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Changyue Liu Master’s Piano Recital

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Program

Sonata No. 12 in A flat major, Op. 26        Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
I. Andante con variazioni
II. Scherzo, allegro molto
III. Marcia Funebre
IV. Allegro

Pieces form the Ballet Cinderella, Op. 97       Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
I. The Fairy of Spring
II. The Fairy of Summer
III. The Fairy of Autumn
IV. The Fairy of Winter

Intermission

Kreisleriana, Op. 16        Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
I. Äußerst bewegt
II. Sehr innig und nicht zu rasch
III. Sehr aufgeregt
IV. Sehr langsam
V. Sehr lebhaft
VI. Sehr langsam
VII. Sehr rasch
VIII. Schnell und spielend

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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 student in Professor Christopher Talor’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.