Piano Island Festival | 5th edition
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2 - 11 December 2022
Concerts & Lectures
Full Program

RENOWNED INTERNATIONAL PROFESSORS
Pascal Roge
Guest Professor
PIANO RECITAL
Sounds and Colours
Erik Satie
- Gymnopédie No.1
- Gnossienne No.2 & 3
Gabriel Fauré
- Improvisation
- Nocturne No.1
- Impromptu No.2
- Barcarolle No.4
Maurice Ravel
- Une barque sur l’Océan
- Jeux d’eau
- Sonatine
Intermission
Claude Debussy
Preludes Book 1
LECTURE
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Sounds and Colours in French music (An Interview with French Pianist Pascal Roge)
Kevin Kenner
Guest Professor
PIANO RECITAL
Marrying Art, Culture and Drama
Franz Liszt
Années de pèlerinage (Première année: Suisse)
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Chapelle de Guillaume Tell
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Au lac de Wallenstadt
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Pastorlae
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Au bord d’une source
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Orage
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Vallée d'Obermann
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Eglogue
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Le mal du pays (1st version “Album d'un voyageur”)
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Les cloches de Genève (1st version “Album d'un voyageur”)
Intermission
Boris Lyatoshynsky
Elegie-Prelude (1920)
Prelude Op. 38, No. 1
Fryderyk Chopin
Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35
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Grave-Doppio movimento
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Scherzo
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Marche funèbre: Lento
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Finale: Presto
Bernardo Santos
Guest Professor
PIANO RECITAL
Portuguese Colors
Ludwig van Beethoven
- Variations in F Major, Op. 34
Franz Liszt
- Two Legends S. 175
- St. Francis of Asisi Preaching to the Birds and St. Francis of Paola Walking on the Waves
Intermission
Enrique Granados
- Allegro de Concierto, Op. 46
Robert Schumann
- Carnaval, Op. 9
LECTURE
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Lecture Recital on Portuguese music of the XXth century
Poom Prommachart
Artistic Director / Guest Professor
PIANO RECITAL
The Matchless Chopin
Fryderyk Chopin
- 24 Preludes Op.28
Intermission
Fryderyk Chopin
- Sonata No.3 Op.58
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Allegro Maestoso
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Scherzo: Molto Vivace
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Largo
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Finale: Presto non tanto
LECTURE
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Life of a pianist and lecturer: Sustaining the profession
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Musicians are marketeers too
Churen Li
Guest Professor
PIANO RECITAL
A Fusion of The Great Pianists
Johann Sebastian BACH (1685 – 1750) / Churen LI (1995)
- Prelude after Bach (2021)
Robert SCHUMANN (1810 – 1856)
Kreisleriana, Op. 16
- Äusserst bewegt
- Sehr innig und nicht zu rasch
- Sehr aufgeregt
- Sehr langsam
- Sehr lebhaft
- Sehr langsam
- Sehr rasch
- Schnell und spielend
Intermission
George CRUMB (1929)
- Five Pieces for Piano (1962)
Maurice RAVEL (1875 – 1937)
Miroirs
- Noctuelles
- Oiseaux tristes
- Une barque sur l'océan
- Alborada del gracioso
- La vallée des cloches
LECTURE
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Improvising as a practice strategy
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Secrets to Effective Sigh Reading and Practicing
Tony Yike Yang
Guest Artist
PIANO RECITAL
Prokobin Chopin
Sergei Prokofiev
- Schubert Waltzes (arr. Prokofiev)
Sergei Prokofiev
From Romeo and Juliet, Op. 75
- Juliet as a Young Girl
- Mercutio
- Montagues and Capulets
Sergei Prokofiev
Piano Sonata No. 2 in D minor, Op. 14
Intermission
Alexander Scriabin
- Preludes Op.16
- Fantasy in B minor, Op. 28
Fryderyk Chopin
- Polonaise-Fantasie Op.61
- Ballade No.1 in G minor Op.23