Pianist Albert Lau to Perform in Next Iris Axon Concert
Programme includes works from the Romantic and Impressionist movements
Albert Lau
September 19, 2024
The next event in the Iris Axon Concert Series will be a performance from the Hong Kong-born pianist Albert Lau who is based in Cologne
His programme features some of the cornerstones of the Romantic and Impressionist movements:
Schubert Impromptu in A-flat major, D.935 No.2 and Impromptu in G-flat major, D.899 No.3
Federico Mompou (1893-1987) El Lago
Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin
Lili Boulanger Trois Morceaux pour piano
Debussy L’isle joyeuse
Liszt Les Jeux d’eaux à la Villa d’Este; Vallée d’Obermann
The concert takes place on Sunday 6 October at 4pm at Acton Hill Church. Tickets can be purchased at the door for £6 or £5 for concessions and £2 for children.
Albert Lau performs internationally both as a solo pianist and chamber musician. He was named a Steinway Artist by Steinway & Sons in 2022 and studied with Emile Naoumoff at Indiana University before furthering his studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London, under the tutelage of Joanna MacGregor, Head of Piano.
His recent concerts have taken him to Mendelssohn-Remise Berlin, Schloss Homburg Nümbrecht, Schloss Loersfeld Cologne, Villa Zanders, Forum Mariengarden. He recently toured Germany with the English violinist Philippa Mo and performed at the Laeiszhalle Hamburg, the Glocke Bremen, Marienmünster Abbey and Riverside Studios Cologne. Albert Lau is particularly committed to fighting discrimination and racism. In March 2024, he played a fundraising concert ‘Red Card against Anti-Semitism and Racism’ in Cologne. The Federal President of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier has already thanked him for his commitment.
The Iris Axon Concert Series is an annual season of short (60-70 minute) monthly recitals on Sunday afternoons at the Acton Hill Church. The series was started by Music Director Jane Schopf in 2004 to provide a venue for young musicians starting on their professional careers, many of whom have subsequently enjoyed international success in competitions and on the concert platform. The series has continued to grow and now attracts established international artists as well.
Originally called the Acton Classical Music Concert Series, it was re-named in 2009 in memory of one of its most loyal supporters, Iris Axon, who made possible the purchase of a concert grand, handmade by Clive Pinkham.
The church is deemed ideal for concerts as it has the largest unsupported wooden barrel-vault ceiling in London which brings out the middle harmonics, creating a luxuriously warm sound.
More information is available at classicalconcerts-acton.com.
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