Meet the Quarterfinalists: Yangrui Cai performs Stravinsky

12/02/21 • 8 min

This week, we are pleased to share a 2022 Quarterfinalist with an interesting Calgary connection. Chinese pianist Yangrui Cai participated in Morningside Music Bridge, the prestigious international training academy for young musicians that was hosted by Mount Royal University until 2015, then was administered by the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra.

In this excerpt, you'll hear Yangrui perform the first two movements—Russian Dance and Petrouchka’s Room—from Stravinsky's Petrouchka.
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Watch the video edition of this excerpt here.

In this excerpt, you'll hear Yangrui perform the first two movements—Russian Dance and Petrouchka’s Room—from Stravinsky's Petrouchka.
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Watch the video edition of this excerpt here.

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Meet the Quarterfinalists: Jean-Luc Therrien performs Debussy

This week, we're pleased to share Ce qu’a vu le vent d’ouest ("What the west wind saw") from Préludes Book 1 by Debussy, performed by Canadian pianist Jean-Luc Therrien.

As you'll hear from Jon Kimura Parker, one of Jean-Luc's recent projects has been recording Debussy's complete first book of Préludes on the Orpheus Classical label. This debut solo album, which also includes his own transcription of Liszt's Symphonic Poem No. 3 ''Les Préludes,'' was recently released on Spotify, and will be released on other platforms soon.

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Meet the Quarterfinalists: Elizaveta Kliuchereva performs Tchaikovsky

Many of the 2022 Quarterfinalists have participated in previous competitions, but today's featured pianist, Elizaveta Kliuchereva, has a different and unique perspective. In 2017, Elizaveta served on the Junior Jury of the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Competition in Tel Aviv.

In this excerpt, you'll hear Elizaveta perform Scherzo from Symphony No. 6 “Pathetique” by Tchaikovsky arr. Feinberg.
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Watch the video edition of this excerpt here.