2024 STATE CONFERENCE

FEATURED ARTIST

ANGELA CHENG, Piano

RECITAL

featuring works by Haydn, Beethoven, and Chopin (see below)

& ADVANCED MASTER CLASS

Consistently praised for her brilliant technique, tonal beauty, and superb musicianship, Canadian pianist Angela Cheng is one of her country’s national treasures. In addition to regular guest appearances with virtually every orchestra in Canada, she has performed with the symphonies of Saint Louis, Houston, Indianapolis, Colorado, Utah, San Diego and Jacksonville, as well as the philharmonic orchestras of Buffalo, Louisiana, London, Israel and Minas Gerais in Brazil. 

Recent performances include a debut with the Fort Worth Symphony, performing Rachmaninoff’s “Variations on a Theme of Paganini,” under the baton of Robert Spano, and a return to the Vancouver Symphony, performing Ravel’s Concerto in G with Otto Tausk. 

Angela Cheng has performed at Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center/Washington, D.C., the 92nd Street Y/New York and Wigmore Hall in London. She appears regularly on recital series throughout the United States and Canada and has collaborated with numerous chamber ensembles including the Takács, Colorado, and Vogler quartets. North American festival performances include Banff, Chautauqua, Colorado, Great Lakes Chamber Music, Vancouver, Toronto and the Festival International de Lanaudière in Quebec. 

Ms. Cheng has made recordings for CBC, including discs of Mozart and Shostakovich concerti and a CD of four Spanish concerti with Hans Graf and the Calgary Philharmonic. In addition, an all Chopin recital CD has been released by Universal Music Canada. 

Angela Cheng has been Gold Medalist of the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Masters Competition, as well as the first Canadian to win the prestigious Montreal International Piano Competition. Other awards include the Canada Council’s coveted Career Development Grant and the Medal of Excellence for outstanding interpretations of Mozart from the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria.

Ms. Cheng studied extensively with Menahem Pressler at Indiana University and with Sascha Gorodnitzki at The Juilliard School. She is currently on the artist faculty of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music.

RECITAL PROGRAM

Saturday, November 16, 2024, 1:30pm - 3:30pm

Shindell Choral Hall, Rutgers University, New Jersey

Sonata in C Major, Hob. XVI/50 Franz Joseph Haydn
I. Allegro
II. Adagio
III. Allegro molto

Sonata No. 31 in A-flat Major, Op. 110 Ludwig van Beethoven
I. Moderato cantabile molto espressivo
II. Allegro molto
III. Adagio ma non troppo

INTERMISSION

Nocturne in D-flat Major, Op. 27, No. 2 Frédéric Chopin

Polonaise-Fantaisie in A-flat Major, Op. 61 Frédéric Chopin

Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23 Frédéric Chopin