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Chopin Competition Final Round Warsaw Philharmonic
Chopin Competition Variations in B flat Major Op 2
Chopin Andante spianato et Grande polonaise brillante

A pianist “evoking Shura Cherkassky and Georges Cziffra in a single breath.”

Gramophone

“He played with feline agility and lightness of touch. But, as a cat can be lethally powerful when necessary, he can also take on a muscularity that turns sensitive phrasing into tintinnabular resonance.”

The New York Times

“Spontaneity is a feature that makes his performances feel constantly alive … Thanks to live recordings we can listen back over the history of past winners in their competition performances. Liu has little to fear from the comparisons. This is a pianist with a captivating musical personality.”

The Financial Times

“Forget the Chopin Competition element of this release and listen to it simply as one of the most distinguished Chopin recitals of recent years, full of maturity, character and purpose”

Gramophone Magazine

“On first encounter, there seems something attractively straightforward about his approach; an elegance and lightness of touch…”

The Guardian

“Liu can do the impeccable glitter, but his playing is more than pyrotechnics. It is powerful, polished, and emanates from a disciplined mind.”

The Telegram

“The opening chords growled portentously, scales lit up the room, left-hand octaves thundered like cannon. Liu was not only playing well, he was playing for us.”

LudwigVanToronto

“You don’t always know where Bruce Liu is taking you, but you feel compelled to follow him“

ResMusica

“It was a beautiful concert. Bruce Liu is a tremendous, certainly virtuosic, captivating, wrought, pianist of the modern age.”

The Stanford Daily

First prize winner of the 18th International Chopin Piano Competition 2021 in Warsaw, Bruce Liu’s “playing of breathtaking beauty” (BBC Music Magazine) has secured his reputation as one of the most exciting talents of his generation.

As Focus Artist of the 2024 Rheingau Musik Festival, Liu was featured in five performances ranging from a solo recital to chamber music and concerto performances with hr-Sinfonieorchester, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, and Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich. Highlights of the 2024/25 season include international tours with Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg and Gustavo Gimeno, London Symphony Orchestra and Sir Antonio Pappano, hr-Sinfonieorchester and Alain Altinoglu, Wiener Symphoniker and Marie Jacquot, Orchestre National de France and Cristian Măcelaru, as well as Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and Lahav Shani. He also tours extensively in play-direct programs with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields and Amsterdam Sinfonietta.

In 2024/25, Bruce Liu makes highly anticipated debuts with the Boston Symphony Orchestra at the Tanglewood Music Festival, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Cincinnati Symphony, Houston Symphony and the Minnesota Orchestra. He also appears with the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London. He has performed with major orchestras including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Philharmonia Orchestra London, and NHK Symphony Orchestra. Liu’s collaborations with distinguished conductors include Ryan Bancroft, Myung-Whun Chung, Paavo Järvi, Fabio Luisi, Joana Mallwitz, Santtu-Matias Rouvali, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Gianandrea Noseda, Rafael Payare, Vasily Petrenko, and Dalia Stasevska.

An active recitalist, Liu has performed at major concert halls including the BOZAR Brussels, Wigmore Hall, Philharmonie de Paris, and Tokyo Opera City. In 2024/25, he returns to Carnegie Hall, Théâtre des ChampsElysées and the Concertgebouw Amsterdam as well as major venues in Asia. He will give his recital debut at Wiener Musikverein and Prinzregententheater Munich. Liu appears at various international festivals, including KlavierFestival Ruhr, Festival de Pâques d’Aix-en-Provence, Aspen and Tanglewood Music Festivals, Verbier, La Roqued’Anthéron, Edinburgh International Festival, and Gstaad Menuhin Festival.

An exclusive recording artist with Deutsche Grammophon, Liu was awarded Opus Klassik’s ‘Young Talent of the Year’ prize in 2024 for his debut studio album Waves. His first album featuring the winning performances from the International Chopin Piano Competition received international acclaim including the “Best Classical Albums of 2021” from Gramophone Magazine.

Bruce Liu studied with Richard Raymond and Dang Thai Son. Born in Paris to Chinese parents and raised in Montréal, Liu’s phenomenal artistry has been shaped by his multi-cultural heritage: European refinement, North American dynamism, and the long tradition of Chinese culture.

NOVEMBER 2024