Dennis Lee is a Malaysian born pianist whose musical talents blossomed while studying at the Royal College of Music in London. He won the Tagore Gold Medal for the most outstanding student there and later received his Masters Degree. He also studied in Vienna and Milan. Winner of many prizes at prestigious European competitions, Mr. Lee has performed with most of the BBC orchestras, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Vienna Symphony, Warsaw Philharmonic, Shanghai Symphony to name a few. In the US he has appeared at the Kennedy Center, National Gallery in DC, San Francisco, New York and Philadelphia.
Chee-Hung Toh was born in Singapore and studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London. She has won top prizes including the Christie-Moore Award and the MacFarren Gold Medal. She has performed extensively throughout Europe including London, France, Denmark, Germany, Holland and Italy. As the result of winning the East and West Artists Auditions in New York, she performed her debut recital at Carnegie Recital Hall for which she received high acclaim in New York Times. She has also performed as a soloist with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and the Church of St. Martin in the Fields. She teaches and gives master-classes in Hong Kong and is very sought after for appearances at various Festivals around the world.
Sonata in C major - Duet ............................................................... Allegro assai
Larghetto con moto
Presto
Sheherazade (from ‘Masques’) performed by D.Lee .........................
Reflets dans l’eau (from ‘Images’ Bk. 1) - performed by D.Lee..........
Feux d’artifice (from Preludes Bk. 2) - performed by D.Lee
Muzio Clementi (1752 - 1832)
Johann Hummel
(1778 - 1837)
Karol Szymanowski
(1882 - 1937)
Claude Debussy
(1862 - 1918)
I N T E R M I S S I O N
Suite: Mother Goose - Duet ........................................................... Pavane of the Sleeping Beauty
Tom Thumb
The Plain Little Girl, the Empress of the Pagodas
The Conversations of the Beauty and the Beast
The Fairy Garden
Prelude Op. 45 - performed by C.H.Toh ..........................................
Polonaise - Fantaisie Op. 61- performed by C.H.Toh
Three movements from Suite ‘From Foreign Parts’ Op. 23 - Duet ..... Russia
Germany
Italy
Maurice Ravel
(1875 - 1937)
Frederic Chopin (1810 - 1849)
Moritz Moszkowski
(1854 - 1925)
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