BEETHOVEN, BRAHMS & BRITTEN

Li-Wei Qin & Jeremy Young

Crucible Playhouse, Sheffield
Saturday 17 January 2026, 7.00pm

Tickets:
£23
£14 UC, PIP & DLA
£5 Students & Under 35s 

Book Tickets
Cellist, Li Wei Qin with his cello
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BRAHMS Sonata in E minor Op.38 (25’)
BRITTEN Sonata for Cello and Piano Op.65 (20’)
FANG Lin Chong (8’)
BEETHOVEN Sonata in D Op.102 No.2 (20’) 

A rare chance to hear the Chinese-Australian star cellist up close, performing some of the greatest chamber works ever written for the cello. “A superbly stylish, raptly intuitive performer” (Gramophone), Li-Wei Qin has twice been a soloist at the BBC Proms and has enjoyed artistic collaborations with many of the world’s most prestigious orchestras. 

For his Sheffield debut, Li-Wei performs the last and perhaps finest of Beethoven’s cello sonatas; this is an opportunity to hear the much-decorated musician (Silver Medal, International Tchaikovsky Competition; First Prize, International Naumburg Competition) return to a work he has recorded for Decca to great acclaim. Brahms’s song-like and soulful Sonata is also among the highlights, in what promises to be an evening of stirring emotions and musicality of the highest order. 

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“The emotional depth in Qin’s playing is breathtaking”

BBC Music Magazine

About the Artists

Li-Wei Qin

An exclusive Universal Music China Artist, Li-Wei Qin has appeared all over the world as a soloist and as a chamber musician.  After achieving great success at the 11th Tchaikovsky International Competition where he was awarded the Silver Medal, Li-Wei has since won the First Prize in the prestigious 2001 Naumburg Competition in New York. “A superbly stylish, raptly intuitive performer” Gramophone Magazine, January 2015) was the description of the cellist’s Elgar and Walton concerti recording with the London Philharmonic.

In recital and chamber music, Li-Wei is a regular guest at the Wigmore Hall and for the Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society, New York. He has appeared at the BBC Proms, the Rheinghau, the City of London, the Schlewigs-Holstein and the Mecklenburg Festivals. Li-Wei has collaborated with musicians such as Daniel Hope, Nabuko Imai, Misha Maisky, David Finckel, Wu Han, Vladimir Mendelssohn and Peter Frankel, among many others. Read more.

Jeremy Young

Equally at home as a performer, composer and educator Jeremy has a unique artistic voice that has adapted to the changing musical landscape and gained him a reputation as one of Europe’s most versatile musicians.

As a collaborative pianist Jeremy has partnered many of the worlds most distinguished musicians including Sasha Sitkovetsky, Olivier Charlier, Mark Padmore, Julian Bliss, Liwei Qin, Peter Cropper, Roderick Williams, and Karine Georgian. He has performed with ensembles including Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Manchester Camerata, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Psappha and Piano Circus, and alongside world leading string quartets such as the Elias, Talich, Heath, Benyounes and Quatour Voce. Read more.