Featured: Chiu Ling Lin - Liszt concerto #1

A significant part of who I am personally as a pianist is due to the care and training of this brilliant pianist and teacher, Chiu Ling Lin. I started my studies with Chiu Ling Lin as a high school student in Iowa and continued studying with her through the end of my undergraduate training and Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance and Pedagogy degree from Drake University. What I gained most from Chiu Ling Lin is a deeper understanding of expressing myself from the piano. I also benefited greatly in the area of technical development and control of the instrument. As a teacher Chiu Ling was very creative in choosing and matching repertoire to her students. My own exposure to repertoire was developed in a complete way, yet she prioritized pieces that she knew would speak to me. Pieces by Leonard Bernstein, William Bolcom , Bela Bartok, and George Crumb along with the standard staples of Beethoven, Mozart, Haydn, Liszt, Brahms, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, and many, many others. Enjoy this expressive performance of Franz Liszt's Concerto #1 in Eb, S.124 performed by Chiu Ling Lin and the Bravura Philharmonic Orchestra.