Wu

28 seasons

International Chamber Series
Presented in cooperation with the College of Music at the University of North Texas

Lizhen Wu
piano

Friday, October 14, 2011 at 7:30 p.m.

Trinity Presbyterian Church
5500 Morriss Road, Flower Mound TX
The church is across from the Marcus HS stadium.
(Parking will be plentiful and the stadium quiet. The Marauders are in Plano this evening) Map

Concert is FREE
A donation to the Symphony is appreciated

Beethoven: Piano Sonata Op.2 No.3
Chopin: Piano Sonata Op.35 No.2
Liszt: Mephisto Waltz No. 1

This concert is part of the worldwide chain of concerts that links Flower Mound, Texas with a chain of over 800 October concerts in 51 countries celebrating the 10th annual Daniel Pearl Music Days.

Lizhen Wu
Pianist Lizhen Wu was born in 1988 in the town of Yue Yang in the People's Republic of China. He began studying the piano at the age of 5. Because of his promising musical gifts, he was accepted into the Wuhan Conservatory, which necessitated moving away from home. He studied at the Conservatory with Wang Xian, who remained his teacher until he came to the United States in 2006.

Mr. Wu - known to his American friends as Rick - won First Prize in the Hazimen Piano Competition in China and was invited to the United States to perform at four universities, including the University of North Texas. He auditioned for the Bachelor of Performing Arts degree at the UNT College of Music, and was accepted as a freshman performance major in the fall of 2006 on a scholarship. He is presently studying with Dr. Pamela Mia Paul.

In December of his first year at UNT, he performed in the Lewisville Lake Symphony's Chamber Series "China Classical Concert", where he received an Honorary Citizen title from the Town of Flower Mound, Texas.

Program
Ludwig van Beethoven 1770-1827
Piano Sonata Op.2 No.3 1896
   I Allergo con brio
   II Adagio
   III Scherzo
   IV Allergo assai

Frederic Chopin 1810-1829
Piano Sonata Op.35 No.2 1839
   I Grave
   II Scherzo
   III March Funebre
   IV Finale

Franz Liszt 1811-1886
Mephisto Waltz No.1 1861