Schubert & Mozart
Yingdi Sun × Jia Lu
National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA), Beijing · March 9, 2019
Overview
On March 9, 2019, pianist Yingdi Sun joined conductor Jia Lu and the China NCPA Orchestra for an elegant evening of Classical and early-Romantic masterpieces. The program, titled “Schubert and Mozart”, combined the luminous grace of Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 12 in A Major, K.414 with the youthful symphonic brilliance of Schubert’s Symphonies No. 5 and No. 6.
This concert showcased the refined clarity and expressive warmth characteristic of both composers, interpreted through LÜ Jia’s poised direction and Yingdi Sun’s nuanced pianism — a dialogue between Viennese classicism and Chinese artistry.
Program
Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
Symphony No. 6 in C Major, D.589 “Little C Major”
I. Adagio – Allegro
II. Andante
III. Scherzo: Presto
IV. Allegro moderato
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Piano Concerto No. 12 in A Major, K.414 (385p)
I. Allegro
II. Andante
III. Allegretto
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major, D.485
I. Allegro
II. Andante con moto
III. Menuetto: Allegro molto
IV. Allegro vivace
Artists
Conductor — Jia Lu
Music Director and Chief Conductor of the China NCPA Orchestra, Jia Lu is one of the foremost Chinese conductors of his generation. His career spans collaborations with leading orchestras and opera houses worldwide, including the Chicago Symphony, Berlin Radio Symphony, and Teatro La Fenice. His interpretations are known for their balance of intellectual precision and lyrical expressivity.
Yingdi Sun — Piano
Gold Medalist of the 7th International Franz Liszt Piano Competition (Utrecht, 2005), Yingdi Sun is recognized for his elegance, structural insight, and emotional depth. In Mozart’s A Major Concerto, Sun’s refined touch and natural phrasing revealed both the serenity and the vitality of Mozart’s writing.
China NCPA Orchestra
Founded in 2010 as the resident orchestra of the National Centre for the Performing Arts, the ensemble has quickly established itself as one of China’s most dynamic and versatile orchestras, known for its stylistic range and artistic excellence across symphonic and operatic repertoire.
Venue
National Centre for the Performing Arts, Beijing