Female composers, cultural identities, contemporary music: Junyan Chen's interests are as wide-ranging as her talent is impressive.
At the Leeds International Piano Competition 2024, she not only won second prize, but also the Chamber Music Prize and the Alexandra Dariescu Award - a talent to keep an eye on! At Heinersdorff, the young artist embarks on a multi-faceted programme in search of connections between times and places: Works by François Couperin stand alongside Maurice Ravel's homage to his baroque compatriot. Ravel's famous La valse and works by Olivier Messiaen reveal further facets of French sound worlds for solo piano. And with Amy Beach's Variations on Balkan Themes, a transatlantic cultural encounter joins the pattern of connecting lines.
François Couperin: Les Baricades Mistérieuses, Le Tic-Toc-Choc ou Les Maillotins, Les Ombres Errantes, Les Tricoteuses, Olivier Messiaen: I. La colombe, VIII. Un reflet dans le vent from: Préludes, Maurice Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin M 68, Amy Beach: Variations on Balkan Themes op. 60, Maurice Ravel: La valse. Poème chorégraphique M 72 (version for piano solo) (source: KTK Heinersdorff)
