The Department of Music at Delta State University will present guest artist Dr. Lisa Yui in recital at 7:30 p.m., Monday, March 21, and a master class at 11 a.m., Tuesday, March 22, in the Recital Hall of the Bologna Performing Arts Center (BPAC) on the campus.
Yui will perform piano works such as Liszt’s Réminiscences de "Norma," Beethoven’s Sonata, Op.27, No.2, “Moonlight,” Chopin’s Scherzo No.2, and Moussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, in celebration of the 200th anniversary of Liszt’s birth. Each work will be preceded by a brief talk on its musical and historical background.
These events are sponsored by the Delta State Department of Music, the Delta State Special Programs Committee, and Dulcé Fund.
Since winning top prize in the first Super Classics International Auditions in Tokyo (1999), the Senigallia International Piano Competition in Italy (1994), the Toronto Symphony Concerto Competition, and the Edmonton Symphony Concerto Competition as well as the Canadian Consulate Women’s Club Piano Competition in New York, Lisa Yui has regularly performed as soloist and recitalist throughout North America, Europe and Asia. She is a two-time recipient of the Canada Council Scholarship.
As a lecturer, Yui was invited to various colleges and venues, including the Juilliard School, Kunitachi Music University, Washington and Lee University, and the University of Alberta. Since making her concerto debut at the age of seven, Dr. Yui has worked with such prominent orchestras as the Tokyo Symphony, Polish National Radio, Toronto Symphony, Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, and the Montreal Metropolitan Orchestras, Sinfonia Nova Amadeus, and the Krakow State Philharmonic
Yui received her bachelor’s degree at the Juilliard School, working in the studio of Oxana Yablonskaya and as teaching assistant to author, professor, and pianist David Dubal. After studying with Byron Janis and Marc Silverman at Manhattan School of Music, she received her master’s degree from the school, which awarded her its Rubinstein Award, given to the most promising graduate.
Yui received her doctor of musical arts degree and the Helen Cohn DMA Award from the school in 2005, writing her dissertation on the life of the virtuosic 19th-century pianist Marie Pleyel.
She is the producer, performer, and lecturer of “The Lives of the Piano,” Manhattan School of Music’s first piano lecture concert series, as well as director of Ensemble 212 Young Artist Competition Series. She has served as department chair of the Music Advancement Program at the Juilliard School and has taught for many years a course on the social history of the piano at Marymount Manhattan College. Currently she teaches graduate piano literature and keyboard skills at Manhattan School of Music while maintaining a private piano studio in Manhattan. Yui is a Yamaha Artist.
Both events are free and open to the public. For more information, contact the Delta State Music Department at 662-846-4615.
