Friday 27 March 2026
10am
Silk Street Music Hall
Romantic Piano Prize
adjudicated by Mishka Rushdie Momen
Programme
Yan-Cheng Lin | piano
Robert Schumann
Piano Sonata No 1 in F-sharp minor, Op 11
I. Introduzione: Un poco adagio – allegro vivace
II. Aria: Senza passione, ma espressivo
III. Scherzo e Intermezzo: Allegrissimo – Lento
IV. Allegro un poco maestoso
Sergej Cavic | piano
Richard Strauss
5 Klavierstücke Op 3
I. Andante
II. Allegro vivace scherzando
III. Largo
IV. Allegro
Interval (10 minutes)
Nicole Wu | piano
Franz Liszt
‘Après une lecture du Dante: Fantasia quasi sonata’
No 7 from Années de pèlerinage: Deuxième Année (Italie) S161
Donglai Shi | piano
Franz Liszt
Variations on ‘Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen’ S180
Maria Matveeva | piano
Robert Schumann
Carnaval Op 9
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