Monica Meng-Chieh Lü

Piano

New York, NY

Monica Meng-Chieh Lü

Piano

About

Born in 1992 in Pingtung Taiwan and currently resides in New York, Lu is the Music and Culture Ambassador of the Taiwanese Council of Art and Education and an MM candidate at Mannes College – The New School. Lu received BM from Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University in 2014 and was awarded “Young Premier Artist” award. She has performed in UK, the United States, and throughout Asia as a solo pianist and a collaborative musician. Recent appearances include regular performances as an Artist-In-Residence at The Hollows (Williamsburg, Brooklyn 2017), Robert Rauschenberg: Among Friends at MoMA Theatre (New York 2017); Helga’s Favorite Things at National Sawdust (New York, 2017); Young Artists Showcase at The Strathmore (Baltimore, 2017); The Mannes Sound Festival at National Bohemian Hall (New York 2016).

Music

Bach, J. S.
Partita no. 2 and 5 (Performed in 2011)
Preludes and Fugues, no. 2, 12, 15,16, 23 (WTC Book 1); no. 1 (WTC Book 2)
Toccata in E minor (Performed in April 2015) French Suite No. 2 C minor

Bach, J. Christian
Piano Sonata Op. 2 No. 5 in D major (Performed in 2012) Scarlatti, Domenico
Sonata in C, K. 502 (Performed in 2011) Haydn, Joseph
Sonatas, Hob XVI: 37, 50 (Performed in 2012)

Mozart, W.A.
Piano Sonata K. 576 in D major
Fantasy in D minor, K397/385g (Performed in 2012)
Piano Concerto No. 21 K. 461 in C major (Performed in 2008)

Beethoven, Ludwig van
Sonata, op. 2 no. 3
Sonata, op. 13 (Performed in 2005) Sonata, op. 27 no. 1
Sonata, op. 27 no. 2 (Performed in 2006) Sonata, op. 31 no. 2
Sonata, op. 49 no. 1 (Performed in 2011) Sonata, op. 53 (Performed in 2015) Sonata, op. 57 (Performed in 2007)Sonata, op. 78 (Performed in 2008) Piano Concerto No. 3

Chopin, Frédéric
Ballades, no. 1, no. 3 (Performed in 2005-2007) Etudes, op. 10, nos. 4, 8, 9,
Etudes, op. 25, nos. 1, 4, 5, Sonata, no. 3 (Performed in 2006) Impromptu, op. 51
Nocturnes, op. 27 no. 2, op. 48 No.1
Scherzos, op. 20, op. 31 (Performed in 2008) Valse, op. 18
Piano Concerto No. 2 (Performed in 2009)

Liszt, Franz
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2, 6 (Performed in 2006 & 2007) Dante Fantasia (Performed in November 2015)

Schumann, Robert
Carnival Op. 9
Piano Concerto in A minor Op. 54 (Performed in 2011)

Mendelssohn, Felix
Songs Without Words No. 1
Piano Concerto in G minor No. 1 (Performed in 2007)

Faure, Gabriel
Nocturnes, Op. 33 No. 1 (Performed in April 2014)

Prokofiev, Sergei
Piano Sonata Op. 28 No. 3 (Performed in 2012)

Granados, Enriquire
“El Pelele” in Goyescas (Performed in 2012)

Ravel, Maurice
La Valse (1920) (Performed in November 2014)

Kaustin, Nikolai
Variations Op. 41 (Performed in April 2014)

Naoumoff, Emile
“Romeo et Juliet” after Tchaikovsky (Performed in April 2014) Las Brisas (Performed in fall 2013)

Videos

Past groupmuses (1)

  • Piano in Luxury Penthouse with wine and light snack

    Thursday, Jul 19, 2018 7:00 PM EDT

    • Neighborhood: Mid-town Manhattan near the UN
    • Composers: Bach, Beethoven, Naoumoff, Kapustin
    • Instruments: Solo Piano and Violin Duet
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened almost 6 years ago