Yi-Jia Susanne Hou will perform a recital at Flâneries Musicales de Reims on 8 February 2020 as part of their 30th anniversary season. She will be joined by a Japanese pianist Yumeko Mochizuki in the programme of Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Ravel, He/Chen and Takemitsu under a joint title “Harmonies d’Orient” at the unique venue of the historic Demeure des Comtes de Champagne in Reims.
Unanimous First Prize winner of three prestigious International Violin Competitions in France, Italy, and Spain, Yi-Jia Susanne Hou has performed and toured with leading orchestras around the world. In 2013 she recorded the Beethoven Violin Concerto with the London Symphony Orchestra playing an outstanding 1735 Guarneri Del Gesu Violin which belonged to Fritz Kreisler at the time of his writing the cadenzas for the Beethoven Concerto. In 2016 she performed and recorded the Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor John Nelson at Cadogan Hall which she subsequently toured with in Canada, China and Taiwan. Susanne Hou is a devoted advocate for music education who passionately engages in creative projects involving early classical music coaching and mentoring aspiring young artists.
