BRYAN CHENG

Bryan Cheng's May

A month filled with music, as Bryan Cheng kicked-ff the month of May performing Johannes Brahms’ Trio for Viola, Cello and Piano in A minor Op. 114 alongside violist Natalie Loughran and pianist Jeremie Moreau on the 1st of May at the Casals Forum in Kronberg. His musical journey continues at Switzerland's Week-End Musical de Pully, where as Artist-in-Residence 2024, he is performing Friedrich Gulda’s Concerto for Cello and Wind Orchestra alongside the HEMU Wind Orchestra Lausanne under conductor Raphaël Jousse on the 4th, followed by a CelloFellos recital. Bryan Cheng and fellow cellist Leonard Disselhorst present a multifaceted program encompassing works by Heitor Villa-Lobos, Astor Piazzolla, Béla Bartók, and others. Their "Global Grooves“ entitled program ranges from traditional Romanian folk dances to Ragtime, Swing, and Tango, extending to newly composed contemporary pop. On the 5th, Bryan and his sister Silvie perform a recital in the frames of the same residency, presenting works by Sibelius, Grieg, Chopin and Dinuk Wijeratne as Cheng² Duo. The month of May continues at the Casals Forum in Kronberg, where Bryan Cheng performs „November 19, 1828“ for string trio and piano by John Harbison alongside Gidon Kremer, Katie Liu and Julius Asal on the 11th, Robert Schumann’s Piano Trio No. 3 alongside Sir András Schiff and Sarah Jégou-Sageman on the 15th and Ernst Von Dohnányi’s Piano quintet No. 1 in c minor op. 1 together with violinists Oliver Neubauer and Evan Johanson, violist Edgar Francis and pianist Enrico Pace on the 19th. All of these performances take place is the frames of the Chamber Music Connects the World Festival of the Kronberg Academy.