Sirena Huang
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Sirena Huang is a concert violin
ist. She is the First Prize Winner and recipient of the Audience Award of the 2011 Thomas & Evon Cooper International Competition.
She is the First Prize Gold Medalist of the International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians
in 2009.
. In 2011, Huang was appointed as the first Artist-in-Residence of Hartford Symphony Orchestra
.
and Sylvia Rosenberg at Juilliard School Pre-College division. Huang made her orchestra solo debut with the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra
at age nine. Three weeks later, she played with the Staatskapelle Weimar
in Germany. Other orchestra solo performances include Cleveland Orchestra
, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
, Russian Symphony Orchestra, Hartford Symphony Orchestra
, New Haven Symphony Orchestra
, Lehigh Valley Chamber Orchestra, Greenwich Symphony Orchestra, Park Avenue Chamber Orchestra, Aspen Sinfonia, Long Island Philharmonic, Roanoke Orchestra, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra in New Jersey, the Juilliard Pre-College Orchestra, Ensemble Blaeu Amsterdam, and Modus Chamber Ensemble in New York City. She has performed as a soloist at the Aspen Music Festival, Eastern Music Festival
and also has given solo recitals in the Simsbury Chamber Music Festival and Usdan
Center Concert Series. In addition, she has appeared regularly in “The Great Music for a Great City” series in New York City. Her concerts have been held at venues such as Lincoln Center, Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts, Tilles Center, Kimmel Center, and National Concert Hall (Taiwan). In March 2005, she played her solo recital at Bushnell Center to benefit ‘Fund for Access’, a scholarship program for the Hartt School of Music. Huang goes to school in Windsor, Connecticut at The Loomis Chaffee School.
in 2009. In the summer of 2011, she was awarded the Bernard and Mania Hahnloser Prize for Violin at the Verbier Music Festival in Switzerland. In the summer of 2008, she won First Place at the Aspen Music Festival violin competition. In September 2006, she received Third Prize in the Wieniawski International Competition for Young Violinists held in Lublin, Poland. At age 10, she received Second Place in the triennial International Louis Spohr Competition for Young Violinists held in Germany; additionally was awarded the Special Prize of “Best Bach Interpretation.” In December, 2003, she was the First Prize winner in the junior division of the “Remember Enescu” International Violin Competition in Romania. In the United States, she has won competitions including the Juilliard School Pre-College Concerto Competition at age of nine as well as a Grand Prize of the New Haven Symphony Young Artist Competition in Connecticut.
Since 2003, Huang has been selected three times as one of ten "Exceptional Young Artists" worldwide at the “Starling-DeLay Symposium for Violin Study” at Juilliard School. Huang also performed during the ceremony in which the annual Humanitarian Award was presented to President Sarkozy of France. In June 2006, she performed before His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan
and thirty other Nobel Prize Laureates—including Elie Wiesel
and His Holiness the Dalai Lama
—at the World Peace Conference held in Petra. In October 2007, under the invitation of former Czech Republic President Havel, she played in the Opening Ceremony of “Forum 2000 World Conference” in Prague.
McGraw-Hill Young Artists Showcase, WNPR
, Hartford Courant, Grennwich Time, Journal Inquirer
, CNBC
, WTNH
, WTIC
, WB20, Beethoven Radio and a performance on the “From the Top
” radio program. Hartford Courant reported "Seldom have Hartford Symphony Orchestra concert-goers been so transfixed by a soloist as they were Thursday by 14-year-old Sirena Huang...Her musicality is solid, professional and mature. Huang played with effortless technical command and projected fresh ideas in concentrated but flowing gracefulness.". Baltimore Sun wrote: "Huang...[had] a remarkable amount of deeply expressive phrasing. Despite her youth, she sounded like someone who has lived quite a while with the score, long enough to feel confident putting her own stamp on it." Stamford Advocate reviewer praised Huang as "the text-message age has found its first real virtuoso...Huang unfolded a series of interpretive viewpoints in the Lalo with a depth of consideration in lines and phrasings that revealed intelligence and musicality of great sophistication". In November 2007, the New York Times described her performance in a concert to honor Holocaust survivor Alice Herz-Sommer, as: “A Mendelssohn concerto exquisitely performed by a 13-year-old violinist, Sirena Huang, brought down the house.” In February 2006, she was invited to be a guest speaker at the TED Conference held in California—an annual gathering of over 1000 of the finest minds in Technology, Entertainment, and Design of America. TED reporters called Huang a player with “a musician’s soul that transcends her years.”
Violin
The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
ist. She is the First Prize Winner and recipient of the Audience Award of the 2011 Thomas & Evon Cooper International Competition.
She is the First Prize Gold Medalist of the International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians
International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians
The International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians is the junior section of the prestigious International Tchaikovsky Competition. The competition is open to musicians under the age 17 in the area of piano, violin, and cello...
in 2009.
