Utah piano duo launches Pro Series season at BU
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A renowned husband-and-wife piano duo will return to Brandon University on Tuesday to kick off the 18th season of the School of Music’s Pro Series.
The Lu Piano Duo — Jie Lu and Ning Lu — are faculty artists and teachers at the University of Utah. They will give a recital of solo and duo piano works, including Piano Sonata in B flat major, D 960 and Fantasy for one piano four hands in f minor, D 940 by Franz Schubert, as well as The Dolly Suite by Gabriel Fauré.
This performance is the pianists’ second Pro Series appearance, their first being in the spring of 2015.
“We are thrilled to be returning to Brandon,” Ning Lu said in a recent message.
Both pianists are originally from China. After studies at the Conservatory of Music in Wuhan, Jie Lu obtained an artist diploma with top honours and appeared as a soloist with the Wuhan Orchestra.
A multi-award winner of both scholarships and piano competitions, she continued her studies in the United States, completing a doctor of musical arts at the University of Illinois. Along with her teaching duties, she is a recitalist who shares her knowledge as an adjudicator and gives masterclasses around the globe.
Ning Lu’s first professional appearance took place when he was nine years old. His music education was first undertaken in Beijing’s Conservatory of Music, followed by studies in the United States, where he earned a DMA from the University of Boulder.
Also a much-lauded competition winner, Ning has performed as a soloist with orchestras in both China and the U.S., and as a recitalist. Audiences in Europe, Israel and Japan have also had the chance to hear him perform. He has three solo recordings to his credit.
“This concert will be a great start to this year’s Pro Series,” music dean Greg Gatien said. “I am looking forward to this incredibly talented duo performing a completely new programme and invite all fans of live music to share a fantastic and inspiring evening.
“Of course, I hope we fill the hall for this performance as well as all concerts that make up this year’s edition of the Pro Series.”
The recital starts at 8 p.m. in the Lorne Watson Recital Hall, in the Queen Elizabeth II Music Building. Tickets will be available at the door prior to the performance or in advance at the School of Music main office.
The next Pro Series presentation will feature the Toronto-based Nick Fraser Quartet featuring New York City’s Tony Malaby on saxophones. That concert will take place Tuesday, Oct. 4, at 8 p.m. in the Lorne Watson Recital Hall.
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