Excerpts from various reviews


“Liu’s performance revealed a rare combination of strength and sensitivity…..His
hands almost made one forget that the piano is a percussion instrument.”
- Washington Post

“Power, digitality and dynamic resources in great abundance.”
- Los Angeles Times

“Liu is a musical visionary with unusual insights…..It was our good fortune to
hear a pianist whose playing sounded as natural as breathing.”
- The Toronto Star

“Before he was off the stage, the Academy audience was on its feet,
awarding him a deserved standing ovation…..the young pianist dazzled the audience.”
- Philadelphia Inquirer

“And as many times as I’ve heard the final arpeggio of Brahms’ Intermezzo,
in the ambiguous, shady key of E-flat minor, I’ve never heard it
articulated with a gripping mixture of wonder and dread.
Only an artist of great maturity can do that.”
- Philadelphia Inquirer



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Biography

Recipient of the 2002 Avery Fisher Career Grant
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Meng-Chieh Liu first made headlines in 1993 as a 21-year-old student at The Curtis Institute of Music when he substituted for André Watts at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia. The concert earned high acclaim from critics and audience alike, and was followed by a succession of widely praised performances, including a recital at the Kennedy Center and a concert on the Philadelphia All-Star Series; a Philadelphia Orchestra appearance was also scheduled. Already an accomplished artist, Mr. Liu had made his New York orchestral debut two years earlier.


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