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RNS: Eric Lu plays Beethoven

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RNS: Eric Lu plays Beethoven

Part of Sage Classics Spring 2022

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Dinis Sousa conductor
Eric Lu piano
Royal Northern Sinfonia

Mozart Overture to ‘The Magic Flute’
Beethoven Piano Concerto No.3
Interval
Schumann Symphony No.2

“A veritable poet of the keyboard” was how one critic described the young Chinese-American pianist Eric Lu; praising his “magic touch”. But hear for yourself, as the winner of the 2018 Leeds International Piano Competition joins Dinis Sousa and Royal Northern Sinfonia in Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto. With masterpieces by Mozart and Schumann on either side, it’s the passionate heart of a concert filled with drama, beauty, and melodies that simply soar.

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Dinis Sousa, conductor

Dinis Sousa is Founder and Artistic Director of Orquestra XXI, an award-winning orchestra which brings together some of the best young Portuguese musicians from around Europe. Orquestra XXI has already established itself as one of the leading performing groups in Portugal, appearing regularly in its main concert halls.

As a guest conductor, recent and forthcoming highlights include projects with Orchestre Symphonique de Mulhouse, Orquesta Sinfonica de Tenerife, Malta Philharmonic, Portuguese Symphony Orchestra, Madeira Chamber Orchestra and conducting rehearsals with the London Symphony Orchestra. Dinis’ core repertoire is firmly rooted in the Classical to early Romantic eras — with recent performances of Beethoven, Berlioz, Brahms, Schumann, Mozart — but also regularly conducts a wide range of music from Bach and Rameau through to 20th century and new music.

Eric Lu, June 2019

Eric Lu, piano

Eric Lu won First Prize at The Leeds International Piano Competition in 2018 and made his BBC Proms debut the following summer. He currently a member of the BBC New Generation Artist scheme and a recipient of the 2021 Avery Fisher Grant.

Having made his Los Angeles Philharmonic debut at Hollywood Bowl this summer, Eric’s forthcoming highlights include concerts with the Oslo Philharmonic, Finnish Radio Symphony, St Petersburg Philharmonic, BBC Symphony, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Tapiola Sinfonietta and Orquestra Simfónica de Barcelona; and recitals at Wigmore Hall, Leipzig Gewandhaus and Cologne Philharmonie.

The last two seasons have seen Eric perform with the Seattle Symphony, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Detroit Symphony, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, BBC Philharmonic, The Hallé, Swedish Chamber Orchestra and Orchestre National de Lille (on tour throughout the UK), working with conductors Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, Vasily Petrenko, Edward Gardner, Sir Mark Elder, Tomáš Hanus, Alexander Bloch, Thomas Dausgaard, Martin Frӧst and Long Yu.