Fanglei LIU – China
Date of Birth: November 17, 1991
Nationality: Chinese
Fanglei started playing the violin aged six with her first teacher Qingbo He. She is currently studying with Ming’en Zhou at the Music Middle School associated with the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. Fanglei has won 1st Prize at the Talented Tennagers in the East Competition (2005), 3rd Prize at the Mingjia Violin Competition (2003) and 4th Prize at the CCTV National Violin and Piano Competition (2008). She has taken masterclasses with internationally acclaimed musicians and teachers and performed throughout China. In the 2008 and 2009 season she was invited as concertmaster to the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival in Germany.
1st ROUND
J.S. BACH Solo Sonata No.1 in G minor, BWV 1001, Siciliana and Presto
W.A. MOZART Violin Concerto No.4 in D major, K.218, 2nd movement
O. BULL Polacca from Polacca Guerriera
ASTOR PIAZOLLA Tango Etude No 3 (1987)
Accompanist: David Meier
SEMI-FINALS
L. VAN BEETHOVEN Quartet Op.18, No.1 in F major, 1st movement
Contemporary Norwegian work for quick study
A. NORDHEIM Partita für Paul
E. Ysaye: Sonatas for solo violin op 27 no 3 ”Ballade”
FINALS
P. TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto in D major, Op.35
