers seem to particularly enjoy:
Achille Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Images, Book 1 L110 (1901-05) [15:10]
I Reflets dans l'eau Reflections in the water (Db major)
II Hommage à Rameau Tribute to Rameau (G# minor)
III Mouvement Movement (C major)
From the 2018 Verbier Festival comes this one work from a programme of Chopin, Schumann, Debussy, and Liszt, performed by Seong-Jin Cho:
Frédéric François Chopin (1810-1849) [12:50]
Fantasie in F minor, Op 49 (1841)
There was an extensive queue of famous names ready to play you this beautiful Chopin work. Feel free to explore the other on youtube. Here we have chosen for you, Valentina Lisitsa:
Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (1879-1951) [18:50]
from 2 Sonatas Op 53 (1929-31)
2 Sonata minacciosa (Грозовая соната; Tempest Sonata) in F minor
Do not be put off by the main image YouTube has selected for this piece. There are a great deal more images, and a chance to really come to recognise Medtner himself as you watch and listen to this fine performance by Matthew Bengtson, at Davidson College, a Presbyterian liberal arts college in North Carolina:
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