Graduating Student Recital | Xinyu Chen, piano | Whispers of Nature

The opening work comes from the 17th-century French composer Elizebeth Jacquet de la Guerre, a musical genius at the court of Louis XIV, whose work is full of elegance and refinement, taking the audience back to the elegance of the Baroque period.

Next, Mozart’s sonatas present a classical balance and harmony, with a warm and pure melody that embodies a perfect structural beauty.

In the early 20th century, Lili Boulanger depicted poetic soundscapes with delicate harmonies and emotional colors. Lili Boulanger, the first woman to win the Prix de Rome for Composition and her untimely death at the age of 24, is a work that is both nostalgic and melancholy, but also alive, allowing the listener to travel back and forth between sensibility and reason, and to feel the innovation of early 20th-century music.

Finally, Liszt’s Romantic works bring the concert to a climax, introducing the audience to the vibrant natural world through the whispers of the forest, and feeling the passionate expression of emotions and nature in Romantic music.

I am a pianist who focuses on piano performance, and I am committed to conveying deep emotions and thoughts through the sound of the piano. In my performances, I want to break away from the traditional display of craftsmanship and focus more on the soul and story of the music. I firmly believe that each piece of music contains a unique emotion and history, and by playing it with heart, I hope that the audience can feel the warmth and power in it.