Chinese Canadian pianist Bruce Liu showcases versatility and an inventive approach to programming with his latest album. In the months leading up to the Chopin Competition, which he won in 2021, Liu found that many of his best musical ideas came to him in his dreams, and now, as a touring artist, he frequently finds himself working late at night. “It’s often the only time that silence and concentration, in the sense of timelessness, are possible,” he says. It was this experience of working in the small hours that in part inspired the idea of an album about moonlight and dreams, darkness and daybreak. Alongside core repertoire works such as Beethoven’s “Moonlight” and “Waldstein” Sonatas, Scriabin’s Fourth Sonata and Debussy’s Rêverie, the album includes gems by J.S. Bach, Federico Mompou, John Cage, György Ligeti and Danish singer-songwriter Agnes Obel.