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An internationally celebrated concert pianist, chamber musician, and educator, Dr. Jian Liu has performed and taught throughout Europe, Asia, and North America. His artistry has taken him to some of the world’s most prestigious concert halls, including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and Steinway Hall in New York, and as a featured soloist with orchestras including Symphony Orchestra of National Philharmonic Society of Ukraine, China National Symphony Orchestra, Phoenix Symphony Orchestra, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, and Yale Philharmonia, among others. He has also recorded many CDs, one of which, Debussy Sonatas and Piano Trio, has been nominated as Best Classical Artist in the New Zealand Music Awards.
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Jian Liu is, as we all know, a superb pianist, and, backed by sharp orchestral playing, he gave us a performance that the composer would have loved.
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Schoenberg once said: ".. I would loved to have composed this piece..". And pianist Jian Liu played it with an ideal simplicity. There was never an attempt to gild the lily – just excellent pianism and a simple straightforward poetry.
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And what wonderfully polished and poised playing we heard from Jian Liu. Completely inside the work, and revelling in Britten's virtuoso writing, Liu caught Britten's distinctive sound world to perfection, ably supported by Taddei and the orchestra.
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