Upcoming Concert: BACHannalia: A Flute & Harpsichord Baroque Experience

February 15, 2025 / Serene Yu

Psst, have you RSVP'd to the great Johann Sebastian Bach's 340th birthday yet? On March 21 and 22, 2025, flutist Dr. Cleo Leung and harpsichordist/pianist Serene Yu are hosting BACHannlia: A Flute & Harpsichord Baroque Experience! Enjoy favorites of the repertoire including the Badinerie, Eb Major Sonata Siciliano, French Suite No. 5 in G, and a very special 21st century surprise! See you there! https://art-mate.net/en/doc/81771

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tags / Bach, Baroque, Baroque music, Harpsichord, Piano, JS Bach, Johann Sebastian Bach, CPE Bach, BACHannalia, Baroque concert, Flute, Flute and piano, Flute and harpishocrd, Hong Kong, Bach's 340th anniversary

Upcoming Concert: Azure Mists Flute & Piano Jazz Night

May 01, 2024 / Serene Yu

Close your eyes and picture the scene: you’re relaxing on a sultry summer night, beads of condensation slowly trailing down a cool crisp glass of wine in your hand. The breeze carries along with its mouth-watering scents of late night eats and the strains of a lively band, livening up the night and urging your feet to take to the dance floor. This is the world of Azure Mists.

Sink in to this beguiling atmosphere and let flutist Cleo Leung and pianist Serene Yu take you on a journey through the history of the tango, a modern Latin jazz band jamming through Sambas, Rumbas, Bossa Novas and Merengovas, before settling into a jazz club in Paris to round out your evening. Don’t miss out on Azure Mists, June 14th and 15th at 7:30pm, at the Hong Kong City Hall Recital Hall.

Program:

Astor Piazzolla — Histoire du Tango
Mike Mower — Sonata Latino
Claude Bolling — Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio No. 1

Grab your ticket now: https://art-mate.net/en/doc/74524

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Christmas Concert 2023: A Musical Christmas 🎄

November 20, 2023 / Serene Yu

Let’s celebrate Christmas with beautiful piano duets interpreted by Greenies Piano Duo! Experience the magic of Christmas and let your heart be touched by traditional Christmas carols in four-hand piano arrangement which you may find yourself singing along to. Also featured in the concert are four-hand gems by Franz Schubert and Claude Debussy.

Date: 23 December 2023 (Saturday)
Time: 20:15
Venue: Hong Kong City Hall - Recital Hall
(8/F, High Block, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, Hong Kong)

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tags / Duet, Debussy, December, Duo, Four hands, French music, French composer, Austrian, Arrangement, Christmas, Christmas music, Christmas songs, Christmas carols, Carols, Christmas 2023, Christmas concert, Concert, Live concert, Greenies Piano Duo, Hong Kong, Piano, Piano music, L. 65, Live performance, Music, Musique, Musique romantique, Petite Suite, Piano duet, Performance, Recital, Romantic music, Romantic, Jonathan Scott, Scott Brothers Duo, Chamber music

Danse Fantastique by Jonathan Östlund

August 05, 2023 / Serene Yu

I feel glad to have my recording featured in Swedish composer Jonathan Östlund’s latest album Elysian. You may access this work and some more stunning impressionist compositions here: https://divineartrecords.com/recording/elysian-music-by-jonathan-ostlund/. It is also available on all major music streaming platforms.

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tags / Recording, Swedish music, Impressionism, Impressionist music, Piano, Piano solo, Piano music, Contemporary music

Upcoming Concert: The Sound of Austria

May 17, 2023 / Serene Yu

In this Austrian-themed solo piano concert, works composed by Austrian composers of different eras will be performed. You will hear traditional music by Mozart and Haydn, all-time favourite “The Blue Danube”, atonal music which is considered subversive, etc. The pianist will also interact with the audience in a special way. Don’t miss it!

Date: 17 June 2023 (Saturday)
Time: 20:15
Venue: Hong Kong City Hall - Recital Hall
(8/F, High Block, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, Hong Kong)

Tickets now available on art-mate.net.

