Changyue Liu

UW Mead Witter School of Music concert. Free I No ticket required.

media release: Also streaming live

Changyue Liu Master’s Piano Recital

Changyue Liu, piano

Madison Leischner, clarinet

Karen Szczech, violin

Jing Zhang, mezzo soprano

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Program

Clarinet Sonata          Paul Hindemith (1895–1963)

1. Mäßig bewegt

2. Lebhaft

3. Sehr langsam

4. Kleines Rondo, gemächlich

Sonata for Piano and Violin No.2 in A major, Op. 100       Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

1. Allegro amabile

2. Andante tranquillo – Vivace – Andante – Vivace di più – Andante – Vivace

3. Allegretto grazioso (quasi andante)

Ariettes oubliées       Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

1. C’est l’extase langoureuse

2. Modérément animé: Il pleure dans mon cœur

3. Lent et triste: L’ombre des arbres

Intermission

Song of Nostalgia       Ma Sicong (1912-1987)

Three Wishes of the Rose       Huang Tzu (1904-1938)

How Could I Help not Thinking of Her       Zhao Yuanren (aka Yuen Ren Chao) (1892-1982)

Colors from China       Michele Mangani (b. 1966)

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Changyue Liu is from Northeast China. She started learning the piano at the age of four, and then she focused on schoolwork in middle school and high school. After graduating from Tsinghua University with a bachelor’s degree in electronic engineering, she worked in Beijing and restarted playing the piano with Ying Zhang at Central Conservatory of Music Continuing Education Program. The desire for music drove her to pursue a music degree, and she received her second bachelor’s degree in piano performance in Professor Steven Glaser’s studio at the Ohio State University in 2021.

Currently, she is a second-year master’s student in Professor Christopher Taylor’s studio at UW–Madison, where she also teaches undergraduate applied piano courses. Teaching allows her to think deeper about piano, and she is experimenting with more possibilities in music making.