Chopin Competition winner Eric Lu lives up to the hype in Singapore

Eric Lu

Par Chang Tou Liang, 04 décembre 2025

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“the degree of cantabile achieved made this as memorable as the much-praised Warsaw performance”

Critique faite à Victoria Concert Hall, Singapore, le 3 décembre 2025

Chopin, Nocturne no. 7 en ut dièse mineur, Op. 27 no. 1

Chopin, Barcarolle en fa dièse majeur, Op.60

Chopin, Polonaise no. 5 en fa dièse mineur, Op.44

Chopin, Polonaise no. 7 en la bémol majeur «Polonaise-Fantaisie», Op.61

Chopin, Polonaise no. 9 en si bémol majeur, Op.71 no. 2

Chopin, Sonate pour piano no. 3 en si mineur, Op.58

Eric Lu, Piano

Sophia Liu, Eric Lu, Dang Thai Son : sacré brelan d'as à La Roque

Alain Lompech, 14th August

En solo ou avec ses confrères pianistes, la jeune Sophia Liu est la révélation du jour au festival rocassien. Retour sur une journée riche en émotions, avec une fabuleuse soirée mozartienne.

*****

Eric Lu plumbs the depths at Wigmore Hall

Alexander Hall, 10th March

Eric Lu's Schubert is always special: full of the existential elements that make this composer so rewarding. Other pieces by Bach, Handel, Mendelssohn and Prokofiev make up a varied recital.

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Kerem Hasan conducts an exhilarating Tchaikovsky Fifth in Tokyo

Nahoko Gotoh, 18th June

Exciting Tchaikovsky from the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, while Leeds winner Eric Lu is the sensitive soloist in Chopin's Second Concerto.

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Eric Lu explores the darkness of the soul in Schubert at the QEH

Alexander Hall, 15th January

Once decried as “dangerously introspective”, Schubert's Piano Sonata D.959 is now seen as one of his masterpieces. Eric Lu shows how he is completely on the composer's wavelength in this compelling performance.

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Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla and Eric Lu say “So long!” to winter in Stockholm

Linda Holt, 25th February

Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto is programmed with two works by composers esteemed in their era, but largely forgotten by concert goers over the past half-century.

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A shimmering kaleidoscope of sonority from the ONL

Mark Thomas, 29th January

Clarity and colour from Alexandre Bloch and the Orchestre National de Lille in Debussy and Ravel, with an elegant and majestic Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto from Eric Lu.

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Chang Tou Liang

Chang Tou Liang, a native of Singapore, is a family physician by profession. Actively following the classical music scene in Singapore since 1979, he has been a music reviewer of The Straits Times from 1997, contributing over 2300 articles to the national daily. He was also editor of several local musical newsletters and served as Artistic Director of the Singapore International Piano Festival from 2004 to 2008. His blog Pianomania has covered international piano competitions and musical events in four continents. He has a keen interest in travelling, street food and cat photography.