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Upcoming Concert: Euphonious Albion

January 18, 2023 / Serene Yu

Two evenings of gorgeous British works for flute and piano, featuring music by Ian Clarke, Lennox Berkeley, Malcolm Arnold, York Bowen, and John Rutter. Not to be missed!

Date: 17-18 March 2023 (Friday & Saturday)
Time: 20:00
Venue: Hong Kong City Hall - Recital Hall
(8/F, High Block, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, Hong Kong)

PROGRAM:

Clarke - Orange Dawn
Berkeley - Sonatina for Treble Recorder and Piano, Op. 13
Arnold - Sonata for Flute & Piano, Op. 121
Bowen - Sonata for Flute & Piano, Op. 120
Rutter - Suite Antique

Tickets now available online and at all Urbtix outlets.

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tags / Malcolm Arnold, York Bowen, Lennox Berkeley, John Rutter, Ian Clarke, Flute, Piano, Chamber music, British music

Happy New Year!

December 31, 2022 / Serene Yu

Have a sparkling new year🥂 Wish you all good health and peace.

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tags / Happy New Year, Auld Lang Syne, Piano duet, Piano music, Piano, Greenies Piano Duo, Four hands, 4 hands, Recording, Video, Video-recording, New Year's Eve, Year 2023, 2023, Music

HO-HO-HO! Merry Christmas!

December 24, 2022 / Serene Yu

It wouldn't really be Christmas without Christmas music! I hope you’ll love this festive musical treat which includes a few seasonal favourites:

It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
O Christmas Tree
O Come, All Ye Faithful
O Holy Night!
Silent Night (piano duet version arr. Jonathan Scott, performed by Greenies Piano Duo)

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New Music Release

July 01, 2022 / Serene Yu

Suite per pianoforte,
Op. 21 No. 1
by Faruk Mehić

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tags / Recording, Studio Recording, New release, New music, Bosnian music, Contemporary music, Piano music, Solo piano, Classical pop, Easy listening, Quirky music

PERCY BRIER Serenade for Viola and Piano

June 17, 2022 / Serene Yu

In 2016, I developed an interest in creating score editions when I took a course called “Sources and Editions” at Queensland Conservatorium. At that time, I created a critical edition based on the manuscript of Serenade for Viola and Piano by Australian composer Percy Brier. I was glad that Peter Roennfeldt invited Timothy Tate and me to contribute our work to produce the final version for publication. After a long wait of six years, it’s finally published by Wirripang (available here)!

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tags / Percy Brier, Queensland, Queenslander, Australian, Australian composer, Brisbane, Score editing, Queensland Conservatorium, Viola and Piano, Serenade, Chamber music, Scholarly edition, Critical edition, Wirripang, Publication

Upcoming Concert: The Romantic Piano

November 05, 2021 / Serene Yu

YOU ARE INVITED!

A concert which features a fascinating string of Romantic music for piano (mostly solo), performing Romantic essentials, rarities, transcriptions, and more. Not to be missed!

Saturday, 18 December 2021, 20:30
Venue: Hong Kong City Hall - Recital Hall
(8/F, High Block, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, Hong Kong)

Tickets now available online and at all Urbtix outlets.

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tags / Liszt, Franck, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Concert, Live concert, Live, Live performance, Performance, Piano, Piano music, Solo, Piano solo, 4 hands, Four hands, Duet, Duo, Romantic, Romantic music, 19C, 19th century, Hong Kong, Recital, Franz Liszt, César Franck, Franz Schubert, Felix Mendelssohn, Johannes Brahms

Debussy: Petite Suite (Live)

June 22, 2021 / Serene Yu

Recorded live in our concert An Evening in France (18 June 2021)

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Upcoming Concert: An Evening in France

May 28, 2021 / Serene Yu

YOU ARE INVITED!

An evening of French piano music with Greenies Piano Duo
Friday, 18 June 2021, 20:15
Venue: Hong Kong City Hall - Recital Hall
(8/F, High Block, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, Hong Kong)

Tickets now available online and at all Urbtix outlets.

