Yi-Chung Huang
Yi-Chung Huang is a Taiwanese pianist and composer, born in 2002 in the city of Hsinchu. From an early age he showed great interest in music, often improvising on the piano. At eight years of age he began to receive formal music education in Taiwan, and since then has attended masterclasses by pianists such as E. Indjic, N. Trull, N. Krieger, W. Manz, I. Scheps, J. Katsnelson, E. Delgado, T. Ungár, and K. M. Engel, among many others. Huang participated in the Euro Music Festival and Academy in 2017 and 2018. At 17 years old, he began to study in the Hannover Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien, with R. Krüger. Beyond piano performance, Yi-Chung Huang is also a composer, with two published compositions: Op. 1 After Debussy, sonatina for piano solo and Op. 2 Piano concerto in A major, both published in 2018.
Programme
Round 1
J. S. Bach: Prelude and Fugue No. 19 in A major BWV 888
L. van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 (“Appassionata”)
F. Chopin: Etude for piano in B minor, Op. 25/10
F. Liszt: Études d’exécution transcendante d’après Paganini, S. 140/4b
S. Rachmaninov: Etude-Tableaux št. 7 v Es-duru, op. 33
P. I. Tchaikovsky: Rèverie du soir, Op. 19/1
P. I. Tchaikovsky: Thème et variations, Op. 19/6
Round 2
S. Lyapunov: Elégie en mémoire de François Liszt, Op. 11/12
F. Liszt: Miserere du Trovatore, S. 433 (after Verdi)
F. Busoni: Toccata, BV 287
C. V. Alkan: Le Preux, Op. 17
N. Myaskovsky: Sonata No. 2 in F-sharp minor, Op. 13
J. Weiss: Carmenfantasie nach Bizets Oper
Round 3
S. Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30
Awards received
- 1st prize and Jury Distinction Prize, Elevato Piano Competition, Bern, Switzerland, 2021
- Honourable Mention in the category for Piano award, Semper Music International Festival, Fiè allo Sciliar, Italy, 2018
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