In the eleventh concert of The Chinese Beethoven, Yingjia Xue plays Beethoven's last three piano sonatas in the Chamber Hall of the Shanghai Symphony Hall on 17 December 2027 at 19:15: Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major (Op. 109) and Piano Sonata No. 31 in A flat major (Op. 110), then after the interval Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor (Op. 111). The concert runs about 1 hour 20 minutes including the interval.
According to the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Yingjia Xue is associate professor of piano in the School of Music of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen. He studied at the middle school of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and then at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music itself, and afterwards at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels in Belgium and the Imola International Piano Academy in Italy. In 2004 he took first prize at the Scriabin International Piano Competition in Paris. The three sonatas were written between 1820 and 1822.
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“The Chinese Beethoven 11: Yingjia Xue.” Shanghai Concerts, https://shanghaiconcerts.com/en/concerts/the-chinese-beethoven-11-yingjia-xue. Checked 2026-11-13.
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