Celebrated Pianist To Play At Pomperaug Woods
Celebrated Pianist To Play
At Pomperaug Woods
SOUTHBURY â The Pomperaug Woods Classical Concert series will continue with a performance by the pianist Qi Lui on Sunday, June 29, at 3 pm in the Wilson Hall auditorium. The public is invited and complimentary tickets need to be reserved due to limited seating.
For further information and ticket reservations call 262-6555.
A native of Shanghai, China, Qi Liu is a graduate of the Middle School of Shanghai Music Conservatory and Harid Conservatory. Ms Liu received her master of music from Yale School of Music in 2001, where she was awarded Charles Miller Scholarship and Elizabeth Parisot Prize for an outstanding pianist at the School of Music. Â In 2006, she received her DMA in piano performance at SUNY Stony Brook. Ms Liuâs teachers include Dan Shao, Dr Roberta Rust, Peter Frankl, and Gilbert Kalish. Â
Ms Liu has appeared in concerts in China, Brazil, Canada, Japan, Spain, United States, and her live performance was aired by the BBC. Â She has performed in summer festivals at the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, California, Bowdoin Music Festival in Maine, Orford Music Festival in Canada, Yellow Barn Music Festival in Vermont and Encuentro de Musica y Academia de Santander in Spain.
After her performance in the Palm Beach International Invitational Piano Competition, The Palm Beach Daily News wrote: âThis young woman knows how to communicate... Â She plays with intense concentration, with confidence and a natural joy in the music-making.â
Ms Liu currently resides in Hamden, and she teaches piano at Wesleyan University, where she also serves as a member of the universityâs concert committee. She has given master classes at the University of South Florida in Tampa and Lynn University.
Ms Liu is also on faculty at the Neighborhood Music School in New Haven. Her students have been finalists at the Tishler Piano Competition, prize winners at the Renee Fisher Piano Competition, winners at the Hamden Concerto Competition, and soloists with New Haven Symphony Orchestra.