Liszt / Chen - Liszt: Transcriptions of Opera Works [CD]

The present recording includes Liszt's concert paraphrase based on the opera, a work he played at a recital in Pest in 1846, two years after the first performance of the opera. Other transcriptions recorded here include works by Weber and Bellini, as well as two pieces based on works by Queen Victoria's brother-in-law. Han Chen was winner of the first prize in the Sixth China International Piano Competition, winning critical praise for his extraordinary power, talent and flair. A native of Taichung, Taiwan, his teachers included Meng-hua Wu and Kuan-wen Wang. He graduated from The Juliard School in New York in May 2015, where he received his accelerated Bachelor's and Master's Degrees under Yoheved Kaplinsky's guidance.