Pianist Ya-Ting Liou offers a varied programme in which New Zealand composer Leonie Holmes’ reaction to Bach’s Fantasia from Partita in A-minor is reflected in her homonymous piece, Schubert’s most intimate feelings are portrayed in his Impromptus, op. 90, and Rachmaninoff’s epic virtuosity is displayed in Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor.

Partita in A minor, BWV 827 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Fantasia Leonie Holmes (b. 1962)

Impromptus, op. 90, D. 899 Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Allegro molto moderato

Allegro

Andante

Allegretto

Sonata, No. 2, Op. 36 (1931 version) Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)

Allegro agitato

Non allegro – Lento

L’istesso tempo – Allegro molto



BIOGRAPHY:

Ya-Ting Liou, Taiwanese-born pianist, has presented concerts as soloist and chamber

musician in New Zealand and abroad, with music critics citing her “secure and impressive technique” and her “ability for expressive and moving playing”. Her performance highlights include appearances at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and venues in Italy, Canada, Argentina, and Taiwan.

She has participated in the Music Academy of the West, Kneisel Chamber Music Festival, and been invited to perform at the Liszt-Garrison Festival (USA), the Music Penn Alps (USA), the Hsin-Ying Arts Festival (Taiwan), and the Nelson Arts Festival. She has collaborate with renowned artists such as Gordon Hunt and Diana Doherty. As an educator, she has given masterclasses at the Conservatorio Nacional de Música Carlos López Buchardo in Argentina and at the Tainan National University of Arts in Taiwan.

Ya-Ting received her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the Peabody Institute of Music and D.M.A. degree in piano performance from the University of Missouri – Kansas City in the United States. Her teachers include Marian Hahn, Ellen Mack, and Robert Weirich. She has participated in piano master classes with Jerome Lowenthal, Leon Fleisher, Leslie Howard, Peter Serkin, Stephen Hough, and Peter Frankl.

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