Ms. Liu is one of our greatest interpreters in the romantic tradition--although this term is not always well understood. Sometimes it is taken to mean that the interpreter is simply overtaken by the emotion of the moment during performance. But this is not what being a romantic interpreter means; it means that the artist has done the requisite work in order to have forged an intimate relationship with the piece so that during performance she trusts herself to achieve the kind of freedom on display here. Ms. Liu plays this opus 49 as a true fantasy, bringing out the work's improvisatory quality. There is dreaminess here without waywardness; grandeur without grandiosity; virtuosity without showiness. One needs to go back to the recordings of Ignaz Friedman, Mischa Levitski, and Solomon to experience Chopin played this poetically.
Kate is exceptional. She once said that she just goes by what she feels, and sometimes, as I hear, not even by what is marked by the composer regarding tempi and stresses (at occasions). These are recreated pieces in a very humble sense.
Yes, in the interview on the very day when prize winners of chopin competition 2015 was announced, she said she tries to be "in the zone, in the moment." Also recently in an interview in Singapore's extraordinary studio she said the program she chose represent "my love for the music." She's such a unique artist and also a great admirable human being.
Kate Liu ist ein lebendiger Beweis dafür, dass es auch heute junge Interpreten gibt, denen es nicht um oberflächliche Brillanz und glamouröse Effekte, sondern um totale Identifikation mit der Musik geht. Schade, dass Joachim Kaiser sie nicht mehr erlebt und gehört hat... Kate Liu is living proof that there are also young performers today who are not concerned with superficial brilliance and glamorous effects, but with total identification with the music. It is a pity that Joachim Kaiser did not live to see and hear her...
Kate is the person whom my life cannot lack in .!!.
Ms. Liu is one of our greatest interpreters in the romantic tradition--although this term is not always well understood. Sometimes it is taken to mean that the interpreter is simply overtaken by the emotion of the moment during performance. But this is not what being a romantic interpreter means; it means that the artist has done the requisite work in order to have forged an intimate relationship with the piece so that during performance she trusts herself to achieve the kind of freedom on display here. Ms. Liu plays this opus 49 as a true fantasy, bringing out the work's improvisatory quality. There is dreaminess here without waywardness; grandeur without grandiosity; virtuosity without showiness. One needs to go back to the recordings of Ignaz Friedman, Mischa Levitski, and Solomon to experience Chopin played this poetically.
Kate is exceptional. She once said that she just goes by what she feels, and sometimes, as I hear, not even by what is marked by the composer regarding tempi and stresses (at occasions). These are recreated pieces in a very humble sense.
Yes, in the interview on the very day when prize winners of chopin competition 2015 was announced, she said she tries to be "in the zone, in the moment." Also recently in an interview in Singapore's extraordinary studio she said the program she chose represent "my love for the music." She's such a unique artist and also a great admirable human being.
Kate Liu ist ein lebendiger Beweis dafür, dass es auch heute junge Interpreten gibt, denen es nicht um oberflächliche Brillanz und glamouröse Effekte, sondern um totale Identifikation mit der Musik geht. Schade, dass Joachim Kaiser sie nicht mehr erlebt und gehört hat...
Kate Liu is living proof that there are also young performers today who are not concerned with superficial brilliance and glamorous effects, but with total identification with the music. It is a pity that Joachim Kaiser did not live to see and hear her...
Very lovely.
What is the date and place of this performance?
March 2021. It's also found at ruclips.net/video/HcG2yUjWG3I/видео.html.
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston MA on
March 20, 2021!