Benjamin Appl and Eric Lu – February 13, 2025 LiveEvents February 3, 2025 62 Bourgie Hall presents Baritone Benjamin Appl & Pianist Eric Lu perform Schubert’s Swan Song Schwanengesang (Swan Song) is a collection of Schubert’s fourteen last lieder, written before his death at the age of 31. Benjamin Appl and Eric Lu, two renowned musicians, join forces in this deeply emotional program. Artists Benjamin Appl, baritone Hailed as ‘the most promising of today’s up-and-coming song recitalists’ (Financial Times), baritone Benjamin Appl is celebrated by audiences and critics alike for a voice that ‘belongs to the last of the old great masters of song’ with ‘an almost infinite range of colours’ (Suddeutsche Zeitung), ‘exacting attention to text’ (New York Times), and artistry that’s described as ‘unbearably moving’ (The Times). Named Gramophone Award Young Artist of the Year in 2016, Appl was a member of the BBC New Generation Artist scheme from 2014-16, as well as a Wigmore Hall Emerging Artist and ECHO Rising Star for the 2015-16 season, appearing at major venues throughout Europe, including the Barbican Centre London, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Wiener Konzerthaus, Philharmonie Paris and Cologne and the Laeiszhalle Hamburg. He was signed exclusively to SONY Classical between 2016 and 2021. He recently partnered up with Alpha Classics for a long term collaboration of multiple albums. Eric Lu, piano Eric Lu won First Prize at The Leeds International Piano Competition in 2018 at the age of 20. The following year, he signed an exclusive contract with Warner Classics, and has since collaborated with some of the world’s most prestigious orchestras, and presented in major recital venues. Active as a recitalist, he is presented on stages including the Köln Philharmonie, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Queen Elizabeth Hall London, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Leipzig Gewandhaus, San Francisco Davies Hall, BOZAR Brussels, Fondation Louis Vuitton Paris, 92nd St Y, Aspen Music Festival, Seoul Arts Centre, Warsaw Philharmonic Hall, and Sala São Paulo. In 2025, he is appearing for the 7th consecutive year in recital at Wigmore Hall London. He has also been invited for the 7th time to Warsaw’s ‘Chopin and his Europe Festival’ and makes his debut at La Roque-d’Anthéron Festival. Program BEETHOVEN An die ferne Geliebte (To the Distant Beloved), Op. 98 SCHUBERT Schwanengesang (Swan Song), D. 957 Thursday, February 13, 2025 at 7:30pm To purchase your tickets, visit: www.mbam.qc.ca/en/bourgie-hall/
