Helen Huang
Encyclopedia
Helen Huang, born October 1982 is a classical pianist
and former musical prodigy
. She began studying piano in 1987, performing and touring with major symphony orchestras while still a child.
, and then the Juilliard School
, where she studied with the Israeli pianist Yoheved Kaplinsky
, graduating in 2004.
Huang made her debut with a major symphony orchestra at age 8, when she performed with the Philadelphia Orchestra
. She went on to perform in December 1992 with the New York Philharmonic
under the direction of Kurt Masur
, with whom she has continued to maintain a close association.
Huang has performed with several major orchestras, including the Cleveland Orchestra
, the U.S. National Symphony Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Saint Louis Symphony, the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
and the London Philharmonic. She has toured with the New York Philharmonic (in 1998 and again in 1999), the Pittsburgh Symphony (1998–99) and the Vienna Chamber Orchestra
.
Helen Huang: For Children (1996)
Helen Huang (1998)
Georg Tintner
: Violin Sonata; Works for Piano (with Cho-Liang Lin
, violin) (2007)
Pianist
A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers.-Choice of genres:...
and former musical prodigy
Child prodigy
A child prodigy is someone who, at an early age, masters one or more skills far beyond his or her level of maturity. One criterion for classifying prodigies is: a prodigy is a child, typically younger than 18 years old, who is performing at the level of a highly trained adult in a very demanding...
. She began studying piano in 1987, performing and touring with major symphony orchestras while still a child.
Musical career
Huang was born in Japan, of Taiwanese parents, in 1982. Her family moved to the United States in 1985 and Huang began her piano study in 1987. She attended the Manhattan School of MusicManhattan School of Music
The Manhattan School of Music is a major music conservatory located on the Upper West Side of New York City. The school offers degrees on the bachelors, masters, and doctoral levels in the areas of classical and jazz performance and composition...
, and then the Juilliard School
Juilliard School
The Juilliard School, located at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City, United States, is a performing arts conservatory which was established in 1905...
, where she studied with the Israeli pianist Yoheved Kaplinsky
Yoheved Kaplinsky
Yoheved "Veda" Kaplinsky is an award-winning classical pianist, lecturer and professor of music at the Juilliard School...
, graduating in 2004.
Huang made her debut with a major symphony orchestra at age 8, when she performed with the Philadelphia Orchestra
Philadelphia Orchestra
The Philadelphia Orchestra is a symphony orchestra based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States. One of the "Big Five" American orchestras, it was founded in 1900...
. She went on to perform in December 1992 with the New York Philharmonic
New York Philharmonic
The New York Philharmonic is a symphony orchestra based in New York City in the United States. It is one of the American orchestras commonly referred to as the "Big Five"...
under the direction of Kurt Masur
Kurt Masur
Kurt Masur is a German conductor, particularly noted for his interpretation of German Romantic music.- Biography :Masur was born in Brieg, Lower Silesia, Germany and studied piano, composition and conducting in Leipzig, Saxony. Masur has been married three times...
, with whom she has continued to maintain a close association.
Huang has performed with several major orchestras, including the Cleveland Orchestra
Cleveland Orchestra
The Cleveland Orchestra is an American orchestra based in Cleveland, Ohio. It is one of the five American orchestras informally referred to as the "Big Five". Founded in 1918, the orchestra plays most of its concerts at Severance Hall...
, the U.S. National Symphony Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Saint Louis Symphony, the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra is one of the the oldest symphony orchestras in the world...
and the London Philharmonic. She has toured with the New York Philharmonic (in 1998 and again in 1999), the Pittsburgh Symphony (1998–99) and the Vienna Chamber Orchestra
Vienna Chamber Orchestra
The Vienna Chamber Orchestra is an Austrian chamber orchestra based at the Vienna Konzerthaus....
.
Awards
Huang is the recipient of numerous awards including the Manhattan School of Music concerto competition (1992); the Martin E. Segal Award (1994); and the Avery Fisher Career Grant (1995).Discography
Introducing Helen Huang (1995)- BeethovenLudwig van BeethovenLudwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential composers of all time.Born in Bonn, then the capital of the Electorate of Cologne and part of...
