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19TH INTERNATIONAL FRYDERYK CHOPIN PIANO COMPETITION
WINNER'S CONCERT IN SINGAPORE
ERIC LU
WEDNESDAY 3 DECEMBER 2025
8:00PM
VICTORIA CONCERT HALL
A Star Is Born – Meet ERIC LU, Chopin Gold Medallist, in Singapore
Witness history in the making as ERIC LU, an artist already featured in Altenburg Arts’ series regularly since 2022, returns to Singapore, this time as the newly crowned Gold Medallist of the 19th International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw.
Held once every five years in Warsaw, the Chopin Competition is widely regarded as the greatest piano championship in the world—a proving ground where legends are born. Past winners include towering names like Martha Argerich, Krystian Zimerman, Maurizio Pollini, and Seong-Jin Cho. Now, ERIC LU, the world’s newest piano star, steps into that rarefied company, fresh from capturing the jury’s imagination and the public’s hearts on one of classical music’s grandest stages.
Be among the first to experience the artistry, charisma, and poetic mastery that earned this young pianist the top prize. For one night only in Singapore—don’t miss this electrifying celebration of the Chopin Competition and the arrival of Eric Lu as its newest champion!
Presented by Altenburg Arts, in collaboration with The Fryderyk Chopin Institute, the 19th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition, the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, Republic of Poland, and Liu Kotow International Management & Promotion.
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PROGRAMME
CHOPIN —
Nocturne in C-sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 1
Polonaise in F-sharp minor, Op. 44
Barcarolle in F-sharp major, Op. 60
Polonaise-Fantasy in A-flat major, Op. 61
Polonaise in B-flat major, Op. 71 No. 2
Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58
(Programme subject to change at the artist’s discretion)
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THE ARTIST
ERIC LU, piano
“Lu’s playing is in a rare class - sensitive and emotionally intuitive.” (BBC Music Magazine)
Eric Lu won the Gold Medal at the International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw in 2025, after having already placed as a laureate of the same competition ten years earlier aged just 17. Lu also won First Prize at The Leeds International Piano Competition in 2018 at the age of 20. The following year, he signed an exclusive contract with Warner Classics, and has since collaborated with some of the world's most prestigious orchestras, and presented in major recital venues.
Recent and forthcoming orchestral collaborations include the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Oslo Philharmonic, Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Orchestre National de Lille, Finnish Radio Symphony, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Helsinki Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic, Shanghai Symphony at the BBC Proms, amongst others. Conductors he collaborates with include Riccardo Muti, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, Ryan Bancroft, Marin Alsop, Duncan Ward, Vasily Petrenko, Edward Gardner, Sir Mark Elder, Thomas Dausgaard, Ruth Reinhardt, Earl Lee, Kerem Hasan, Nuno Coehlo, Dinis Sousa, and Martin Fröst.
Active as a recitalist, he is presented on stages including the Köln Philharmonie, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Queen Elizabeth Hall London, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Leipzig Gewandhaus, San Francisco Davies Hall, BOZAR Brussels, Fondation Louis Vuitton Paris, 92nd St Y, Seoul Arts Centre, Warsaw Philharmonic Hall, and Sala São Paulo. In 2024, he is appearing for the 6th consecutive year in recital at Wigmore Hall London. He has also been invited for the 7th time to Warsaw's 'Chopin and his Europe Festival' and will debut at La Roque-d'Anthéron Festival.
Eric’s third album on Warner Classics was released in December 2022, featuring Schubert Sonatas D. 959 and 784. It was met with worldwide critical acclaim, receiving BBC Music Magazine’s Instrumental Choice, writing, “Lu’s place among today’s Schubertians is confirmed”. His previous album of the Chopin 24 Preludes, and Schumann’s Geistervariationen was hailed ‘truly magical’ by International Piano.
Born in Massachusetts in 1997, Eric Lu first came to international attention as a Laureate of the 2015 Chopin International Competition in Warsaw aged just 17. He was also awarded the International German Piano Award in 2017, and Avery Fisher Career Grant in 2021. Eric was a BBC New Generation Artist from 2019-22. He is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, studying with Robert McDonald and Jonathan Biss. He was also a pupil of Dang Thai Son.
