Fresh from winning the Silver Medal at the most recent Chopin Competition, pianist Kevin Chen makes his Singapore debut in a programme of exceptional sweep and ambition — one that moves from inward reflection to elemental force.The recital opens with Frédéric Chopin’s 24 Preludes, Op. 28, a cornerstone of the piano repertoire and a work that distils an entire emotional universe into a compact cycle. By turns intimate, volatile, luminous, and austere, the Preludes demand not only virtuosity but imagination, restraint, and narrative instinct —qualities that have already marked Chen out as a compelling Chopin interpreter.From there, the programme traces a line of increasing intensity through the visionary sound-world of Alexander Scriabin. The Prelude in B major, Op. 11 No. 11 offers a moment of radiant calm before the Fantasy, Op. 28 expands into sweeping gestures and harmonic daring. The journey culminates in Vers la flamme, Op. 72, Scriabin’s hypnotic late masterpiece — an inexorable ascent toward ecstatic release.The final chapter belongs to Franz Liszt, whose music fuses virtuosity with transcendence. Les jeux d’eaux à la Villa d’Este shimmers with colour and spiritual luminosity, while the solo-piano transcription of Les Preludes transforms Liszt’s symphonic poem into a grand, fate-driven narrative for the keyboard.Spanning introspection, mysticism, and elemental drama,…