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tags / Erik Satie, Gabriel Fauré, Claude Debussy, Emmanuel Chabrier, Marche interalliées, La belle excentrique, Dolly Suite, Petite Suite, Cortège burlesque, Souvenirs de Munich, Hong Kong, Concert, Live performance, Live concert, Greenies Piano Duo, Op. 155, Op. 56, L. 65, Camille Saint-Saëns

JOSEPH WOELFL - Sonata for Piano Four Hands & Flute in G Minor, Op. 42: I. Largo - Allegro

March 14, 2021 / Serene Yu

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New Music Release

November 15, 2020 / Serene Yu

Piano transcription of César Franck’s
Prelude, Fugue et Variation, Op. 18
(transcribed by Harold Bauer)

NOW AVAILABLE!

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網上錄播聖樂促進會經常費籌款音樂會「生之禮讚: 先死後生」

August 02, 2020 / Serene Yu

基於香港最近的疫情嚴峻，原於7月26日下午舉行的經費籌款音樂會改為「網上定時錄播」。音樂會的播放日為8月2日，主題為《生之禮讚：先死後生》。演出者包括：黃葉綺娟女士(女高音)、梁敏瑩博士(長笛)、周文珊女士(風琴)及余思靈女士(鋼琴)。歡迎自由奉獻支持聖樂促進會事工。

活動名稱: 聖樂促進會經常費籌款音樂會:「生之禮讚: 先死後生」
日期: 2020年8月2日 (星期日)
時間: 晚上七時三十分 (至午夜1200停止播放）
網址: https://youtu.be/WRIOHUIfE6w (七時十五分開放)
費用: 歡迎自由奉獻 https://forms.gle/JZb2BXsgK7FNNXuz8

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First Piano Recital in a While

June 14, 2020 / Serene Yu

Welcome to attend my first piano recital in a while.

Program

Franck/Bauer - Prélude, Fugue et Variation, Op. 18
Liszt - Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude

Date: 17 June 2020 (Wednesday)
Time: 13:15 - 13:50
Venue: St John’s Cathedral - 4-8 Garden Road, Central, Hong Kong

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Performing Again!

December 13, 2019 / Serene Yu

The surgery for my finger was successful and I’m playing the piano again! It’s not fully healed yet and it still needs several more months to return to my level, but I’m already able to play some not-too-virtuosic pieces.

I feel so glad to be invited to participate in a student concert on New Year’s Eve 2019. I’ll perform two B-minor works: Brahms’s Rhapsody in B Minor, Op. 79 No. 1 and Franck’s Prelude, Fugue et Variation, Op. 18 (transcribed by Harold Bauer).

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Debussy: Petite Suite - IT'S OUT!

July 18, 2019 / Serene Yu

Available now on iTunes, Apple Music, Spotify, CDBaby, YouTube, Amazon, Google Play. Please hit the “buy now” button or contact Serene directly for CD orders (HKD 85, postage within Hong Kong included). Hear excerpts from the album now!

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Hong Kong Church Music Association Presents: 蒙福的建設 Fundraising Concert, December 3

November 11, 2018 / Serene Yu

You are invited!

A fundraising concert at Ward Memorial Methodist Church with flutist Dr Cleo Leung and myself

Guest performers: Ms Clara Yip, Ms Symantha Leung, Mr Angus Ho

Monday, December 3rd, 19:30

Free admission, donations are welcome. The proceeds will go to Hong Kong Church Music Association

Address: 54 Waterloo Road, Yau Ma Tei, Hong Kong

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Suite per pianoforte, Op. 21 No. 1 by Faruk Mehić

YOU ARE INVITED!

YOU ARE INVITED!

Piano transcription of César Franck’s Prelude, Fugue et Variation, Op. 18 (transcribed by Harold Bauer)

NOW AVAILABLE!

You are invited!

Suite per pianoforte,
Op. 21 No. 1
by Faruk Mehić

Piano transcription of César Franck’s
Prelude, Fugue et Variation, Op. 18
(transcribed by Harold Bauer)