Rachel Cheung

Background

Nationality Hong Kong

Place of Birth Hong Kong

Date of Birth 27 September 1991

Prizes

2016 Special Prize for a Carnegie Weill Hall Debut Recital: Concert Artists Worldwide Debut Audition

2012 Georges Leibenson Special Prize: 67th Geneva International Piano Competition

2010 Award for Young Artist 2009: Hong Kong Arts Development Council

2009 Fifth Prize: Leeds International Piano Competition

Rachel started learning piano at four years old. In 2011 she graduated from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts with a Bachelor degree studying under Professor Eleanor Wong, and gained her Master degree in 2013 with Professor Peter Frankl from the Yale School of Music, where she was awarded the Elizabeth
Parisot Prize for outstanding pianists in 2012.

Rachel has appeared in prestigious international music festivals: the 9th Musical Olympus International Festival in Russia, the International Chopin Festival in Duszniki, Poland, the Miami International Piano Festival, the Golandsky Institute International Piano Festival and the Sun Valley International Piano Festival.

She has collaborated with orchestras including The National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Beethoven Orchestra, Bonn, Hong Kong Sinfonietta, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra with Edo de Waart, the Hallé Orchestra with Sir Mark Elder, the Sydney Symphony under the baton of Vladimir Ashkenazy and the New York Concert Artists Symphony Orchestra with Eduard Zilberkant.

Gallery

2016 Competition Repertoire

Preliminary Round

Round 1: 20-Minute Recital

Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata in C Major K.384

Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata in A Major K.39

Johannes Brahms: 4 Klavierstücke Op.119

I. Intermezzo II. Intermezzo III. Intermezzo IV. Rhapsody

Round 2: 30-Minute Recital

Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata No.27 in E minor Op.90

I. Mit Lebhaftigkeit und durchaus mit Empfindung und Ausdruck II. Nicht zu geschwind und sehr singbar vorgetragen

Roger Smalley: Morceau de concours (2007)

Alexander Scriabin: Piano Sonata No.4 in F♯ Major Op.30

I. Andante II. Prestissimo volando

Semi Final Round

Round 1: 65-Minute Recital

Franz Schubert:: 3 Klavierstücke D.946

I. Allegro assai

II. Allegretto

III. Allegro

Maurice Ravel: Miroirs No.3 ‘Une Barque sur l’Ocean’

Sergei Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No.6 in A Major Op.82

I. Allegroinquieto

II. Allegretto

III. Tempo di valzer, lentissimo

IV. Vivace

Round 2: Accompaniment/Chamber Music

César Franck: Sonata for Violin and Piano in A Major

I. Allegretto ben moderato

II. Allegro

III. Ben moderato: Recitative-Fantasia

VI. Allegretto poco mosso

Antonín Dvořák: Piano Quintet No.2 in A Major Op.81

I. Allegro, ma non tanto

II. Dumka: Andante con moto

III. Scherzo (Furiant): molto vivace

IV. Finale: Allegro

Final Round

Round 1: 18th Century Concerto

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto No.20 in D minor K.466

I. Allegro

II. Romanze

III. Allegro assai

Round 2: 19th or 20th Century Concerto

Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto No.4 in G Major Op.58

I. Allegro moderato

II. Andante con moto

III. Rondo (Vivace)