George Li, piano
When:
Friday, March 2, 2018
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM CT
Where: Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Center for the Musical Arts, Galvin Recital Hall, 70 Arts Circle, Evanston, IL 60208 map it
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Public - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students
Cost: General public Skyline Piano Artist Series subscriptions: $81-$126
Student Skyline Piano Artist Series subscriptions: $27-$42
Single tickets, on sale August 1: $30 general public, $10 students
Contact:
Concert Management Office
(847) 467-4000
Group: Bienen School of Music Concerts and Events
Category: Fine Arts
Description:
“Mr. Li’s playing combined youthful abandon with utter command.” – New York Times
Silver medalist in the 2015 International Tchaikovsky Competition and winner of the prestigious XIV Concours International Grand Prix Animato, George Li is regarded as one of the world’s most talented and creative young pianists. Recent and upcoming concerto highlights include performances with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the San Francisco Symphony, Hamburg Philharmonic, a tour of Asia with the London Symphony Orchestra, St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Oslo Philharmonic, Seattle Symphony, Utah Symphony, Sydney Symphony, and Frankfurt Radio Symphony, among many others. Also an enthusiastic chamber musician, Li is a member of the Vivace Trio and has performed for members of the US Congress on Capitol Hill.
Program:
Beethoven, Sonata No. 6, Op. 10 No. 2
Chopin, Sonata No. 2, Op. 35
Rachmaninoff, Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42
Liszt, Consolation No. 3, Lento Placido in D-flat Major, S. 172
Liszt, Hungarian Rhapsody, No. 2, S. 244/2