Lisa Yui Joins Yamaha Classical Artist Roster
BUENA PARK, Calif. Since making her concert debut as a child prodigy at the age of seven, Yamaha artist Lisa Yui has accomplished more in her ongoing career than many artists accomplish in a lifetime.
Rarely does one find a successful concert soloist touring the world and performing in dozens of concerts each year, who still has time to be a faculty member at Manhattan School of Music, teaching Piano Literature and the History of Chamber Music and Keyboard Skills, and also find time to chair the Music Advancement program at The Juilliard School of Music. And if that's not busy enough, Yui is also the producer, performer and lecturer of The Lives of the Piano, the first piano lecture concert series at the Manhattan School of Music.
Indulging her lifelong passion for the work of Franz List, a child prodigy himself, Yui organized this year's "Liszt at Yamaha" series at Yamaha Artist Services, Inc. in New York, where she lectured and performed for 30 guest scholars and artists. "I enjoy bringing a broader appreciation of Liszt's work to audiences given his amazing contributions to the art as both a composer and as the performer who revolutionized how we listen to classical music and the way in which it is played," says Yui.
On concert tours, the intensity and passion of her performances, ala Liszt, as well as the ability to address her audiences in fluent Japanese, English and French, have made Yui an audience favorite with a broad international following and the ongoing recipient of a long and increasing list of international awards. These include Top Prize Winner at the XXIII Senigallia International Piano Competition in Italy, winner of the Super Classic International Auditions Award in Tokyo and winner of the Orchestra Concerto Competition Award with the Symphony Orchestras of both Toronto and Edmonton, Canada.
Although there are photos of Yui playing Yamaha pianos with symphony orchestras as far back as being a child prodigy, it is only recently that she has become a Yamaha artist, of which she says, "It's ironic, but I've been so busy playing Yamaha pianos all these years that I've only now finally found time to formalize this relationship and become an official Yamaha artist. It feels like coming home."
Yui's instrument of choice is the Yamaha CFIIIS concert grand piano of which she says, "I have played Yamaha pianos all my life and I love the CFIIIS, as it plays an integral part of the confidence I must bring to a performance. This is an instrument that will never let me down."
For more information, write Yamaha Corporation of America, Piano Division, P.O. Box 6600, Buena Park, CA 90622, telephone (714) 522-9011, or e-mail infostation@yamaha.com.
 Yamaha artist Lisa Yui |
Indulging her lifelong passion for the work of Franz List, a child prodigy himself, Yui organized this year's "Liszt at Yamaha" series at Yamaha Artist Services, Inc. in New York, where she lectured and performed for 30 guest scholars and artists. "I enjoy bringing a broader appreciation of Liszt's work to audiences given his amazing contributions to the art as both a composer and as the performer who revolutionized how we listen to classical music and the way in which it is played," says Yui.
On concert tours, the intensity and passion of her performances, ala Liszt, as well as the ability to address her audiences in fluent Japanese, English and French, have made Yui an audience favorite with a broad international following and the ongoing recipient of a long and increasing list of international awards. These include Top Prize Winner at the XXIII Senigallia International Piano Competition in Italy, winner of the Super Classic International Auditions Award in Tokyo and winner of the Orchestra Concerto Competition Award with the Symphony Orchestras of both Toronto and Edmonton, Canada.
Although there are photos of Yui playing Yamaha pianos with symphony orchestras as far back as being a child prodigy, it is only recently that she has become a Yamaha artist, of which she says, "It's ironic, but I've been so busy playing Yamaha pianos all these years that I've only now finally found time to formalize this relationship and become an official Yamaha artist. It feels like coming home."
Yui's instrument of choice is the Yamaha CFIIIS concert grand piano of which she says, "I have played Yamaha pianos all my life and I love the CFIIIS, as it plays an integral part of the confidence I must bring to a performance. This is an instrument that will never let me down."
For more information, write Yamaha Corporation of America, Piano Division, P.O. Box 6600, Buena Park, CA 90622, telephone (714) 522-9011, or e-mail infostation@yamaha.com.