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Chu-Fang Huang, Piano

Chu-Fang Huang, Piano

Biography

Chu-Fang Huang, age 23, won first prize at the prestigious Cleveland International Piano Competition in August 2005. With her performance of the Beethoven concerto with the renowned Cleveland Orchestra, her awards included the Mixon First Prize, best performances of compositions by Chopin and Beethoven, a recital debut at Alice Tully Hall in Lincoln Center, New York, and numerous professional concert engagements. In January of this year, she was awarded first prize in the Young Concert Artists International Audition, which will sponsor her debut at Carnegie's Zankel Hall.

Ms. Huang began her piano study at the age of seven in her native country of China. She attended the Pre-college Division of Shenyang Music Conservatory where she won the first prize at the Chinese Prodigy Piano Competition. Other prizes in China include the grand prize from the Southeastern Asia Piano Competition in Hong Kong and a special award for her achievement in interpreting Chinese modern music.

Ms. Huang also has won numerous top prizes including the California International Young Artists Competition, the Fort Collins Symphony Orchestra Competition, the Missouri Southern International Competition, The Chinese American National Showcase, the Kingsville International Piano Competition, the Grace Welsh Piano Prize, the Corpus Christi International Competition, and the Hilton Head International Piano Competition. In 2004, Ms. Huang won prizes in both the Beijing International Piano Competition and the Sydney International Piano Competition, as well as special prizes for her interpretations of Haydn and Debussy. Ms. Huang was a finalist at the renowned Van Cliburn Piano Competition in 2005, just two months prior to her victory in Cleveland.

As a solo performer, Ms. Huang has concertized in all the major cities of China and the US, appearing in prestigious concert halls including Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, Severance Hall, Bass Performance Hall, the Sydney Opera House, Hong Kong Quanwan Auditorium, and the Beijing Zhongshan Auditorium. In Europe, Ms. Huang has played several recitals at the Royal Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, and appears regularly at the recital series in the Klavier Festival Ruhr in Germany. She has appeared as soloist with The Cleveland Orchestra, the Pacific Symphony, Eastern Symphony Orchestra, Charleston Symphony Orchestra, Mid-Texas Symphony Orchestra, the Victoria Symphony, Fort Collins Symphony Orchestra, the Hilton Head Orchestra, the Illinois Philharmonic, the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, and with the Australia Chamber Orchestra, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, the Liaoning Philharmonic, and the Shenzheng Philharmonic.

On radio, Ms. Huang has performed for the "Young Artists Series" in WQXR Radio Station, on the Australian Broadcast Cooperation, and on National Public Radio's "Performance Today" with The Cleveland Orchestra. She has made recordings for the ALPINE label, the CAMUS label, and will soon make a recording for international distribution on the NAXOS label.

Ms. Huang received her Bachelor's degree in 2004 from the Curtis Institute of Music, where she was a student of Claude Frank. She currently is pursuing her Master's degree at the Juilliard School as a pupil of Robert McDonald. She has been a participant in Ravinia's Steans Institute for Young Artists.


Performances by Chu-Fang Huang

Composer Title Date Action
Franz Liszt Sonata in b minor 01/18/2009 Play Add to playlist
Franz Joseph Haydn Sonata in E Major, Hob: XVI/31 01/26/2009 Play Add to playlist

Chu-Fang Huang Concerts

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