Home Concert Hosted By: James & Elena Rector

Classical Music Selections Performed By: Shen Lu

May 3 rd 2014

Shen Lu, piano, is a native of Jiangsu, China, has won sev-eral piano competitions including first prize in the March 2014 Hilton Head International Piano Competition and the Hong Kong Open Piano Competition, and second prizes in the Jingzhong Competition and the Asia Chopin Piano Competi-tion. Mr. Shen made the semi-final rounds of both the Sydney and Queen Elisabeth International Piano Competitions. Mr. Shen has a special interest in contemporary Chinese reper-toire. He has performed works by Shuai Zhang, Peixun Chen, Ping Gao, and has performed the piano concerto by Anlun Huang with the Xiamen Orchestra. He received his master’s degree and graduate diploma from New England Conserva-tory of Music in Boston, where his teacher was Alexander Korsantia. Previous teachers include Eryao Lin, Siying Li, and Ying Wu. His first teacher was his father, Guofu Shen. He has played in master classes for Lee Kum Sing, Arie Vardi, Boris Berman, Thomas Unger, Paul Badura-Skoda, Hung-Kuan Chen, Stephen Kovacevich, among others. Mr. Shen currently studies with HaeSun Paik at the on Cleveland Institute of Music, where he is in the Artist Diploma program. The prize for his recent Hilton Head International Piano Competition includes a recording produced by Steinway and a Carnegie Hall recital. Shen Lu leaves May 10 to compete in the prestigious Rubinstein Competition in Israel.

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HOME CONCERTRecital for Piano | Saturday, May 3, 2014 | 7:00PM

HOSTSJames & Elena Rector

30095 Persimmon Drive | Westlake, OH 44145 | 440-899-9223

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Piano: Steinway D Concert Grand

Piano Technician: Jeff KrillCleveland Institute of Music

PROGRAMSonata in D minor, K. 213, L. 108 (1756-7) ‘The Lover’ Domenico Scarlatti Andante [5:03] (1685 – 1757)Sonata in A Major, K. 209, L. 428 (1756-7) Allegro [3:42]Sonata in E Major, K. 380, L. 23 (1756-7) Cortège Andante comodo [5:09]

Reflections on Love Ella Milch-Sheriff(commissioned for the 2014 Rubinstein Piano Competition)

Études – tableaux, Op. 33 (1911) Sergei Rachmaninov[22:22] (1873 – 1943) No. 1 in F minor – Allegro non troppo [2:46] No. 2 in C Major – Allegro [2:35] No. 3 in C minor – Grave – meno mosso [4:38] No. 4 in D minor – Moderato [2:40] No. 5 in E-flat minor – Non allegro - Presto [1:37] No. 6 in E-flat Major – Allegro con fuoco [1:41] No. 7 in G minor – Moderato [3:42] No. 8 in C-sharp minor – Grave [2:43]

Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat Major, Op. 110 (1822) Ludwig van Beethoven[19:04] (1770 – 1827) I. Moderato cantabile, molto espressivo [6:37] II. Allegro molto [2:11] III. Adagio ma non troppo: Arioso dolente [3:20] IV. Fuga: Allegro ma non troppo [6:56]

Miroirs (1904-05) Maurice Ravel[28:21] (1875 - 1937) 1. Noctuelles [5:01] 2. Oiseaux tristes [3:54] 3. Une barque sur l'océan [7:20] 4. Alborada del gracioso [6:26] 5. La vallée des cloches [5:40]

Piano Sonata, Op. 1 (1947-48) Henri Dutillieux[10:51] (1916 – 2013) Choral et Variations

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Chopin Playing the Piano in Prince Radziwill's Salon (painted by Henryk Siemiradzki in 1887).