Eric Lu and Kate Liu | “Storms of Life”

£30 | £10 for Students and Under 30s

Two outstanding young American pianists perform a spellbinding programme of masterworks for piano four-hands by Mozart, Schubert and Chopin.

Franz Schubert (1797 – 1828)
- Allegro in A minor, D.947 Lebensstürme (Storms of Life) for piano 4-hands
- Fantasie in F minor, D.940 for piano 4-hands

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791)
- Sonata in D major for 2 pianos, K.448

Frédéric Chopin (1810 – 1849)
- Rondo in C major for two pianos, Op. posth. 73

In partnership with Wadham College. This recital is produced by the charity PROMOTE OUR PIANISTS working together with KETTNER CONCERTS to offer live performances to outstanding young pianists.

Eric Lu is the First Prize Winner of the 19th International Chopin Piano Competition 2025 in Warsaw. Before that he had won First Prize at the Leeds International Piano Competition in 2018 at the age of 20. Eric’s always thoughtful, poetically imbued and powerful interpretations have already made him one of the most distinctive artists on the international music scene.

Kate Liu, born in Singapore, has garnered international recognition, notably winning the Third Prize at the 17th International Fryderyk Chopin Competition in Warsaw. She also received the Audience Favourite Prize awarded by the Polish public through Polish National Radio. Since then she has toured internationally, performing at some of the world’s most renowned venues and collaborating with orchestras around the globe.

We are privileged to hear them perform here in Oxford for the very first time at the historic Holywell Music Room.