I started taking piano seriously in 2015, when my mom invited me to perform a two piano recital with her at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. Since then, I’ve performed more than 40 concerts across the US with her, always in a two piano format.

My path as a pianist is very atypical – most of the time, pianists focus on solo repertoire and then occasionally do chamber music. I started with chamber music, and balancing my work on the trading floor with my musical endeavors left nearly no room for me to explore myself as a solo musician.

In the last year, I had a goal to put on a solo show. I started sneaking in a solo feature in each of my concerts in the last year to force myself to bring pieces to concert standard. Finally, I’m ready! Or I will be on concert day…

I am proud to dedicate this concert to Rescuing Leftover Cuisine, my very first nonprofit partner when I started the Two Piano Journey project. Robert Lee, founder and CEO, was a dear friend and inspiration to me at NYU. Even though admission is free to the event, I will be matching up to $5,000 of contributions made by audience members at the recital. I hope you’ll join me in a quest to reduce food waste and bring resources to folks who need it!

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Program:

Chopin:

Nocturne No. 1 in C minor, Op. 48

Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23

Rachmaninoff:

Kreisler arr. Rachmaninoff – Liebesleid (Love’s Sorrow)

Etude-Tableaux No. 5 in E-flat minor, Op. 39

Tchaikovsky:

Pas de Deux (arr. Pletnev)

Liszt:

Schumann arr. Liszt – Widmung (Dedication)

Liebestraum No. 3 in A-Flat Major, S. 541 (O Lieb)

Legend No. 2 (St. Francis of Paul Marching on the Waves)

Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6