An Online Classical Music Journal for Central North Carolina How much is CVNC worth to you? We are entirely reader-supported, so if you value our services, please consider a gift to help sustain our operations. See "About Us" for details. Vivian Cheng's Prodigious Performance by John W. Lambert Pianist Vivian Cheng is 11 years old but looks much younger. Done up in what was once called a party dress and wearing ribbons in her hair, she probably made some members of the audience that assembled in Smedes Parlor on April 30 wonder if she could possibly reach all the notes, and never mind the pedals. The bottom line is that she did a remarkable job, playing music by Beethoven, Rachmaninoff, Brahms and Chopin like the polished performer she has rapidly become. We've had the pleasure of hearing her on several previous occasions, but because our readers may not yet know her name, here is a brief biographical sketch: Her encores-there were two, which kept several critics up past their bedtimes-were MacDowell's "Witch's Dance" and Bartók's Rondo No. 1. We urge our readers to be on the lookout for this outstanding young player and to hear her the next time she performs in the Triangle. | |
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