The young Hong Kong-born pianist Wong Chiyan is a fast-rising name in the over-populated circus of 20somethings vying to be the piano world's "next big thing". His route is not by winning international piano competitions, which are frankly a dime a dozen now, but by the scholarship and specialisation of certain composers. In his case, Franz Liszt and Ferruccio Busoni have been targets of interest.

In a very well-crafted programme, he used Mozart as a start point, before branching into the transcendental pianism of Chopin, Liszt and Busoni. Almost Romantic in character, the Fantasy In C Minor (K.475) is Mozart's most modern- sounding piano work and it resonated like late Liszt in Wong's hands.

Heavy octaves, stark chords and amplification of dissonances rid the already austere work of any sentimentality, thus paving the way for his dissertation.