The concerts of the Artist Residency Series are the culmination of the participation of tomorrow’s music stars- young and brilliant pianists who come to the festival to work with the artist faculty of Porto Pianofest and prepare for tours, recordings, important concerts, and to make their art known to the world. Six pianists are chosen, from all continents, to perform in a solo recital and share their unique musical ideas with our welcoming audience in Porto.

This single ticket includes entrance to the full day of Artist Residency Concerts for August 8th, with recitals at 18h00 and 19h30. Join us for one concert that evening, or both!

At 18h00, Kuwaiti pianist Lulwa Al Shamlan will be performing works by Brahms and Wagner/Liszt.

At 19h30, Korean pianist Suryeon Noh will perform works by Schubert and Chopin.

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Program Notes from the Artist:

This program focuses on some of the 19th century titans of music: Brahms, Liszt and Wagner. Usually, I am someone who tries to diversify my repertoire as much as possible and I can say that people who know my playing, know I often choose to play unheard of composers or underplayed pieces. When I do play composers or pieces that are much more popular, it is because I feel a true connection with the work. This is especially how I feel towards this program. Although I am sure the public will be very familiar with Brahms and Liszt, these particular works are not so popular and so one of my goals with this program is to share more works that the audience might not be so familiar with, even if they know the composers well. These two works compliment and contrast to each other quite well. Even though these works were written not so far apart, they show the huge diversity of styles within the Romantic period. The Brahms sonata portrays his traditionalist style and influence of the Classical period, yet we can still hear his unique voice. This is followed by Liszt's transcription of Wagner's Tannhäuser Overture which displays the progressive style of the 19th century. Liszt certainly succeeds in creating an orchestra with just one piano and this results in a glorifying end to the program.