, Piano Concerto No. 1Piano Concerto No. 1 (Beethoven)Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, op. 15, was written during 1796 and 1797. The first performance was in Prague in 1798, with Beethoven himself playing the piano, dedicated to his student Babette Countess Keglevics....
in C major, Op. 15 - MozartWolfgang Amadeus MozartWolfgang Amadeus Mozart , baptismal name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart , was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music...
, Piano Concerto No. 23Piano Concerto No. 23 (Mozart)The Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major is a musical composition for piano and orchestra written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It was finished, according to Mozart's own catalogue, on March 2, 1786, around the time of the premiere of his opera, The Marriage of Figaro...
in A major, K. 488
Helen Huang: For Children (1996)
- Villa-LobosHeitor Villa-LobosHeitor Villa-Lobos was a Brazilian composer, described as "the single most significant creative figure in 20th-century Brazilian art music". Villa-Lobos has become the best-known and most significant Latin American composer to date. He wrote numerous orchestral, chamber, instrumental and vocal works...
, A Prole do bebê (8), suite for piano, Book 1 ("A família do bebê"), A. 140 - DebussyClaude DebussyClaude-Achille Debussy was a French composer. Along with Maurice Ravel, he was one of the most prominent figures working within the field of impressionist music, though he himself intensely disliked the term when applied to his compositions...
, Children's CornerChildren's CornerChildren's Corner is a six-movement suite for solo piano by Claude Debussy. It was published by Durand in 1908, and was given its world première in Paris by Harold Bauer on December 18 of that year...
, suite for piano (or orchestra), L. 113 - Mozart, Variations on "Ah vous dirai-je, Maman", for piano in C major, K. 265 (K. 300e)
- MendelssohnFelix MendelssohnJakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Barthóldy , use the form 'Mendelssohn' and not 'Mendelssohn Bartholdy'. The Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians gives ' Felix Mendelssohn' as the entry, with 'Mendelssohn' used in the body text...
, Songs without WordsSongs without WordsSongs Without Words is a series of short, lyrical piano pieces by the Romantic composer Felix Mendelssohn.-Composition and reception:...
for piano No. 34 in C major ("Spinnerlied"), Op. 67/4 - SchumannRobert SchumannRobert Schumann, sometimes known as Robert Alexander Schumann, was a German composer, aesthete and influential music critic. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most representative composers of the Romantic era....
, KinderszenenKinderszenenKinderszenen , Opus 15, by Robert Schumann, is a set of thirteen pieces of music for piano written in 1838. In this work, Schumann provides us with his adult reminiscences of childhood. Schumann had originally written 30 movements for this work, but chose 13 for the final version...
(Scenes from Childhood) for piano, Op. 15 - LisztFranz LisztFranz Liszt ; ), was a 19th-century Hungarian composer, pianist, conductor, and teacher.Liszt became renowned in Europe during the nineteenth century for his virtuosic skill as a pianist. He was said by his contemporaries to have been the most technically advanced pianist of his age...
, Gnomenreigen, for piano (Zwei Konzertetüden No. 2), S. 145/2 (LW A218/2)
Helen Huang (1998)
- Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 21Piano Concerto No. 21 (Mozart)The Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467, was completed on March 9, 1785 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, four weeks after the completion of the previous D minor concerto.- Structure :There are three movements....
in C major ("Elvira Madigan") K. 467 - Mendelssohn, Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25
- Mendelssohn, for piano and orchestra in B minor, Op. 22
Georg Tintner
Georg Tintner
Georg Tintner CM was an Austrian-born conductor whose career was principally in New Zealand, Australia, and Canada....
: Violin Sonata; Works for Piano (with Cho-Liang Lin
Cho-Liang Lin
Cho-Liang Lin , born in Hsinchu, Taiwan, is a Taiwanese American violinist who is renowned for his appearances as a soloist with major orchestras. "Musical America" named him its "Instrumentalist of the Year" in 2000...
, violin) (2007)
- Tintner, Sonata for violin & piano
- Tintner, Variations on a Theme of Chopin, for piano
- Tintner, Sehnsucht (Longing), prelude for piano
- Tintner, Auf den Tod eines Freundes (On the death of a Friend), for piano
- Tintner, Piano Sonata in F minor
- Tintner, Fugue for piano in G major (Allegro)
- Tintner, Fugue for piano in C minor (Bewegt)
- Tintner, Trauermusik (Musica Tragica), for piano