Bath-based international concert pianist Nurry Lee wowed the audience at her sell-out show in Keynsham who duly rewarded her with a standing ovation.
The 28-year-old South Korean-British pianist, who spent her early years in Bristol and Bath, flew in from Prague for the concert at The Space on Saturday which was hosted by Keynsham Concerts, the voluntary, not-for-profit group who bring sell-out, high-quality classical music concerts to the town, including the acclaimed Stringfever concert in March.
Nurry is regarded as one of the most dynamic pianists of her generation. She began studying the piano aged six with her mother, and three years later won her first concerto competition.
She studied at Wells Cathedral School and completed her undergraduate and Masters degrees at the Royal College of Music. She was accepted at the prestigious Korea National University of Arts in Seoul and completed her Artistic Diploma at the Royal Northern College of Music.
Nurry, who spends her time between Bath and London, has toured internationally and last year gave a sell-out performance at Carnegie Hall in New York.
Mickleburgh Musical Instruments sponsored Nurry’s Keynsham recital, at which she showed her incredible range, beginning with three technically challenging etudes by Chopin and then enchanting the audience with her renditions of works including Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, Ravel and Liszt and Chopin’s 10-minute Ballade No 1 in G Minor (the soundtrack from the film The Pianist).
If you missed Nurry in Keynsham, you can catch her this coming Saturday (1st June) when she will be playing two concerts at Burdall’s Yard in Bath. The first, Childhood Memories, draws on contemporary music including covers of Disney.
The second performance of the night will include great classical works, including some of the most virtuosic pieces in the piano repertoire.
Find out more at https://www.burdallsyard.co.uk/whatson
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