. In 2011, Huang was appointed as the first Artist-in-Residence of Hartford Symphony Orchestra
Hartford Symphony Orchestra
The Hartford Symphony Orchestra is an American orchestra based in Hartford, Connecticut.-External links:* - Official site*...
.
Biography
Huang began her violin lessons at 4 years old with Mrs. Linda Fiore at the Hartt School. Currently, she is a scholarship student studying with Mr. Stephen ClappStephen Clapp
Stephen Clapp is a violinist and educator and former Dean of the Juilliard School.-Education:Clapp earned the B.M degree from the Oberlin Conservatory and the M.S. degree from the Juilliard School. He is a former student of Dorothy DeLay, Ivan Galamian, and Andor Toth...
and Sylvia Rosenberg at Juilliard School Pre-College division. Huang made her orchestra solo debut with the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra
National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra
The National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra , also known as NTSO, founded in 1945, is the oldest symphony orchestra in Taiwan. It is based in Wufeng, Taichung.- Principal Conductors :* Fusao Kajima , 2009-present* Chiu Chun-chiang , 2006-2009...
at age nine. Three weeks later, she played with the Staatskapelle Weimar
Staatskapelle Weimar
The Deutsche Nationaltheater and Staatskapelle Weimar is the most important musical and theatrical venue in Weimar in Germany. It is a twin institution, consisting of the theatrical Deutsches Nationaltheater and the symphony orchestra known as the Staatskapelle Weimar...
in Germany. Other orchestra solo performances include 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...
, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra is a professional American symphony orchestra based in Baltimore, Maryland.In September 2007, Maestra Marin Alsop led her inaugural concerts as the Orchestra’s twelfth music director, making her the first woman to head a major American orchestra.The BSO Board...
, Russian Symphony Orchestra, Hartford Symphony Orchestra
Hartford Symphony Orchestra
The Hartford Symphony Orchestra is an American orchestra based in Hartford, Connecticut.-External links:* - Official site*...
, New Haven Symphony Orchestra
New Haven Symphony Orchestra
The New Haven Symphony Orchestra is an American symphony orchestra based in New Haven, Connecticut. The New Haven Symphony Orchestra gave its first concert in 1895 and is the fourth oldest orchestra in the United States.- History :...
, Lehigh Valley Chamber Orchestra, Greenwich Symphony Orchestra, Park Avenue Chamber Orchestra, Aspen Sinfonia, Long Island Philharmonic, Roanoke Orchestra, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra in New Jersey, the Juilliard Pre-College Orchestra, Ensemble Blaeu Amsterdam, and Modus Chamber Ensemble in New York City. She has performed as a soloist at the Aspen Music Festival, Eastern Music Festival
Eastern Music Festival
The Eastern Music Festival and School, founded in 1961 in Greensboro, North Carolina, is a nationally renowned classical music festival of the performing arts and institute for young musicians that runs for five weeks during the summer. The institute accepts gifted students of ages 14 through 22...
and also has given solo recitals in the Simsbury Chamber Music Festival and Usdan
Usdan
The Suzanne and Nathaniel Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts is a Wheatley Heights, Long Island-based summer day camp, situated on in the middle of the woods. Founded by tenor and violinist Andrew McKinley, it opened in 1968 to 1,000 students, and now 1,700 "Usdanites" ages 6-18,...
Center Concert Series. In addition, she has appeared regularly in “The Great Music for a Great City” series in New York City. Her concerts have been held at venues such as Lincoln Center, Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts, Tilles Center, Kimmel Center, and National Concert Hall (Taiwan). In March 2005, she played her solo recital at Bushnell Center to benefit ‘Fund for Access’, a scholarship program for the Hartt School of Music. Huang goes to school in Windsor, Connecticut at The Loomis Chaffee School.
Awards
Huang received First Prize and the Audience Award at the 2011 Thomas & Evon Cooper International Competition. Additionally, she was awarded the First Prize Gold Medal and title of Laureate of the International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young MusiciansInternational Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians
The International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians is the junior section of the prestigious International Tchaikovsky Competition. The competition is open to musicians under the age 17 in the area of piano, violin, and cello...
in 2009. In the summer of 2011, she was awarded the Bernard and Mania Hahnloser Prize for Violin at the Verbier Music Festival in Switzerland. In the summer of 2008, she won First Place at the Aspen Music Festival violin competition. In September 2006, she received Third Prize in the Wieniawski International Competition for Young Violinists held in Lublin, Poland. At age 10, she received Second Place in the triennial International Louis Spohr Competition for Young Violinists held in Germany; additionally was awarded the Special Prize of “Best Bach Interpretation.” In December, 2003, she was the First Prize winner in the junior division of the “Remember Enescu” International Violin Competition in Romania. In the United States, she has won competitions including the Juilliard School Pre-College Concerto Competition at age of nine as well as a Grand Prize of the New Haven Symphony Young Artist Competition in Connecticut.
