“Clarity, poise, and dead-on technique.â€
-The Birmingham News
Where is Chu-Fang...?
Chinese pianist Chu-Fang Huang's extensive orchestral and recital appearances throughout the U.S. and abroad have elicited enthusiastic responses from audiences and critics alike. A top prizewinner of several regional and international competitions, she was awarded first prize at the 2005 Cleveland International Piano Competition two months after reaching the finals of the Twelfth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition . In January 2006, Chu-Fang was named a first prizewinner of the 2006 Young Concert Artists International Auditions.
Ms. Huang’s busy 2007-2008 season includes concerto performances with the Springfield (MO) Symphony Orchestra, Flagstaff (AZ) Symphony Orchestra, Florida West Coast Symphony, Fargo-Moorhead (ND) Symphony Orchestra, Boise Philharmonic, and Bakersfield (CA) Symphony Orchestra. She gives recitals throughout the U.S., including performances at Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, the Buffalo Chamber Music Society, The Embassy Series (DC), Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts (CA), University of Georgia, Western Michigan University, and at the Houghton Library of Harvard University. Ms. Huang will also be featured in a recital at Carnegie’s Zankel Hall on the Young Concert Artists Series.
She received her Bachelor of Music degree from the Curtis Institute of Music, where she studied with Claude Frank, and her Master of Music degree from the Juilliard School, as a student of Robert McDonald. She is currently pursuing postgraduate studies at Juilliard.
In addition to significant cash prizes, Cliburn winners share hundreds of concert engagements world-wide coordinated by the Van Cliburn Foundation. To inquire about engaging a current Cliburn winner in your community, please complete the Book a Winner form on the Van Cliburn Foundation's website.
