Hong Kong City Hall, Central | Hong Kong Sinfonietta — French May Arts Festival 2026: HKS Recital Series: Jean-Marc Luisada Piano Recital

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Piano: Jean-Marc Luisada

One of the great masters of the piano, whose extraordinary career spanning over 30 years has seen him perform at the world’s most prestigious venues with top orchestras, French pianist Jean-Marc Luisada first came to fame for his achievement at the 1985 Chopin Competition, and is to this day celebrated for his ability to conjure a “range of musical colours and textures in virtuosic passages and dreamy landscapes” (Classic FM). 

Luisada will be making his long-overdue Hong Kong début under Hong Kong Sinfonietta’s invitation for its season-opening concert with Music Director Christoph Poppen on 18 April. Mozart’s luminous and spirited Piano Concerto No 9, “Jeunehomme” will be the centrepiece of the evening of orchestral splendour, while a fine selection of classics by Chopin, Haydn and Debussy will feature in Luisada’s solo recital the day after (19 April). 

Programme

Haydn 

Sonata (Partita) in G, Hob XVI:6

Haydn 

Variations in F minor (Sonata), Hob XVII:6, “Un Piccolo Divertimento”

Debussy 

Préludes, Book 1: X La Cathédrale Engloutie

Debussy 

Images, Book 2: Et la Lune Descend sur le Temple Qui Fut

Debussy 

Images, Book 2: Poissons d’Or

Chopin

4 Mazurkas, Op 24

Chopin 

Fantasy in F minor, Op 49

Chopin 

Nocturne in B, Op 62 No 1

Chopin 

Scherzo No 2 in B-flat minor, Op 31