This album was recorded in July 2010 at Siemensvilla Berlin.
Performer Biography
In the summer of 2010, Haiou Zhang founded and directed the 'Haiou Zhang international music festival' in Buxtehude, Germany.
Instruments
The recording was made on a C. Bechstein D 282 concert grand piano.
Performer Biography
Haiou Zhang won the Gundlach Music Prize in 2005 and is a silver medalist of the International Vladimir Horowitz Piano Competition in Kiev.
Composer Biography
Franz Liszt's early piano works were characterized by brilliant virtuosity, inspired by landscapes, art, and literature.
Performer Biography
Haiou Zhang, the pianist on this album, was born in China and studied at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing before continuing his studies in Hannover, Germany.
Compositional Technique
Liszt's 'Hungarian Rhapsodies' draw their musical material from the repertoire of Gypsy bands, not the ancient Hungarian folk music explored by Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály.
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