International prizewinning pianist Kuok-Wai Lio will perform at the Chester Meeting House on Sunday, April 6, at 5 p.m.
The Collomore Concert Series, celebrating its 40th anniversary season, is welcoming Kuok-Wai Lio, a 25-year-old brilliant performer, to the historic Chester Meeting House on Sunday, April 6, at 5 p.m. The concert is the third in this season of the Robbie Collomore Concert Series.
Born in Macau in 1989, Kuok-Wai began his piano studies at the age of five. In 1997 he was awarded a scholarship to study at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, and in 2006 he entered the Curtis Institute of Philadelphia. His principal teachers have included Gabriel Kwok and Gary Graffman. Most recently, Kuok-Wai has been working regularly with András Schiff at international master classes and festivals in Europe.
His recent performances include solo recitals at the Ravinia Festival, Vancouver Recital Series, as well as chamber music concerts at the Salzburg Festival. A regular participant of Open Chamber Music Prussia Cove, and the Marlboro and Santa Fe Chamber Music festivals, Kuok-Wai has also performed with the Macau Orchestra, Hong Kong Philharmonic, China Philharmonic, Pan Asia Symphony Orchestra, Kansas City Symphony Orchestra, Grand Rapids Symphony, Curtis Chamber Orchestra, Russian Symphony Orchestra and Camerata Salzburg. He has given solo recitals in Japan, Germany and Italy. In 2013 Kuok-Wai Lio was awarded an Avery Fisher Career Grant Award.
His Chester concert will include Schubert’s Four Impromptus, the “Waldstein” Sonata in C Major by Beethoven, and Schumann’s Fantasy in C Major.
Tickets for his Chester concert are $21. For students from elementary through graduate school, a ticket is $5. All ticket-holders are invited to stay for a reception, with refreshments provided by Simon’s Market, after the concert to meet the performer.
For tickets, call (860) 526-5162 or visit www.collomoreconcerts.org. The Chester Meetinghouse is located on Goose Hill Road in Chester. The concert is sponsored by First Niagara Bank.