The Skokie Valley Symphony Orchestra's 49th Season

Concert #2

Sunday, December 12, 2010

3:00 p.m.

Wagner, Overture to Rienzi
Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor

Kate Liu, Young Artist competition 2nd Prize Winner

Puccini, Manon Lescaut: Intermezzo from Act III
Puccini, La Boheme (Act III)

Join us at 1:45 pm for an informative preconcert lecture, presented by Michael Vaughn.

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Kate Liu

Born in Singapore, 15-year-old Kate Liu is a scholarship recipient and member of the Music Institute of Chicago’s Academy program for gifted pre-college musicians where she studies privately with MIC artist faculty member Mr. Alan Chow. She performed at the Young Steinway Concert Series in 2007. She won the state round of the 2007 and 2008 junior Baldwin MTNA and both the junior and senior divisions of the Chicago Steinway Competition. In the summer of 2008, she won honors in the International Institute of Young Musicians (IIYM) International Piano Competition, and near the end of 2008, Kate placed first in the junior division of the Confucius Fine Arts Society Competition. In November of 2008, she performed a duet with Lang Lang in two concerts at Symphony Center in Chicago, and had a master class with him. She also won the junior division of the Louisiana International Piano Competition in October of 2009. Kate is a sophomore at New Trier High School in Wilmette, IL. Aside from music, Kate enjoys drawing and reading books.

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