Artistry in Action: Piano Masters Series—Kate Liu in Recital

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Tuesday / November 18, 2025 / 8:00 p.m.

Seully Hall

8 Fenway, Floor 4

Boston

02215

United States

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Kate Lu in concert black standing by a piano, with a music note graphic to the left of the image.

Ten years after winning third prize in the 2015 International Chopin Competition, Kate Liu’s video performances from Warsaw have garnered millions of views and ecstatic reactions, and her magical playing has earned her a cult following and a devoted international audience. She now tours internationally, performing at some of the world’s most renowned venues and collaborating with orchestras around the globe. Her Piano Masters Series recital will include Chopin mazurkas and his “Funeral March” sonata along with Scriabin’s third sonata and Franck’s Prelude, Chorale, and Fugue.

Piano Masters Series is artistically directed by Michael Lewin and part of Boston Conservatory at Berklee’s Artistry in Action Series.

Program information

Repertoire

FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN: Four Mazurkas, op. 30

Mazurka in C Minor
Mazurka in B Minor
Mazurka in D-flat Major
Mazurka in C-sharp Minor

FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN: Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Minor, op. 35

1. Grave; Doppio movimento
2. Scherzo
3. Marche funèbre
4. Presto

—INTERMISSION—

ALEXANDER SCRIABIN: Sonata No. 3 in F-sharp Minor, op. 23

1. Drammático
2. Allegretto
3. Andante
4. Finale, Presto con fuoco

CÉSAR FRANCK: Prélude, Choral et Fugue

About the Artist

Kate Liu has garnered international recognition, notably winning third prize at the 17th International Fryderyk Chopin Competition in Warsaw, Poland. She also received the Best Mazurka Prize, as well as the Audience Favorite Prize awarded by the Polish public through Polish National Radio. Since then, she has toured internationally, performing at some of the world’s most renowned venues and collaborating with orchestras around the globe.

As a distinguished soloist, Liu has been presented in numerous prestigious halls, including the Seoul Arts Center, Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, Warsaw National Philharmonic, La Maison Symphonique de Montréal, Weill Recital Hall, Severance Hall in Cleveland, Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, Shanghai Concert Hall, Osaka Symphony Hall, and the Phillips Collection. Esteemed orchestras with whom she has collaborated include the Warsaw Philharmonic, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, Daegu Symphony Orchestra, Rochester Philharmonic, Hilton and Head Symphony Orchestra. She is a regular invitee to the Chopin and His Europe Festival in Warsaw, and in 2024 was the recipient of the Olivier Berggruen Prize as part of the Gstaad Menuhin Festival.

In 2025, she released her debut album featuring Beethoven and Brahms sonatas with Orchid Classics.

Born in Singapore, Liu began her piano studies at the age of four and relocated to the United States at age eight. She studied at the Music Institute of Chicago under Emilio del Rosario, Micah Yui, and Alan Chow. Early in her career, she achieved first prizes at the Third Asia-Pacific International Chopin Competition and the New York International Piano Competition.

Liu holds a bachelor’s degree from the Curtis Institute of Music as well as a master’s degree and artist diploma from the Juilliard School, where she studied with Robert McDonald and Yoheved Kaplinsky.

About the Series

Piano Masters Series is artistically directed by Michael Lewin and part of Boston Conservatory at Berklee’s Artistry in Action series. The Artistry in Action series celebrates exceptional artists and initiatives that exemplify Boston Conservatory’s core values of excellence, innovation, and community engagement. Hosted by the Conservatory’s Music Division, Artistry in Action brings together the school’s prestigious and long-standing Piano Masters Series, String Masters Series, and Faculty Chamber Series with exciting new programming for winds, faculty recitals, and ensemble-in-residences. Learn more and view upcoming Artistry in Action events.

Concert Services Staff

Assistant Director, Concert Services – Luis Herrera
Coordinator, Concert Services – Matthew Carey
Concert Production Manager – Kendall Floyd
Performance Technology Technicians – Sara Pagiaro, Goran Daskalov
Performance Technology Specialist – Andrei Radu

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