Canadian pianist Tony Siqi Yun, Gold Medalist at the First China International Music Competition, performs works by Bach, Schumann, Liszt, and Brahms at his Koerner Hall debut.

Mr. Yun has been hailed as a “poet of the keyboard” (Pianist Magazine) and The Philadelphia Inquirer noted his thrilling performance and “interpretive flashes that point to an emergent big personality: moments of grandness or deep expressivity.” He made his Carnegie Hall debut in 2023-24 under the baton of Yannick Nézet-Séguin with Orchestre Métropolitain, following his 2022-23 debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra. Mr. Yun has appeared recently with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony, Calgary Philharmonic, Buffalo Philharmonic, Hamilton (ON) Philharmonic, and Rhode Island Philharmonic; outside North America, he has recently appeared with Orchestre de Chambre de Paris and Shanghai Symphony Orchestra.

Mr. Yun is a 2024 graduate of The Juilliard School, where he was a recipient of the Jerome L. Greene Fellowship. He studied with Professors Yoheved Kaplinsky and Matti Raekallio.  

Please join us! This concert is preceded by a short performance by talented students of The Royal Conservatory. Prelude Recital starts at 2:00pm.

PROGRAM:

Johann Sebastian Bach: Chaconne from Partita No. 2 for Violin in D Minor, BWV 1004/BV B24 (arr. Busoni)

Robert Schumann: Theme and Variations in E flat Major, WoO 24 (“Ghost Variations”) 

Franz Liszt: “Après une lecture du Dante, fantasia quasi una sonata” from Années de pèlerinage II, S. 161

Luciano Berio: Wasserklavier

Johannes Brahms: Piano Sonata No. 3 in F Minor, op. 5