Claire Huangci
Pianomania
Claire Huangci was ten years old when she gave a private concert for President Bill Clinton. She is mainly known for her brilliant interpretations of Scarlatti and Chopin. She initially studied at the famous Curtis Institute in Philadelphia, later at the Hanover University of Music in Germany.
The 26-year-old pianist has prepared a varied selection of works for her »Pianomania« recital. These include well-known compositions, such as Mozart’s Variations on the French children’s song »Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman«, which uses the same melody as »Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star«, Brahms’s technically challenging Handel Variations and Beethoven’s c minor variations, as well as two rarely performed cycles by Chopin and the American composer George Rochberg (1918-2005).
Performers
Claire Huangci piano
Programme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Zwölf Variationen C-Dur über »Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman« KV 300e
George Rochberg
Partita-Variations
– Interval –
Ludwig van Beethoven
32 Variationen c-Moll über ein eigenes Thema WoO 80
Frédéric Chopin
Introduktion und Variationen B-Dur über »Je vends des scapulaires« aus Hérolds Ludovic op. 12
Johannes Brahms
Variationen und Fuge über ein Thema von Georg Friedrich Händel B-Dur op. 24
Encore:
Frédéric Chopin
Nocturne Es-Dur op. 9/2
Prélude in D-flat major, Op. 28/15 »Raindrop Prélude«
Fazıl Say
Alla Turca Jazz
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