the Anglo-Dutch violinist Daniel Rowland fascinated everyone at the Trecastagni International Music Festival with his charm and will to amaze his Sicilian audience proposing unconventional choices and pieces which were never heard before On 31 July he performed a tribute to Debussy and Bernstein in the enchanting courtyard of Saint Nicholas Church he exhibited in a program dedicated to Italy and to the musician Giovanni Sollima We had the pleasure of interviewing him before his performance to discover his point of view on music Translated into English by Daniela Marsala View more information » This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page guest of Tre­ca­sta­gni In­ter­na­tio­nal Mu­sic Fe­sti­val in Si­ci­ly told us about his music experience around the world in the footsteps of his idol Franz Liszt If you could summarize the young and able pianist Haiou Zhang’s career this would be the most suitable expression Always on the road for his numerous tours around Europe and the world the Chinese pianist usually comes back to that places where he finds a special inspiration: « I am very happy to be in Sicily again to live new magical moments here» Always looking for a connection between the world outside and his inner universe Zhang prefers (and not by chance) evocative and charming locations for his performances he travelled around France in May passing from the Paris to a snug place like Coutures a small village inhabited by 191 people: « I could do a concert even for fifty people– said he – the important thing is to know that audience understands what I do and perceives the emotions I want to generate» The pilgrimage cult is inspired by his great master who entitled An­nées de pè­le­ri­na­ge three piano collections dedicated to his travels in Europe as piano virtuoso Ha­iou Zhang’s leitmotif is his relationship with the past giving way to a future-oriented perspective at one time: « I don’t think I have an inclination for composition – admitted he – but rather for pieces reinterpretation I think it is essential for a musician to propose personal reinterpretation of past masterpieces» The choice of such repertoire reveals the artist’s personal influence too: the first Zhang’s album was composed in honor of the two hundred years from Liszt’s birth,whereas the second one is dedicated to Mozart a real rediscovery in his adulthood: «Mo­zart was an enemy of mine for many years but «life always surprises us unexpectedly» one might think that a successful musician like him already realized all his dreams but Haiou still has many projects to carry out: he is going to play in Hamburg with the local Elb­phi­lhar­mo­nie and there is a releasing documentary about his performances around the world Life imitates art far more than art imitates life and Ha­iou Zhang’s greatest wish is to travel bringing music around the world as his An­nées de Pèle­ri­na­ge master did looking for relationships and for the Great Beauty Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page.