Frank Huang, Piano
Performances by Frank Huang
| Composer | Title | Date | Action |
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| Claude Debussy | Ce qu’a vu le vent d’ouest | 01/21/2012 |
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| Claude Debussy | La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune, from Préludes Book II | 01/21/2012 |
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| Igor Stravinsky | Three Movements from ballet Petrushka | 01/21/2012 |
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| Johannes Brahms | Scherzo for piano in e-flat minor, Op. 4 | 01/20/2012 |
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Frank Huang, Piano
Biography
A native of Seattle, pianist Frank Huang has performed many concerts in the United States and abroad to critical acclaim. He made his New York debut in 2008 at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall as a winner of an Artists International Award. New York Concert Review commented that Mr. Huang was a “thoughtful and accomplished performer” and that his playing was “impressive for its maturity and refinement.” In addition, the Chopin Foundation of the United States, Northwest Chapter has described his playing as having “authority and panache.”
Mr. Huang keeps an active performing schedule and has performed in notable venues such as Benaroya Hall, Seattle, the US Embassy in Warsaw, Zelazowa Wola Park (Chopin’s birthplace), Gijon International Piano Festival (Spain), Theatro Municipal (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Kennedy Center, Washington DC, and Lincoln Center in New York, along with radio broadcasts in Seattle, Vermont, and New York. In addition, he has performed with the Sammamish Symphony, Northwest Philharmonia, and the Peru National Symphony.
Recently, he took second prize at the esteemed 2010 World International Piano Competition, along with first prize at the 2008 5 Towns Piano Competition in New York, adding to his list of competition successes, including first prize at The International Young Artists Concerto Competition. An avid chamber musician, he is not only a founding member of The Fairmount Trio, but has also collaborated with members of the Cleveland Orchestra in concerts. Mr. Huang has worked with distinguished musicians such as Lee Kum-Sing, Nelita True, Byron Janis, Jon Kimura Parker, Robert McDonald, Richard Goode, Murray Perahia, Daniel Shapiro, and Dominique Weber.
He studied extensively with Willard Schultz before obtaining Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees from The Juilliard School, where he continued his studies with Julian Martin. Mr. Huang is currently a doctoral student at the Cleveland Institute of Music studying under the direction of Antonio Pompa-Baldi. Mr. Huang currently serves as a piano faculty member at the Arts Prep program at Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland, Ohio.