On October 5, Michel Dalberto, a world-renowned pianist and Professor at the Paris Conservatory, visited the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) as a guest of the SUSTech Lecture Series and performed a concert in the SUSTech-TCL Innovation and Entrepreneurship Lecture Hall.

Ke LIU, Dean of the School of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at SUSTech and Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering (ATSE), invited Michel Dalberto on behalf of SUSTech.

The theme of the concert was to inspire the audience by introducing the classical pianists born between the years of 1810 and 1813, as well as playing the works of these musical giants.

More than 600 faculty members, students, and other guests attended the event, which was presided over by Cheng CHENG, Host of the Shenzhen Radio, Film and Television Group (SZMG).

Residents of Shenzhen and more than 50 entrepreneurial students were also invited to participate in the event.

During the lecture, Michel Dalberto interacted with the audience and introduced the stories of five famous composers from Germany, Poland, Hungary, and other countries who emerged from the most glorious era of composers in the 19^th century.

He opened the concert with Mendelssohn’s Solemn Variations in D Minor, a piece that blends emotion, technique, and romantic sentiment.

He used vivid and entertaining language to introduce the musical stories of national treasure composers. With a deep and profound understanding of music, he performed Schumann’s commemorative album (Op. 99), Chopin’s Ballade No. 3 in A-flat Major (Op. 47), Liszt – Transcendental Etude No. 12 “Chasse-Neige” (Snow Storm), and Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 23 “Passion”.

During the interactive period, Michel Dalberto held a question-and-answer session with the audience. He provided suggestions for students learning to play piano, encouraged them to focus on finger flexibility and understanding of music rather than how the musical instruments perform, and hoped that music would bring more innovative inspiration to everyone’s academic studies and life.

Afterward, Meng LIU from the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing performed “Man Jiang Hong” (The River All Red) on the Guzheng.

Michel Dalberto is a famous pianist who has won the International Mozart Competition in Salzburg, the Clara Haskil Prize in Switzerland, and the Leeds International Piano Competition in the UK.

Named the most outstanding pianist by Gramophone, one of the world’s leading classical music magazines, he is recognized as one of the finest interpreters of the works of Schubert and Mozart.

In recognition of his outstanding contribution to music and art, the French government awarded him the National Order of Merit in 1996.