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Sophia Liu

Piano

  • Sophia Liu is rapidly emerging as one of the most compelling artists of her generation. Liu’s “extremely clear, delicate, refined and almost supernaturally fluid” touch (Le Monde) combined with her “phenomenal virtuosity” (Bachtrack) has captivated and mesmerised audiences worldwide.

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  • The 26/27 season sees Liu make important orchestral debuts with the London Philharmonic, Toronto Symphony, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony, New Jersey Symphony, Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León, Malmö Symphony, Orchestra Sinfonica di Bari, Orchestra I Pomeriggi Musicali and Auckland Philharmonia, among others. Recent orchestral highlights include performances with the Cleveland Orchestra, NHK Symphony Orchestra and Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse.


    In 2026, Liu was announced as the inaugural rising star of a new partnership between The Gilmore Festival and Le Piano Symphonique in Lucerne, an initiative dedicated to supporting an exceptional young pianist.  As part of the collaboration, Liu performs a programme of works by Alkan, Chopin and Balakirev across both festivals in the 26/27 season. Elsewhere this season, she appears in recital at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Shanghai Concert Hall, Vancouver Recital Society, MUZA Kawasaki Symphony Hall, and the Unione Musical Onlus in Turin, where she is Artist-in-Residence for three consecutive seasons. 


    Recent recital highlights have included performances at the Konzerthaus Berlin, Festival International de Piano de La Roque d’Anthéron, Fondation Louis Vuitton, Festival Radio France Occitanie Montpellier, Teatro La Fenice, International Chopin and His Europe Festival in Warsaw, Festival La Grange de Meslay, Place des Arts Montreal, National Theater and Concert Hall Taipei and National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts-Weiwuying. 


    Born in Shanghai, Sophia Liu was raised in Japan until moving to Montreal at age seven to study with Dang Thai Son. Liu has won various prizes at international piano competitions, including First Prize at the 18th Ettlingen International Piano Competition, First Prize at the Thomas & Evon Cooper International Competition, and various prizes at the first edition of the Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli International Piano Competition. In October 2025, Liu released her first studio album of solo piano, featuring Liszt’s Réminiscences de Norma and Chopin’s Andante spianato et Grande Polonaise.

    2026/27 season / 342 words. Not to be altered without permission.

Performances

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27/28 Programmes

Programme 1:


Brahms: Six Klavierstücke, Op. 118
Chopin: Scherzo No. 1 in B minor, Op. 20
Chopin: Scherzo No. 4 in E major, Op. 54
Interval
Liszt: Valse de l’opéra Faust de Gounod, S. 407
Liszt: Réminiscences de Don Juan, S. 418
Liszt: Spanish Fantasy, S. 253 


Programme 2:


Chopin: Bolero in A minor, Op. 19
Chopin: Polonaise in F-sharp minor, Op. 44
Alkan: Le Preux, Op. 17
Alkan: Concerto for Solo Piano, Mvt. III, Op. 39 No. 10
Interval
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
Encore: Kapustin: Variations, Op. 41


 

Concerto Repertoire

Beethoven
Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15
Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58
Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73


Chopin
Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11 
Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21


Gershwin
Concerto in F major


Grieg
Concerto in A minor, Op. 16


Hummel
Concerto No. 2 in A minor, Op. 85


Liszt
Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, S. 124


Mendelssohn
Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25 


Mozart
Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467
Concerto No. 22 in E-flat major, K. 482 
Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488 


Prokofiev
Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16
Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26


Rachmaninoff
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30


Ravel
Concerto in G major, M. 83


Saint-Saëns
Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22
Concerto No. 5 in F major, Op. 103


Schumann
Concerto in A minor, Op. 54


Shostakovich
Concerto No. 2 in F major, Op. 102


Tchaikovsky
Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Concerto No. 2 in G major, Op. 44

"Liu takes every risk and never falters, as if carried away by the music itself. Grandiose... There is the phenomenal virtuosity, the technique that transcends the limits of the piano, the verve, the brilliance of the greatest pianists."

Bachtrack

"A true phenomenon"

Crescendo Magazine

"Truly awe inspiring"

Boston Musical Intelligencer

Intermusica represents Sophia Liu worldwide as part of Intermusica New York.

Jessica Barra
Artist Manager
+44 7827 028 792
jbarra@intermusica.com

Martin Wittenberg
Director, Intermusica New York
+1 (719) 200-6426
mwittenberg@intermusica.com

Tracy Cheung
Associate Artist Manager
+44 7548 317499
tcheung@intermusica.com

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