Mike Cheng-Yu Lee

On Friday November 20, 2015 I attended a guest recital performed by Mike Cheng-Yu Lee. He performed four piano sonatas by Mozart. Mr. Lee performed his recital at both Indiana and Cornell University.  The recital took place at the Moore building in Watkins lecture hall all four of the pieces he played were breathtaking and it w very clear that he was invested in every not he played of his music.The first piece that was played was Mozart’s sonata I d major. As soon as the pianist started to play the piece the audience was taken away by his talent. The piece was very up beat and had lots of spirt in the rhythm. It was a rondo: allegro and gave of a high spirited sense of emotion to myself and many other members in the audience. The fast movement of his fingers looked as if he was just shooting lasers out the tips of his fingers. The sudden stab of louder chords throughout the piece added even more suspense to the upbeat piece it was nice to see how lost Lee got into his performance. You could tell by the very first phrase that he played that he was in complete bliss.