Les pianistes is a group of ardent Hong Kong pianists who have been working with one another for years. The gathering and consolidation of the group are based on one common ideal: to break the invisible barrier of the so-called canon of the piano literature by sharing music which is rarely performed, seldom heard, not frequently recorded, newly written, miserably overlooked and neglected in oblivion, etc., in scrupulously and creatively organized live concerts.
Though only founded in 2012, members of Les pianistes have started this unique musical practice since long ago and critical acclaims have been yielded on these pianists for bringing not less than this illuminous list of composers, namely Godowsky, Blancafort, Bortkiewicz, Medtner, Mompou, Ropartz, Alexandrov, Ponce, Gnattali, Mignone, Guastavino, Earl Wild, de Severac, Vladigerov, Jongen, etc. to light in the relatively conservative musical environment in Hong Kong. We also promote the music of such living composers (with some of whom we even have personal contacts) as Alexander Rosenblatt, Vyacheslav Gryaznov, Kyoko Yamamoto, Nikolai Kapustin, Marcela Fiorillo, Federico Ruiz, to name but a few, extensively.
With the launch of this blog, we are happy to present some of our best live recordings or home-made recordings either from our concerts or from various private occasions. We would also like to introduce interesting and highly recommendable recordings, music, scores, in other words, any fascinating stuff about music, from the unique perspective of Les pianistes, here.
The German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche once declared that "Without music, life would be an error". To live a less erroneous life, come join us for some better music.

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Our Pianist ~ Eugene Tse




























After graduation with a first degree in Modern Languages and Intercultural Studies at The Chinese University of Hong Kong(CUHK), Eugene Tse pursued her second degree at CUHK in the Department of Music in 2006. She studied piano performance under the guidance of Mr. Raymond Young Chap Lai. In 2008, she took part in the Internationale Sommerakademie Mozarteum, in Salzburg, and studied under Professor Siegfried Mauser.

Ms. Tse has participated in public performances as a piano soloist on numerous occasions. Since 2007, she has frequently performed in concerts presented by the non-profit organization PerformNow under the direction of the founder Mr. Ernest So. Being a devoted piano instructor at the same time, Tse organized her first public student concert in August, 2010, in the Auditorium of the Tuen Mun Town Hall complex.

Having lifelong enthusiasm for learning languages, in 2011 she spent six months in Bordeaux, France, to further study French.
In 2012 she participated as part of a piano quartet in the Hong Kong premiere of Fantasia on Japanese Themes, for two pianos eight hands by Alexander Rosenblatt to critical acclaim. She takes particular interest and enthusiasm for French and Russian composers including Francis Poulenc, Gabriel Fauré, Sergei Prokofiev and Nikolai Medtner.
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