We are hosting our Thursday Lunchtime Concerts at 1.10pm, doors open at 12.30pm for refreshments. The concert will be in person and live-streamed on YouTube on the link here - https://youtu.be/S2gSiqItaQ8. Julian Chan shall be performing on Piano in our Young Artist category.
Programme:
MESSIAEN VINGT REGARDS SUR L’ENFANT-JÉSUS : XVII. REGARD DU SILENCE 5’
MESSIAEN VINGT REGARDS SUR L’ENFANT-JÉSUS : X. REGARD DE L’ESPRIT DE JOIE 9’
SWEELINCK UT, RE, MI, FA, SOL, LA, A 4 VOCI 10’
SZYMANOWSKI METOPES 16’
WAGNER ARR. KOCSIS FEUERZAUBER AUS DER OPER “DIE WALKÜRE“ 6’
Julian Chan Biography
Born in Kuala Lumpur in 2000, pianist and composer Julian Chan is currently recipient of the Steinway & Sons Award at the Royal Academy of Music, where he studies with Ian Fountain and Michael Dussek. In November 2020, he was awarded the Sterndale Bennett Prize at the Royal Academy, and in July 2019, he won both the First Prize and Sonata Prize at the Nanyang International Music Competition in Singapore. Additionally, he won the Patricia Romero Concerto Cup in the Coulsdon and Purley Festival in 2022. Julian began his studies on piano and composition at the age of 3. In 2011, he continued his studies under the specialist music scheme at Wells Cathedral School, at which he received a full scholarship. There, he studied piano with John Byrne and composition with Paul Whitmarsh. He has received masterclasses from many internationally renowned pianists, such as Stephen Hough, Imogen Cooper, Bobby Chen, Joanna MacGregor, Christopher Elton, Fali Pavri, and Vanessa Latarche; eminent composers with whom he has worked include Howard Skempton, Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Hans Abrahamsen, Deborah Pritchard, Michael Berkeley, Elena Langer, and Victoria Borisova-Ollas. Having established a reputation as an outstanding and versatile chamber musician, Julian has performed as part of the prestigious Manson Ensemble under the batons of maestros Jessica Cottis, Ryan Wigglesworth, and Jonathan Berman. A keen composer, Julian had his first book of original compositions published at the age of 6, and has had numerous works premiered by the Wells Cathedral School Symphony Orchestra and New Music Ensemble.