Reviews
“…A young pianist full of fire and brilliance, his playing was a delight, his technique astonishing.
He opened with the Prelude and Fugue in E Major from WTC I by J. S. Bach.
His articulation was interesting and dynamic in the Prelude and he built up great excitement in the Fugue.
The Four Pieces, Op. 4 of Prokofiev were filled with vivid characterizations and splashes of well-controlled brilliance balanced by an innate lyricism.
The Heart Song of Minduo Li was a stunning work, stunningly performed.
The Chopin Etude Op. 10, No. 2 was technically flawless and musically filled with delicate nuances and the La Campanella of Liszt was full of virtuosic flair and fire.
A major and fiery talent, I look forward to hearing Ji Liu many times in the future…”
- Phillip Dieckow, the Carnegie Hall Debut
“... Liu Ji blickt auf, nimmt die feingliedrigen Hände von den Tasten und atmet durch.
Ein feines Lächeln umspielt seine Mundwinkel, als er sich zum publikum wendet.
Schumanns Kinderszenen und Carnaval sind bemerkenswert gelungen.
er hat mit seinem gesanglichen Klavierton nicht nur einzelne glänzende Juwelen Geschatten, sondern sie gleich zu einem farbigen Mosaik zusammengesetzt...”
- Die Welt
Upcoming Performance
04/09/08, performances, Leipzig
16-29/10/08, performances, Switzerland
1-10/11/08, performances, Korea
“... nos interpretó las Ocho improvisaciones sobre cantos de campesinos húngaros op 20 que Bela Bartók compuso en 1920.
Llaman sobre todo la atención los ritmos complejos de estas canciones, que Bartók maneja con maestría, poniendo acentos y subrayando la riqueza extraordinaria de esta música popular de su país.
Ji Liu pareció sentirse muy cómodo con esta música, que sin duda tiene alguna influencia oriental.
Nos ofreció una versión llena de contrastes, de espíritu aventurero, y por tanto fue totalmente convincente. ¡Muy bien!...”
“... I was very impressed with his charismatic playing as well as his seemingly unlimited technical ability and his msuciality...”
- Boris Berman
“…It is perhaps a sign of the future with so many young people learning the piano in China that 17 year old Liu Ji.
Who Caroline met while working as coordinator of the Piano Academy at the Verbier Festival, should have been given the responsibility of playing the Variations at the Festival.
John Apeitos, the conductor for the Festival's new chamber orchestra, said on hearing Liu Ji for the first time that he had not been so impressed by hearing a pianist for the first time since he heard Claudio Arrau in 1974..”.
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/08/09, 19:00, Concert, London
4/07/09, Concert, London