Eric Lu plays Chopin
Winner of the 19th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition Warsaw 2025
Eric Lu (piano)
With his mix of elegance of sound, clarity of execution and technical ease, Lu has all the basic requirements for a first-class Chopin player. The three Mazurkas, Op 56, achieve an intimacy...
Eric Lu plays Chopin
Winner of the 19th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition Warsaw 2025
Eric Lu (piano)
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With his mix of elegance of sound, clarity of execution and technical ease, Lu has all the basic requirements for a first-class Chopin player. The three Mazurkas, Op 56, achieve an intimacy...
About
Deutsche Grammophon is releasing an exclusive album featuring highlights from the performances of Eric Lu, winner of the 19th International Chopin Piano Competition. The American pianist was awarded the first prize by the jury after the final round in Warsaw. The recordings of his performances were made live during the traditional music competition (the “Olympics of the piano world” - New York Times).
Contents and tracklist
- Eric Lu (piano)
- Recorded: 2025-10-11
- Recording Venue: Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall
- Eric Lu (piano)
- Recorded: 2025-10-06
- Recording Venue: Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall
- Eric Lu (piano)
- Recorded: 2025-10-16
- Recording Venue: Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall
- Eric Lu (piano)
- Recorded: 2025-10-16
- Recording Venue: Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall
- Eric Lu (piano)
- Recorded: 2025-10-16
- Recording Venue: Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall
- Eric Lu (piano)
- Recorded: 2025-10-16
- Recording Venue: Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall
- Eric Lu (piano)
- Recorded: 2025-10-16
- Recording Venue: Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall
- Eric Lu (piano)
- Recorded: 2025-10-11
- Recording Venue: Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall
Awards and reviews
3rd February 2026
With his mix of elegance of sound, clarity of execution and technical ease, Lu has all the basic requirements for a first-class Chopin player. The three Mazurkas, Op 56, achieve an intimacy that one might not expect in a large concert hall.
January 2026
Listen to any eight bars of the B flat minor Sonata and it will be immediately obvious why Lu was awarded first prize. Stately, commanding and describing a vast aesthetic terrain of immense variety, it is a performance that belies its interpreter's youth.
