Julian Jia - Young pianist

[palika dunno]

Tomorrow I'll see Julian Jia, a young pianist from China (I think), perform an awesome (!!!)
program...but guess how old he is!  He is 13 years old! 
This is the program:

Johann Sebastian Bach
Italian Concerto F-Major BWV 971

Dmitri Schostakowitsch
2 Preludes and Fugue from op. 87

Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonate No. 21 C-Major op. 53 „Waldstein“

Frédéric Chopin
Nocturne No. 1 c-minor op. 48
Grande Polonaise brillante
Précédée d’un Andante spianato . 22

Franz Liszt
Années de Pèlerinage (Suisse)
- No. 4 Au bord d’une source
- No. 8 Le mal du pays

aus: Grandes Etudes Paganini
- No. 3 La Campanella
- No. 5 E-major

Hungarian Rhapsody Nr. 6

WOW!  such a wonderful programm...an 13 year old boy playing all this  .....
I'm soooo excited...
Did anyone hear of him?

Palika 

[totallyclassics]

I haven't heard of him, but I would love to hear him!   Where is he playing?  I just saw Jon Kimura Parker play at the Shepherd school of music.   He is incredible.   

Have a great time. 


TC

[palika dunno]

Where is he playing?

He's playing in Herford. That's a very small city in Germany...where I live 
 

palika 

[totallyclassics]

hope you had a great time.  unfortunately, i live in the states.  would love to come visit. Is classical music accepted widely there?  In the US It is not very big at all. Just curious. Some people say california has more tolerance for classical.  I know texas doesnt.  Wish it did. 

tc

[steveie986]

Please update us on how the concert went. There are many young pianists who are excellent technically but simply aren't emotionally mature enough to play much of the repertoire. But, of course, there are exceptions, and once they mature emotionally they turn out to be great musicians. In particular, I'm referring to the current Lang Lang and a recording I heard of the 12-year-old Sgouros playing the Chopin concertos. Technically breaktaking but not very deep.