Since 2003, Huang has been selected three times as one of ten "Exceptional Young Artists" worldwide at the “Starling-DeLay Symposium for Violin Study” at Juilliard School. Huang also performed during the ceremony in which the annual Humanitarian Award was presented to President Sarkozy of France. In June 2006, she performed before His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan
Abdullah II of Jordan
Abdullah II ibn al-Hussein is the reigning King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. He ascended the throne on 7 February 1999 after the death of his father King Hussein. King Abdullah, whose mother is Princess Muna al-Hussein, is a member of the Hashemite family...
and thirty other Nobel Prize Laureates—including Elie Wiesel
Elie Wiesel
Sir Eliezer "Elie" Wiesel KBE; born September 30, 1928) is a Hungarian-born Jewish-American writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate, and Holocaust survivor. He is the author of 57 books, including Night, a work based on his experiences as a prisoner in the Auschwitz, Buna, and...
and His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Dalai Lama
The Dalai Lama is a high lama in the Gelug or "Yellow Hat" branch of Tibetan Buddhism. The name is a combination of the Mongolian word далай meaning "Ocean" and the Tibetan word bla-ma meaning "teacher"...
—at the World Peace Conference held in Petra. In October 2007, under the invitation of former Czech Republic President Havel, she played in the Opening Ceremony of “Forum 2000 World Conference” in Prague.
Praise
Huang has appeared and been interviewed on numerous newspapers, TV and radio programs including WQXRWQXR-FM
WQXR-FM is an American classical radio station licensed to Newark, New Jersey, and serving the New York City metropolitan area. It is the most-listened-to classical-music station in the United States, with an average quarter-hour audience of 63,000...
McGraw-Hill Young Artists Showcase, WNPR
WPKT
WPKT is a radio station licensed to Norwich, Connecticut. The station is owned by Connecticut Public Broadcasting, and is an affiliate of Connecticut Public Radio.-External links:*...
, Hartford Courant, Grennwich Time, Journal Inquirer
Journal Inquirer
The Journal Inquirer is a tabloid-sized newspaper published Monday through Friday afternoons and Saturday mornings in Manchester, Connecticut and serves 17 towns in the north-central part of the state of Connecticut.The regional paper prints in three editions:...
, CNBC
CNBC
CNBC is a satellite and cable television business news channel in the U.S., owned and operated by NBCUniversal. The network and its international spinoffs cover business headlines and provide live coverage of financial markets. The combined reach of CNBC and its siblings is 390 million viewers...
, WTNH
WTNH
WTNH is the ABC-affiliated television station for the state of Connecticut that is licensed to New Haven. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 10 from a transmitter in Hamden. Owned by the LIN TV Corporation, the station is sister to MyNetworkTV affiliate WCTX and the two...
, WTIC
WTIC (AM)
WTIC is a 50,000-watt radio station operating out of Hartford, Connecticut, broadcasting news and talk radio. Its signal, located at 1080 kHz, can be picked up throughout southern New England by day and over several states as well as parts of Canada by night...
, WB20, Beethoven Radio and a performance on the “From the Top
From the Top
From the Top is a national program and initiative to develop and showcase young classical musicians. It is best known for its NPR radio and PBS television programs hosted by pianist Christopher O'Riley, which celebrate the passion, dedication and personal stories of America's best young classical...
” radio program. Hartford Courant reported "Seldom have Hartford Symphony Orchestra concert-goers been so transfixed by a soloist as they were Thursday by 14-year-old Sirena Huang...Her musicality is solid, professional and mature. Huang played with effortless technical command and projected fresh ideas in concentrated but flowing gracefulness.". Baltimore Sun wrote: "Huang...[had] a remarkable amount of deeply expressive phrasing. Despite her youth, she sounded like someone who has lived quite a while with the score, long enough to feel confident putting her own stamp on it." Stamford Advocate reviewer praised Huang as "the text-message age has found its first real virtuoso...Huang unfolded a series of interpretive viewpoints in the Lalo with a depth of consideration in lines and phrasings that revealed intelligence and musicality of great sophistication". In November 2007, the New York Times described her performance in a concert to honor Holocaust survivor Alice Herz-Sommer, as: “A Mendelssohn concerto exquisitely performed by a 13-year-old violinist, Sirena Huang, brought down the house.” In February 2006, she was invited to be a guest speaker at the TED Conference held in California—an annual gathering of over 1000 of the finest minds in Technology, Entertainment, and Design of America. TED reporters called Huang a player with “a musician’s soul that transcends her years.”
External links
- TED Talks: Sirena Huang dazzles on violin for 25 min at TEDTED (conference)TED is a global set of conferences owned by the private non-profit Sapling Foundation, formed to disseminate "ideas worth spreading"....
in 2006