Recitals Australia Presents
Lunch Hour Spring Series
North Adelaide Baptist Church Hall – Tynte Street, North Adelaide
Commencing at 12.30pm
PROGRAM
YICHENG LIU
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN (1770–1827)
Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 “Pathétique”
I. Grave – Allegro di molto e con brio
FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797–1828)
Impromptu in G-flat major, Op. 90, No. 3, D. 899
ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810–1856) / arr. FRANZ LISZT (1811–1886)
Liebeslied (Widmung/DedicatioS. 566
With Associate Artist ANTHONY TAN cello
GABRIEL FAURÉ (1845–1924)
Élégie, Op. 24
ERIC WU
DOMENICO SCARLATTI (1685–1757)
2 Sonatas in A major, K. 208 and K. 209
JOSEPH HAYDN (1732–1809)
Piano Sonata in E-flat major, Hob. XVI:49
I. Allegro
FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN (1810–1849)
Waltz in F minor, Op. 70 No. 2
BÉLA BARTÓK (1881–1945)
Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm, No. 6
from Mikrokosmos, Vol. VI, Sz. 107, No. 153
With Associate Artist ANTHONY TAN
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756–1791)
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488
I. Allegro
ABOUT YICHENG
Yicheng Liu is a Year 8 student at Pedare Christian College who has been studying piano under the tutelage of Yong Cheong Lye since the age of five. Having been awarded the AMEB Certificate of Performance earlier this year and received the AMEB Musicianship Grade 4 Prize in 2023, he is currently working towards the AMusA diploma and ABRSM ARSM diploma. In July 2026, Yicheng performed in a masterclass led by Prof. Anna Goldsworthy at the Australasian Piano Pedagogy Conference (APPC). He has a strong passion for Romantic repertoire and a keen interest in collaborative piano. Alongside his piano studies, Yicheng has achieved AMEB Grade 8 in saxophone and actively performs in his school concert bands.
ABOUT ERIC
Eric Wu, aged 9, is a Year 4 music scholarship student at St Andrew’s School. He has studied piano under the tutelage of Yong Cheong Lye since the age of six and recently achieved Honours in AMEB Grade 8. As a versatile young musician, Eric also plays the violin and clarinet. He has received numerous prizes at the Adelaide Eisteddfod, including First Prize in the Mini Recital and the final award, Grace Barbara Turner Award for Excellence in Piano Performance. He was also awarded an AUSTA String Prize and is currently preparing for his ABRSM diploma in piano.
ABOUT ANTHONY
Anthony Tan, aged 10, is a student at Immanuel Primary School. He began learning piano at the age of five with Yong Cheong Lye and cello at seven with Shuyin Goh. Anthony has performed in Recital Australia’s Junior Series and received several Adelaide Eisteddfod awards, including the Dulcie Holland Medallion, Miriam Hyde Medallion and Lady Anne Miller Award. In 2025, he won First Prize in the Norman Seleick Piano Competition and was invited to perform at the MTASA Summer Conference. In 2026, he won First Prize in the Junior Piano Concerto Competition and participated in APPC masterclasses with Anna Goldsworthy and Rossanne Hammer. Anthony also plays oboe and cello in his school orchestra and is the Principal Cello of the Junior String Ensemble at Adelaide Youth Orchestras, as well as playing cello in the OMA Quartet.
