Shriver Hall Concert Series to Present Two Free Discovery Series Concerts

Shriver Hall Concert Series - Baltimore's premier presenter of chamber music ensembles and solo recitalists - has announced two free Discovery Series concerts in April 2022: the Baltimore debut of pianist Eric Lu on Saturday, April 2, 2022 at 3:00pm at University of Maryland, Baltimore County's Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall and violinist Jacqueline Audas, winner of the 2020 Yale Gordon Competition, on Saturday, April 23, 2022 at 3:00pm at the Baltimore Museum of Art's Meyerhoff Auditorium.

SHCS's free Discovery Series is an annual series of concerts featuring extraordinary young artists emerging on the international scene in their Baltimore debuts. Each concert is presented in a different venue and neighborhood in the region, thereby offering greater access to different local communities.

Pianist Eric Lu takes the stage for his Baltimore debut on Saturday, April 2, 2022 at 3:00pm at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County's Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall. Praised by BBC Music Magazine as a musician "in a rare class - sensitive and emotionally intuitive," Lu first came to attention at age 17 as a winner at the 2015 Chopin International Competition in Warsaw - and at age 20, he won First Prize at the Leeds International Piano Competition, the first American to receive that award since Murray Perahia. Lu's program features J. S. Bach's Toccata in C minor, BWV 911; Schumann's Waldszenen, Op. 82; and Chopin's turbulent last sonata, No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58. The concert is also available via livestream and will remain available to watch for 72 hours after the broadcast.

The Discovery Series season closes on Saturday, April 23, 2022 at 3:00pm at the Baltimore Museum of Art's Meyerhoff Auditorium with a performance featuring violinist Jacqueline Audas, winner of the 2020 Yale Gordon Concerto Competition, accompanied by pianist Wan-Chi Su. The Yale Gordon Concerto Competition was established at The Peabody Conservatory in 1983 through a gift from the Peggy and Yale Gordon Trust, and the 2020 competition was postponed due to the pandemic and held in fall 2021. Audas will perform a program of Brahms' Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108; Bach's Chaconne from Partita No. 2 for Solo Violin in D minor, BWV 1004; Lera Auerbach's par.ti.ta for Solo Violin; Giya Kancheli's Selections from Miniatures for Violin and Piano; and Ravel's Tzigane for Violin and Piano.

Concert Information

Eric Lu, piano
Saturday, April 2, 2022 at 3:00pm
UMBC Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall | 1000 Hilltop Cir | Baltimore, MD
Tickets: Free general seating, $10 suggested donation. Live streamed and available on demand for 72 hours.
Link: www.Shriverconcerts.org/Lu

BACH: Toccata in C minor, BWV 911
SCHUMANN: Waldszenen, Op. 82
CHOPIN: Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58
Eric Lu, piano (Baltimore Debut)

Jacqueline Audas, violin (Winner of the 2020 Yale Gordon Competition)
Wan-Chi Su, piano
Saturday, April 23, 2022 at 3:00pm
Baltimore Museum of Art's Meyerhoff Auditorium | 10 Art Museum Dr | Baltimore, MD
Tickets: Free general seating, $10 suggested donation
Link: www.Shriverconcerts.org/YaleGordon

BRAHMS: Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108
BACH: Chaconne from Partita No. 2 for Solo Violin in D minor, BWV 1004
AUERBACH: par.ti.ta for Solo Violin
KANCHELI: Selections from Miniatures for Violin and Piano
RAVEL: Tzigane for Violin and Piano
Jacqueline Audas, violin
Wan-Chi Su, piano

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