Name: Academy of St Martin in the Fields with Bruce Liu, Pianist
Start: 2025-03-07T19:30:00-05:00
End: 2025-03-07T21:00:00-05:00
Location: 420 E Packer Ave, Bethlehem, PA, United States, Pennsylvania 18015

Academy of St Martin in the Fields with Bruce Liu, Pianist

The Academy of St Martin in the Fields (ASMF) is one of the world's finest chamber orchestras, renowned for fresh, brilliant interpretations of the world's greatest orchestral music. Formed by Sir Neville Marriner in 1958 from a group of leading London musicians, the ASMF gave its first performance in its namesake church in November 1959. Through unrivaled live performances and a vast recording output - highlights of which include the 1969 best-seller Vvaldi's Four Seasons and the soundtrack to the Oscar-winning film Amadeus - the orchestra gained an enviable international reputation. for its distinctive, polished, and refined sound.
Repertoire: COPLAND Quiet City; MOZART Piano Concerto No. 9; ADAMS Shaker Loops; HAYDN Symphony No. 29.
First prize winner of the 18th Chopin Piano Competition 2021 in Warsaw, Bruce Liu's "playing of breathtaking beauty" (BBC Music Magazine) has secured his reputation as one of the most exciting talents of his generation and contributed to a "rock-star status in the classical music world" (The Globe and Mail).