Piano lecture recital featuring Wei-Qin Claire Tang
Concert details
- Date: 9 November 2018
- Time: 5:30 p.m.
- Location: 1300 FRIB Laboratory
- Video recording
Program
Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
Twenty-four Preludes, Op. 28 (1839)
Prelude No. 1 in C Major - Agitato
Prelude No. 2 in A Minor - Lento
Prelude No. 3 in G Major - Vivace
Prelude No. 4 in E Minor - Largo
Prelude No. 5 in D Major - Molto allegro
Prelude No. 6 in B Minor - Lento assai
Prelude No. 7 in A Major - Andantino
Prelude No. 8 in F# Minor - Molto agitato
Prelude No. 9 in E Major - Largo
Prelude No. 10 in C# Minor - Molto allegro
Prelude No. 11 in B Major - Vivace
Prelude No. 12 in G# Minor - Presto
Prelude No. 13 in F# Major - Lento
Prelude No. 14 in E♭ Minor - Allegro
Prelude No. 15 in D♭ Major - Sostenuto
Prelude No. 16 in B♭ Minor - Presto con fuoco
Prelude No. 17 in A♭ Major - Vivace
Prelude No. 18 in F Minor - Molto allegro
Prelude No. 19 in E♭ Major - Vivace
Prelude No. 20 in C Minor - Largo
Prelude No. 21 in B♭ Major - Cantabile
Prelude No. 22 in G Minor - Molto agitato
Prelude No. 23 in F Major - Moderato
Prelude No. 24 in D Minor - Allegro appassionato
Performer
Wei-Qin Claire Tang (piano)
Wei-Qin Claire Tang comes from a family of professional musicians. Before continuing her piano study in the United States, she studied at the Xinghai Conservatory of Music in Guangzhou, China. She was twice a winner in the “Pearl River” National Piano Competition. She was invited to perform as a soloist with the Hong Kong Philharmonic at age fifteen.
Ms. Tang earned her bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degree in piano performance from Michigan State University. Her teachers and mentors include Philip Hosford, Ralph
She is also an active piano teacher as well as competition adjudicator, a member of National Music Teachers Association, Michigan Music Teachers Association, Capital Area Music Teachers Association, and Lansing Matinee Musicale. Her students are frequent winners of regional and state competitions.