Rachel Cheung, piano
Cliburn in the Community
Date: December 9, 2018 2:00 pm CST
Venue: Sundance Square Pavilion
Free Concert
No RSVP or Ticket Required
Performances at 2:00 PM & 4:00 PM
Winner of the Audience Award and finalist at the Fifteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 2017, Young Steinway Artist Rachel Cheung was described as “a poet, but also a dramatist” displaying “the most sophisticated and compelling music-making” (The Dallas Morning News).
Rachel was born and raised in Hong Kong,and is a graduate of both the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and Yale School of Music. A highly decorated performer, Rachel also won prizes at the Leeds and Chopin International Piano Comepetitions. She has performed for audiences around the world, throughout Canada, China, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Poland, Ukraine,the United Kingdom, and the United States, including performances at Auditorium du Louvre (Paris), Steinway Hall (London), Kennedy Center (Conservatory Program), and Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall.
PROGRAM
PROKOFIEV Suggestion diabolique
TCHAIKOVSKY | PLETNEV Selections from the Nutcracker Suite
March
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
Trèpak (Russian Dance)
SCHUMANN | LISZT Widmung
SCHUBERT | LISZT Auf dem Wasser zu singen
LISZT Mephisto Waltz No. 1
Meet Santa Clause in Sundance Square from 11:00 AM
Grab a cup of cheer at the cash bar in the pavilion.
Cliburn in the Community is presented by The Stayton at Museum Way.