Andrea Lam

'Fine pianism full of integrity and colour.'

– Sydney Arts Guide, 2023

Andrea Lam is one of Australia’s most recognised concert pianists. The host and star of hit ABC TV series The Piano, Andrea is a passionate advocate for her instrument, introducing a new generation of Australians to its expressive power and possibility. In demand as concerto soloist with Australia’s major orchestras, and following a celebrated US career, Andrea returns for her first solo recital at UKARIA with a nuanced, wide-ranging program that showcases her interpretative sensitivity.

Schubert’s Sonata in A lies at this recital’s heart: moving and turbulent, the work was written in the last months of its young composer’s life, and represents a very particular challenge for a pianist’s artistry. Bach’s wistful Aria from the Goldberg Variations follows Schubert’s sonata as a simple, tender elegy.

Other notable highlights of Andrea’s recital include two pairings of composers who knew one another intimately. Clara Schumann’s heart-wrenching Romanze, written during a difficult period following her husband Robert’s hospitalisation, is offered bittersweet consolation by Robert Schumann’s passionate, jubilant Widmung, composed as a wedding present to his young wife. In a second pairing, brother and sister converse: Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel’s Songs Without Words were precursors to her brother’s famous contribution to the genre.

Franz Schubert
Piano Sonata No. 20 in A, D. 959 [38']

I. Allegro
II. Andantino
III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace – Trio. Un poco più lento
IV. Rondo. Allegretto

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Aria from Goldberg Variations, BWV 988

Melody Eötvös (b. 1984)
Bachram [5']

Clara Schumann (1819–1896)
Romanze in A minor, WoO 28 [5']

Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
Widmung (arr. Franz Liszt) [4']

Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel (1805–1847)
Song without Words

Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847)
Song without Words

Enrique Granados (1867–1916)
The Maiden and the Nightingale from Goyescas, Op. 11 No. 4 [6']

Alberto Ginastera (1916–1983)
Suite de danzas Criollas, Op. 15 [8']