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Grand Piano Series presents Kate Liu
Kate Liu, piano
Chopin — Nocturne No. 14 in F-sharp Minor, Op. 48, No. 2
Three Mazurkas, Op. 50
Two Polonaises, Op. 26
Ballade No. 3 in A-flat Major, Op. 47
Schumann — Arabeske in C Major, Op. 18
Brahms — Piano Sonata in C Major, Op. 1
Three giants of the Romantic era — Frédéric Chopin, Robert Schumann and Johannes Brahms — come together in this expansive program, bridging luminous intimacy and monumental scale. Bound by admiration as much as influence, these composers helped chart the course of 19th-century piano music, creating works that balance poetic sensitivity with dramatic force. From Chopin’s refined nocturnes and mazurkas to Schumann’s tender, introspective lyricism and Brahms’ bold early sonata, the program offers a wide-ranging portrait of Romantic expression — one that moves easily between intimacy and grandeur while revealing the depth and breadth of piano’s voice.
This presentation is part of the Grand Piano Series. Grand Piano Series is an independent nonprofit organization.
Kate Liu
Kate Liu
Pianist Kate Liu has garnered international recognition, notably winning Third Prize at the 17th International Fryderyk Chopin Competition in Warsaw, Poland, where she also received the Best Mazurka Prize and the Audience Favorite Prize awarded by the Polish public through Polish National Radio. Since then, Liu has toured internationally, performing at leading venues and collaborating with orchestras around the world.
Liu has been presented in halls including the Seoul Arts Center; Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre; Warsaw National Philharmonic; La Maison Symphonique de Montréal; Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall; Severance Hall in Cleveland; the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.; Shanghai Concert Hall; Osaka Symphony Hall; and the Phillips Collection. Orchestras she has collaborated with include the Warsaw Philharmonic, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra, Daegu Symphony Orchestra and Rochester Philharmonic. She is a regular invitee to the Chopin and His Europe Festival in Warsaw and was a recipient of the Olivier Berggruen Prize at the Gstaad Menuhin Festival.
Born in Singapore, Liu began piano studies at age 4 and moved to the United States at age 8. She holds degrees from the Curtis Institute of Music and The Juilliard School.
Grand Piano Series
Grand Piano Series
Grand Piano Series is a nonprofit 501(c)(3), tax-exempt and financially self-supporting organization. Founded in 2016 by Milana Strezeva and Raniero Tazzi, Grand Piano Series is a nonprofit concert and education organization that seeks to enrich the cultural life of the Southwest Florida community with memorable concerts by international artists of the highest caliber, along with a dynamic program of community outreach for all ages, including programs for over 10,000 students each year in Collier and Lee counties.
For more information, visit grandpianoseries.org.
