Chamber Music Society of Detroit Present French Pianist Lise de la Salle, 5/5

The Chamber Music Society of Detroit will present one of today's most exciting young artists, 26-year-old French pianist Lise de la Salle, in her Detroit recital debut Friday, May 5 at 8 PM. The concert, featuring music of Liszt, Schumann and Prokofiev, takes place at Schaver Music Recital Hall, which is located at 480 W. Hancock in Midtown Detroit, on the campus of Wayne State University. Tickets priced at $30 for adults and $15 for students are available online at www.CMSDetroit.org or by phone at 248-855-6070.

Program

Liszt: Liebeslied on Widmung from Schumann's Myrthen, Op. 25

Liszt: Frühlingsnacht from Schumann's Liederkreis, Op. 39

Liszt: Ständchen from Schubert's Schwanengesang, D. 957

Schumann: Fantasy in C major, Op. 17

Prokofiev: Ten Pieces for Piano from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 75

In just a few years, through her international concert appearances and award?winning recordings, Lise de la Salle has established a reputation as one of today's most important new artists and a musician of uncommon sensibility and maturity. Her playing inspired a Washington Post critic to write, "For much of the concert, the audience had to remember to breathe...the exhilaration didn't let up for a second until her hands came off the keyboard."

A native of France, Ms. de la Salle first came to international attention in 2005, at the age of 16, with a Bach/Liszt recording that was selected as "Recording of the Month" by Gramophone Magazine. Ms. de la Salle was similarly recognized in 2008 for her recording of Liszt's, Prokofiev's and Shostakovich's first concertos - a remarkable feat for a 20-year-old. She has released a total of seven CD's on the Naïve label, including a critically acclaimed 2011 recording of works of Liszt which won the Diapason D'or and was the Editor's Choice in Gramophone Magazine.

Lise de la Salle has played with many of the world's leading orchestras and conductors, including the London, Vienna, Boston, Chicago, San Francisco Symphonies and the Lois Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, among others. A recent performance with the Minnesota Orchestra promoted the St. Paul Pioneer Press to say "she might just be the most exciting young artist in classical music right now."

Ms. de la Salle began her 2016-2017 season performing recitals and chamber music at the prestigious Verbier Festival in Switzerland. She is heard with leading symphonic ensembles in Paris, Germany and the United States, including performances with James Conlon and the National Symphony in Washington, DC and with Ludovic Morlot and the Minnesota Orchestra, among others. Last season, she made her debut with the Detroit Symhony Orchestra and her Chicago recital debut on the Chicago Symphony series.

Born in Cherbourg, France in 1988, Ms. de la Salle began studying the piano at the age of four and gave her first concert at nine in a live broadcast on Radio-France. At 13, she made her concerto debut with Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 2 in Avignon, and her Paris recital debut at the Louvre. In 2003, Ms. de la Salle won the European Young Concert Artists Auditions in Paris and in 2004 she won the Young Concert Artists International Auditions in New York. At the Ettlingen International Competition in Germany, Ms. de la Salle won First Prize and the Bärenreiter Award. She has also won First Prize in many French piano competitions, including the Steinway and Radio-France Competitions.

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