2023 PYPA Piano Festival

Program

Liszt Mephisto Waltz No. 1 in A major, S. 514

Chopin Nocturne in B major, Op. 9 No. 3

Chopin Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35

Intermission

Beethoven Sonata No. 16 in G major, Op. 31 No. 1

Chopin Variations on “La ci darem la mano” from Mozart’s Opera “Don Giovanni”, Op. 2

Ticket: $15

Sophia Shuya Liu

Gold Medalist, 2022 Ettlingen International Piano Competition, Germany

Sophia Shuya Liu, born in Shanghai in 2008, moved to Japan with her parents when she was 2 years old, and currently lives in Montreal, Canada. She has been studying piano with Professor Dang Thai Son since the age of nine.

Sophia began to study the piano when she was about to turn 4 years old and she began to participate in international competitions at the age of 5. She has won prizes in piano competitions including the Chinese Piano Compositions International Competition in Hangzhou, China, the Canada Music Competition, the Hartford International Chopin Competition, and Philadelphia International Piano Competition in the United States.

In 2020, she was the youngest participant to be accepted for the Gina Bachauer International Junior Competition. In August 2022, she won the first prize in Category A of the 18th Ettlingen Piano Competition in Germany.

Ms. Liu has given many recitals and concerts around the world, including North and South Americas, Asia, and Europe, and has performed Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 and Saint-Saën Piano Concerto No. 2 with symphony orchestras multiple times. She has also participated in many high-level music festivals and masterclasses and received guidance from masters including Gary Graffman, Lydia Artymiw, and Meng-Chieh Liu. She has been featured extensively in reviews
by media including NBC and ABC news.