about Solungga
Solungga Liu has been acclaimed as a pianist of great breadth. In addition to her commanding performances of standard piano repertoire, she is a champion of early twentieth-century American music and an uncanny interpreter of contemporary piano works.
Her November 2017 debut at the Library of Congress was praised for its “rhythmic precision, expression and a finely calibrated sense of balance between all of the moving parts.” There she performed a solo recital of works by Charles Griffes, Amy Beach and César Franck, a concert tailored to her strengths and uniquely composed of music from the Library’s manuscript collection.
(painting by Stephanie Lociks De Paula)
![Debussy/Griffes: Les parfums de la nuit [Solungga Liu, piano]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TVuLjG76rk0/maxresdefault.jpg)
![Aaron Jay Kernis: Lullaby [Solungga Liu, piano]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0aawYHKlgGs/hqdefault.jpg)
Selected Projects
The Hartke Project
Sonatina-Fantasia
2020 Bowling Green State University New Music Festival
A series of recordings of solo piano works by composer Stephen Hartke. The first two, Sonatina-Fantasia from The Post-Modern Homages, set I (1987), and The Flames of the Sun make the Desert Flower Hysterical (2013), were released by the BGSU MidAmerican Center for Contemporary Music
Photo: Soundcloud
Premiere Recording
Les parfums de la nuit: Debussy through the Eyes of Charles Griffes
On Sunday, November 4, 2017, Solungga Liu premiered Griffes' 1915 transcription of an orchestral work by Debussy, Les parfums de la nuit, at the Library of Congress. Watch its first official video on this website, and click here to read the blog/download the score for free.
Discography
Featured Albums
