Jenny Lu: Once Upon a Time
DATE: Sunday, November 17, 2019 at 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
LOCATION: St. Paul's Anglican Church Canterbury, 2 Margaret St, Canterbury VIC 3126
WEBSITE: https://www.facebook.com/events/556881788450469/
𝗔 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗟 𝗖𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗡𝗔𝗥𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗨𝗥𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗖𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗦
Music by Kats-Chernin, Saariaho, Medtner, Grainger, Gould, and Liszt - a collection of beautiful musical stories for the explorer in all of us. Jenny Lu's hour solo piano recital will kick off the Storytellers Series, three solo piano recitals across Melbourne that feature some really excellent performers and some gorgeous repertoire. Come listen as Jenny weaves her own stories through the works of these great composers.
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𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗠
Tony Gould - Empathy
Percy Grainger - Colonial Song
Franz Liszt - Funérailles from ‘Harmonies Poétiques et Religieuses’
Elena Kats-Chernin - Russian Rag
Kaija Saariaho - Ballade
Nikolai Medtner - Sonata-Skazka Op.25 No.1
Nikolai Medtner - Skazki Op.34 No.s 2 and 4
JENNY LU | BIOGRAPHY
Having recently completed her Masters candidature studying the concept of narrativity in Nikolai Medtner’s works under Drs. Joel Crotty and Tamara Smolyar, Melbourne-based pianist Jenny Lu has a particular love for 20th- and 21st-century music. She is drawn to compositions of lesser-known composers, breathing new life into forgotten gems that have not been frequently played. Her affinity for the Romantic, post-Romantic, and new music eras has lead to her playing works by Cecile Chaminade, Oddvar Lonner, Kaija Saariaho, Dmitri Shostakovich, Carl Vine, and obviously Nikolai Medtner to name a few. Jenny is a sought-after soloist and accompanist, having had the pleasure to perform at various prestigious venues such as the Abbotsford Convent, Duneira Estate, Lyceum Club, Melbourne Recital Centre, St. Paul’s Cathedral, and University of the Third Age. Her work has been widely recognized through acknowledgement by the Medtner Society, achieving final results of First Class Honours, and being awarded the Joan Earle Prize for best performance. Jenny has also presented her paper and performance of Saariaho’s composition at the Gender Diversity in Music Making Conference in 2018.
As an ardent writer and voracious reader, truly a storyteller in all aspects of her life, Jenny writes fiction, poetry, prose, and academic journal articles. She contends herself in threading the convergence of literary and musical worlds.
All thanks to our friends at Panoramic Music Bohemian Rhapsody Weekly Magazine is proudly covering the concert (media: Katherine Kelly) please stay tuned for the details.