Bruce Liu – Chopin: Nocturne in C Sharp Minor, KK IVa/16 (WPD performance)

Discover full concert performances and operas on STAGE , the new streaming service from Deutsche Grammophon: Watch the full concert on STAGE : From the Salon Frédéric Chopin at Paris’s Place Vendôme, Bruce Liu – winner of the 2021 International Chopin Piano Competition – presents an intimate recital of the composer’s music. The Ballades Nos. 2 and 3 form the heart of the programme, the one contrasting lilting lyricism with stormy outbursts, the other building from a quiet, understated opening to a triumphant conclusion. The ballades are bookended by two early works, the spritely Rondo à la mazur and the dazzlingly virtuosic Variations on “Là ci darem la mano“. And Liu continues in virtuosic vein for two encores: Chopin’s “Black Key“ Etude in G-Flat and the breathtaking Etude “La Campanella“ by Chopin’s friend and rival Franz Lisz