Di Xiao would like to thank everyone that attended her concert at the Palace Hotel, part of the Buxton Arts Festival 2008. Your warmth and generosity was greatly appreciated. Di looks forward to seeing you all at her future performances. Thanks again.
Di’s next major performance is the first of her ECHO Rising Star Tour dates and will take place 1100 on 26 October 2008 at
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“a pianist of awesome gifts …her imperious opening flourish [Schumann Concerto] announced a capacity for full, rich chording. But there was also flowing, rippling figuration as she revealed her instinctive grasp of this wonderful work. In her graceful, dancing finale it was easy to imagine Clara Schumann at the keyboard, Di Xiao’s profile and demeanour uncannily close to those of the great lady herself.”
"A stunning concert. Di Xiao’s playing combined power and delicacy, her exceptional talent received long applause from the audience at [the] Symphony Hall
Stunning pianist Di Xiao will embark on the Rising Star Series of Concerts in October 2008.
The European Rising Stars series was inaugurated by the European Concert Hall Organisation (ECHO) in 1996. The principal halls participating in ECHO are the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Palais des Beaux-Arts Brussels, Philharmonie Cologne, Cité de la musique Paris, Megaron Athens, Konserthus Stockholm, Musikverein and Konzerthaus Vienna, Symphony Hall Birmingham and Carnegie Hall, New York – the only non-European member of ECHO. The Series features young artists, nominated by each of the participating concert halls, who are considered to be on the threshold of international careers.
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