august, 2019
28aug7:30 pmLauren Zhang - BBC Young Musician of the Year Winner7:30 pm Event Type :Classical Music
Event Details
Since winning BBC Young Musician in her home city of Birmingham, Lauren has been invited to perform at the BBC Proms with the BBC Concert Orchestra, Proms in the Park
Event Details
Since winning BBC Young Musician in her home city of Birmingham, Lauren has been invited to perform at the BBC Proms with the BBC Concert Orchestra, Proms in the Park with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, and is in demand as soloist throughout the UK and internationally.
At the age of 16, Lauren Zhang won the 2018 BBC Young Musician Competition. Lauren’s performance of Prokofiev’s Second Piano Concerto with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mark Wigglesworth was broadcast live on BBC4 and BBC Radio 3 to widespread acclaim. Following her success in the competition, Lauren will make her BBC Proms debut at the Royal Albert Hall this summer. She is in demand as a soloist throughout the UK and further afield.
Programme:
BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op.101
BRAHMS: Variations on a theme of Paganini, Op.35 (Books 1 & 2)
Interval
CHOPIN: Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise, Op.22
RAVEL: La Valse
RAVEL: Gaspard de la nuit (complete)